Juan Fernandez de Alarcon - this is the full name of the Dominican actor, whose professional piggy bank has nearly sixty cinematic projects. Despite the fact that he starred in a large number of films, he does not have many main roles, he usually plays minor or episodic characters.
Fernandez Juan. Biography
The actor was born on December 13, 1956 in the capital of the Dominican Republic, the city of Santo Domingo.
Almost his whole life is an escape from the oppressive reality of his native country, where poverty, banditry and devastation reign everywhere. The Dominican Republic of the second half of the XX century is just such a place. Today, fortunately, the situation has improved somewhat.
Today he is a fairly famous actor, starring in a large number of films. Most of his works are distinguished by the fact that he plays negative characters, which are usually called villains. This is largely due to his appearance, which gives the impression that in front of the viewer inveterate villain and villain. The stereotype that the majority of Hispanics are drug dealers and bandits only contributes to the development of the actor precisely in this role.
Career
Juan Fernandez, although he is a Dominican by origin and lives in this country, built his career mainly in the United States. This is due to the fact that in the Dominican Republic, cinema is extremely poorly developed, and in the United States, a Latin American man with the external data of Juan can easily build a career in crime films, playing the role of villains.
This is the path to building his career that Juan Fernandez chose. And it is worth noting that he succeeded very well in this.
The actor himself was not too fond of playing the roles of villains, gangsters and bastards, however, for want of a better one, as they say, he agreed to what was offered. Nevertheless, in his track record there are several pretty significant paintings. Among these works are films such as: "Kinjait: Forbidden Topics" (1988), "Loner" (2003) and "Devil's Pit" (2012). Also considered significant work by Juan Fernandez as an actor in "Collector" - the 2009 film.
Filmography
The total number of cinematic works of the actor has about 60 films and television series. His first film work was a tape called "Salome", filmed in 1972.
Then there were such films as:
- The City of Fear (1984);
- Salvador (1985);
- Crocodile Dundee 2 (1988);
- The Book of the Dead (1993);
- "The time of rabid dogs" (1996);
- “In Hell” (2003);
- "A film about love" (2012) and others.
Also in his track record is a fairly large number of TV series, among which the following can be distinguished:
- “Miami Police: Department of Morals” (TV series, 1984–1990);
- Beverly Hills 90210 (TV series, 1990–2000);
- Cool Walker (TV series, 1993–2001);
- "Underwater Odyssey" (TV series, 1993-1996) and others.
In recent years, the sixty-year-old Juan Fernandez - the actor, whose photo you can see below - has become much less likely to appear in films, although he still seeks to appear only in good, high-quality action films and criminal films.
After all, it was in this genre that he succeeded and built his entire career around films of this genre and theme.
Conclusion
Juan Fernandez does not claim to be the most outstanding or greatest actor of our time. It is enough for him that he managed to create a significant name for himself in the world of cinema and build a rather successful film career, even considering that he does not have outstanding foreground roles.
It is worth noting that he is one of the few immigrants from the Dominican Republic who generally managed to get into the world of big Hollywood cinema. He went to this for quite some time, therefore everything that he achieved owes only to himself, his perseverance and strength of will. An important role, of course, in the formation of him as an actor was played by innate talent, remarkable appearance and purposefulness.
Despite the fact that he practically does not have major roles, he took part in the filming of many films and series that became truly iconic. If it were not for his participation in these projects, who knows, maybe they would not have become so significant for cinematic art. After all, he helped create that oppressive atmosphere of crime and the villain that was happening in the films.
With all his appearance, he has demonstrated and continues to demonstrate that there is no more suitable candidate for the role of a poor Latin American bandit. In many ways, his success in this role is due to the fact that he himself comes from a country where crime reigned everywhere, although on his account the role is not only of criminal guys.