Antonio Fernández Resines (born 7 August 1954) is a Spanish film and television
actor
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.
Resines made his feature film debut in 1980 in ''La paloma azul'', also featuring in ''
Opera prima'' and ''La mano negra''.
He gained early notoriety in the 1980s by featuring in titles such as ''
Be Wanton and Tread No Shame'' (1985), ''
La vida alegre'' (1987) and ''
Dawn Breaks, Which Is No Small Thing'' (1989).
He further consolidated a film and television career in the 1990s, primarily in comedy works, including pictures such as ''Disparate nacional'' (1990), ''
Anything for Bread'' (1991), ''
The Sow'' (1992), ''
Acción mutante'' (1993), ''
Everyone Off to Jail'' (1993) and ''
All Men Are the Same'' (1994) and series such as ''Colegio Mayor'' and ''
Los ladrones van a la oficina'', which earned him notoriety.
He nonetheless won the
Goya Award for Best Actor
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Actors that won or were nominated for this category ha ...
for a dramatic role in ''
The Lucky Star'' (1997).
He attained an enormous degree of popularity in Spain for his portrayal of Diego Serrano from 2003 to 2008 in television series ''
Los Serrano''.
Biography
Antonio Fernández Resines was born 'by accident' on 7 August 1954 in
Torrelavega, as his parents spent their Summer holidays there, but he was raised in
Madrid
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,
son of José Ramón Fernández Quevedo, lawyer, and Amalia Resines Ruiz de Rebolledo, who died on 10 July 2011.
He studied on the
Marianist Colegio Santa María del Pilar.
Resines started studying law at university, yet he dropped his studies after one year,
switching to 'Sciences of the Image'.
During this time, he became an acquaintance of the likes of
Fernando Trueba
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Career
Between 1974 and 1979, Trueba worked as a film critic for Spain's leading daily newspaper '' El Paí ...
and
Óscar Ladoire.
From 2003 to 2008, he starred as leading role (Diego Serrano) in the successful (yet controversially-ended)
''costumbrista'' sit-com ''
Los Serrano''.
He was a regular collaborator in ''
La Resistencia''. In September 2019, he joined ''
El hormiguero''.
Selected filmography
Film
* ''
The Unemployment Club'' (2021) as Mr. Luna
* ''
La pequeña Suiza
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*"L.A.", a song by Elliott Smi ...
'' (2019) as Pascual
*''
El mundo alrededor'' (
Alejandro Calvo-Sotelo, 2005).
*''
Tánger'' (
Juan Madrid, 2004).
*''
Trileros'' (
Antonio del Real, 2003).
*''
Besos de gato'' (
Rafael Alcázar, 2003).
*''
Pídele cuentas al Rey'' (
Jose Antonio Quirós, 1999).
*''
La Ley de la frontera'' (
Adolfo Aristarain, 1995).
*''
El baile del pato'' (
Manuel Iborra
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, 1989).
*''
Lulú de noche'' (
Emilio Martínez Lázaro, 1986).
*''
Sal gorda'' (
Fernando Trueba
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Career
Between 1974 and 1979, Trueba worked as a film critic for Spain's leading daily newspaper '' El Paí ...
, 1983).
*''
Vecinos'' (
Alberto Bermejo, 1981).
Television
*''
Eva y Adán: agencia matrimonial'' (1990–1991)
*''
Los ladrones van a la oficina'' (1993-1996)
*''
La banda de Pérez'' (1997)
*''
A las once en casa'' (1998–1999)
*''
Robles Investigador'' (2000-2001)
*''
Los Serrano'' (2003–2008)
*''
Cheers
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'' (2011-)
*''
Aquí Paz y después Gloria'' (2015) as Paco / Ángel
Accolades
References
External links
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1954 births
Living people
People from Torrelavega
Spanish male film actors
Best Actor Goya Award winners
Spanish male television actors
20th-century Spanish male actors
21st-century Spanish male actors