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Chete Lera

{{Short description|Spanish actor (1949–2022)}}

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{{family name hatnote|Fernández|Lera|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox person

| birth_place = A Estrada, Spain

| death_place = Rincón de la Victoria, Spain

| birth_name = Ramón Mariano Fernández Lera

| birth_date = 1949

| death_date = 19 May 2022 (aged 72)

| occupation = Actor

}}

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 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.farodevigo.es/deza-tabeiros-montes/2013/04/28/teatro-encontre-llenaba-espiritualmente-daba-17467849.html|website=Faro de Vigo|title="Con el teatro encontré algo que me llenaba espiritualmente y que me daba de comer"|date=28 April 2013|first=Lois|last=Docampo}} Prior to acting he was an aeronautic engineer, pilot, bank teller and studied psychology.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aisge.es/chete-lera|website=AISGE|title="¿El teatro cambia cosas? Rotundamente, sí"|date=18 June 2014|first=Eduardo|last=Vallejo}} He began a career as a stage actor in the late 1970s,{{Cite web|url=https://www.elprogreso.es/articulo/cultura/el-festival-de-cans-premiara-chete-lera-con-su-pedigree-de-honra-2008/20080327212800152437.html|website=El Progreso|title=O Festival de Cans premiará a Chete Lera con su 'Pedigree de Honra'|date=27 March 2008}} including his performance in the Eduardo Fuentes-directed stage play Cabaret Castizo (premiered in Madrid on 5 January 1993), 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.{{cite journal|journal=ABC|url=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1993/01/17/107.html|title=Matanzo precinta mañana el teatro Alfil en plena representación de Cabaret Castizo|date=27 August 2019 }}{{cite journal|journal=Madridiario|title=Fallece el exconcejal del PP Ángel Matanzo|date=6 March 2017|url=https://www.madridiario.es/442105/fallece-exconcejal-pp-angel-matanzo}}{{cite journal |title=La temporada teatral española 1992–1993 |first=María Francisca |last=Vilches de Frutos |journal=Anales de la literatura española contemporánea |volume=20 |number=3 |year=1995 |pages=464 |publisher=Society of Spanish & Spanish-American Studies |jstor=27741276 |issn=0272-1635}}{{cite journal|last=Davison|journal=The Independent|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/out-of-spain-sheriff-comes-off-second-best-in-an-artistic-shootout-1480825.html|date=26 January 1993|title=Out of Spain: Sheriff comes off second best in an artistic shootout|first=Phil}}{{cite journal |first=Rosana |last=Torres |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1993/01/28/madrid/728223857_850215.html |date=28 January 1993|title=La obra que parodia a Matanzo prorroga dos meses sus representaciones |journal=El País}}{{cite journal|journal=ABC|url=http://www.abc.es/espana/madrid/abci-muere-exconcejal-popular-ayuntamiento-madrid-angel-matanzo-201703061232_noticia.html|date=6 March 2017|title=Muere el exconcejal popular en el Ayuntamiento de Madrid Ángel Matanzo|first=Sara|last=Medialdea}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/play/cine/noticias/abci-muere-actor-chete-lera-72-anos-accidente-trafico-202205201026_noticia.html|website=abcplay|via=ABC|title=Muere el actor Chete Lera a los 72 años en un accidente de tráfico|date=20 May 2022|first=Oscar|last=Rus}}{{Cite web|date=28 February 2018|title=Mira lo que has hecho: historia, personajes y lo que debes saber de la nueva serie española de Antena 3|website=La Prensa|url=https://laprensa.peru.com/espectaculos/noticia-mira-lo-que-has-hecho-historia-personajes-y-lo-que-debes-saber-nueva-serie-espanola-antena-3-77740}}

He died on 19 May 2022, age 72, in the wake of a car accident in Rincón de la Victoria.{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-05-20/muere-el-actor-chete-lera-en-un-accidente-de-trafico-en-malaga.html|website=El País|date=20 May 2022|title=Muere el actor Chete Lera en un accidente de tráfico en Málaga|first=Nacho|last=Sánchez}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/Muere-conductor-accidente-Rincon-Victoria_0_1685231648.html#!|website=Málaga Hoy|date=20 May 2022|title=Muere el actor Chete Lera al caer su coche por un desnivel de 50 metros en Rincón de la Victoria}}

Filmography

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;Film

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! Role

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align = "center" | 1991Todo por la pasta (Anything for Bread)Jefe PortuguesesFeature film debutalign = "center" |
align = "center" | 1993La ardilla roja (The Red Squirrel)Salvadoralign = "center" | {{Citation |chapter-url=https://books.openedition.org/psn/1905?lang=es|chapter=Filmographie|pages=193–203|first=|title=Le cinéma de Julio Medem|editor-first=Marie-Soledad|editor-last=Rodriguez|publisher=Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle|year=2008|location=Paris|isbn=9782878547481}}
align = "center" | 1997FamiliaVenturaalign = "center" | {{sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=72}}
align = "center" | 1997Secretos del corazón (Secrets of the Heart)Ricardoalign = "center" | {{Sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|pp=88–89}}
align = "center" | 1997Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes)Antonioalign = "center" | {{Sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=80}}
align = "center" | 1998BarrioComisarioalign = "center" | {{Cite book|title=La Pantalla Popular. El cine español durante el Gobierno de la derecha (1996-2003)|first=José María|last=Caparrós Lera|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1wJ8Hoa5FDEC&pg=PA113|location=Tres Cantos|publisher=Ediciones Akal|year=2005|isbn=9788446024149|page=113}}
align = "center" | 1999Flores de otro mundoAlfonsoalign = "center" | {{Sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=129}}
align = "center" | 2000Plenilunio (Plenilune)Ferrerasalign = "center" | {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PmMYAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA139|page=139|title=Great Spanish Films Since 1950|first=Ronald|publisher=The Scarecrow Press|year=2008|isbn=978-0-8108-5405-5|last=Schwartz}}
align = "center" | 2002El alquimista impaciente (The Impatient Alchemist)Luis Dávilaalign = "center" | {{Cite journal|url=http://www.publicacions.ub.edu/bibliotecadigital/cinema/filmhistoria/2002/alquimistaimpaciente.htm|publisher=Universidad de Barcelona|year=2002|volume=12|issue=3|title=El alquimista impaciente, o la cara amable de la guardia civil|first=José María|last=Abril|journal=Filmhistoria}}
align = "center" | 2002Smoking RoomPuigalign = "center" | {{Cite journal|url=https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1012&context=modlangdiss|last=López-Aguilera|first=Ana M.|title=Reseña de la película Smoking room (2002)"|year=2012|journal=Theses, Dissertations, Student Research: Modern Languages and Literatures|volume=12}}
align = "center" | 2003El misterio Galíndez (The Galíndez File)align = "center" | {{Sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=244}}
align = "center" | 2007Concursante (The Contestant)Edmundo Figueroaalign = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.espinof.com/estrenos/trailer-de-concursante-con-leonardo-sbaraglia|website=Espinof|title=Trailer de 'Concursante', con Leonardo Sbaraglia|date=13 March 2017|first=Beatriz|last=Maldivia}}
align = "center" | 2007El niño de barro (The Mud Boy)Dr. Soriaalign = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/chance/video-nino-barro-saca-luz-historia-nino-asesino-20070712101848.html|website=Europa Press|date=12 July 2007|title="El niño de barro" saca a la luz la historia de un niño asesino}}
align = "center" | 2007Tocar el cielo (Touch the Sky)Pedroalign = "center" | {{Cite web|website=Variety|first=Jonathan|last=Holland|title=Touch the Sky|date=27 September 2007|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/reviews/touch-the-sky-1200555882/#!}}
align = "center" | 2009{{ill|Os mortos van á présa|gl}}Filomenoalign = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/cultura/cine-00128/noticia-muertos-van-deprisa-comedia-sabor-percebes-20090309170038.html|title='Los muertos van deprisa', comedia con "sabor a percebes"|website=Europa Press|date=9 March 2009}}
align = "center" | 2012Todo es silencio (All Is Silence)Rumboalign = "center" | {{Cite book|pages=217|url=https://www.academiagalegadoaudiovisual.gal/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Papeis-da-Academia-2013.pdf|title=Papeis da Academia Galega do Audiovisual (Xuño 2012 / Xulo 2013)|location=A Coruña|publisher=Academia Galega do Audiovisual|year=2013|isbn=84-695-8515-0}}

;Television

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align = "center" | 2017El ministerio del tiempoMarqués de ComillasGuest. Episode: "Tiempo de esclavos"align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.elespanol.com/bluper/television/20170705/ministerio-tiempo-despide-jueves-despues-verano/228978344_0.html|website=Bluper|via=El Español|title='El Ministerio del Tiempo' se despide este jueves hasta después del verano|date=5 July 2017}}
align = "center" | 2018Mira lo que has hechoRamónRecurring. Season 1align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/television/20220520/chete-lera-muerte-filmografia-peliculas-series-ardilla-roja-cuentame/2350117.shtml|website=rtve.es|title=¿En qué películas y series pudimos ver a Chete Lera?|date=20 May 2022}}

Accolades

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align = "center" | 20025th Málaga Film FestivalSilver Biznaga for Best ActorSmoking Room{{Won|{{abbrv|Won|Collectively shared by the whole cast of the film}}}}align = "center" |
align = "center" | 20042nd Mestre Mateo AwardsBest ActorSecuestrados en Xeorxia{{nom}}align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.academiagalegadoaudiovisual.gal/es/os-socios-da-academia-galega-do-audiovisual-elixen-os-nominados-os-premios-mestre-mateo-03/|website=Academia Galega do Audiovisual|title=Os socios da Academia Galega do Audiovisual elixen ó nominados ó Premios Mestre Mateo 03|date=12 May 2004}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.galiciadigital.com/noticia.674.php|website=Galicia Digital|title=As leis de Celavella, teleserie producida por Voz Audiovisual y emitida por TVG, obtiene siete premios en la Gala Mestre Mateo|date=7 June 2004}}
align = "center" | 20053rd Mestre Mateo AwardsBest Supporting ActorLa promesa{{nom}}align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.academiagalegadoaudiovisual.gal/es/xa-hai-finalistas-para-os-premios-mestre-mateo-04/|website=Academia Galega do Audiovisual|title=Xa hai finalista para os Premios Mestre Mateo 04|date=2 March 2005}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.academiagalegadoaudiovisual.gal/es/o-ano-da-carracha-foi-a-longametraxe-que-sumou-mais-galardons/|website=Academia Galega do Audiovisual|title=O ano da carracha foi a longametraxe que sumou máis galardóns|date=21 March 2005}}
align = "center" rowspan = "2" | 2008rowspan = "2" | 6th Mestre Mateo AwardsBest ActorThe Mud Boy{{won}}align = "center" rowspan = "2" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.galiciadigital.com/noticia.3419.php|website=Galicia Digital|title=Las películas O neno de barro y Concursante, nominadas a los Premios Mestre Mateo. La serie A vida por diante compite en 12 categorías|date=7 March 2008}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.publico.es/actualidad/o-neno-barro-arrasa-premios.html|website=Público|date=16 April 2008|title="O neno de barro" arrasa en los premios del cine gallego con nueve Mestre Mateo}}
Best Supporting ActorThe Contestant{{nom}}
align = "center" | 20097th Mestre Mateo AwardsBest ActorOs mortos van á presa{{won}}align = "center" | {{Cite journal|url=https://www.academiadecine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/revista_academia_cine_157.pdf|journal=Academia|publisher=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España|page=70|location=Madrid|issue=157|year=2009|title=Premios|issn=1136-8144}}

References

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