- Patricio Schiavone
Patricio Schiavone (born
1985-02-08 ) is an Argentine actor who is perhaps better known for his role as "Patricio" in "Chiquititas ", a child- andteenage telenovela .Patricio Schiavone grew up as the only son Jorge Schiavone and his wife Graciela had. He admits to having a pampered childhood and enjoying the fact his parents gave him many things he asked for.
Schiavone's mother was a
gymnastics teacher.Betina O'Connel . a well known actress in Argentina during the early 1990s, was a client of Schiavone's mother. O'Connel kept telling young Patricio that he was "made" to become atelevision star. After over hearing O'Connel talk about her career achievements, Schiavone finally became interested in acting, and he proceeded to tell his mom that he wanted to be on television.His parents were supportive of Schiavone's decision. They took him to have some
photograph s done in order to create a portfolio. His parents signed him to a talent agency, and he was soon called to participate in various newspaper and magazine ads. He also acted in sometheater plays and a short film.His first experience as a television actor came in a show named "Nico". He also participated in "
Decime Cuál, Cuál... " ("Tell me Which One"). His participation on those shows, however, was limited to short sketches, and he did not gain fame from those shows.In 1998,
Alberto Fernández de Rosa , one of his co-stars in "Chiquititas", chose him, after anaudition , to join the show as "Patricio". "Chiquititas" by then had a large national and international fan base, and Schiavone quickly became ateen idol acrossLatin America . He also became known inIsrael andRussia .Schiavone lasted only one season at "Chiquititas", and has not acted on television after that.
Trivia
* Schiavone's "Chiquititas" character, Patricio, was a troublesome kid who had difficulty establishing friendships with the rest of the
soap opera 's characters.
* Schiavone listsTom Cruise as his favorite actor, andFito Páez as one of his favorite musicians.
* Schiavone participates in football, athletics andchess ; he has won awards at those sports.
* Schiavone had twodogs .
* Schiavone listsMar del Plata andMiramar, Argentina as his favorite places to vacation at.External links
*imdb name|id=0771309|name=Patricio Schiavone ARG
* [http://members.tripod.com/~chufos/chicos/patric.html Fan page] (es icon)
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