Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
January 17, 1953
Age
73
Place of Birth
Montevideo, Uruguay
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Roberto Canessa
Acting
Biography
Roberto Jorge Canessa Urta is a Uruguayan pediatric cardiologist, former rugby player, author, and survivor of the 1972 Andes flight disaster. He was one of the 16 survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 and, together with Nando Parrado, crossed the Andes in search of help. He later became a pediatric cardiologist specializing in congenital heart conditions.
Also known as
Roberto Jorge Canessa Urta
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Filmography
2024
Society of the Snow: Who Were We on the Mountain?
Movie · Self - Survivor
7.4
2024
Andes Plane Crash
TV · Self (archive footage)
0.0
2023
Society of the Snow
Movie · Chilean Hospital Doctor
8.0
2023
Prisoners of the Snow
Movie · Self - Interviewee
4.5
2007
Stranded: I've Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains
Movie · Self - Andes Crash Survivor
8.0
1976
The Andes's Odyssey
Movie · Self
0.0