Fernando Hechavarria

Acting

Biography

Holguín, Cuba, September 16, 1955. Stage, film, and television actor, whose full name is Fernando Rogelio Hechavarría Gibert. He initially studied design, painting, and sculpture at the Provincial School of Visual Arts in Holguín, but graduated in 1976 from the National School of Art with a degree in Acting. Between 1978 and 1994, he worked with the Escambray Theatre Group, a community theatre project based in that mountainous region of the country. In 1975, he joined the theatre company El Público, directed by Carlos Díaz. At the same time, he developed a successful television career, standing out in series, telenovelas, and teleplays. He made his film debut in the feature La tierra y el cielo, by Manuel Octavio Gómez. He received the National Theater Award in 2026.

Born: September 16, 1955

Place of Birth: Holguín, Cuba

Known For

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Chocolat

Chocolat the clown, the first black stage performer in France, goes from anonymity to fame after forming an unprecedented duo with fellow performer Footit in the very popular in Belle Epoque Paris. But easy money, gambling, and discrimination take their toll on their friendship and Chocolat's career.

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Bittersweet Memories

1952, Québec - Alys Robi, vocalist at the top of her popularity and recognized worldwide, was interned in spite of herself, by her father. Medical authorities prescribe her the only cure for a possible cure: the lobotomy. Under the bright lights of the operating room, Alys sees her 28-year life flash before her eyes.

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Return to Ithaca

Sun is setting on Havana. Five friends are gathered to celebrate the return of Amadeo after 16 years of exile in Madrid.

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Hard Times

When the troubled son of an NGO worker refuses to take a test and announces that he is not leaving his room, his concerned mother asks one of her clients, a Cuban exile, for help in setting the boy straight. Gonzalo has decided to drop out of school, and his mother Ana isn't sure how to convince the boy that he's making a crucial mistake. Ana's client Carlos is a Cuban exile who makes his living selling cigars and artwork on the black market. When Carlos learns of Ana's dilemma, he calls on recently released convict Mikel to teach the boy how to play chess. Perhaps is young Gonzalo can master the game, he can learn to start living again. As the lessons get underway, each of these characters learns that in order to truly move on with their lives they much first break free of the bonds that prevent them from being who they really are.

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The Galíndez File

On March 12, 1956, Basque Nationalist Jesús de Galíndez Suarez disappears from his apartment in New York, never heard from again. He had been working with the FBI and was about to publish a book critical of Dominican strongman, Trujillo. In 1988, a graduate student, Muriel Colber, wants to make Galíndez the subject of her dissertation. She's in Spain doing research; finding little, she goes to Santo Domingo. At every turn, the CIA, in the person of agent Robards, tries to thwart her; and, at each turn, as she considers abandoning the project, someone offers new information, often contradictory. She wants the truth behind the Galíndez mystery; will she find it?