# Eduard Fernández

Eduard Fernández Serrano (born 25 August 1964) is a Spanish screen and stage actor from Catalonia. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including four Goya Awards.

## Life and career

Eduard Fernández was born in Barcelona on 25 August 1964. He trained as a mime artist at the Barcelona's Institut del Teatre, and did street performances as such. He had a 25-year relationship with writer Esmeralda Berbel [ca], with whom he had one daughter, Greta, who is also an actress.
Following a theatre (he was a member of Els Joglars [es]) and television career, he made his feature film debut at age 30, in 1994 film Souvenir. His breakthrough film role in 1999 thriller Washington Wolves earned him a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actor.
His portrayal of Santos Vella, a contemporary Mephistopheles, in Fausto 5.0 (2001) earned him the Goya Award for Best Actor.
Fernández starred in Alberto Rodríguez's political thriller Smoke & Mirrors (2016) as corrupt spy/fixer Francisco Paesa, clinching the Silver Shell for Best Actor at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.
In 2019, he portrayed the founder of the Spanish Legion, one-eyed and one-armed Millán Astray, in While at War, a drama film set in the early stages of the Spanish Civil War focused on the plight of philosopher Miguel de Unamuno. For his performance in the film, he won a Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also starred in Belén Funes' social drama A Thief's Daughter in tandem with his daughter Greta.
In 2021, Fernández featured in Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea, in which he portrayed Open Arms founder Òscar Camps, the protagonist of the film.
Fernández featured in 2022 psychological thriller God's Crooked Lines (2022), portraying psychiatric hospital director Samuel Alvar, the nemesis of lead character Alice Gould. In an interview to Vanity Fair, Fernández stated that he believed his character to be "a bit misogynistic in addition to having a big ego".
In 2024, Fernández portrayed two iconic roles in film: Manolo Vital in The 47 and Enric Marco in Marco, the Invented Truth, the former a bus driver of immigrant background who hijacked a Barcelona bus line in 1978 in order to stand for his neighbors' rights and the latter an impostor who falsely pretended to be a survivor of the Flossenburg concentration camp. For the aforementioned performances, he respectively won the Gaudí and the Goya Awards for Best Leading Actor. Also in 2024, he was awarded the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts. The year was rounded up with the short film El otro, Fernández's directorial debut, which premiered at the 69th Seminci.

## Partial filmography
### Films

Key :
| † | Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1994 | Souvenir | | Feature film debut |
| 1999 | Zapping | Ramiro / Ramón | |
| 1999 | Los lobos de Washington (Washington Wolves) | Miguel | |
| 2000 | El portero (The Goalkeeper) | Nardo | |
| 2001 | La voz de su amo (His Master's Voice) | Charli | |
| 2001 | Son de mar (Sound of the Sea) | Alberto Sierra | |
| 2001 | Fausto 5.0 | Santos Vella | |
| 2002 | El embrujo de Shanghai (The Shanghai Spell) | Forcat | |
| 2002 | Smoking Room | Ramírez | |
| 2003 | The Galíndez File | Jesús Galíndez | |
| 2003 | En la ciudad (In the City) | Mario | |
| 2004 | Cosas que hacen que la vida valga la pena (Things That Make Living Worthwhile) | Jorge | |
| 2005 | Hormigas en la boca (Ants in the Mouth) | Martín | |
| 2005 | Obaba | Lucas | |
| 2005 | El método (The Method) | Fernando | |
| 2006 | Alatriste | Sebastián Copons | |
| 2006 | Ficción (Fiction) | Álex | |
| 2008 | 3 días (Before the Fall) | Lucio | |
| 2008 | Che | Ciro Algarañaz | |
| 2008 | El vestido | Fernando | |
| 2008 | La noche que dejó de llover [es] | | |
| 2009 | Amores locos (Mad Love) | Enrique | |
| 2009 | Tres dies amb la família (Three Days With the Family) | Josep Maria | |
| 2009 | Flores negras | Peter | |
| 2009 | Luna caliente | Juan | |
| 2010 | Biutiful | Tito | |
| 2010 | Pa negre (Black Bread) | Mestre ('teacher') | |
| 2010 | La mosquitera (The Mosquito Net) | Miquel | |
| 2011 | La piel que habito (The Skin I Live In) | Fulgencio | |
| 2012 | The Pelayos (Winning Streak) | La Bestia | |
| 2012 | Due uomini, quattro donne e una mucca depressa [es] | Emilio | |
| 2012 | Miel de naranjas (Orange Honey) | Vicente | |
| 2012 | Una pistola en cada mano (A Gun in Each Hand) | E. | |
| 2013 | Todas las mujeres (All the Women) | Nacho | |
| 2013 | Gente en sitios (People in Places) | | |
| 2014 | Marsella (Marseille) | Jesús | |
| 2014 | El Niño | Sergio | |
| 2014 | Murieron por encima de sus posibilidades (Dying Beyond Their Means) | | |
| 2014 | Los ausentes | | |
| 2015 | Lejos del mar [es] (Far from the Sea) | Santi | |
| 2015 | Felices 140 (Happy 140) | Ramón | |
| 2015 | Truman | Luis | |
| 2016 | La noche que mi madre mató a mi padre (The Night My Mother Killed My Father) | Ángel | |
| 2016 | El hombre de las mil caras (Smoke & Mirrors) | Francisco Paesa | |
| 2016 | 1898, los últimos de Filipinas (1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines) | Capitán Enrique de las Morenas [es] | |
| 2017 | Perfectos desconocidos (Perfect Strangers) | Alfonso | |
| 2018 | Todos lo saben (Everybody Knows) | Fernando | |
| 2019 | Mientras dure la guerra (While at War) | Millán-Astray | |
| 2019 | La hija de un ladrón (A Thief's Daughter) | Manuel | |
| 2021 | Mediterráneo (Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea) | Oscar | |
| 2022 | Los renglones torcidos de Dios (God's Crooked Lines) | Samuel Alvar | |
| 2024 | Marco, la verdad inventada (Marco, the Invented Truth) | Enric Marco | |
| 2024 | El 47 (The 47) | Manolo Vital | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2010 | La princesa de Éboli | Felipe II | TV movie aired as 2-part miniseries |
| 2011 | 14 d'abril. Macià contra Companys [ca] | Francesc Cambó | TV movie |
| 2014 | Descalzo sobre la tierra roja | Pedro Casaldáliga | Miniseries |
| 2017 | La zona | Héctor Uría | |
| 2020–23 | 30 monedas (30 Coins) | Padre Vergara | |
| 2024 | Mano de hierro (Iron Reign) | Joaquín Manchado | |

## Accolades

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2000 | 14th Goya Awards | Best New Actor | Washington Wolves | Nominated |
| 2002 | 16th Goya Awards | Best Actor | Fausto 5.0 | Won |
| 2002 | 16th Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Sound of the Sea | Nominated |
| 2004 | 18th Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actor | In the City | Won |
| 2004 | 13th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actor in a Secondary Role | In the City | Won |
| 2005 | 19th Goya Awards | Best Actor | Things That Make Living Worthwhile | Nominated |
| 2005 | 14th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actor in a Leading Role | Things That Make Living Worthwhile | Nominated |
| 2006 | 20th Goya Awards | Best Actor | The Method | Nominated |
| 2006 | 15th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actor in a Secondary Role | The Method | Won |
| 2011 | 25th Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Biutiful | Nominated |
| 2014 | 1st Feroz Awards | Best Main Actor in a Film | All the Women | Nominated |
| 2014 | 28th Goya Awards | Best Actor | All the Women | Nominated |
| 2015 | 2nd Feroz Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Film | El Niño | Nominated |
| 2015 | 7th Gaudí Awards | Best Supporting Actor | El Niño | Won |
| 2015 | 29th Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actor | El Niño | Nominated |
| 2016 | 64th San Sebastián International Film Festival | Silver Shell for Best Actor | Smoke & Mirrors | Won |
| 2017 | 4th Feroz Awards | Best Main Actor in a Film | Smoke & Mirrors | Nominated |
| 2017 | 9th Gaudí Awards | Best Actor | Smoke & Mirrors | Won |
| 2017 | 31st Goya Awards | Best Actor | Smoke & Mirrors | Nominated |
| 2019 | 6th Feroz Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Film | Everybody Knows | Nominated |
| 2019 | 33rd Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Everybody Knows | Nominated |
| 2020 | 7th Feroz Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Film | While at War | Nominated |
| 2020 | 12th Gaudí Awards | Best Actor | A Thief's Daughter | Nominated |
| 2020 | 12th Gaudí Awards | Best Supporting Actor | While at War | Nominated |
| 2020 | 34th Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actor | While at War | Won |
| 2021 | 8th Feroz Awards | Best Main Actor in a Series | 30 Coins | Won |
| 2022 | 9th Feroz Awards | Best Main Actor in a Film | Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea | Nominated |
| 2022 | 36th Goya Awards | Best Actor | Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea | Nominated |
| 2023 | 15th Gaudí Awards | Best Supporting Actor | God's Crooked Lines | Nominated |
| 2024 | 27th Max Awards | Best Actor | Todas las canciones de amor | Won |
| 2024 | 30th Forqué Awards | Best Actor in a Film | Marco, the Invented Truth | Won |
| 2025 | 17th Gaudí Awards | Best Actor | The 47 | Won |
| 2025 | 12th Feroz Awards | Best Main Actor in a Film | Marco, the Invented Truth | Won |
| 2025 | 79th CEC Medals | Best Actor | Marco, the Invented Truth | Won |
| 2025 | 79th CEC Medals | Best Actor | The 47 | Nominated |
| 2025 | 39th Goya Awards | Best Actor | Marco, the Invented Truth | Won |
| 2025 | 33rd Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actor in a Leading Role | Marco, the Invented Truth | Won |
| 2025 | 12th Platino Awards | Best Actor | Marco, the Invented Truth | Pending |