{{Short description|Spanish actor (1949–2022)}} {{use dmy|date=May 2022}} {{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''.<ref name="ep" />
== 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Prior to acting he was an aeronautic engineer, pilot, bank teller and studied psychology.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He began a career as a stage actor in the late 1970s,<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> One of his most well known film credits was that of the psychiatrist in Alejandro Amenábar's ''Abre los ojos''.<ref name="rus" />
He won the Silver Biznaga for Best Actor in the 2002 Málaga Film Festival together with the rest of the cast of ''Smoking Room''.<ref name="rus" />
His television work includes performances in ''Los ladrones van a la oficina'', ''Médico de familia'' or ''Cuéntame cómo pasó''.<ref name="ep" /> His last television work was his performance as Ramón in ''Mira lo que has hecho''.<ref name="rus">{{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}}</ref><ref name=laprensape>{{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}}</ref>
He died on 19 May 2022, age 72, in the wake of a car accident in Rincón de la Victoria.<ref name="rus" /><ref name="ep">{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
== Filmography == {{Expand list|date=May 2022}} ;Film {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes || {{Abbrv|Ref|References}} |- | align = "center" | 1991 || ''Todo por la pasta'' (''Anything for Bread'') || Jefe Portugueses || Feature film debut || align = "center" | <ref name="creditsrtve" /> |- | align = "center" | 1993 || ''La ardilla roja'' (''The Red Squirrel'') || Salvador || || align = "center" | <ref>{{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}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 1997 || ''Familia'' || Ventura || || align = "center" | {{sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=72}} |- | align = "center" | 1997 || ''Secretos del corazón'' (''Secrets of the Heart'') || Ricardo || || align = "center" | {{Sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|pp=88–89}} |- | align = "center" | 1997 || ''Abre los ojos'' (''Open Your Eyes'') || Antonio || || align = "center" | {{Sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=80}} |- | {{center|1998}} | ''Barrio'' || Comisario || || align = "center" | <ref>{{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}}</ref> |- | align = "center" rowspan = "2" | 1999 | ''Extraños'' (''Strangers'') || Marcos || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book|title=Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático|first=Francisco María|last=Benavent|year=2000|isbn=84-271-2326-4|location=Bilbao|publisher=Ediciones Mensajero|page=253}}</ref>}} |- | ''Flores de otro mundo'' (''Flowers from Another World'') || Alfonso || || align = "center" | {{Sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=129}} |- | align = "center" | 2000 || ''Plenilunio'' (''Plenilune'') || Ferreras || || align = "center" | <ref>{{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}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2002 || ''El alquimista impaciente'' (''The Impatient Alchemist'') || Luis Dávila || || align = "center" | <ref>{{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}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2002 || ''Smoking Room'' || Puig || || align = "center" | <ref>{{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}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2003 || ''El misterio Galíndez'' (''The Galíndez File'') || || || align = "center" | {{Sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=244}} |- | align = "center" | 2007 || ''Concursante'' (''The Contestant'') || Edmundo Figueroa || || align = "center" | <ref>{{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}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2007 || ''El niño de barro'' (''The Mud Boy'') || Dr. Soria || || align = "center" | <ref>{{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}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2007 || ''Tocar el cielo'' (''Touch the Sky'') || Pedro || || align = "center" | <ref>{{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/#!}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2009 || ''{{ill|Os mortos van á présa|gl}}'' || Filomeno || || align = "center" | <ref>{{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}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2012 || ''Todo es silencio'' (''All Is Silence'') || Rumbo || || align = "center" | <ref>{{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}}</ref> |}
;Television {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes || {{Abbrv|Ref|References}} |- | align = "center" | 2017 || ''El ministerio del tiempo'' || Marqués de Comillas || Guest. Episode: "Tiempo de esclavos" || align = "center" | <ref>{{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}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2018 || ''Mira lo que has hecho'' || Ramón || Recurring. Season 1 || align = "center" | <ref name="creditsrtve">{{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}}</ref> |}
== Accolades == {{Expand list|date=May 2022}} {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Work ! Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | align = "center" | 2002 || 5th Málaga Film Festival || Silver Biznaga for Best Actor || ''Smoking Room'' || {{Won|{{abbrv|Won|Collectively shared by the whole cast of the film}}}} || align = "center" | <ref name="rus" /> |- | align = "center" | 2004 || 2nd Mestre Mateo Awards || Best Actor || ''Secuestrados en Xeorxia'' || {{nom}} || align = "center" | <ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2005 || 3rd Mestre Mateo Awards || Best Supporting Actor || ''La promesa'' || {{nom}} || align = "center" | <ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> |- | align = "center" rowspan = "2" | 2008 || rowspan = "2" | 6th Mestre Mateo Awards || Best Actor || ''The Mud Boy'' || {{won}} || align = "center" rowspan = "2" | <ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> |- | Best Supporting Actor || ''The Contestant'' || {{nom}} |- | align = "center" | 2009 || 7th Mestre Mateo Awards || Best Actor || ''Os mortos van á presa'' || {{won}} || align = "center" | <ref>{{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}}</ref> |}
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{{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lera, Chete}} Category:1949 births Category:2022 deaths Category:Road incident deaths in Spain Category:20th-century Spanish male actors Category:21st-century Spanish male actors Category:Spanish male television actors Category:Spanish male stage actors Category:Male actors from Galicia (Spain) Category:Spanish male film actors