Fernando Luján

Fernando Ciangherotti Díaz, better known by the stage name Fernando Luján, was a Mexican actor. He was a star of the silver screen in classic mexican films during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.
His father, Alejandro Ciangherotti Erbelia; his mother, Mercedes Soler; brother Alejandro Ciangherotti Jr; wife Martha Mariana Castro; sons Fernando Ciangherotti and Fernando Canek; and daughters Cassandra Ciangherotti and Vanessa Ciangherotti were or are also actors.

Family

Luján was born in Bogotá, Colombia, while his parents, both actors, were on tour presenting a play, but he never obtained Colombian nationality. He is the son of Alejandro Ciangherotti Erbelia and Mercedes Soler, the youngest of the famous Soler family. His late brother, Alejandro Ciangherotti, ex-wife, Adriana Parra, wife Martha Mariana Castro, children Fernando, Vanessa, Cassandra, Fernando Canek, Franco Paolo, granddaughter and son-in-law Vaita and Roberto Sosa, nephews Alejandro III, Alexis and Alan are also actors.
He has ten children: five daughters and five sons.

''Una vuelta al corazón''

In 2009, his wife and daughter, Martha Mariana and Vanessa, produced a trilogy of the family in celebrating the ninth anniversary of Lo que callamos las mujeres, starring his children, nephews and granddaughter, where Vanessa and Fernando Ciangherotti serve as the director.

Acting career

He started his acting career as a child in the Cinema of Mexico credited as Fernando Ciangherotti, but changed his stage name to Fernando Luján a few years later. After appearing in more than eight films, mostly light comedies, he obtained a role in the telenovela Cuatro en la trampa at age twenty-three. The next eighteen years, he alternated his film career with television, culminating with the worldwide famous production Los ricos también lloran. The next twelve years, he did not participate in telenovelas and only starred in four films. He returned to television with Vida robada and Cadenas de amargura in 1991.
After participating in three other telenovelas for Televisa in the next five years, he signed a contract with TV Azteca to co-star with Angélica Aragón in the second telenovela of that new network titled Mirada de mujer. This telenovela was a success and would produce a sequel six years later. After Mirada de mujer, he obtained significant roles in film, especially as the star of the film-version of Gabriel García Márquez's book No One Writes to the Colonel in 1999. His performance in this film was qualified as "remarkable" by The New York Times. In 2005, he received the Ariel Award by the Mexican Academy of Film in honoring his career and contributions to film.

Death

A long-time cigar smoker, Luján died on January 11, 2019, in Puerto Escondido at the age of 79.

Awards

Ariel Award in 2005
*Diosa de plata to honor his career in the Cinema of Mexico
Fernando Luján was remembered as a "movie legend" at the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony on February 9, 2020.
Filmography

Film

La cobarde as Julio, niño
The Unfaithful as Luisito
La segunda mujer as Rudy, niño
Los que no deben nacer
El mil amores as Ricardo Rodríguez
La edad de la tentación as Eduardo
La sombra en defensa de la juventud
Dangers of Youth as Ricardo
Vacaciones en Acapulco as Pepe
Mañana serán hombres as Raúl, el muñeco
Juventud rebelde as Denis
Jóvenes y bellas as Raúl Paz
El cielo y la tierra as Greñas
Dile que la quiero as Greñas
La sombra de los hijos
Amor y sexo as Gallina, interno
El pueblo fantasma as Rio Kid
El gángster as Pedro
Neutrón contra los asesinos del karate as Nephew
Amor de adolescente as Raúl Linares
Viento negro as Ingeniero Julio
Joselito vagabundo as Fernando
Tirando a gol as Pedro
Que haremos con papá?
Juventud sin ley as Jorge Ordorica
Fiebre de juventud as Luis
Lanza tus penas al viento as Gustavo
Sólo para ti as Juan Negro
Acapulco a go-go as Robert
Los perversos a go go as Tony
Un novio para dos hermanas as Fernando Martínez Dávila
Novias impacientes as Luis Quintero
Caballos de acero
Báñame mi amor
Un Latin lover en Acapulco
Cuatro contra el crimen as Peter
El Agente 00 Sexy as Ernesto Romero
5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa as Miguel Ernesto Suárez
Amor y esas cosas
Tres amigos
Confesiones de una adolescente
El oficio más antiguo del mundo as Miguel
Cuerpazo del delito as Enrique
La hermana Dinamita as Dr. Tello
Un amante anda suelto
Los corrompidos
Juegos de alcoba as Beto
El medio pelo as Doctor Sergio López
Buscando una sonrisa
La gatita as Rubén
Besos, besos... y mas besos
Pilotos de combate
La carrera del millón
El alegre divorciado as Carlos Pozuelo
El miedo no anda en burro as Raúl
El patrullero 777 as Hombre suicida
En la trampa as Alejandro
Estas ruinas que ves as Paco Aldebarán
La guerra de los pasteles
Ese loco, loco hospital
Más buenas que el pan
Día de muertos as Francisco de Jesús Talamantes
Solicito marido para engañar
El garañón 2
Dos cuates a todo dar
El último suspiro
Fuera de la ley
El coronel no tiene quien le escriba as The colonel
En el país de no pasa nada as Enrique Laguardia
Primer y último amor as Fermín Azcue
El tigre de Santa Julia as Nando
Tú te lo pierdes as Torcuato
Las llaves de la independencia as Demetrio
El carnaval de Sodoma as Padre Cándido
Cañitas. Presencia as Don Fernando
The Wind of Fear as Doctor Vila
Insignificant Things as Augusto Gabrieli
Cinco días sin Nora as José Kurtz
El libro de las aguas as Ángel 1975
Euforia as Duque
Viento en contra as Justino Samperio
Red Lips as Don Luis
Tercera Llamada as Fernando
Cásese quien pueda as Papá Méndes
Selección Canina as Bernardo Lapata
Manual de principiantes para ser presidente as Octogenario
Cuando los hijos regresan as Manuel
Overboard as Papi
El refugio de los insomnes as Hombre Lobo
Telenovelas
Cuatro en la trampa
La culpa de los padres
Marina Lavalle
El edificio de enfrente as Camilo
Los que ayudan a Dios
María José as El Jaiba
Bella y bestia as Alfred
Los ricos también lloran as Diego
Vida robada as Don Ramón
Cadenas de amargura as Padre Julio
Sueño de amor
La paloma
Para toda la vida as Juan Angel
Mirada de mujer as Lic. Ignacio San Millán
Todo por amor as Gonzalo Robles
Lo que es el amor as Emiliano Lomelí
Mirada de mujer: El regreso as Lic. Ignacio San Millán
Las Juanas as Calixto Matamoros
Montecristo as Alberto Lombardo
Entre el amor y el deseo as Edgar Dumont
Quererte así as Alfred "Fred" Roth
Los Rey as Everardo Rey Martínez
Así en el barrio como en el cielo as Marcelo Ferrara
Series
Pinche Pancho
Ingobernable as Tomás Urquiza