Fernando Rey
Fernando Rey was born on Sep 20, 1917 in Spain. Fernando Rey's big-screen debut came with El rey que rabió directed by José Buchs in 1940, strarring Extra (uncredited). Fernando Rey is known for Don Quijote de la Mancha directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, Fernando Rey stars as Don Quijote and Alfredo Landa as Sancho Panza. Fernando Rey has got 16 awards and 7 nominations so far. The most recent award Fernando Rey achieved is TP de Oro, Spain. The upcoming new movie Fernando Rey plays is Don Quixote which will be released on Nov 10, 2005.
Fernando Rey, the great Spanish movie actor primarily known in the United States for his role as "Frog One" in French Connection (1971) and its sequel, was born Fernando Casado D'Arambillet on September 20 1917, in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, the son of Colonel Casado Veiga. Originally, the young Fernando intended to become an architect. However, when the Spanish Civil War erupted in 1936, his architectural studies were interrupted, and he gained employment as a movie extra. He took the stage name "Fernando Rey" at the beginning of his career, equivalent, in English, to "Fernando King". Eight years after his movie debut, he was cast in his first major speaking role, as the Duke de Alba in José López Rubio's 1944 movie "Eugenia de Montijo".Rey enjoyed a long and prosperous career as an actor in movies, the theater, radio, and television. He also was a major voice-over artist in Spain, narrating films and dubbing the voices of actors in foreign films. Rey's most fruitful collaboration was with the great director Luis Buñuel, which began during the 1960s and continued thought the 1970s. The films that Rey appeared in for Buñuel' made him an international star, the first produced by the Spanish cinema. By the early 1970s, Rey's career reached its high point, with his co-starring role in "The French Connection" (Best Picture Oscar Winner for 1971) and his starring role in Buñuel's Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (1972) ("The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie", Best Foreign Language Film Oscar winner for 1972). Rey followed up these successes by appearing in French Connection (1971) in 1974, and Buñuel's tandem Cet obscur objet du désir (1977) ("That Obscure Object of Desire"), an art-house hit that was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Ironically, in the film, Rey's voice was dubbed into French by Michel Piccoli. That same year, he won the Best Actor prize at Cannes for Carlos Saura' Elisa, Mon Amour (1977).Many honors came to Rey in the twilight of his career, during the 1980s and 1990s. He was awarded at San Sebastián and Cannes, and was presented with the gold medal of the Spanish Art and Movie Sciences Academy. He became the president of that Academy from 1992 till his death from cancer two years later.
Birthday
Sep 20, 1917Place of Birth
A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Known For
Awards
16 wins & 7 nominations
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