Luis Wigdorsky was born in Chile. He studied film and television and, in 1993, moved to Israel where he wrote and directed a play performed in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Later he moved to Spain where he studied acting at the Laboratorio de Teatro de William Layton. In Spain he perfomed in various plays including Mucho Ruido y Pocas Nueces by William Shakespeare. He returned to Chile in 1997 where he became a well-known actor. He is the son of the prominent actor Luis Wigdorsky.