# Chete Lera > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chete_Lera > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chete_Lera.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chete_Lera > Source revision: 1324748639 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Spanish actor (1949–2022)}} {{use dmy|date=May 2022}} {{family name hatnote|Fernández|Lera|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox person | birth_place = [A Estrada](/source/A_Estrada), Spain | death_place = [Rincón de la Victoria](/source/Rinc%C3%B3n_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](/source/The_Red_Squirrel)'', ''[Secrets of the Heart](/source/Secrets_of_the_Heart_(film))'', ''[Familia](/source/Familia_(1996_film))'', ''[Barrio](/source/Barrio_(film))'', ''[Open Your Eyes](/source/Open_Your_Eyes_(1997_film))'', ''[Flores de otro mundo](/source/Flores_de_otro_mundo)'', and ''[Full Moon](/source/Plenilune)''. == Biography == Ramón Mariano Fernández Lera was born in 1949 in [A Estrada](/source/A_Estrada), [Province of Pontevedra](/source/Province_of_Pontevedra). He was raised for most of his childhood in [Corcubión](/source/Corcubi%C3%B3n), and then moved to [Madrid](/source/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](/source/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](/source/sheriff) making a parody out of authoritarian Madrid city councillor [Ángel Matanzo](/source/%C3%81ngel_Matanzo); Matanzo's attempts to bring down the play eventually prompted his own sacking from the municipal government board.{{cite journal|journal=[ABC](/source/ABC_(Spain))|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](/source/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](/source/El_Pa%C3%ADs)}}{{cite journal|journal=[ABC](/source/ABC_(Spain))|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](/source/Alejandro_Amen%C3%A1bar)'s ''[Abre los ojos](/source/Abre_los_ojos)''. He won the Silver Biznaga for Best Actor in the 2002 [Málaga Film Festival](/source/M%C3%A1laga_Film_Festival) together with the rest of the cast of ''Smoking Room''. His television work includes performances in ''[Los ladrones van a la oficina](/source/Los_ladrones_van_a_la_oficina)'', ''[Médico de familia](/source/M%C3%A9dico_de_familia)'' or ''[Cuéntame cómo pasó](/source/Cu%C3%A9ntame_c%C3%B3mo_pas%C3%B3)''. His last television work was his performance as Ramón in ''[Mira lo que has hecho](/source/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](/source/ABC_(Spain))|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](/source/Rinc%C3%B3n_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](/source/El_Pa%C3%ADs)|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 == {{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](/source/Anything_for_Bread)'' (''Anything for Bread'') || Jefe Portugueses || Feature film debut || align = "center" | |- | align = "center" | 1993 || ''[La ardilla roja](/source/The_Red_Squirrel)'' (''The Red Squirrel'') || Salvador || || align = "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](/source/Presses_Sorbonne_Nouvelle)|year=2008|location=Paris|isbn=9782878547481}} |- | align = "center" | 1997 || ''[Familia](/source/Familia_(1996_film))'' || Ventura || || align = "center" | {{sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=72}} |- | align = "center" | 1997 || ''[Secretos del corazón](/source/Secrets_of_the_Heart_(film))'' (''Secrets of the Heart'') || Ricardo || || align = "center" | {{Sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|pp=88–89}} |- | align = "center" | 1997 || ''[Abre los ojos](/source/Open_Your_Eyes_(1997_film))'' (''Open Your Eyes'') || Antonio || || align = "center" | {{Sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=80}} |- | {{center|1998}} | ''[Barrio](/source/Barrio_(film))'' || Comisario || || align = "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](/source/Ediciones_Akal)|year=2005|isbn=9788446024149|page=113}} |- | align = "center" rowspan = "2" | 1999 | ''[Extraños](/source/Strangers_(1999_film))'' (''Strangers'') || Marcos || || {{center|{{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}}}} |- | ''[Flores de otro mundo](/source/Flores_de_otro_mundo)'' (''Flowers from Another World'') || Alfonso || || align = "center" | {{Sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=129}} |- | align = "center" | 2000 || ''[Plenilunio](/source/Plenilune)'' (''Plenilune'') || Ferreras || || align = "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](/source/The_Scarecrow_Press)|year=2008|isbn=978-0-8108-5405-5|last=Schwartz}} |- | align = "center" | 2002 || ''[El alquimista impaciente](/source/The_Impatient_Alchemist)'' (''The Impatient Alchemist'') || Luis Dávila || || align = "center" | {{Cite journal|url=http://www.publicacions.ub.edu/bibliotecadigital/cinema/filmhistoria/2002/alquimistaimpaciente.htm|publisher=[Universidad de Barcelona](/source/University_of_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" | 2002 || ''[Smoking Room](/source/Smoking_Room_(film))'' || Puig || || align = "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" | 2003 || ''[El misterio Galíndez](/source/The_Gal%C3%ADndez_File)'' (''The Galíndez File'') || || || align = "center" | {{Sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=244}} |- | align = "center" | 2007 || ''[Concursante](/source/The_Contestant_(2007_film))'' (''The Contestant'') || Edmundo Figueroa || || align = "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" | 2007 || ''[El niño de barro](/source/The_Mud_Boy)'' (''The Mud Boy'') || Dr. Soria || || align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/chance/video-nino-barro-saca-luz-historia-nino-asesino-20070712101848.html|website=[Europa Press](/source/Europa_Press_(news_agency))|date=12 July 2007|title="El niño de barro" saca a la luz la historia de un niño asesino}} |- | align = "center" | 2007 || ''[Tocar el cielo](/source/Touch_the_Sky_(film))'' (''Touch the Sky'') || Pedro || || align = "center" | {{Cite web|website=[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))|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}}'' || Filomeno || || align = "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](/source/Europa_Press_(news_agency))|date=9 March 2009}} |- | align = "center" | 2012 || ''[Todo es silencio](/source/All_Is_Silence)'' (''All Is Silence'') || Rumbo || || align = "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 {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes || {{Abbrv|Ref|References}} |- | align = "center" | 2017 || ''[El ministerio del tiempo](/source/El_ministerio_del_tiempo)'' || [Marqués de Comillas](/source/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez%2C_1st_Marquess_of_Comillas) || Guest. 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](/source/El_Espa%C3%B1ol)|title='El Ministerio del Tiempo' se despide este jueves hasta después del verano|date=5 July 2017}} |- | align = "center" | 2018 || ''[Mira lo que has hecho](/source/Mira_lo_que_has_hecho)'' || Ramón || Recurring. Season 1 || align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/television/20220520/chete-lera-muerte-filmografia-peliculas-series-ardilla-roja-cuentame/2350117.shtml|website=[rtve.es](/source/RTVE)|title=¿En qué películas y series pudimos ver a Chete Lera?|date=20 May 2022}} |} == 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](/source/M%C3%A1laga_Film_Festival) || Silver Biznaga for Best Actor || ''Smoking Room'' || {{Won|{{abbrv|Won|Collectively shared by the whole cast of the film}}}} || align = "center" | |- | align = "center" | 2004 || 2nd [Mestre Mateo Awards](/source/Mestre_Mateo_Awards) || Best Actor || ''Secuestrados 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" | 2005 || 3rd [Mestre Mateo Awards](/source/Mestre_Mateo_Awards) || Best Supporting Actor || ''La 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" | 2008 || rowspan = "2" | 6th [Mestre Mateo Awards](/source/Mestre_Mateo_Awards) || Best Actor || ''The 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](/source/P%C3%BAblico_(Spain))|date=16 April 2008|title="O neno de barro" arrasa en los premios del cine gallego con nueve Mestre Mateo}} |- | Best Supporting Actor || ''The Contestant'' || {{nom}} |- | align = "center" | 2009 || 7th [Mestre Mateo Awards](/source/Mestre_Mateo_Awards) || Best Actor || ''Os 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](/source/Academia_de_las_Artes_y_las_Ciencias_Cinematogr%C3%A1ficas_de_Espa%C3%B1a)|page=70|location=Madrid|issue=157|year=2009|title=Premios|issn=1136-8144}} |} == References == {{reflist}} {{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 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Chete Lera](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chete_Lera) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chete_Lera?action=history)). 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