Cast

Fernando Fernán Gómez

1921 – 2007

Active years (films on this site)

1951–1999

Genres

ComedyDramaFantasyRomance

Schools and movements

Spanish CinemaContemporary European Art Cinema

Directors worked with

Luis García Berlanga1 filmVíctor Erice1 filmPedro Almodóvar1 film

Biography

Fernando Fernández Gómez, better known as Fernando Fernán Gómez, was a Spanish actor, screenwriter, film director, theater director, novelist, and playwright. Prolific in all these fields, he was elected member of the Royal Spanish Academy in 1998. He was born in Lima, Peru while his mother, Spanish actress Carola Fernán-Gómez, was making a tour in Latin America. He would later use her surname for his stage name when he moved to Spain in 1924.

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Awards and honours

International

• Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor 1993
• Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise 2007
• Silver Bear

National / local

• Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts 1981
• National Theater Prize 1985
• Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts 1995
• Alcalá City Awards 1998
• Donostia Award 1999
• Gold Medal of Work Merit 1999
• Medalla de Oro 2001
• Fastenrath Award
• Mariano de Cavia' Price

3 films on this site

1. Esa pareja feliz 1951 · Luis García Berlanga · IMDb 6.7 · Cast
2. The Spirit of the Beehive 1973 · Víctor Erice · IMDb 7.7 · Cast
3. All About My Mother 1999 · Pedro Almodóvar · IMDb 7.8 · Cast