Gastón Soffritti

Gastón Nicolás Soffritti (born December 13, 1991)^[1] is an Argentine actor. He debuted as an actor at the age of 9 and has appeared in the series Floricienta, Patito Feo, Sueña Conmigo and Graduados.

Biography

Soffritti's first work was in the telenovela Yago, pasión Morena. He was then aged 9 and was selected from 1,500 children seeking to join the cast. He played the cousin of Facundo Arana's character.^[2] Beset with acting commitments, he received his education at five different schools.^[3]

He became famous as the lead male actor of the teen drama Patito Feo.^[4] The successful telenovela lasted for two seasons.^[5]

In an attempt to escape the teen drama genre, Soffritti worked in Graduados.^[2] He received the proposal while making a short production for América 2. To design his character he had interviews with all the other actors who played roles linked with it; this included most of the cast because his character was a nexus between the two families of the plot, the firm and the school.^[2] He praised the actress Nancy Dupláa, who played his mother in the fiction.^[3]

In 2013, it was reported that he would be a member of the cast of Vecinos en guerra, a telenovela produced by Underground, along Mike Amigorena and Mónica Antonopulos. His character in the fiction was to be a young thief, a contrast to the character he played in Graduados.^[6]

Soffritti is also a guitar and drum player. He has a band named Quimera 9.^[3]

Television series

• Yago, pasión Morena
• Rincón de Luz (2003)
• Floricienta (2004-2005)
• Chiquititas Sin Fin (2006)
• Patito Feo (2007-2008)
• Sueña Conmigo (2010-2011)
• Historias de la primera vez (2011)
• Graduados (2012)
• Vecinos en guerra (2013)

References