- Fernando Luján
Fernando Luján (born Fernando Ciangherotti Soler on
August 23 ,1938 ) is a Mexican actor, born inMexico City ,Mexico . His father;Alejandro Ciangherotti , brotherAlejandro Ciangherotti, Jr. , wifeMartha Mariana Castro and sonFernando Ciangherotti are also actors. He is not related to actressDaniela Luján .Acting career
He started his acting career as a child in the
Cinema of Mexico credited as "Fernando Ciangherotti" but changed his stage name to "Fernando Luján" a few years later. After appearing in more than eight films, mostly light comedies, he obtained a role in thetelenovela "Cuatro en la trampa " at age twenty-three. The next eighteen years, he alternated his film career with television, culminating with the worldwide famous production "Los ricos también lloran ". The next twelve years he did not participate in telenovelas and only starred in four films. He returned to television with "Vida robada " and "Cadenas de amargura " in 1991.After participating in three other telenovelas for
Televisa in the next five years, he signed a contract withTV Azteca to co-star withAngélica Aragón in the second telenovela of that new network titled "Mirada de mujer ". This telenovela was a success and would produce a sequel six years later. After "Mirada de mujer" he obtained significant roles in film, especially as the star of the film-version ofGabriel García Márquez 's book "No One Writes to the Colonel " in 1999 ("El coronel no tiene quien le escriba "). His performance in this film was qualified as "remarkable" byThe New York Times . In 2005 he was received theAriel Award by theMexican Academy of Film in honor to his career and contributions to film.Awards
*
Ariel Award in 2005
**"Diosa de plata" ("Golden Goddess") to honor his career in theCinema of Mexico Telenovelas
* Montecristo (2006) as Alberto Lombardo
* "Las Juanas " (2004) as Calixto Matamoros
* "" (2003) as Lic. Ignacio San Millán
* "Lo que es el amor " (2001) as Emiliano Lomelí
* "Todo por amor " (2000) as Gonzalo Robles
* "Mirada de mujer " (1997) as Lic. Ignacio San Millán
* "Para toda la vida " (1996) as Juan Angel
* "La paloma " (1995)
* "Sueño de amor " (1993)
* "Cadenas de amargura " (1991) as Padre Julio
* "Vida robada " (1991) as Don Ramon
* "Los ricos también lloran " (1979) as Diego
* "Bella y Bestia " (1979)
* "María José" (1978) as El Jaiba
* "La venganza " (1977)
* "Los que ayudan a Dios " (1973)
* "Marina Lavalle " (1965)
* "La culpa de los padres " (1963)
* "Cuatro en la trampa " (1961)Films
* "El carnaval de Sodoma " (2006) (post-production)
* "Tu te lo pierdes " (2005)
* "El tigre de Santa Julia " (2002) as Nando
* "Primer y último amor " (2002) as Fermín Azcue
* "El coronel no tiene quien le escriba " (1999) as The colonel
* "En el país de no pasa nada " (1999)
* "Fuera de la ley " (1998)
* "Día de muertos " (1988)
* "Solicíto marido para engañar " (1987)
* "Mas buenas que el pan " (1985)
* "En la trampa " (1979)
* "Estas ruinas que ves " (1978) as Paco Aldebarán
* "La guerra de los pasteles " (1978)
* "El patrullero 777 " (1977)
* "El alegre divorciado " (1976)
* "El miedo no anda en burro " (1973)
* "Los corrompidos " (1971)
* "La hermana Dinamita " (1970)
* "Buscando una sonrisa " (1970)
* "Pilotos de combate " (1970)
* "Confesiones de una adolescente " (1969)
* "5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa " (1968) as Miguel Ernesto Suárez
* "Cuerpazo del delito " (1968)
* "El oficio mas antiguo del mundo " (1968)
* "Cuatro contra el crimen " (1968)
* "Amor y esas cosas " (1967)
* "Caballos de acero " (1967)
* "Sólo para tí " (1966) as Juan Negro
* "El falso heredero " (1966)
* "Acapulco a go-go " (1966)
* "Lanza tus penas al viento " (1966)
* "Novias impacientes " (1966)
* "Novio para dos hermanas, Un " (1966)
* "Viento negro " (1965) as Ingeniero Julio
* "Fiebre de juventud " (1965)
* "Juventud sin ley " (1965)
* "Que haremos con papá? " (1965)
* "Los perversos a go go " (1965)
* "Amor y sexo " (1964) as Gallina, interno
* "El gángster " (1964)
* "Neutrón contra los asesinos del karate " (1964)
* "El pueblo fantasma " (1963)
* "La sombra de los hijos " (1963)
* "Dile que la quiero " (1963)
* "El cielo y la tierra " (1962)
* "Jóvenes y bellas " (1961)
* "Juventud rebelde " (1961)
* "Vacaciones en Acapulco " (1960)
* "Peligros de juventud " (1960)
* "La sombra en defensa de la juventud " (1959)
* "La edad de la tentación " (1958)
* "El mil amores " (1954) as Ricardo Rodríguez
* "La segunda mujer " (1952)
* "La cobarde " (1952)External links
* [http://www.alma-latina.net/01actors/f/fernando_lujan.shtml Fernando Luján] at the
Telenovela database .
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* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=180015 "El coronel no tiene quien le escriba"] review onThe New York Times
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