Fernando Rey
- Birthday
- Sep 20, 1917
- Birthplace
- A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Bio: An architecture student, Fernando Rey interrupted his studies to fight in the Spanish Civil War against the Frangiste. He entered films as an extra in 1940. Resembling a Goya painting come to life, the cadaverous Rey is best remembered internationally for his appearances in such Luis Bunuel projects as Viridiana (1961), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972),… More Bio: An architecture student, Fernando Rey interrupted his studies to fight in the Spanish Civil War against the Frangiste. He entered films as an extra in 1940. Resembling a Goya painting come to life, the cadaverous Rey is best remembered internationally for his appearances in such Luis Bunuel projects as Viridiana (1961), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), and for his work in such costume epics as The Last Days of Pompeii (1960), The Castillians (1961), and the made-for-TV Jesus of Nazareth. In 1977, he won a Cannes Film Festival award for his work in Elisa Vida Mia. Often cast as a world-weary, cosmopolitan villain, Fernando Rey's most celebrated performance within this character range was as drug lord Alain Charnier in the two French Connection pictures of the 1970s. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Filmography
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Manuela (2012)
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Marcelino Pan Y Vino (The Miracle of Marcelino) (2010)
- Actor
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Trágala, perro (2010)
- Actor
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Angel of Death (2007)
- Actor
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Saving Grace (2000)
- Cardinal Stefano Biondi
- 63%
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Fernando Rey Videos
The French Connection
15 seconds
1492 Conquest Of Paradise
2 minutes 39 seconds
Saving Grace
1 minutes 19 seconds
The Tunnel
1 minutes 8 seconds
Moon Over Parador
25 seconds
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