Fernando Tejero Spanish Actor Known for Chef's Special

Fernando Tejero is a Spanish actor born on 24 February 1967 in Córdoba. Audiences know him from Chef's Special (2008) and El asombroso mundo de Borjamari y Pocholo (2004).

Early life

Fernando Tejero was educated at Escuela de Interpretación Cristina Rota.

Career

The earliest credit on record for Fernando Tejero is Sobreviviré (1999). During the 2000s, he worked on Mondays in the Sun (2002) and Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008). Work from the 2010s includes As Luck Would Have It (2011) and Five Square Meters (2011). Modelo 77 (2022) and The Captive (2025) are among his 2020s credits.

His filmography here covers 26 films and 3 TV series from 1999 to 2025. Comedy is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (4), followed by comedy drama (2) and drama (2). Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008) is recorded with a worldwide box office of $132 million.

Secundino de la Rosa Márquez appears in four of his listed titles, including Football Days (2003) and Días de cine (2007). Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Santiago Segura (three titles) and Luis Merlo (two titles). Laura Caballero directed two of his titles on record, among them Aquí no hay quien viva (2003) and La que se avecina (2007).

Recognition

In 2004, he won the Goya Award for Best New Actor for Football Days. He has also won the TP de Oro. Awards come to 2 wins and 2 nominations in total.