José Fernández Named a Member of the Spanish Academy of Performing Arts

Actor José Fernández has been named a member of the Spanish Academy of Performing Arts, a leading institution in the field of theater and the performing arts in Spain.

Following his appointment, on May 18 he attended the Talía Awards gala in Madrid, organized by the Academy itself at the Teatros del Canal, where leading professionals from the national theater scene gathered.

The actor trained in dramatic arts in Málaga and Madrid, rounding out his education with specialized studies in acting for the camera and techniques such as the Meisner Method and Chekhov, under the guidance of teachers including José Carlos Plaza and Graham Dixon, among others.

His stage career began with Andalusian theater companies such as El Carromato and Axarco Teatro, where he appeared in productions of both classical and contemporary repertoire, including *Blood Wedding*, *The Prodigious Shoemaker*, *Don Juan Tenorio*, and *Today Is a Holiday*. She later continued her stage career with productions such as *A Midsummer Night’s Dream*, *Yo, Hamlet*, *El sueño cóncavo de Max*, and *Fuenteovejuna* for the Melilla Golden Age Classical Theater Festival, touring throughout Spain.

In film, he has appeared in numerous feature films, including *La Mancha Negra* by Enrique García and *Quién llorará por mí* by Paco Izquierdo—the latter for which he won the Lorca Award for Best Film as a co-lead. His career also includes numerous short films, notably *Sálvame*, for which he received the Best Actor award at the Torremolinos Film Festival, as well as *Churrería Maravillas*, which won the Best Actor award at the Rome International Movie Awards in Rome (Italy), and *Nefissa*, winner of the Best Andalusian Short Film award at the Seville Film Festival, and appearances in television series such as *Arrayán* and *45 Revoluciones*, among others.

Link to the Spanish Academy of Performing Arts: https://academiadelasartesescenicas.es/jose-fernandez/