Jaime Fernández

Acting

Jaime Fernández

Born December 6, 1927 · Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Died April 15, 2005 · aged 77

Nicolás Jaime Fernández Reyes (December 6, 1933), better known simply as Jaime Fernández, was a Mexican actor and union leader. Over his career, he won 3 Silver Ariel awards — the Mexican equivalent of the Oscar — including one for what is arguably his best-known role, playing Friday, the protagonist's associate in Luis Buñuel's Robinson Crusoe. He appeared in over 200 films and served as the gen…

Known For

Mi campeónMi campeón · 1952
Mi campeón
5.51952
MovieComedyDrama
Catita is a simple and poor woman who dreams of that her son stands out on something important to help her out of his humble. But she opposes to him being boxer, therefore constantly fighting with her husband.
El corrido de María PistolasEl corrido de María Pistolas · 1964
El corrido de María Pistolas
6.41964
Movie
Sequel to Maria Pistolas. Comic-tomgirl member of Villa's army has boy trouble.
The Proud and the BeautifulThe Proud and the Beautiful · 1953
The Proud and the Beautiful
6.71953
MovieDrama
Life in a small Mexican village where joy and misery, hope and pain, passion and guilt, love and decay, life and death are mixed in the peasants life and two French citizens who end up stranded in there, during a typhoid epidemic.
Zonga, el ángel diabólicoZonga, el ángel diabólico · 1957
Zonga, el ángel diabólico
5.41957
MovieDramaRomance
A medical researcher arrives at a cursed island and falls in love with an indigenous priestess.
Vuelta al paraísoVuelta al paraíso · 1960
Vuelta al paraíso
6.01960
MovieDramaRomance
All men who arrive on a small island fall in love with the daughters of an old fisherman who live there.
Oro rojoOro rojo · 2005
Oro rojo
5.02005
MovieAction
He swears to avenge his brother's death and will not rest until he fulfills his oath, even if it costs him his own life.
Lauro PuñalesLauro Puñales · 1969
Lauro Puñales
5.01969
Movie
One of Zapata's field marshals runs afoul of dictator Huerta's stooges in his home town.
Una pasión me dominaUna pasión me domina · 1961
Una pasión me domina
6.01961
MovieDramaRomance
Unscrupulous landowner and his family are trying to deny water rights to the townsfolk. Particular beef with the guy that runs the mill. Ultimately the Revolution rolls through town and helps put everything right.

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