Fernando Luján

Fernando Luján (born Fernando Ciangherotti Soler on August 23, 1938) is a Mexican actor, born in Mexico City, Mexico. His father; Alejandro Ciangherotti, brother Alejandro Ciangherotti, Jr., wife Martha Mariana Castro and son Fernando Ciangherotti are also actors. He is not related to actress Daniela 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 the telenovela "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 with TV Azteca to co-star with Angélica 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 of Gabriel 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" by The New York Times. In 2005 he was received the Ariel Award by the Mexican 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 the Cinema 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 on The New York Times