Luis Fernández (actor) explained

Luis Fernández
Birth Name:Luis Eduardo Fernández Oliva
Birth Date:1973 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Caracas, Venezuela
Years Active:1992–present

Luis Eduardo Fernández Oliva (born 14 March 1967 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan actor, writer, producer and director.[1] He started his career on stage at age 19, and followed to film, television, radio and publishing. Fernández has won several acting awards, and recently has published several books, comprising the series Sexo Sentido ("The Sex Sense"), best-sellers in Latin America and very well received by the critics.His tour-de-force performance in TAMARA earned him 5 international Film Festival awards for Best Actor.He developed his directorial skills on stage. His directorial debut in filmmaking was with the short film Blue Sky produced at the New York Film Academy, which has been selected to the official competition in several international film festivals. He has performed for over three years his own stand-up show It's not you, it's me (No eres tú, soy yo), recording over 2000 performances.

Fernández is also an architect, having graduated in 1991 from the Universidad Simón Bolívar, in Caracas, and the Graduate School of Design of Harvard University. He is married to the Venezuelan actress Mimí Lazo.[2]

Filmography

Film roles
Year Title Roles
2006Francisco de MirandaFrancisco de Miranda
2011ReverónNicolás Ferdinadov[3]
2011Hoara MenosAlfredo[4]
2014EspejosOctavio
2016TamaraTeo/ Tamara
2018HumanpersonJames[5]
2022SamlandJJ[6]
Television roles
Year Title Roles Notes
1992La loba heridaDaniel Algarbe
1993El paseo de la gracia de DiosErásmo Alfonzo
1994Cruz de nadieCruz
1997–1998LloviznaOrinoco Fuego
1998Ghost StoriesFather Eric SandovalEpisode: "Bless Me Father"
1999CalypsoSimón Vargas / El Náufrago Pérez
1999Mujer secretaGustavo Landaeta
2000Hay amores que matanCésar Augusto Montenegro
2001A calzón quita'oJuan Antonio Contreras
2003La CuaimaCristo Jesús Guédez
2004Natalia de 8 a 9EsposoTelevision film
2004Negra consentidaRodolfo Aristiguieta
2017–2018DynastyAlejandro RayaRecurring (season 1); 4 episodes

Theater

Director and producer

Selection at the Bogota's International Theater Festival, 2008.Opening Show, Caracas International Theater Festival, 2008.

Other leading roles

Municipal Award, Best Actor, 1992.

Writer

Radio

For over three years Fernández was the creator and host of the radio show The Sex Sense, that premiered in May 2004 to become an audience phenomenon on Venezuelan radio. Fernández interviewed more than one thousand successful professional women from Venezuela, Latin America and Spain. This show became the basis of his on-going stand-up show It’s not you, it’s me that has been seen by over 500,000 audience members in more than 400 performances since 2006.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 'LOS ROSTROS DE LAS TELENOVELAS' Luis Fernández. teleprograma.diezminutos.es. 10 May 2017. Spanish.
  2. RCTV, Luis Fernández
  3. Web site: ▷ Ver Reveron (Película de 2011) ESPAÑOL - UnoPeliculas.com . 2022-04-18 . www.unopeliculas.com.
  4. Web site: HORA MENOS . 2022-04-18 . www.grancine.net.
  5. Web site: HumanPersons La Película – Garra Producciones . 2022-04-18 . es-ES.
  6. Web site: El actor venezolano Carlos Montilla estrena "Samland" . 2022-04-18 . Telemundo Miami (51) . es.
  7. Web site: Sexo Sentido 3: No eres tú, soy yo (Spanish Edition) . Amazon . 10 December 2019.