Chete Lera

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Lera.

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.^[1]

Chete Lera
Born	Ramón Mariano Fernández Lera 1949 A Estrada, Spain
Died	19 May 2022 (aged 72) Rincón de la Victoria, Spain
Occupation	Actor

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.^[2] Prior to acting he was an aeronautic engineer, pilot, bank teller and studied psychology.^[3] He began a career as a stage actor in the late 1970s,^[4] 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.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10]} One of his most well known film credits was that of the psychiatrist in Alejandro Amenábar's Abre los ojos.^[11]

He won the Silver Biznaga for Best Actor in the 2002 Málaga Film Festival together with the rest of the cast of Smoking Room.^[11]

His television work includes performances in Los ladrones van a la oficina, Médico de familia or Cuéntame cómo pasó.^[1] His last television work was his performance as Ramón in Mira lo que has hecho.^[11][12]

He died on 19 May 2022, age 72, in the wake of a car accident in Rincón de la Victoria.^[11][1] 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.^[13]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
1991	Todo por la pasta (Anything for Bread)	Jefe Portugueses	Feature film debut	[14]
1993	La ardilla roja (The Red Squirrel)	Salvador		[15]
1997	Familia	Ventura		[16]
1997	Secretos del corazón (Secrets of the Heart)	Ricardo		[17]
1997	Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes)	Antonio		[18]
1998	Barrio	Comisario		[19]
1999	Flores de otro mundo	Alfonso		[20]
2000	Plenilunio (Plenilune)	Ferreras		[21]
2002	El alquimista impaciente (The Impatient Alchemist)	Luis Dávila		[22]
2002	Smoking Room	Puig		[23]
2003	El misterio Galíndez (The Galíndez File)			[24]
2007	Concursante (The Contestant)	Edmundo Figueroa		[25]
2007	El niño de barro (The Mud Boy)	Dr. Soria		[26]
2007	Tocar el cielo (Touch the Sky)	Pedro		[27]
2009	Os mortos van á présa [gl]	Filomeno		[28]
2012	Todo es silencio (All Is Silence)	Rumbo		[29]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2017	El ministerio del tiempo	Marqués de Comillas	Guest. Episode: "Tiempo de esclavos"	[30]
2018	Mira lo que has hecho	Ramón	Recurring. Season 1	[14]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2002	5th Málaga Film Festival	Silver Biznaga for Best Actor	Smoking Room	Won	[11]
2004	2nd Mestre Mateo Awards	Best Actor	Secuestrados en Xeorxia	Nominated	[31][32]
2005	3rd Mestre Mateo Awards	Best Supporting Actor	La promesa	Nominated	[33][34]
2008	6th Mestre Mateo Awards	Best Actor	The Mud Boy	Won	[35][36]
		Best Supporting Actor	The Contestant	Nominated
2009	7th Mestre Mateo Awards	Best Actor	Os mortos van á presa	Won	[37]