Leandro Fernández(I)
- Actor
Colombian-Spanish Actor, Musician and Director. Son of artist Domingo
Fernández and brother of renowned actor Helios Fernández, studied
Direction in Spain and moved to Miami, FL where he has been promoting
the Hispanic theater since his arrival in 1999. In 1996 he was
nominated Best Actor in a Regional Comedy in Claqueta awards in the
Framework of International Film Festival in Cartagena, in 1998,
traveled to Spain with his own theater group, with the play "Cuentos
con Tambor", there he spent a year, performing in various theaters and
renowned cultural sites in Spain, working for a leading NGO at the
Universidad Complutense, "Solidarios" and the Colombian Embassy. in
2002 he created the "Grupo de Teatro La Tarumba Miami" that has
performed in theaters and most public schools in Miami-Dade County,
with works written and directed by him, as "Las Aventuras de Don
Quijote", "Cuentos con Tambor", "Coloncontando Don Cristóbal
Navegando". He has participated in series of the most important
Hispanic American television channels such as Telemundo and Univision,
as "Prisionera", "Al filo de la ley", "Dame Chocolate", "Más Sabe el
Diablo", he taught at the Telemundo reality show: "Protagonistas de la
fama V.I.P.", led the Colombian comedy festival held in Miami in
September 2006 "Juntos pero no revueltos" In 2007 he directed the
segments of humor for Sabado Gigante with Don Francisco and the Stand
Up Comedy "Las Mujeres son de Venus y los Hombres son... de Madre"