Graduated journalism at University Diego Portales.
Had a car accident in 1996 where his girlfriend, Soledad Ariz, died.
He is a survivor of brain tumor.
TV host for Megavisión (1996), TVN (2002-2003, 2011-2015) and Chilevisión (2006-2010, 2018-).
Parents divorced when he was age 16. He stayed with his mother and brothers and his father went to Colombia. Julián did not see her father until he returned in 2006.
2010: His father, Salo Elfenbein, died at the age 75.