Facundo Arana
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 Arana in February 2012 |
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| Born | Jorge Facundo Arana Tagle March 31, 1972 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1990s––present |
Jorge Facundo Arana Tagle (born March 31, 1972 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine actor.
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[edit] Biography
Facundo Arana was first taken to an acting class by a friend at the age of fifteen. Soon after, he was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease. Arana received treatment for much of 1989 and underwent regular testing until 1994, when he was finally declared cancer-free.
Arana began performing in Argentine telenovelas in 1992, playing smaller parts. Arana is also a musician, having studied the saxophone. While he struggled to get bigger acting jobs at Telefe, he met a street musician and the two became friends, with Arana performing on the Buenos Aires streets for many months. In 1995, his acting career took off after he was castin the hit telenovela Perla Negra (Black Pearl), alongside Andrea Del Boca. In 1996, he acted in another telenovela, named Sueltos (Loose).
His participation in Montaña Rusa, Otra Vuelta (Lets go for Another Round on the Rollercoaster) a teenager-oriented telenovela, paved the way for Arana to be chosen as Alejo in Chiquititas (Tiny Angels). He played the lead in the fourth season of the popular show; this proved to be the highest-rated season in the show's seven-year run. At the same time, he worked with the well known Argentine actor Gastón Pauls in a play named El Rafa.
After Chiquititas, Arana was cast in the 1999 telenovela Muñeca Brava, where he appeared alongside Natalia Oreiro. Airing on Telefe, Muñeca Brava became a huge hit and was sold worldwide, with success in over 50 countries and territories. The success of the show consolidated his status as a leading man. In 2000, Arana and Malena Solda played a romantic couple in Buenos Vecinos (Good Neighbors). Later, he starred in the 2001 series Yago, Pasión Morena (Yago, Dark Passion), with actress Gianella Neyra. Arana filmed his first movie, La Fuga (The Escape), in 2001. He also reprised his role as Alejo for the Chiquititas feature film. Both movies did well at the box office.
After four years in Telefe, Arana moved to Canal 13, where he had an important role in the successful police show 099 Central. In 2004, he starred as the title character in Padre Coraje, for which he received numerous awards, including a Martin Fierro de Oro. In 2006, he reunited with Natalia Oreiro for another Pol-ka/Canal 13 production, Sos mi vida, which was the year's highest-rated television program in Argentina.[1]
In 2008, he returned to Telefe for the thriller soap Vidas robadas for which he also received many awards.Later he started a tour in Argentina with the theatrical play Poder se puede which promoted the importance of early detection of cancer[2],and filmed the documentary Donar Sangre Salva Vidas for which he climbed on the top of Aconcagua to raise the awareness of blood donation.[3]After a small break he returned to the small screen in 2011,again cooperating with Telefe,starring in the romantic comedy Cuando me sonreis.[4]
[edit] Personal life
Arana's longtime partner is Maria Susini. Together, they have a daughter, India Arana (born 2008) and twin boys, Yaco and Moro, born in 2010.
[edit] Filmography
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes and Awards |
| 2001 | La Fuga | Victor Gans | |
| 2001 | Chiquititas Rincón de Luz | Alejo | |
| 2007 | Tocar el cielo | Santiago | |
| 2010 | El agua del fin del mundo | Martin | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes and Awards |
| 1993 | Canto Rodado | Ramiro | |
| 1993 | La flaca escopeta | Facundo | |
| 1994 | Alta comedia | ||
| 1994 | Marco el candidato | Willy Cassirone | |
| 1995 | Perla Negra | Leonardo Bastidas | |
| 1995 | Montaña Rusa, Otra vuelta | Willy | |
| 1996 | Sueltos | Ignacio | |
| 1996 | Zingara | Rodolfo "Rudy" Moretti | |
| 1997 | El Rafa | ||
| 1997 | Chiquititas | Alejo/Manuel Méndez Ayala | Protagonist |
| 1998 | Muñeca Brava | Ivo Di Carlo | Viva 2000 Israel – Best Actor |
| 1999 | Buenos Vecinos | Diego Pinillos | |
| 2001 | Tiempo Final | Pablo | Participation |
| 2001 | Yago, pasión morena | Yago Valdez | Martin Fierro – Best Actor |
| 2002 | 099 Central | Tomás Ledesma | Martin Fierro – Best Actor |
| 2004 | Padre Coraje | Coraje/Padre Juan | Martin Fierro – Best Actor
Festival y Mercado de la Telenovela Iberoamericana(FyMTI) -Best Actor
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| 2006 | Sos mi vida | Martin Quesada | Martin Fierro – Best Comedy Actor |
| 2008 | Vidas Robadas | Bautista Amaya | Nominated – Martin Fierro – Best Actor and Seoul International Drama Awards-Best actor
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| 2011 | Cuando me sonreis | Gaston Murfi | |
[edit] Theater
| Theater | |||
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes and Awards |
| 1998 | Chiquititas en el teatro | Adaptation of the tv-series | |
| 2005 | Visitando al Sr. Green | Ross Gardiner | ACE award -Male Revelation
Florencio Sánchez award-Male Revelation |
| 2008 | Codicia | Richard Roma | |
| 2009 | Poder... se puede | Muller | José María Vilches Award
Martín Fierro de Cable 2011 |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Sin temor al riesgo" (in Spanish). Diario Clarín. 22 February 2009. http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/01/11/espectaculos/c-01101.htm.
- ^ "Poder se puede" (in Spanish). http://www.encuentro.gov.ar/Event.aspx?Id=529.
- ^ "Grilla de programación: Donar sangre salva vidas" (in Spanish). http://www.encuentro.gov.ar/Event.aspx?Id=609.
- ^ "Cuando me sonreis,nueva telenovela" (in Spanish). http://sobretelenovelas.com/cuando-me-sonreis-nueva-telenovela-protagonizada-por-facundo-arana-y-julieta-diaz.html.
