Nando Parrado was born on December 9, 1949 in Montevideo, Uruguay as Fernando Seler Parrado Dolgay. He is known for his work on Stranded: I've Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains (2007), Return to the Andes (2002) and Alive: 20 Years Later (1993). He is married to Veronique Van Wassenhove. They have two children.