Roberto Canessa
Acting1953 (73)Montevideo, Uruguay
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.
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6- 2024Society of the Snow: Who Were We on the Mountain?Movieas Self - Survivor
- 2024Andes Plane CrashTV showas Self (archive footage) · 1 episodes
- 2023Society of the SnowMovieas Chilean Hospital Doctor
- 2023Prisoners of the SnowMovieas Self - Interviewee
- 2007Stranded: I've Come from a Plane That Crashed on the MountainsMovieas Self - Andes Crash Survivor
- 1976The Andes's OdysseyMovieas Self