| Luis Fernández | |
| Birth Name: | Luis Eduardo Fernández Oliva |
| Birth Date: | 1973 3, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Caracas, Venezuela |
| Years Active: | 1992–present |
Luis Eduardo Fernández Oliva (born 14 March 1967 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan actor, writer, producer and director.[1] He started his career on stage at age 19, and followed to film, television, radio and publishing. Fernández has won several acting awards, and recently has published several books, comprising the series Sexo Sentido ("The Sex Sense"), best-sellers in Latin America and very well received by the critics.His tour-de-force performance in TAMARA earned him 5 international Film Festival awards for Best Actor.He developed his directorial skills on stage. His directorial debut in filmmaking was with the short film Blue Sky produced at the New York Film Academy, which has been selected to the official competition in several international film festivals. He has performed for over three years his own stand-up show It's not you, it's me (No eres tú, soy yo), recording over 2000 performances.
Fernández is also an architect, having graduated in 1991 from the Universidad Simón Bolívar, in Caracas, and the Graduate School of Design of Harvard University. He is married to the Venezuelan actress Mimí Lazo.[2]
| Year | Title | Roles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Francisco de Miranda | Francisco de Miranda | |
| 2011 | Reverón | Nicolás Ferdinadov[3] | |
| 2011 | Hoara Menos | Alfredo[4] | |
| 2014 | Espejos | Octavio | |
| 2016 | Tamara | Teo/ Tamara | |
| 2018 | Humanperson | James[5] | |
| 2022 | Samland | JJ[6] |
| Year | Title | Roles | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | La loba herida | Daniel Algarbe | ||
| 1993 | El paseo de la gracia de Dios | Erásmo Alfonzo | ||
| 1994 | Cruz de nadie | Cruz | ||
| 1997–1998 | Llovizna | Orinoco Fuego | ||
| 1998 | Ghost Stories | Father Eric Sandoval | Episode: "Bless Me Father" | |
| 1999 | Calypso | Simón Vargas / El Náufrago Pérez | ||
| 1999 | Mujer secreta | Gustavo Landaeta | ||
| 2000 | Hay amores que matan | César Augusto Montenegro | ||
| 2001 | A calzón quita'o | Juan Antonio Contreras | ||
| 2003 | La Cuaima | Cristo Jesús Guédez | ||
| 2004 | Natalia de 8 a 9 | Esposo | Television film | |
| 2004 | Negra consentida | Rodolfo Aristiguieta | ||
| 2017–2018 | Dynasty | Alejandro Raya | Recurring (season 1); 4 episodes |
Selection at the Bogota's International Theater Festival, 2008.Opening Show, Caracas International Theater Festival, 2008.
Municipal Award, Best Actor, 1992.
For over three years Fernández was the creator and host of the radio show The Sex Sense, that premiered in May 2004 to become an audience phenomenon on Venezuelan radio. Fernández interviewed more than one thousand successful professional women from Venezuela, Latin America and Spain. This show became the basis of his on-going stand-up show It’s not you, it’s me that has been seen by over 500,000 audience members in more than 400 performances since 2006.