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Ramón Mariano Fernández Lera (1949–2022), better known as Chete Lera, was a Spanish actor. With a long on-screen career in addition to a stage career, he featured in films such as ''
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'', '' Secrets of the Heart'', '' Familia'', ''
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'', '' Open Your Eyes'', '' Flores de otro mundo'', and '' Full Moon''.


Biography

Ramón Mariano Fernández Lera was born in 1949 in
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. He was raised for most of his childhood in
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, and then moved to
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. Prior to acting he was an aeronautic engineer, pilot, bank teller and studied psychology. He began a career as a stage actor in the late 1970s, including his performance in the Eduardo Fuentes-directed stage play ''Cabaret Castizo'' (premiered in Madrid on 5 January 1993), portraying a
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making a parody out of authoritarian Madrid city councillor
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; Matanzo's attempts to bring down the play eventually prompted his own sacking from the municipal government board. One of his most well known film credits was that of the psychiatrist in
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's '' Abre los ojos''. He won the Silver Biznaga for Best Actor in the 2002
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together with the rest of the cast of ''Smoking Room''. His television work includes performances in '' Los ladrones van a la oficina'', ''
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''. His last television work was his performance as Ramón in ''
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''. He died on 19 May 2022, age 72, in the wake of a car accident in
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. He was the single occupant of a vehicle that went off the road and fell down a 50-metre steep slope, landing on a plantation.


Filmography

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Accolades


References

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