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.

Filmography

• 2023Society of the Snow — Chilean Hospital Doctor

Appearances as themselves (5)

• Andes Plane Crash — Self (archive footage)
• 2024Society of the Snow: Who Were We on the Mountain? — Self - Survivor
• 2023Prisoners of the Snow — Self - Interviewee
• 2007Stranded: I've Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains — Self - Andes Crash Survivor
• 1976The Andes's Odyssey — Self