Benjamin Rojas (born April 16, 1985 in La Plata, Buenos Aires province, Argentina), is a well known actor. He has also been a music star, being involved in a group, ERREway, that toured across Argentina during the early 2000s. April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... This article is about the year. ... Buenos Aires (English: Fair Winds; originally Ciudad de la Santísima Trinidad y Puerto de Santa María de los Buenos Aires, City of the Holy Trinity and Port of Saint Mary of the Fair Winds) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, and one of... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Career

Benjamin Rojas began his professional show business career when he was cast as "Yago" in Cris Morena's production, "Chiquititas", in 1998. His portrait of "Yago", a homeless boy who helps Maria Jimena Piccolo's "Jimena" out of a jungle and in turn gets helped by "Jimena" himself when she takes him to the "Rincon de Luz" orphanage home, gave Rojas much critical acclaim. Rojas spent two years at "Chiquititas", also playing the character of "Bautista Arce". During that span, Rojas became a teen idol in Argentina, the rest of Latin America and even Hungary, where fans of his kept a fan site dedicated to him [1]. Cris Morena (born Cristina de Giacomi on August 23, 1956), is an Argentine actress, show host, producer, composer and writer. ... Chiquititas is a successful childrens telenovela from Argentina. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... This is an alphabetical list of people-or groups- that have been recognized as teen idols, either by an international or domestic teenage fan base, over the decades. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...

After his participation in that teenager oriented telenovela, Rojas went on to reprise his role as "Bautista Arce" in the 2001 "Chiquititas" movie, "Chiquititas: Rincon de Luz". A separate article is about the punk band called The Adolescents. ... A telenovela is the term used to describe Spanish and Portuguese television serials derived from the terms tele short for television and novela (novel). In spite of their many differences, telenovelas can be compared to soap operas. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

It was in 2002, that Rojas broke through in the music world too. He played "Pablo Bustamante" in the international hit telenovela, "Rebelde Way", also known as ERREway. Rojas, along with fellow former "Chiquititas" actors Camila Bordonaba and Luisana Lopilato, among others, formed part of a music band, also named ERREway, that scored some musical hits and toured across Argentina until well after "Rebelde Way" had stopped recording. Rebelde Way is a telenovela from Argentina that was first broadcast on Telefe language = Spanish in 2002– 2003. ... Camila Bordonaba (born September 4, 1984), is a well known Argentine actress and composer. ... Image:Luisana lopilato. ...

By 2004, Rojas was seen acting in yet another Telefe production, "Floricienta", where he played "Franco Fritzenwalden". 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Televisión Federal S.A. Telefe, better known as Telefe, is an Argentinan television network. ... Floricienta is a telenovela of Argentina that was running 2004-2005. ...

That same year, ERREway (the group) participated in a film version of "Rebelde Way". "ERREway: 4 Caminos" ("ERREway, Four Ways") was a major Argentine cinema success.

Currently, Rojas stars in "Alma Pirata" ("Pirate Soul").

Musical career

Rojas was a member of ERREway, a successful teenage music band.

External links

imdb.com page