ACTOR

Fernando Fernán Gómez

1921 - 2007

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Fernando Fernández Gómez (28 August 1921 – 21 November 2007), better known as Fernando Fernán Gómez, was a Spanish actor, screenwriter, film director, theater director, novelist, and playwright. Prolific and outstanding in all these fields, he was elected member of the Royal Spanish Academy in 1998. He was born in Lima, Peru while his mother, Spanish actress Carola Fernán-Gómez, was making a tour in Latin America. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fernando Fernán Gómez has received more than 205,462 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Fernando Fernán Gómez is the 1,487th most popular actor (up from 1,908th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Peru (up from 43rd in 2019) and the most popular Peruvian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Fernando Fernán Gómez ranks 1,487 out of 13,578. Before him are Vera Fischer, Chaim Topol, Heather Locklear, Lynda Carter, Bruce Spence, and Cyd Charisse. After him are Richard Roundtree, Pam Grier, Mikhail Ulyanov, George Chakiris, Jane Darwell, and Jeanne Duval.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Fernando Fernán Gómez ranks 131. Before him are Pierre Clostermann, César Baldaccini, Maurice Yaméogo, Eugenio Coșeriu, James Whitmore, and Jaroslav Drobný. After him are Lidia Gueiler Tejada, Jean Behra, Darío Moreno, Géza Anda, Anne Golon, and Wolfgang Lotz. Among people deceased in 2007, Fernando Fernán Gómez ranks 105. Before him are José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, Al Oerter, Edward Yang, David Lane, Luigi Comencini, and Steve Fossett. After him are Mikhail Ulyanov, Guy de Rothschild, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Julien Gracq, Wally Schirra, and Henri Debehogne.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Fernando Fernán Gómez ranks 41 out of 287. Before him are Alejandro Toledo (1946), Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (1535), Lloque Yupanqui (1260), José Carlos Mariátegui (1894), Cápac Yupanqui (1320), and Mayta Cápac (1290). After him are Francisco Morales Bermúdez (1921), Claudio Pizarro (1978), Francisco Sagasti (1944), Boris Vallejo (1941), Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne (1943), and Valentín Paniagua (1936).

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Among ACTORS In Peru

Among actors born in Peru, Fernando Fernán Gómez ranks 1. After him are Henry Ian Cusick (1967), Nathalie Kelley (1985), Christian Meier (1970), Salvador del Solar (1970), María Julia Mantilla (1984), and Magaly Solier (1986).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Spirit of the Beehive
Fernando
In 1940, in the immediate aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, a young girl living on the Castilian plain is haunted after attending a screening of James Whale's 1931 film Frankenstein and hearing from her sister that the monster is not dead, instead existing as a spirit inhabiting a nearby barn.
Oct 8th 19737.6 / 10
All About My Mother
Rosa's Father
Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.
Apr 16th 19997.6 / 10
Butterfly
Don Gregorio
The film centres on Moncho and his coming-of-age experience in Galicia in 1936. Moncho develops a close relationship with his teacher Don Gregorio who introduces the boy to different things in the world. While the story centres on Moncho's ordinary coming-of-age experiences, tensions related to the looming Spanish Civil War periodically interrupt Moncho's personal growth and daily life.
Sep 24th 19997.403 / 10