Fernando Colunga
| Fernando Colunga | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 3, 1966 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Occupation | Actor/Director |
| Years active | 1989-present |
| Partner(s) |
Yuri (1992-1993) Thalía (1995-1996) Aracely Arámbula (2000-2001) |
| Parent(s) | Fernando Colunga Margarita Olivares |
| Website | www |
Fernando Colunga Olivares (pronounced: [feɾˈnando koˈluŋɡa oliˈβaɾes]; born March 3, 1966 in Mexico City) Mexican is a Mexican actor known for his work in Mexican telenovelas. Colunga received his drama education at CEA (Centro de Educación Artística de Televisa).
Film and television actor, the only son of the engineer Fernando Colunga and Margarita Olivares began studying civil engineering, had a hardware store, was an auto dealer, worked as a clerk and also as a bartender. "I always had the urge to be an actor, but I did not directly Televisa", began film acting until in 1988 he worked twice as Eduardo Yañez's stuntman in the soap opera Dulce Desafío (Sweet Challenge). From there he decided to go into acting and enrolled in the Centro de Educación en las Artes (CEA) in Televisa in 1990. At the outset, his face became popular in many homes thanks to having a role in the Mexican version of the famous children's program Sesame Street. He appeared in other shows like "The web", "Marked time" and "All of it."
He had appearances in telenovelas like Cenizas y Diamantes (Ashes and Diamonds), Madres Egoístas (Selfish Mothers) and Maria Mercedes. Carla Estrada offered him a role in the soap operas "Más Allá del Puente" (Beyond the Bridge) with Maria Sorté in 1993-1994. "Fernando is a very studious person and given as a professional, demanding of himself" says Carla Estrada (People Magazine).
After this telenovela, had a role in "Marimar"in 1994 giving birth to Adrian Rosales. By that year, Fernando was released in the cinema with the film Kiss me on the mouth with Paulina Rubio and in 1995 plays the character of Lieutenant Raul Gutierrez Alondra a period novel produced by Carla Estrada, and teaming with actress Veronica Merchant and sharing credits with actors like Gonzalo Vega, Ernesto Laguardia, Marga Lopez, Ana Colchero, Juan Manuel Bernal, Beatriz Sheridan, Eric del Castillo, among others. In 1995-1996 Fernando got his first starring role opposite Thalia in the telenovela "Maria la del barrio" giving life to Luis Fernando de la Vega. With this telenovela, Fernando began to be known in many countries.
Later starred Esmeralda with Leticia Calderon, seen in countries as disparate as Indonesia or the Czech Republic. After the success of Emerald in 1997, Fernando makes a foray into the theater with Original Sin not where he starred with Chantal Andere, starred as Jenny and Bill, an unhappy marriage in the process of destruction. His next show was in 1998, "La Usurpadora" with Venezuelan actress Gabriela Spanic and actors he had worked before and Juan Pablo Gamboa, Chantal Andere, Alejandro Ruiz, Enrique Lizalde and Dominika Paleta, among others. In this novel gives life to Carlos Daniel Bracho, a man who knows that the usurper, Paulina has replaced his wife Paola is under blackmail of it. "I liked playing him because he is quite different from me, but we seem that we are not sexist. But I think a lot more things and demand that others be respectful to me, because I am with them. Carlos Daniel has a weak character and that's not my case." In an overview Fernando says "I hardly had time to rest between a novel and another, but I accepted it gladly returned to work with friends and I liked the story. Besides best, was meeting someone as lovely as Gabriela Spanic. We understood so well that I think we are a fantastic couple. Besides, my character is not the typical leading man, is very innovative." (Soap Opera Magazine). Fernando managed to change a bit the image of the telenovela, "Yeah, I got that the protagonist of the telenovela will use beard and mustache and the costumes were something more casual. This had never been given, because the leading men always have to be impeccable; I've got that, without appearing too casual, my character has a different image, more youthful." (Soap Opera Magazine)
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