Roberto Canessa
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 17, 1953
- Place of birth
- Montevideo, Uruguay
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.
Movies with Roberto Canessa
- Society of the Snow 2023 · ★ 8.0
- Society of the Snow: Who Were We on the Mountain? 2024 · ★ 7.4
- Stranded: I've Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains 2007 · ★ 8.0
- Prisoners of the Snow 2023 · ★ 4.5
- The Andes's Odyssey 1976