Víctor Medina
Víctor Medina, known by his nickname Nanutria, is a Venezuelan stand-up comedian, comedy writer and podcaster based in Buenos Aires. He was born on 14 November 1988 in San Cristóbal, Táchira state, and graduated in systems engineering from Santiago Mariño University, although he has never worked as an engineer. He has had a stutter since childhood and has never let it stop him from performing or speaking in public; he often uses it in his comedy. Medina first made his name as a writer. He was head writer and content editor at Plop Contenido, a creative agency producing comedy for web and television in Latin America and the United States, and at El Chigüire Bipolar, Venezuela's best-known satirical news site. In 2013, with Andreína Borges and Jesús "Chucho" Roldán, he co-created Santo Robot, a YouTube sketch channel whose episodes featured guests such as Daniel Pistola, Led Varela and José Rafael Guzmán. He has performed stand-up since 2013. He lived for some years in Mexico, where he recorded a stand-up set for Comedy Central. In 2018 he had to leave Mexico over his immigration status, spent some time in Colombia and then settled in Argentina, a journey he tells in his podcast and in his special La Balada del Migrante. The year he moved to Argentina he created El showcito, a show that breaks with the usual format, built on improvisation and talking with the audience. His stand-up specials include El ciclo de la vida, Macho Beta, La Balada del Migrante, El Gocho de Oro and No Paper. In 2026 he was named in Global South World's list of the 75 most influential comedians on Instagram in Latin America. Podcasts are a large part of his work. In December 2018 he launched El Súper Increíble Podcast de Nanutria, which has more than 150,000 subscribers and ranges over everything from beauty queens and astrology to natural disasters and personal stories. In February 2020 he started Tercermundistas with Argentine comedian Lucas Lauriente, and in mid-2020 the weekly comedy podcast Aislados with the Argentine comedians Luciano Mellera, Nicolás de Tracy and Lucas Lauriente, in which they talk about their everyday lives and whatever comes up.
