José Fernández is a Spanish theatre, film and television actor born in Málaga. He trained in drama in Málaga and Madrid, rounding off his training with specialised studies in acting for the camera and techniques such as the Meisner and Chekhov methods, under the guidance of teachers including José Carlos Plaza and Graham Dixon, amongst others. His stage career began with Andalusian theatre 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 Party*. He subsequently continued to develop his stage craft in productions such as *A Midsummer Night’s Dream*, *Yo, Hamlet*, *El sueño cóncavo de Max* and *Fuenteovejuna* for the Melilla Golden Age Classical Theatre Festival, touring throughout Spain. In film, he has appeared in numerous feature films, notably *La Mancha Negra* by Enrique García and *Quién llorará por mí* by Paco Izquierdo, 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 at the Miami International Gold Awards, and *Nefissa*, which won the Best Andalusian Short Film Award at the Seville Film Festival, as well as appearances in television series such as *Arrayán* and *45 Revoluciones*, amongst others. In 2026, he was appointed a member of the Spanish Academy of Performing Arts.
