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Fernando Colunga was born on the 3rd of March 1966 in Mexico City, Mexico. His father is Don Fernando Colunga and his mother Dona Margarita Olivares. Fernando Colunga from the time that was a little boy wanted to be an actor. Fernando graduated from the University of Mexico as civil engineer. But after advice from a friend, Fernando went to the studios of Televisa, the best studios for the well-known and successful in telenovelas. Fernando started his career as a stand-in. A producer noticed his great acting talent and from then the excellent acting career of Fernando begun.

1992 - Debut As a Star
His first participation in the television was with the telenovela _"María Mercedes" (1992)_ (qv. The role of Fernando in this telenovela was originally made for 10 episodes, but after the huge success that his role had, the producers made 80 more episodes with Fernando Colunga.

1994 - Marimar
he acted in many telenovelas like "Marimar" (1994) before he took his first leading role.

1996 - Maria la del Barrio
His first leading role, which was very successful

1997 - Esmeralda
Second leading role that made him very famous not only in Mexico but in 170 countries of the world where the telenovela has been shown. Fernando became a huge TV-star with big ratings and millions of fans.

1998 - La Usurpadora
A telenovela that had a huge rating in Mexico and in all over the world.

1999 - Nunca Te Olvidare
He continued his successful career with this next latin telenovela. At the end of the year he also was part of the cast of a christmas-telenova of Televisa Cuento de Navidad

2000 - Abrazame Muy Fuerte
Won two awards for his acting in the leading role of Carlos Manuel Rivero, the "Los Heraldos" award, something like the Mexican Oscars and the "TV y Novelas" award, an award that is right from the votes of the Mexican audience, while "Abrázame muy fuerte" was the most successful telenovela of the year and of the most recent years and took the award of the best telenovela in the same ceremonies.

2001
At Christmas-time of 2001, Fernando filmed the Christmas-telenovela "Navidad sin fin (2001)(mini) in which Fernando played a surprise role of an "ugly" and poor man.

2003 - Amor Real
In 2003, he accepted to interpret the role of Manuel Fuentes Guerra in the new Mexican Telenovela, produced by Carla Estrada. Working amongst great actors like Adela Noriega (Matilde Penalver) and Mauricio Islas (Adolfo Solis). This telenovela had the highest rating in the Mexico of all telenovelas which had a huge impact to the mexican viewers. Starting this Monday, January 19, 2004 don't miss out on a second chance to watch Amor Real starting at 5:00pm en el Canal de las Estrellas. And soon it will make it's debut on Univision.

Fernando
Fernando Colunga is arguably the best Mexican actor and the most famous at the same time . He is the only actor that has filmed 5 very successful telenovelas successively . Fernando is beloved both in Mexico and the rest of the world. With all his roles, Fernando has proven that he isn't only a very handsome man, but a great actor too. Fernando Colunga is also an excellent, decent man with moral values in his life. He always keeps his personal life away from the press, while his dream is to be married once in his lifetime, like his beloved parents.





Did you know that Fernando...
  • Has practised martial arts since he was 9 years old.
  • Has his own auto-parts bussines.
  • Worked as a stuntman in some soap operas
  • Majored in Civil Engineering
  • Got his drama education at CEA (Centro de Educación Artística de Televisa)
  • Practices scuba diving in the Caribean Seas
  • Former barman
  • Rides motorcycles in his free time.
  • In the Cristina show after Abrazame muy fuerte when they were reading fan e- mail questions someone had asked Fer if he had talked to Thalia since her wedding, Fer responded “No” but what’s more interesting was Cristina’s comment “We won't go into that subject but I will just say that if her mother knew how far you have come, you guys would have ten kids by now!”.
  • Fer’s partner in Abrazame muy fuerte Aracely Arambula was falling from the waterfall if Fer couldn’t hold her. Aracely said that Fer is her guardian angel and saved her life.
  • Again in the Cristina show after Abrazame muy fuerte they asked "What is the most delicious part of your body?" and his answer was “Mouth”
  • Fer dives somewhere outside Cancun at the weekends whenever he has time for a long time. He commented that it is a great place for diving espeacially at nighttime and added “It’s like another world in front of your eyes”
  • Fer has totally cut all grains,all salt, bread, tortillas, even limited red meat to a minimum. His diet is strictly proteins (chicken, fish, seafood, greens, cucumber and some tomato, etc.)
  • In the Cristina show after Esmeralda there was a girl in the audience who would not stop crying and screaming and waving her hands, so Cristina told her not to cry right on national tv and later at the end of the actual show Fer gave her a kiss on the cheek. After the official taping of the show was over, Fer addressed the audience and specifically called her up on stage again. She almost fainted. He then hugged her .She had no idea what to do so Fer told her not to do anything, then he gave a speech about the audience shows of support being the bread and butter of the artist and then he gave her the bowl full of fresh roses that was decorating the coffee table between the chairs as a show of appreciation from a 'caballero para una dama'.
  • Fer separated with his fiancee because of his works. He studied from the morning till the evening and his girlfriend was tired very soon with that life.
  • In the recordings of Abrazame muy fuerte once the nephew of Aracely Arambula came to the set. She,her nephew and Fer hung around and enjoyed much. Aracely commented that Fer will be a great daddy
  • There were rumors that Fer had been together with Ana Patricia Rojo,Edith Gonzales,Gabriela Spanic,Adriana Fonseca even with Nora Salinas who is a great friend of Fer.
  • In the Cristina show after Nunca te Olvidare they joked about Fer playing jokes on Edith and her getting back to him by biting his lips on another kissing scene.
  • It is well known, that Fernando is a cinemagoer. He can watch films of all genres from the morning till the evening. He likes collecting, and collect everything, that he sees, - sunglasses, hats... And about one collection - of cars, he only dreams.
  • Acting in numerous telenovelas Fer didn't refuse an opportunity to join singing; he has plans to record a disk, but he cannot decide yet what gender to choose - a ballad or rancheras, though he prefers the last.







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Name:
Fernando Colunga Olivares

Born:
March 3rd 1966, D.F, Mexico.

Sign:
Pisces

Parents:
Don Fernando Colunga and Dona Margarita Olivares.

Status:
Single


Height:
6' 1½" (1.87 m)

Weight:
85kg

Hair:
Dark Brown

Eyes:
Brown

Education:
Fernando graduated from the University of Mexico as civil engineer.

He Likes:
Kids, motors and fast cars

Favourite Colour:
Blue

Smokes:
No.

His Hero:
His Dad.

Hobbies:
practices scuba diving in the Caribbean Seas and rides motorcycles in his free time.

Pets:
Two dogs - Max and Tiara.

Favourite Food:
Pizza