Santiago Stieben
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Santiago Lautaro Stieben (born August 15, 1985) is an Argentine actor.

Biography

Santiago was born in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

, Argentina
Argentina
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 to María Elena and Ernesto Stieben who are both of German descent. He has four brothers: Milton, Román, Lionel, and Lara. While at elementary school Santiago showed a passion for performing and his family enrolled him in theatre classes. He studied under Helena Nesis and Eduardo Meneguelli, and has performed with Hilda Bernard, Ponchy Bruce, and Ricardo Robles.

Santiago's other passions include supporting the Club Atlético Atlanta
Club Atlético Atlanta
Club Atlético Atlanta is an Argentine sports club from Buenos Aires. Nicknamed Los Bohemios , its football team won the 2010/11 Primera B Metropolitana championship and promoted to the Primera B Nacional for the 2011/12 season.-History:The club was founded on October the 12th, 1904 in Buenos...

 football team and Argentine rock, in particular the Argentine rock band Los Redonditos de Ricota. He also enjoys travelling the world meeting new people and experiencing different cultures. Besides acting Santiago has also worked at various other jobs, including a casual clothing store in Buenos Aires and his family's local fast food restaurant.

Santiago's career

Santiago Stieben began acting at a young age, appearing in a commercial for the company Jerry Mox, promoting "Vienissima", a brand of Argentine sausages. His most popularly role is as "Roña", the streetwise boy that he played in the successful 1995 Argentine television series 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...

 (Tiny Angels). Between series Santiago participated in the popular theatre version of the show played at the Gran Rex theater in Buenos Aires and has also contributed to five music albums from the television series. In 1999, after five seasons, Santiago left 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...

, returning in 2001 for the shows final episode.

After 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...

 Santiago played a mute in the "La Terapeuta" (The Therapist) episode of the television series Tiempo Final (Final Minute). He also made short appearances in the Argentine shows "Un Cortado: Historias De Café" (A History of Coffee), "Los Simuladores
Los Simuladores
Los Simuladores is an Argentinian television series about a small team of con artists for hire, who use their skills to solve common people's life problems. The show ran for two seasons, from 2002 to 2003. It was very popular and highly acclaimed, winning a Golden Martín Fierro Award. A number of...

" (Pretenders) and "Disputas" (Catfight). Santiago played minor roles in the soap operas "Buenos Vecinos", "Los Médicos De Hoy", "PH", "Kachorra", "Dr. Amor", and "Amo De Casa".
During this time he also did segments for the Saladillo
Saladillo
Saladillo is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Saladillo Partido.-External links:...

 local television network and was the summer of 2000 music and entertainment reporter for the show "La Movida del verano". In 2000 he also appeared in a movie for the University of Buenos Aires
University of Buenos Aires
The University of Buenos Aires is the largest university in Argentina and the largest university by enrollment in Latin America. Founded on August 12, 1821 in the city of Buenos Aires, it consists of 13 faculties, 6 hospitals, 10 museums and is linked to 4 high schools: Colegio Nacional de Buenos...

 titled "Hybris".

In 2002, Santiago participated in the children's play "Diez Corazones" and in the 2003, performed in the musical comedy "Eliott Ness". His final role in a soap opera was in 2005 when he played the role of "Erre" in Media Falta. That year he also co-starred in the movie Marisol. In 2006 he produced with director Igancio Nazarevich the film El pibe de ningún lado (The Nowhere Boy), in which he also starred. At present Santiago is a co-host of 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...

 and is about to release a new movie titled Mala Rata (Bad Rat).

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