Chete Lera


Ramón Mariano Fernández Lera, 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 The Red Squirrel, Secrets of the Heart, Familia, Barrio, Open Your Eyes, Flores de otro mundo, and Full Moon.

Biography

Ramón Mariano Fernández Lera was born in 1949 in A Estrada, Province of Pontevedra. He was raised for most of his childhood in Corcubión, and then moved to Madrid. 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, portraying a sheriff making a parody out of authoritarian Madrid city councillor Ángel Matanzo; 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 Alejandro Amenábar's Abre los ojos.
He won the Silver Biznaga for Best Actor in the 2002 Málaga Film Festival together with the rest of the cast of Smoking Room.
His television work includes performances in Los ladrones van a la oficina, Médico de familia or Cuéntame cómo pasó. His last television work was his performance as Ramón in Mira lo que has hecho.
He died on 19 May 2022, age 72, in the wake of a car accident in Rincón de la Victoria. 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

;Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1991Todo por la pasta Jefe PortuguesesFeature film debut
1993La ardilla roja Salvador
1997FamiliaVentura
1997Secretos del corazón Ricardo
1997Abre los ojos Antonio
1998BarrioComisario
1999Extraños Marcos
1999Flores de otro mundo Alfonso
2000Plenilunio Ferreras
2002El alquimista impaciente Luis Dávila
2002Smoking RoomPuig
2003El misterio Galíndez
2007Concursante Edmundo Figueroa
2007El niño de barro Dr. Soria
2007Tocar el cielo Pedro
2009Filomeno
2012Todo es silencio Rumbo

;Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2017El ministerio del tiempoMarqués de ComillasGuest. Episode: "Tiempo de esclavos"
2018Mira lo que has hechoRamónRecurring. Season 1

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
20025th Málaga Film FestivalSilver Biznaga for Best ActorSmoking Room
20042nd Mestre Mateo AwardsBest ActorSecuestrados en XeorxiaNomitated
20053rd Mestre Mateo AwardsBest Supporting ActorLa promesaNomitated
20086th Mestre Mateo AwardsBest ActorThe Mud BoyWon
20086th Mestre Mateo AwardsBest Supporting ActorThe ContestantNomitated
20097th Mestre Mateo AwardsBest ActorOs mortos van á presaWon