Facundo Arana
| Facundo Arana | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jorge Facundo Arana von Bernard March 31, 1972 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Occupation | Actor, Musician |
| Years active | 1990s－present |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Susini |
| Children | India Yaco (twin) Moro (twin) |
| Parent(s) | Jorge Arana-Tagle Mathilde von Bernard |
Jorge Facundo Arana von Bernard (born March 31, 1972) is an Argentine actor and musician. He is the winner of various awards for television and theater in Argentina. Arana is also noted for his solidarity work.
Arana was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His father, Dr. Jorge Arana Tagle, is a recognized attorney of Admiralty law and professor at the University of Buenos Aires, and his mother, Mathilde von Bernard, is a former hockey player of German ancestry. He has three sisters. He 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.
He 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 being the number one and two most watched in Argentina that year.
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