Fernando Colunga

Actor · Born March 3, 1966 (60) · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Fernando Colunga was born on the 3rd of March 1966 in Mexico City, Mexico. His father is Don Fernando Colunga and his mother Dona Margarita Olivares. Fernando Colunga from the time that was a little boy wanted to be an actor. Fernando graduated from the University of Mexico as civil engineer. But after advice from a friend, Fernando went to the studios of Televisa, the best studios for the well-known and successful in telenovelas. Fernando started his career as a stand-in. A producer noticed his great acting talent and from then the excellent acting career of Fernando begun. His first participation in the television was with the telenovela _"María Mercedes" (1992)_ (qv. The role of Fernando in this telenovela was originally made for 10 episodes, but after the huge success that his role had, the producers made 80 more episodes with Fernando Colunga. From then onwards, he acted in many telenovelas like Marimar (1994) before he took his first leading role. His first leading role was in the telenovela _"María la del Barrio" (1996)_, which was very successful. Right after this telenovela, Fernando took his second leading role in the telenovela Esmeralda (1997) that made him very famous not only in Mexico but in 170 countries of the world where the telenovela has been shown. Fernando became a huge TV-star with big ratings and millions of fans. In 1998 Fernando filmed La usurpadora (1998), a telenovela that had a huge rating in Mexico and in all over the world. In 1999 Fernando continued his bright career with Nunca te olvidaré (1999) and in the end of this year Fernando acted in the Christmas-telenovela of Televisa _Cuento de Navidad (1999/I) (mini)_. The peak of his career to date came in 2000-2001 when his telenovela Embrace Me Tightly (2000) won two awards for his acting in the leading role of Carlos Manuel Rivero, the "Los Heraldos" award, something like the Mexican Oscars and the "TV y Novelas" award, an award that is right from the votes of the Mexican audience, while "Abrázame muy fuerte" was the most successful telenovela of the year and of the most recent years and took the award of the best telenovela in the same ceremonies. At Christmas-time of 2001, Fernando filmed the Christmas-telenovela _"Navidad sin fin (2001) (mini)_ in which Fernando played a surprise role of an "ugly" and poor man. Fernando Colunga is arguably the best Mexican actor and the most famous at the same time . He is the only actor that has filmed 5 very successful telenovelas successively . Fernando is beloved both in Mexico and the rest of the world. With all his roles, Fernando has proven that he isn't only a very handsome man, but a great actor too. Fernando Colunga is also an excellent, decent man with moral values in his life. He always keeps his personal life away from the press, while his dream is to be married once in his lifetime, like his beloved parents.

What are Fernando Colunga's films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Power.

Themes

share of theme weight

Bonds

33%

Power

22%

Self

20%

Morality

17%

Society

4%

Survival

2%

Ideas

1%

Romantic love5 Class4 Family bonds3 Deception3 Identity4 Obsession2 Justice2 Self-worth2

Roles they play

8 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 4 of 8 analyzed roles.

Hero

4 of 8

Shadow

2 of 8

Mentor

1 of 8

Shapeshifter

1 of 8

Show the 8 roles

Heroas Luis Gustavo Uribe Del Valle in Nunca te olvidaré (1999)
Heroas Pedro in Navidad sin fin (2001)
Mentoras Manuel Fuentes Guerra in Amor real (2003)
Shapeshifteras Ricardo Lopéz de Carvajal in Pasión (2007)
Heroas Jesús García in Porque el amor manda (2012)
Heroas Alejandro Toledo in Ladrones (2015)
Shadowas Aquiles Greco in El Secreto de la Familia Greco (2022)
Shadowas Enrique de Martino in The Curse (2023)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Romantic

9

Tense

8

Melancholic

7

Dread

4

Hopeful

3

Other

5

How their films linger

Hopeful7 Feel-good7 Bittersweet4 Unsettling2 Fun2 Cathartic2

How their films end · 1 with a twist

Happy10
Bittersweet2
Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Fernando Colunga's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

ViX14 titles
Lionsgate+1 title, show their title on Lionsgate+

Subscription and free streaming for Fernando Colunga's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

25 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page.

Amanecer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Show 80 episodes · as Leonel Carranza Quintana
El Conde: Amor y Honor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Show 80 episodes · as Alejandro Gaitán / Conde
The Curse(2023)
Show 82 episodes · as Enrique de Martino
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
El Secreto de la Familia Greco(2022)
Show as Aquiles Greco
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
Passion and Power (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Show 137 episodes · Actor
Ladrones(2015)
as Alejandro Toledo
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Porque el amor manda(2012)
Show 182 episodes · as Jesús García
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Soy tu dueña (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Show 146 episodes · as José Miguel Montesinos
Mañana es para siempre(2008)
Show 160 episodes · as Eduardo Juarez / Franco Santoro
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Pasión(2007)
Show 95 episodes · as Ricardo Lopéz de Carvajal
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
To Rob a Thief (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
as Alejandro Toledo
Alborada (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Show 90 episodes · as Don Luis Manrique y Arellano
Amor real(2003)
Show 95 episodes · as Manuel Fuentes Guerra
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Navidad sin fin(2001)
Show 16 episodes · as Pedro Montes
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Embrace Me Tightly(2000)
Show 135 episodes · as Carlos Manuel Rivero Carrillo
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
Nunca te olvidaré(1999)
Show 94 episodes · as Luis Gustavo Uribe del Valle
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows
Beyond Deceptions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Show 2 episodes · as Carlos Daniel Bracho
La usurpadora(1998)
Show 120 episodes · as Carlos Daniel Bracho
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Esmeralda(1997)
Show 137 episodes · as José Armando Peñarreal De Velasco
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
Humble Maria(1995)
Show 185 episodes · as Luis Fernando de la Vega Montenegro
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
Bésame en la boca (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
as Arturo
Alondra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Show 157 episodes · as Raúl Gutiérrez
Marimar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Show 149 episodes · as Adrián Rosales
María Mercedes(1992)
Show 82 episodes · as Chicho
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows
Sweet Challenge(1988)
Show 100 episodes · Stunts
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 99^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 24 titles from 1988 to 2025; peak year 2007.

Biggest box office

Ladrones (2015)

$3.5M worldwide

Highest rated

Amor real (2003)

Midcredits 91^st

Film career

19882025

Peak 2007 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 11 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

1992Screen debut· Maria Mercedes
2007First film· To Rob a Thief
2007First top-billed film· To Rob a Thief

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting23 of 24 · 52^ndOther crew1 of 24

By decade

1980s1 · crew1990s9 · acting2000s7 · acting2010s4 · acting2020s3 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Who does Fernando Colunga work with?

People who share at least 2 of Fernando Colunga's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Marlene Favela shares the most, 2.

Actors

Marlene Favela2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Marlene Favela
Alejandro Ruiz2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Alejandro Ruiz
Nora Salinas2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Nora Salinas