Benjamín Rojas
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Benjamín Rojas Pessi. His nickname is Benja or Nano. Is an Argentine
actor
, singer
, musician
and model
. He is perhaps the best known for his roles in Chiquititas
, Rebelde Way
, Floricienta
, Alma Pirata
, Casi Ángeles
and Jake & Blake
. Rojas also appeared in several films, most notably Chiquititas: Rincón de Luz
and Erreway: 4 Caminos
. He was the member of Argentine band Erreway
from 2002 to 2005, and from 2007 to 2010, along with Camila Bordonaba
, Felipe Colombo
and Luisana Lopilato
. He also made a cameo appearance in Sonny with a Chance-Sonny with a Secret as one of West Appleton's students.
's production, Chiquititas
. His portrayed a Tarzan
–like boy who helped Jimena, played by María Jimena Piccolo
, to get out of a jungle. In turn Jimena took him to the Rincón de Luz orphanage. In 1999, for its fifth season, Chiquititas got a complete makeover and renewed its story completely. Rojas continued on the show but playing a new character, Bautista Arce. He reprised the role in Chiquititas feature film Chiquititas: Rincón de Luz
.
In 2002, he renewed his contract with the Cris Morena Group
and was cast for the role of Pablo Bustamante in the Martín Fierro Award
—nominated hit television series Rebelde Way
. Along with former Chiquititas fellows Camila Bordonaba
, Felipe Colombo
and Luisana Lopilato
, he formed a music band, named Erreway
, which sold more than 10million units worldwide. In 2004, Rojas reprised his role of Pablo Bustamante in Erreway: 4 Caminos
, a Rebelde Way spin–off film.His films have grossed 8.7 billion in global box office.
, his third consecutive project with the Cris Morena Group
in the span of seven years. He starred the series as Franco Fritzenwalden for two seasons, alongside Florencia Bertotti
and Juan Gil Navarro
. Rojas also reprised his character in the theatre version of Floricienta. In 2006, he once again worked with Cris Morena
on television series Alma Pirata
, opposite Luisana Lopilato
, Mariano Martínez
and Elsa Pinilla. Rojas also recorded several songs for Alma Pirata
soundtrack album.
Throughout 2007 and 2009, Rojas had several guest appearances in the television series Casi Ángeles
. In 2008, he appeared in two films, Kluge alongside Alejandro Awada
, and La leyenda alongside Pablo Rago
. These were his first projects done independently from the Cris Morena Group. In 2008, Rojas signed a contract with the Cris Morena Group and the Disney Channel Latin America
for a new television sitcom, Jake & Blake
, his first project in English
. The series, based on the story of The Prince and the Pauper
, went on to reach a worldwide success. Rojas signed up for two television series in 2011, Venezuelan series Amigos y Rivales and Argentine series Cuando me sonries, opposite Facundo Arana
and Mariana Espósito
.
his films have grossed
, Rojas and his co-stars—Camila Bordonaba
, Felipe Colombo
and Luisana Lopilato
—have become the members of the band Erreway
. They immediately reached worldwide popularity, especially in Latin America
, Spain
, Europe
and Israel
. All their studio albums, Señales
(2002), Tiempo
(2003) and Memoria
, reached Platinum certification. The band was partially innactive from 2005 to 2007, when they reunited as a trio, without Lopilato. They released Erreway presenta su caja recopilatoria
, the greatest hits compilation, in 2007, and a new album Vuelvo
was announced. However, Vuelvo has never been released. In 2010, Bordonaba and Colombo began their independent musical project, La Miss Tijuana, marking the final split of Erreway.
Rojas has recorded several soundtrack albums
for his television series. This includes five Chiquititas soundtrack albums
, released from 1998 to 2001. He also had songs in the Floricienta
soundtrack album. Rojas also recorded a soundtrack album for Alma Pirata
in 2006 and appeared in 2007 soundtrack album of Casi Ángeles
. In 2010, Rojas released the soundtrack album for his television series Jake & Blake
.
, Argentina
, as the youngest of four children of Juan Carlos Rojas and Rosalinda Pessi. He has two brothers, Carlos María and Juan Luis, and a sister, Milagros. Rojas attended the Gimnasia La Plata and played for its rugby team
. However, he quit his sports career due to his role in Chiquititas
. Rojas is a fan of football soccer and a passionate supporter of Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
. He is influent in Spanish
and English
, which he studied for six months in New York City
as the preparation for the television series Jake & Blake
, which was shot in English.
Rojas had a relationship with fellow actress Camila Bordonaba
at the time they were both cast for Chiquititas
and Rebelde Way
, but they split in 2000. He was then engaged to model and actress María Del Cerro
, until their break up in 2008.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, singer
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
and model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
. He is perhaps the best known for his roles in Chiquititas
Chiquititas
Chiquititas was a successful children's musical telenovela from Argentina. Created and produced by Cris Morena and her daughter Romina Yan, it aired on Telefé from 1995 until 2001 .There were two spin-offs: Rincón de Luz, aired in 2003 on Canal 9 and a 2006 season which aired in...
, Rebelde Way
Rebelde Way
Rebelde Way is a Martín Fierro Award—nominated Argentine soap opera created and produced by Cris Morena. It originally aired from 26 May 2002 to 18 December 2003. The series was transmitted in many countries worldwide, including Peru, Germany, Israel, Spain and Uruguay, achieving an international...
, Floricienta
Floricienta
Floricienta is an Argentine family friendly telenovela based on the Cinderella story. It originally aired from 2004 to 2005, but continues to be broadcast in almost 70 countries. Some international channels airing Floricienta are TVE International, Disney Channel Latino, Disney Channel Europe...
, Alma Pirata
Alma Pirata
Alma Pirata is an Argentine 2006 telenovela, created and produced by Cris Morena. In this telenovela, lead roles were portrayed by Benjamín Rojas, Fabián Mazzei, Luisana Lopilato, Mariano Martinez, Nicolás Vázquez, Isabel Macedo, Elsa Pinilla and Julia Calvo.This show earned 2006 Martín Fierro...
, Casi Ángeles
Casi Ángeles
Casi Ángeles is an Argentinian series targeted at teenagers, which became the most popular teenage TV series in the country, as well as in many others. It started airing on 21 March 2007 to 29 November 2010 on Telefe. Casi Ángeles was created by Cris Morena, and produced by Cris Morena Group and...
and Jake & Blake
Jake & Blake
Jake & Blake is an Argentine sitcom, starring Benjamín Rojas. It tells the story of identical twin brothers separated at birth, who after meeting change places. It was pre-released on 29 November 2009, and officially released on 7 December on Disney Channel Latin America. It was created by Cris...
. Rojas also appeared in several films, most notably Chiquititas: Rincón de Luz
Chiquititas: Rincón de luz
Chiquititas: Rincón de luz is a 2001 Argentine adventure film directed by José Luis Massa and written by Alex and Walter Ferrara. The film starred Romina Yan and is a film from the Chiquititas telenovela series which began on Argentine TV in 1995. The film premiered in Argentina on July 12, 2001...
and Erreway: 4 Caminos
4 Caminos
Erreway: 4 Caminos is a 2004 film by the Argentine group Erreway. It was released in June 2004 in Buenos Aires. The main actors in this movie are the stars of Erreway: Luisana Lopilato , Felipe Colombo , Benjamin Rojas and Camila Bordonaba , who portrayed their roles from television hit series...
. He was the member of Argentine band Erreway
Erreway
Erreway was an Argentine band formed during the television series Rebelde Way, consisting of Camila Bordonaba, Felipe Colombo and Benjamín Rojas. Originally, it consisted of Bordonaba, Colombo, Rojas and Luisana Lopilato, who left the band in 2005...
from 2002 to 2005, and from 2007 to 2010, along with Camila Bordonaba
Camila Bordonaba
Camila Bordonaba Roldán . Her nickname is Cami or Cato. Is an Argentine actress, singer, producer, dancer, former occasionally model, musician and director of films and television...
, Felipe Colombo
Felipe Colombo
Felipe Colombo Eguía . His nickname is Feli, Felu or Pipe. Is a Mexican-Argentine actor , singer, songwriter and...
and Luisana Lopilato
Luisana Lopilato
Luisana Loreley Lopilato de la Torre is an Argentine actress, singer and model. Her nickname is Lu or Luli...
. He also made a cameo appearance in Sonny with a Chance-Sonny with a Secret as one of West Appleton's students.
Breakthrough (1998–2003)
Benjamín Rojas began his professional acting career in 1998, he was age 12 years old; when he was cast as Yago in Cris MorenaCris Morena
María Cristina De Giacomi is an Argentine awarded television producer, actress, television presenter, composer, musician, songwriter, writer, former fashion model and CEO of Cris Morena Group...
's production, Chiquititas
Chiquititas
Chiquititas was a successful children's musical telenovela from Argentina. Created and produced by Cris Morena and her daughter Romina Yan, it aired on Telefé from 1995 until 2001 .There were two spin-offs: Rincón de Luz, aired in 2003 on Canal 9 and a 2006 season which aired in...
. His portrayed a Tarzan
Tarzan
Tarzan is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani "great apes"; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer...
–like boy who helped Jimena, played by María Jimena Piccolo
María Jimena Piccolo
María Jimena Piccolo is a well known telenovela and television show actress. She is perhaps better known for her characterization of "Jimena" on Telefe's "Chiquititas", a children and teenager oriented soap opera....
, to get out of a jungle. In turn Jimena took him to the Rincón de Luz orphanage. In 1999, for its fifth season, Chiquititas got a complete makeover and renewed its story completely. Rojas continued on the show but playing a new character, Bautista Arce. He reprised the role in Chiquititas feature film Chiquititas: Rincón de Luz
Chiquititas: Rincón de luz
Chiquititas: Rincón de luz is a 2001 Argentine adventure film directed by José Luis Massa and written by Alex and Walter Ferrara. The film starred Romina Yan and is a film from the Chiquititas telenovela series which began on Argentine TV in 1995. The film premiered in Argentina on July 12, 2001...
.
In 2002, he renewed his contract with the Cris Morena Group
Cris Morena Group
Cris Morena Group is an organization that creates youth programming and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The group was founded in 2002 by Ms. Cris Morena who has been producing successful TV formats, theatre, records and movies since 1991. She has developed production segments aimed at children...
and was cast for the role of Pablo Bustamante in the Martín Fierro Award
Martín Fierro Awards
Martín Fierro is the name of the most prominent awards for Argentine radio and television, granted by APTRA, the Association of Argentine Television and Radio Journalists. The awards were first given in 1959, limited to television. The next year, the awards adopted its current name, after José...
—nominated hit television series Rebelde Way
Rebelde Way
Rebelde Way is a Martín Fierro Award—nominated Argentine soap opera created and produced by Cris Morena. It originally aired from 26 May 2002 to 18 December 2003. The series was transmitted in many countries worldwide, including Peru, Germany, Israel, Spain and Uruguay, achieving an international...
. Along with former Chiquititas fellows Camila Bordonaba
Camila Bordonaba
Camila Bordonaba Roldán . Her nickname is Cami or Cato. Is an Argentine actress, singer, producer, dancer, former occasionally model, musician and director of films and television...
, Felipe Colombo
Felipe Colombo
Felipe Colombo Eguía . His nickname is Feli, Felu or Pipe. Is a Mexican-Argentine actor , singer, songwriter and...
and Luisana Lopilato
Luisana Lopilato
Luisana Loreley Lopilato de la Torre is an Argentine actress, singer and model. Her nickname is Lu or Luli...
, he formed a music band, named Erreway
Erreway
Erreway was an Argentine band formed during the television series Rebelde Way, consisting of Camila Bordonaba, Felipe Colombo and Benjamín Rojas. Originally, it consisted of Bordonaba, Colombo, Rojas and Luisana Lopilato, who left the band in 2005...
, which sold more than 10million units worldwide. In 2004, Rojas reprised his role of Pablo Bustamante in Erreway: 4 Caminos
4 Caminos
Erreway: 4 Caminos is a 2004 film by the Argentine group Erreway. It was released in June 2004 in Buenos Aires. The main actors in this movie are the stars of Erreway: Luisana Lopilato , Felipe Colombo , Benjamin Rojas and Camila Bordonaba , who portrayed their roles from television hit series...
, a Rebelde Way spin–off film.His films have grossed 8.7 billion in global box office.
Stardom (2004–present)
In 2004, Rojas starred in the El Trece series FloricientaFloricienta
Floricienta is an Argentine family friendly telenovela based on the Cinderella story. It originally aired from 2004 to 2005, but continues to be broadcast in almost 70 countries. Some international channels airing Floricienta are TVE International, Disney Channel Latino, Disney Channel Europe...
, his third consecutive project with the Cris Morena Group
Cris Morena Group
Cris Morena Group is an organization that creates youth programming and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The group was founded in 2002 by Ms. Cris Morena who has been producing successful TV formats, theatre, records and movies since 1991. She has developed production segments aimed at children...
in the span of seven years. He starred the series as Franco Fritzenwalden for two seasons, alongside Florencia Bertotti
Florencia Bertotti
María Florencia Bertotti Baleirón , better known as Florencia Bertotti, is an Argentine actress, singer and producer. She is probably best known for her roles in telenovelas Verano del '98, Son Amores and Floricienta...
and Juan Gil Navarro
Juan Gil Navarro
Juan Manuel Gil Navarro is an Argentine television actor, famous of roles in telenovelas Verano del '98, Floricienta and Lalola...
. Rojas also reprised his character in the theatre version of Floricienta. In 2006, he once again worked with Cris Morena
Cris Morena
María Cristina De Giacomi is an Argentine awarded television producer, actress, television presenter, composer, musician, songwriter, writer, former fashion model and CEO of Cris Morena Group...
on television series Alma Pirata
Alma Pirata
Alma Pirata is an Argentine 2006 telenovela, created and produced by Cris Morena. In this telenovela, lead roles were portrayed by Benjamín Rojas, Fabián Mazzei, Luisana Lopilato, Mariano Martinez, Nicolás Vázquez, Isabel Macedo, Elsa Pinilla and Julia Calvo.This show earned 2006 Martín Fierro...
, opposite Luisana Lopilato
Luisana Lopilato
Luisana Loreley Lopilato de la Torre is an Argentine actress, singer and model. Her nickname is Lu or Luli...
, Mariano Martínez
Mariano Martínez (actor)
Mariano Martínez is an Argentine actor.He was born on December 5, 1978 in La Boca, Buenos Aires...
and Elsa Pinilla. Rojas also recorded several songs for Alma Pirata
Alma Pirata
Alma Pirata is an Argentine 2006 telenovela, created and produced by Cris Morena. In this telenovela, lead roles were portrayed by Benjamín Rojas, Fabián Mazzei, Luisana Lopilato, Mariano Martinez, Nicolás Vázquez, Isabel Macedo, Elsa Pinilla and Julia Calvo.This show earned 2006 Martín Fierro...
soundtrack album.
Throughout 2007 and 2009, Rojas had several guest appearances in the television series Casi Ángeles
Casi Ángeles
Casi Ángeles is an Argentinian series targeted at teenagers, which became the most popular teenage TV series in the country, as well as in many others. It started airing on 21 March 2007 to 29 November 2010 on Telefe. Casi Ángeles was created by Cris Morena, and produced by Cris Morena Group and...
. In 2008, he appeared in two films, Kluge alongside Alejandro Awada
Alejandro Awada
Alejandro Awada is an Argentine character actor.- Filmography :*Bye Bye Life *Ratón Pérez, El *Suspiros del corazón *El Aura *Tigre escondido, El...
, and La leyenda alongside Pablo Rago
Pablo Rago
Pablo Rago is an Argentine actor. He has acted in the movies The Official Story and The Secret in Their Eyes, two Argentine movies that have both won Oscar awards, as well as many other local movies and productions....
. These were his first projects done independently from the Cris Morena Group. In 2008, Rojas signed a contract with the Cris Morena Group and the Disney Channel Latin America
Disney Channel Latin America
Disney Channel Latin America is an cable television channel and is an edition of The Walt Disney Company-owned Disney Channel, broadcasting to Latin America and the Caribbean. It is broadcast in five feeds, North Zone, Center Zone, South Zone,and the Pacific Zone...
for a new television sitcom, Jake & Blake
Jake & Blake
Jake & Blake is an Argentine sitcom, starring Benjamín Rojas. It tells the story of identical twin brothers separated at birth, who after meeting change places. It was pre-released on 29 November 2009, and officially released on 7 December on Disney Channel Latin America. It was created by Cris...
, his first project in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. The series, based on the story of The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper is an English-language novel by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada before its 1882 publication in the United States. The book represents Twain's first attempt at historical fiction...
, went on to reach a worldwide success. Rojas signed up for two television series in 2011, Venezuelan series Amigos y Rivales and Argentine series Cuando me sonries, opposite Facundo Arana
Facundo Arana
Jorge Facundo Arana Tagle is an Argentine actor. He has participated in more than twenty telenovelas.-Biography:...
and Mariana Espósito
Mariana Espósito
Mariana Elizabeth Espósito Herrera , also known as "Lali Espósito", is an argentine actress, singer, dancer and model. She came to international prominence with her work with Cris Morena and Cris Morena Group...
.
his films have grossed
Musical career
During the development of Rebelde WayRebelde Way
Rebelde Way is a Martín Fierro Award—nominated Argentine soap opera created and produced by Cris Morena. It originally aired from 26 May 2002 to 18 December 2003. The series was transmitted in many countries worldwide, including Peru, Germany, Israel, Spain and Uruguay, achieving an international...
, Rojas and his co-stars—Camila Bordonaba
Camila Bordonaba
Camila Bordonaba Roldán . Her nickname is Cami or Cato. Is an Argentine actress, singer, producer, dancer, former occasionally model, musician and director of films and television...
, Felipe Colombo
Felipe Colombo
Felipe Colombo Eguía . His nickname is Feli, Felu or Pipe. Is a Mexican-Argentine actor , singer, songwriter and...
and Luisana Lopilato
Luisana Lopilato
Luisana Loreley Lopilato de la Torre is an Argentine actress, singer and model. Her nickname is Lu or Luli...
—have become the members of the band Erreway
Erreway
Erreway was an Argentine band formed during the television series Rebelde Way, consisting of Camila Bordonaba, Felipe Colombo and Benjamín Rojas. Originally, it consisted of Bordonaba, Colombo, Rojas and Luisana Lopilato, who left the band in 2005...
. They immediately reached worldwide popularity, especially in Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. All their studio albums, Señales
Señales
Señales is the first studio album by Argentine pop rock group Erreway. The album was released through Sony Music and Cris Morena Group on 29 July 2002 . It was produced by Cris Morena and Carlos Nilson, who wrote all songs for the album. Señales sold over 1 million copies worldwide and topped the...
(2002), Tiempo
Tiempo
Tiempo is the second studio album of Argentine pop rock band Erreway. It was released through Sony Music and Cris Morena Group on 15 April 2003 . The album was produced by a number of eminent Argentine musicians, including Cris Morena, Carlos Nilson and Andrés Calamaro...
(2003) and Memoria
Memoria
Memoria was the term for aspects involving memory in Western classical rhetoric. The word is Latin, and can be translated as "memory."It was one of five canons in classical rhetoric concerned with the crafting and delivery of speeches and prose.The art of rhetoric grew out of oratory, which was...
, reached Platinum certification. The band was partially innactive from 2005 to 2007, when they reunited as a trio, without Lopilato. They released Erreway presenta su caja recopilatoria
Erreway presenta su caja recopilatoria
Erreway presenta su caja recopilatoria is compilation of hits of Argentine band Erreway. It was released in 2007, specially for Spain, but it was sold in other parts of the world. On compilation, there are songs from their albums Señales and Tiempo and live performed songs...
, the greatest hits compilation, in 2007, and a new album Vuelvo
Vuelvo
Vuelvo will be the fourth studio album released by Argentine group Erreway. It will be the first album recorded without Luisana Lopilato, who reported she would record a solo album, but by Camila Bordonaba, Felipe Colombo and Benjamín Rojas only.Erreway confirmed that, unlike their previous...
was announced. However, Vuelvo has never been released. In 2010, Bordonaba and Colombo began their independent musical project, La Miss Tijuana, marking the final split of Erreway.
Rojas has recorded several soundtrack albums
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
for his television series. This includes five Chiquititas soundtrack albums
Chiquititas soundtracks
Chiquititas is an Argentine telenovela, created by Cris Morena. It was very successful in every country where it was broadcast. The cast recorded seven albums as soundtracks, and the songs were written by Cris Morena....
, released from 1998 to 2001. He also had songs in the Floricienta
Floricienta
Floricienta is an Argentine family friendly telenovela based on the Cinderella story. It originally aired from 2004 to 2005, but continues to be broadcast in almost 70 countries. Some international channels airing Floricienta are TVE International, Disney Channel Latino, Disney Channel Europe...
soundtrack album. Rojas also recorded a soundtrack album for Alma Pirata
Alma Pirata
Alma Pirata is an Argentine 2006 telenovela, created and produced by Cris Morena. In this telenovela, lead roles were portrayed by Benjamín Rojas, Fabián Mazzei, Luisana Lopilato, Mariano Martinez, Nicolás Vázquez, Isabel Macedo, Elsa Pinilla and Julia Calvo.This show earned 2006 Martín Fierro...
in 2006 and appeared in 2007 soundtrack album of Casi Ángeles
Casi Ángeles
Casi Ángeles is an Argentinian series targeted at teenagers, which became the most popular teenage TV series in the country, as well as in many others. It started airing on 21 March 2007 to 29 November 2010 on Telefe. Casi Ángeles was created by Cris Morena, and produced by Cris Morena Group and...
. In 2010, Rojas released the soundtrack album for his television series Jake & Blake
Jake & Blake
Jake & Blake is an Argentine sitcom, starring Benjamín Rojas. It tells the story of identical twin brothers separated at birth, who after meeting change places. It was pre-released on 29 November 2009, and officially released on 7 December on Disney Channel Latin America. It was created by Cris...
.
Personal and media life
Rojas was born in La PlataLa Plata
La Plata is the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and of La Plata partido. According to the , the city proper has a population of 574,369 and its metropolitan area has 694,253 inhabitants....
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, as the youngest of four children of Juan Carlos Rojas and Rosalinda Pessi. He has two brothers, Carlos María and Juan Luis, and a sister, Milagros. Rojas attended the Gimnasia La Plata and played for its rugby team
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
. However, he quit his sports career due to his role in Chiquititas
Chiquititas
Chiquititas was a successful children's musical telenovela from Argentina. Created and produced by Cris Morena and her daughter Romina Yan, it aired on Telefé from 1995 until 2001 .There were two spin-offs: Rincón de Luz, aired in 2003 on Canal 9 and a 2006 season which aired in...
. Rojas is a fan of football soccer and a passionate supporter of Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Gimnasia y Esgrima was promoted to the first division after becoming champions of the División Intermedia of Argentine football in 1915. Later, in 1929, the club would become champions of the Primera División...
. He is influent in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, which he studied for six months in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
as the preparation for the television series Jake & Blake
Jake & Blake
Jake & Blake is an Argentine sitcom, starring Benjamín Rojas. It tells the story of identical twin brothers separated at birth, who after meeting change places. It was pre-released on 29 November 2009, and officially released on 7 December on Disney Channel Latin America. It was created by Cris...
, which was shot in English.
Rojas had a relationship with fellow actress Camila Bordonaba
Camila Bordonaba
Camila Bordonaba Roldán . Her nickname is Cami or Cato. Is an Argentine actress, singer, producer, dancer, former occasionally model, musician and director of films and television...
at the time they were both cast for Chiquititas
Chiquititas
Chiquititas was a successful children's musical telenovela from Argentina. Created and produced by Cris Morena and her daughter Romina Yan, it aired on Telefé from 1995 until 2001 .There were two spin-offs: Rincón de Luz, aired in 2003 on Canal 9 and a 2006 season which aired in...
and Rebelde Way
Rebelde Way
Rebelde Way is a Martín Fierro Award—nominated Argentine soap opera created and produced by Cris Morena. It originally aired from 26 May 2002 to 18 December 2003. The series was transmitted in many countries worldwide, including Peru, Germany, Israel, Spain and Uruguay, achieving an international...
, but they split in 2000. He was then engaged to model and actress María Del Cerro
María Del Cerro
María Del Cerro is an Argentine actress, model and occasional singer. She began her modelling career by winning reality show for models SúperM in 2001, and became one of Argentine leading modelling figures. Del Cerro spawned her acting career in 2007, in television series Romeo y Julieta...
, until their break up in 2008.
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 2001 | Chiquititas: Rincón de Luz Chiquititas: Rincón de luz Chiquititas: Rincón de luz is a 2001 Argentine adventure film directed by José Luis Massa and written by Alex and Walter Ferrara. The film starred Romina Yan and is a film from the Chiquititas telenovela series which began on Argentine TV in 1995. The film premiered in Argentina on July 12, 2001... |
Bautista Arce | Chiquititas Chiquititas Chiquititas was a successful children's musical telenovela from Argentina. Created and produced by Cris Morena and her daughter Romina Yan, it aired on Telefé from 1995 until 2001 .There were two spin-offs: Rincón de Luz, aired in 2003 on Canal 9 and a 2006 season which aired in... spin–off film |
| 2004 | Erreway: 4 Caminos 4 Caminos Erreway: 4 Caminos is a 2004 film by the Argentine group Erreway. It was released in June 2004 in Buenos Aires. The main actors in this movie are the stars of Erreway: Luisana Lopilato , Felipe Colombo , Benjamin Rojas and Camila Bordonaba , who portrayed their roles from television hit series... |
Pablo Bustamante | Rebelde Way Rebelde Way Rebelde Way is a Martín Fierro Award—nominated Argentine soap opera created and produced by Cris Morena. It originally aired from 26 May 2002 to 18 December 2003. The series was transmitted in many countries worldwide, including Peru, Germany, Israel, Spain and Uruguay, achieving an international... spin–off film |
| 2008 | Kluge | Lautaro | |
| La leyenda | Lucas Vallejos | ||
| 2009 | Horizontal / Vertical | Juan | |
| 2011 | El abismo... Todavía estamos | Alejandro | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1998 | Chiquititas Chiquititas Chiquititas was a successful children's musical telenovela from Argentina. Created and produced by Cris Morena and her daughter Romina Yan, it aired on Telefé from 1995 until 2001 .There were two spin-offs: Rincón de Luz, aired in 2003 on Canal 9 and a 2006 season which aired in... |
Yago | (1998) |
| 1999 | Bautista Arce | (1999–2001) | |
| 2002 | Rebelde Way Rebelde Way Rebelde Way is a Martín Fierro Award—nominated Argentine soap opera created and produced by Cris Morena. It originally aired from 26 May 2002 to 18 December 2003. The series was transmitted in many countries worldwide, including Peru, Germany, Israel, Spain and Uruguay, achieving an international... |
Pablo Bustamante | (2002–03) |
| 2004 | Floricienta Floricienta Floricienta is an Argentine family friendly telenovela based on the Cinderella story. It originally aired from 2004 to 2005, but continues to be broadcast in almost 70 countries. Some international channels airing Floricienta are TVE International, Disney Channel Latino, Disney Channel Europe... |
Franco Fritzenwalden | (2004–05) |
| 2006 | Alma Pirata Alma Pirata Alma Pirata is an Argentine 2006 telenovela, created and produced by Cris Morena. In this telenovela, lead roles were portrayed by Benjamín Rojas, Fabián Mazzei, Luisana Lopilato, Mariano Martinez, Nicolás Vázquez, Isabel Macedo, Elsa Pinilla and Julia Calvo.This show earned 2006 Martín Fierro... |
Cruz Navarro | |
| 2007 | Casi Ángeles Casi Ángeles Casi Ángeles is an Argentinian series targeted at teenagers, which became the most popular teenage TV series in the country, as well as in many others. It started airing on 21 March 2007 to 29 November 2010 on Telefe. Casi Ángeles was created by Cris Morena, and produced by Cris Morena Group and... |
Himself | (1 episode) Guest Appearance |
| 2009 | Cacho | (4 episodes) Guest Appearance | |
| Jake & Blake Jake & Blake Jake & Blake is an Argentine sitcom, starring Benjamín Rojas. It tells the story of identical twin brothers separated at birth, who after meeting change places. It was pre-released on 29 November 2009, and officially released on 7 December on Disney Channel Latin America. It was created by Cris... |
Jake Valley / Blake Hill | (2009–present) Disney Channel Original Series | |
| 2011 | Cuando me sonries | Juanse | (2011–present) |
| Amigos y Rivales | Alejandro Casablanca | (2011–present) | |
| Theater | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1998–2001 | Chiquititas Chiquititas Chiquititas was a successful children's musical telenovela from Argentina. Created and produced by Cris Morena and her daughter Romina Yan, it aired on Telefé from 1995 until 2001 .There were two spin-offs: Rincón de Luz, aired in 2003 on Canal 9 and a 2006 season which aired in... |
Yago / Bautista Arce | Adaptation of Chiquititas Chiquititas Chiquititas was a successful children's musical telenovela from Argentina. Created and produced by Cris Morena and her daughter Romina Yan, it aired on Telefé from 1995 until 2001 .There were two spin-offs: Rincón de Luz, aired in 2003 on Canal 9 and a 2006 season which aired in... |
| 2005 | Floricienta Floricienta Floricienta is an Argentine family friendly telenovela based on the Cinderella story. It originally aired from 2004 to 2005, but continues to be broadcast in almost 70 countries. Some international channels airing Floricienta are TVE International, Disney Channel Latino, Disney Channel Europe... |
Franco Fritzenwalden | Adaptation of Floricienta Floricienta Floricienta is an Argentine family friendly telenovela based on the Cinderella story. It originally aired from 2004 to 2005, but continues to be broadcast in almost 70 countries. Some international channels airing Floricienta are TVE International, Disney Channel Latino, Disney Channel Europe... |
| 2006 | Alma Pirata Alma Pirata Alma Pirata is an Argentine 2006 telenovela, created and produced by Cris Morena. In this telenovela, lead roles were portrayed by Benjamín Rojas, Fabián Mazzei, Luisana Lopilato, Mariano Martinez, Nicolás Vázquez, Isabel Macedo, Elsa Pinilla and Julia Calvo.This show earned 2006 Martín Fierro... |
Cruz Navarro | Adaptation of Alma Pirata Alma Pirata Alma Pirata is an Argentine 2006 telenovela, created and produced by Cris Morena. In this telenovela, lead roles were portrayed by Benjamín Rojas, Fabián Mazzei, Luisana Lopilato, Mariano Martinez, Nicolás Vázquez, Isabel Macedo, Elsa Pinilla and Julia Calvo.This show earned 2006 Martín Fierro... |
| 2008 | The Jungle Book The Jungle Book The Jungle Book is a collection of stories by British Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling. The stories were first published in magazines in 1893–4. The original publications contain illustrations, some by Rudyard's father, John Lockwood Kipling. Kipling was born in India and spent the first six... |
Mowgli Mowgli Mowgli is a fictional character from India who originally appeared in Rudyard Kipling's short story "In the Rukh" and then went on to become the most prominent and memorable character in his fantasies, The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book , which also featured stories about other... |
Adaptation of The Jungle Book The Jungle Book The Jungle Book is a collection of stories by British Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling. The stories were first published in magazines in 1893–4. The original publications contain illustrations, some by Rudyard's father, John Lockwood Kipling. Kipling was born in India and spent the first six... |
| 2010 | Jake & Blake Jake & Blake Jake & Blake is an Argentine sitcom, starring Benjamín Rojas. It tells the story of identical twin brothers separated at birth, who after meeting change places. It was pre-released on 29 November 2009, and officially released on 7 December on Disney Channel Latin America. It was created by Cris... |
Jake Valley / Blake Hill | Adaptation of Jake & Blake Jake & Blake Jake & Blake is an Argentine sitcom, starring Benjamín Rojas. It tells the story of identical twin brothers separated at birth, who after meeting change places. It was pre-released on 29 November 2009, and officially released on 7 December on Disney Channel Latin America. It was created by Cris... |
Soundtrack albums
- 1998 — Chiquititas Vol. 4
- 1999 — Chiquititas Vol. 5
- 2000 — Chiquititas Vol. 6
- 2001 — Chiquititas Vol. 7
- 2001 — Chiquititas: Rincón de Luz (LA PELICULA)
- 2004 — FloricientaFloricientaFloricienta is an Argentine family friendly telenovela based on the Cinderella story. It originally aired from 2004 to 2005, but continues to be broadcast in almost 70 countries. Some international channels airing Floricienta are TVE International, Disney Channel Latino, Disney Channel Europe...
- 2005 - FloricientaFloricientaFloricienta is an Argentine family friendly telenovela based on the Cinderella story. It originally aired from 2004 to 2005, but continues to be broadcast in almost 70 countries. Some international channels airing Floricienta are TVE International, Disney Channel Latino, Disney Channel Europe...
- 2006 — Alma PirataAlma PirataAlma Pirata is an Argentine 2006 telenovela, created and produced by Cris Morena. In this telenovela, lead roles were portrayed by Benjamín Rojas, Fabián Mazzei, Luisana Lopilato, Mariano Martinez, Nicolás Vázquez, Isabel Macedo, Elsa Pinilla and Julia Calvo.This show earned 2006 Martín Fierro...
- 2007 — Casi ÁngelesCasi ÁngelesCasi Ángeles is an Argentinian series targeted at teenagers, which became the most popular teenage TV series in the country, as well as in many others. It started airing on 21 March 2007 to 29 November 2010 on Telefe. Casi Ángeles was created by Cris Morena, and produced by Cris Morena Group and...
- 2010 — Jake & BlakeJake & BlakeJake & Blake is an Argentine sitcom, starring Benjamín Rojas. It tells the story of identical twin brothers separated at birth, who after meeting change places. It was pre-released on 29 November 2009, and officially released on 7 December on Disney Channel Latin America. It was created by Cris...
External links
- Official Website
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQqr-tdmylw&feature=related ((Benjamín Rojas and Camila Bordonaba)_song: "Dije Adios" /ErrewayErrewayErreway was an Argentine band formed during the television series Rebelde Way, consisting of Camila Bordonaba, Felipe Colombo and Benjamín Rojas. Originally, it consisted of Bordonaba, Colombo, Rojas and Luisana Lopilato, who left the band in 2005...
live in Israel 2004). - http://www.novebox.com/series/rebelde-way-temporada1/88108
- http://www.novebox.com/series/rebelde-way-temporada2/91392
- http://www.twitter.com/rojasbenjamin