Facundo Arana

Jorge Facundo Arana Tagle (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 charity work.

Facundo Arana was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

He is the son of Dr. Jorge Arana Tagle, lawyer specializing in Maritime Law, and Mathilde von Bernard, athlete and former hockey player.

He studied at the St Catherine´s Moorlands de Pilar school.

At 17 he was diagnosed with cancer called Hodgkin's disease, a malignancy of the lymphoid tissue that is located in the lymph nodes, spleen, liver and bone marrow.

He spent 11 months of chemotherapy and radiotherapy and five years of controls when he was finally declared cancer-free.

In 1997 his first important work would arrive, playing Alejo Méndez Ayala in the hit children's series of Cris Morena Chiquititas, in his first year of participation, he played the villain of the series and, the following year, in 1998, he became the heartthrob of the series, falling in love with the protagonist, played by Romina Yan.

At the end of 1998 and during 1999 he participated in Muñeca Brava.

Some of these series were successes not only in Argentina but also in countries like Russia, Israel, Romania, Poland and much of Latin America so that Facundo Arana gained international fame.

In Israel he received the Viva! Award for Best Actor.

In 2000 he was the co-star of the comedy Buenos vecinos, where he acted alongside Hugo Arana, Moria Casán and Malena Solda.

In 2001 he made his film debut starring alongside Romina Yan, Chiquititas: Rincón de luz, a film of the successful children's saga that had them as protagonists.

He also participates in the film La fuga.

His next protagonist was in the soap opera Yago, pasión morena with Gianella Neyra in the afternoon of Telefe, for which he obtained his first Martín Fierro Award for Best Leading Telenovela Actor.

Under the production of Pol-ka, he stars in 2002 soap opera 099 Central, next to Nancy Dupláa on the screen of Canal 13.

He was awarded a second time with the Martín Fierro Award for Best Telenovela Actor.

In 2004 he starred again with Nancy Dupláa, marking the return of one of the most successful television duo.

The soap opera Padre Coraje, with production of Pol-ka, on the screen of Canal 13.

He receives his third Martín Fierro Award for Best Actor.

He also received the award for Best Actor in the Festival y Mercado de la Telenovela Iberoamericana.

In 2005 he starred in theater, along with Pepe Soriano, the play Visitando al Sr. Green.

For his work, he obtained the ACE Award and Florencio Sánchez Award as Theater Revelation.

In 2006 he starred a new soap opera by Pol-Ka, Sos mi vidaThe fiction became the most-watched of the year 2006 in Argentina and was transmitted internationally by different chains, having great success in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

Together with Betiana Blum and China Zorrilla, he stars in the film Tocar el cielo.

Since 2007, he has a relationship with the model, María Susini with whom he has three children, India Arana Tagle, Yaco Arana Tagle and León Moro Arana Tagle.

Between 2007 and 2008 he starred in the play Codicia.

In 2008 he signed a contract with Telefe to star in the soap opera Vidas robadas.

Fiction was highly praised for dealing with topics such as the white.

In November 2010, Facundo Arana summited at Aconcagua intending to raise awareness about blood donation and placed a flag on top of the “coloso de América” in commemoration of the 96th anniversary of the first blood transfusion in the country.

In 2010 he returns to the cinema starring in the independent film El agua del fin del mundo.

In 2011 he returns to the small screen, starring alongside Julieta Díaz the soap opera Cuando me sonreís, a production of RGB producer of Gustavo Yankelevich.

In it he interprets the character of Gastón Armando Murfi.

In 2012 Facundo Arana came to try to climb Everest: 8,848 meters above sea level, in the middle of the Himalayas, to raise public awareness about the importance of solidarity and donating blood.

During his journey, he was evacuated urgently for a respiratory problem and had to abandon the ascent to Everest.

They got married on December 20, 2012.

Facundo Arana started on Canal 9 in Alta comedia, Marco, el candidato, La hermana mayor and El Rafa.

On May 23, 2016, at 11.50 local time of Nepal, he summited on Mount Everest.

He had a relationship with the actress Isabel Macedo for ten years.