Roberto Canessa
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 17, 1953, Montevideo, Uruguay
- Movies
- 5
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2024 | Society of the Snow: Who Were We on the Mountain? | Self - Survivor |
| 2023 | Society of the Snow | Chilean Hospital Doctor |
| 2023 | Prisoners of the Snow | Self - Interviewee |
| 2007 | Stranded: I've Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains | Self - Andes Crash Survivor |
| 1976 | The Andes's Odyssey | Self |
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