Fernando Luján (born Fernando Ciangherotti Díaz; August 23, 1939 – January 11, 2019) was a Mexican actor.

His father; Alejandro Ciangherotti Erbelia, his mother; Mercedes Soler (Mercedes Diaz Pavia), brother Alejandro Ciangherotti Jr., wife Martha Mariana Castro, sons Fernando Ciangherotti, Fernando Canek and daughters Cassandra Ciangherotti and Vanessa Ciangherotti were or are also actors. He was not related to actress Daniela Luján.

Family
Luján was born in Bogota, Colombia, while his parents, both actors, were on tour presenting a play, but he never obtained Colombian nationality. He is the son of Alejandro Ciangherotti Erbelia and Mercedes Soler (Mercedes Diaz Pavia), the youngest of the famous Soler family. His late brother, Alejandro Ciangherotti, ex-wife, Adriana Parra, wife Martha Mariana Castro, children Fernando, Vanessa, Cassandra, Canek, Franco Paolo, granddaughter and son-in-law Vaita and Roberto Sosa, nephews Alejandro III, Alexis and Alan are also actors.

He has 10 children: 5 daughters and 5 sons.

Una vuelta al corazón
In 2009, his wife and daughter, Martha Mariana and Vanessa, produced a trilogy of the family in celebrating the ninth anniversary of Lo que callamos las mujeres, starring his children, nephews and granddaughter, where Vanessa and Fernando Ciangherotti serve as the director.

Acting career
He started his acting career as a child in the Cinema of Mexico credited as Fernando Ciangherotti, but changed his stage name to Fernando Luján a few years later. After appearing in more than eight films, mostly light comedies, he obtained a role in the telenovela Cuatro en la trampa at age twenty-three. The next eighteen years, he alternated his film career with television, culminating with the worldwide famous production Los ricos también lloran. The next twelve years, he did not participate in telenovelas and only starred in four films. He returned to television with Vida robada and Cadenas de amargura in 1991.

After participating in three other telenovelas for Televisa in the next five years, he signed a contract with TV Azteca to co-star with Angélica Aragón in the second telenovela of that new network titled Mirada de mujer. This telenovela was a success and would produce a sequel six years later. After Mirada de mujer, he obtained significant roles in film, especially as the star of the film-version of Gabriel García Márquez's book No One Writes to the Colonel in 1999 (El coronel no tiene quien le escriba). His performance in this film was qualified as "remarkable" by The New York Times. In 2005, he received the Ariel Award by the Mexican Academy of Film in honoring his career and contributions to film.

Death 
A long-time cigar smoker, Luján died on January 11, 2019 in Puerto Escondido at the age of 79.

Awards
Ariel Award in 2005
Diosa de plata ("Silver Goddess") to honor his career in the Cinema of Mexico
Fernando Luján was remembered as a "movie legend" at the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony on February 9, 2020.

Telenovelas
 Cuatro en la trampa (1961)
 La culpa de los padres (1963)
 Marina Lavalle (1965)
 El edificio de enfrente (1972) as Camilo
 Los que ayudan a Dios (1973)
 María José (1978) as El Jaiba
 Bella y bestia (1979) as Alfred
 Los ricos también lloran (1979) as Diego
 Vida robada (1991) as Don Ramón
 Cadenas de amargura (1991) as Padre Julio
 Sueño de amor (1993)
 La paloma (1995)
 Para toda la vida (1996) as Juan Angel
 Mirada de mujer (1997) as Lic. Ignacio San Millán
 Todo por amor (2000) as Gonzalo Robles
 Lo que es el amor (2001) as Emiliano Lomelí
 Mirada de mujer: El regreso (2003) as Lic. Ignacio San Millán
 Las Juanas (2004) as Calixto Matamoros
 Montecristo (2006) as Alberto Lombardo
 Entre el amor y el deseo (2010) as Edgar Dumont
 Quererte así (2012) as Alfred "Fred" Roth
 Los Rey (2012) as Everardo Rey Martínez
 Así en el barrio como en el cielo (2015) as Marcelo Ferrara

Series
 Pinche Pancho
 Ingobernable (2017) as Tomás Urquiza

Films

 La cobarde (1952)
 La segunda mujer (1952)
 El mil amores (1954) as Ricardo Rodríguez
 La edad de la tentación (1958)
 La sombra en defensa de la juventud (1959)
 Dangers of Youth (1960)
 Vacaciones en Acapulco (1960)
 Juventud rebelde (1961)
 Jóvenes y bellas (1961)
 El cielo y la tierra (1962)
 Dile que la quiero (1963)
 La sombra de los hijos (1963)
 El pueblo fantasma (1963)
 Neutrón contra los asesinos del karate (1964)
 El gángster (1964)
 Amor y sexo (1964) as Gallina, interno
 Los perversos a go go (1965)
 Que haremos con papá? (1965)
 Juventud sin ley (1965)
 Fiebre de juventud (1965)
 Viento negro (1965) as Ingeniero Julio
 Un novio para dos hermanas (1966)
 Novias impacientes (1966)
 Lanza tus penas al viento (1966)
 Acapulco a go-go (1966)
 El falso heredero (1966)
 Sólo para ti (1966) as Juan Negro
 Caballos de acero (1967)

 Amor y esas cosas (1967)
 El Agente 00 Sexy (1968)
 Cuatro contra el crimen (1968)
 El oficio más antiguo del mundo (1968)
 Cuerpazo del delito (1968)
 5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa (1968) as Miguel Ernesto Suárez
 Confesiones de una adolescente (1969)
 Pilotos de combate (1970)
 Buscando una sonrisa (1970)
 La hermana Dinamita (1970)
 Los corrompidos (1971)
 El miedo no anda en burro (1973)
 El alegre divorciado (1976)
 El patrullero 777 (1977)
 La guerra de los pasteles (1978)
 Estas ruinas que ves (1978) as Paco Aldebarán
 En la trampa (1979)
 Más buenas que el pan (1985)
 Solicito marido para engañar (1987)
 Día de muertos (1988)
 Fuera de la ley (1998)
 En el país de no pasa nada (1999)
 El coronel no tiene quien le escriba (1999) as The colonel
 Primer y último amor (2002) as Fermín Azcue
 El tigre de Santa Julia (2002) as Nando
 Tú te lo pierdes (2005)
 El carnaval de Sodoma (2006)
 Cinco días sin Nora (2008)
 Overboard (2018)

References

External links

El coronel no tiene quien le escriba review on The New York Times

Category:1939 births
Category:2019 deaths
Category:Mexican male film actors
Category:Mexican male telenovela actors
Category:Mexican people of Italian descent
Category:Male actors from Mexico City
Category:Male actors of Italian descent
Fernando Luján (born Fernando Ciangherotti Díaz; August 23, 1939 – January 11, 2019) was a Mexican actor.

His father; Alejandro Ciangherotti Erbelia, his mother; Mercedes Soler (Mercedes Diaz Pavia), sibling A. Ciangherotti Jr., wife Martha Mariana Castro, sons Fernando Ciangherotti, Fernando Canek and daughters Cassandra Ciangherotti and Vanessa Ciangherotti were or are also actors. He was not related to actress Daniela Luján.

Family
Luján was born in Bogota, Colombia, while his parents, both actors, were on tour presenting a play, but he never obtained Colombian nationality. He is the son of Alejandro Ciangherotti Erbelia and Mercedes Soler (Mercedes Diaz Pavia), the youngest of the famous Soler family. His late brother, Alejandro Ciangherotti, ex-wife, Adriana Parra, wife Martha Mariana Castro, children Fernando, Vanessa, Cassandra, Canek, Franco Paolo, granddaughter and son-in-law Vaita and Roberto Sosa, nephews Alejandro III, Alexis and Alan are also actors.

He has 10 children: 5 daughters and 5 sons.

Una vuelta al corazón
In 2009, his wife and daughter, Martha Mariana and Vanessa, produced a trilogy of the family in celebrating the ninth anniversary of Lo que callamos las mujeres, starring his children, nephews and granddaughter, where Vanessa and Fernando Ciangherotti serve as the director.

Acting career
He started his acting career as a child in the Cinema of Mexico credited as Fernando Ciangherotti, but changed his stage name to Fernando Luján a few years later. After appearing in more than eight films, mostly light comedies, he obtained a role in the telenovela Cuatro en la trampa at age twenty-three. The next eighteen years, he alternated his film career with television, culminating with the worldwide famous production Los ricos también lloran. The next twelve years, he did not participate in telenovelas and only starred in four films. He returned to television with Vida robada and Cadenas de amargura in 1991.

After participating in three other telenovelas for Televisa in the next five years, he signed a contract with TV Azteca to co-star with Angélica Aragón in the second telenovela of that new network titled Mirada de mujer. This telenovela was a success and would produce a sequel six years later. After Mirada de mujer, he obtained significant roles in film, especially as the star of the film-version of Gabriel García Márquez's book No One Writes to the Colonel in 1999 (El coronel no tiene quien le escriba). His performance in this film was qualified as "remarkable" by The New York Times. In 2005, he received the Ariel Award by the Mexican Academy of Film in honoring his career and contributions to film.

Death
A long-time cigar smoker, Luján died on January 11, 2019 in Puerto Escondido at the age of 79.

Awards
Ariel Award in 2005
Diosa de plata ("Silver Goddess") to honor his career in the Cinema of Mexico
Fernando Luján was remembered as a "movie legend" at the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony on February 9, 2020.

Telenovelas
Cuatro en la trampa (1961)
La culpa de los padres (1963)
Marina Lavalle (1965)
El edificio de enfrente (1972) as Camilo
Los que ayudan a Dios (1973)
María José (1978) as El Jaiba
Bella y bestia (1979) as Alfred
Los ricos también lloran (1979) as Diego
Vida robada (1991) as Don Ramón
Cadenas de amargura (1991) as Padre Julio
Sueño de amor (1993)
La paloma (1995)
Para toda la vida (1996) as Juan Angel
Mirada de mujer (1997) as Lic. Ignacio San Millán
Todo por amor (2000) as Gonzalo Robles
Lo que es el amor (2001) as Emiliano Lomelí
Mirada de mujer: El regreso (2003) as Lic. Ignacio San Millán
Las Juanas (2004) as Calixto Matamoros
Montecristo (2006) as Alberto Lombardo
Entre el amor y el deseo (2010) as Edgar Dumont
Quererte así (2012) as Alfred "Fred" Roth
Los Rey (2012) as Everardo Rey Martínez
Así en el barrio como en el cielo (2015) as Marcelo Ferrara

Series
Pinche Pancho
Ingobernable (2017) as Tomás Urquiza

Films

La cobarde (1952)
La segunda mujer (1952)
El mil amores (1954) as Ricardo Rodríguez
La edad de la tentación (1958)
La sombra en defensa de la juventud (1959)
Dangers of Youth (1960)
Vacaciones en Acapulco (1960)
Juventud rebelde (1961)
Jóvenes y bellas (1961)
El cielo y la tierra (1962)
Dile que la quiero (1963)
La sombra de los hijos (1963)
El pueblo fantasma (1963)
Neutrón contra los asesinos del karate (1964)
El gángster (1964)
Amor y sexo (1964) as Gallina, interno
Los perversos a go go (1965)
Que haremos con papá? (1965)
Juventud sin ley (1965)
Fiebre de juventud (1965)
Viento negro (1965) as Ingeniero Julio
Un novio para dos hermanas (1966)
Novias impacientes (1966)
Lanza tus penas al viento (1966)
Acapulco a go-go (1966)
El falso heredero (1966)
Sólo para ti (1966) as Juan Negro
Caballos de acero (1967)

Amor y esas cosas (1967)
El Agente 00 Sexy (1968)
Cuatro contra el crimen (1968)
El oficio más antiguo del mundo (1968)
Cuerpazo del delito (1968)
5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa (1968) as Miguel Ernesto Suárez
Confesiones de una adolescente (1969)
Pilotos de combate (1970)
Buscando una sonrisa (1970)
La hermana Dinamita (1970)
Los corrompidos (1971)
El miedo no anda en burro (1973)
El alegre divorciado (1976)
El patrullero 777 (1977)
La guerra de los pasteles (1978)
Estas ruinas que ves (1978) as Paco Aldebarán
En la trampa (1979)
Más buenas que el pan (1985)
Solicito marido para engañar (1987)
Día de muertos (1988)
Fuera de la ley (1998)
En el país de no pasa nada (1999)
El coronel no tiene quien le escriba (1999) as The colonel
Primer y último amor (2002) as Fermín Azcue
El tigre de Santa Julia (2002) as Nando
Tú te lo pierdes (2005)
El carnaval de Sodoma (2006)
Cinco días sin Nora (2008)
Overboard (2018)

References

External links

El coronel no tiene quien le escriba review on The New York Times

Category: 1939 births
Category: 2019 deaths
Category: Mexican male film actors
Category: Mexican male telenovela actors
Category: Mexican people of Italian descent
Category: Male actors from Mexico City
Category: Male actors of Italian descent