Acting credits
212
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Fernando Rey
Acting
Career Snapshot
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2.9
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Movies: 201Series: 11
TMDB ID: 14821
IMDb ID: nm0721073
Known for: Acting
Born: September 20, 1917
Died: March 9, 1994
Age: 76
Place of birth: A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1939 - 2019
Years active: 81
Average TMDB rating: 6.28
Wikidata: Q106743
Also known as
Fernando Casado Arambillet • Фернандо Рей
Biography
Fernando Rey (September 20, 1917 – March 9, 1994) — best known as Fernando Rey — was a Spanish film, theatre, and TV actor, who worked in both Europe and the United States. A suave, international actor best known for his roles in the films of surrealist director Luis Buñuel (Tristana, 1970; Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, 1972; That Obscure Object of Desire, 1977) and as a drug lord in The French Connection (1971), he appeared in more than 150 films over half a century. The debonair Rey was described by French Connection producer Philip D'Antoni as "the last of the Continental guys". He achieved his greatest notoriety after he turned 50: "Perhaps it is a pity that my success came so late in life", he told The Times of Madrid in 1973. "It might have been better to have been successful while young, like El Cordobes in the bullring. Then your life is all before you to enjoy it."
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Fernando Rey.
4.5
El Quijote desde la platea
as Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage)
2019 Movie
5.9
Speaking of Buñuel
as Self (archive footage)
2000 Movie
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
as Self (archive footage)
1998 Movie
3.8
El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche?
as Gregorio
1994 Movie
4.0
On the Far Side of the Tunnel
as Miguel
1994 Movie
5.0
Madregilda
as Franco's Father
1993 Movie
5.8
The Sow
as Fray Juan
1992 Movie
5.0
L'Atlantide
as Father Mauritius
1992 Movie
5.0
After the Dream
as Ramiro Lanza
1992 Movie
Blood and Dust
as Sultan Saladin
1992 Movie
6.3
1492: Conquest of Paradise
as Marchena
1992 Movie
6.1
Don Quixote
as Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1992 Movie
8.4
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
as Don Quijote
1992 Movie
5.9
Drums of Fire
as Papa Pablo V
1990 Movie
Breath of Life
as Gran Magno
1990 Movie
6.4
Naked Tango
as Judge Torres
1990 Movie
Pictures of Europe
as Self
1990 Movie
4.4
Esmeralda Bay
as Ramos
1989 Movie
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
as Il professor Rune
1989 Movie
Le Grand Secret
as Paul Corbet
1989 Movie
Buñuel
as Self
1989 Movie
3.8
Scent of a Crime
as Fayón
1988 Movie
5.0
Winter Diary
as Padre
1988 Movie
4.9
Pasodoble
as Don Nuño
1988 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Fernando Rey.
Arnau
as Compte de Barcelona • 5 eps
1994 Series
Mission of Love
as Pacheco • 3 eps
1993 Series
5.4
Don Quijote de la Mancha
as Don Quijote • 5 eps
1992 Series
6.5
I promessi sposi
as Conte zio • 5 eps
1989 Series
Il ricatto
as Magistrato Di Nola • 1 eps
1989 Series
Le Grand Secret
as Paul Corbet • 6 eps
1989 Series
4.5
The House of Ulloa
as Sr. De La Lage • 4 eps
1985 Series
5.1
A.D.
as Seneca • 5 eps
1985 Series
7.8
Jesus of Nazareth
as Gaspar • 4 eps
1977 Series
Origins of the Mafia
as Baron Della Spina • 5 eps
1976 Series
7.5
Don Quijote von der Mancha
as Der Herzog / le duc • 4 eps
1965 Series