Fernando Luís is a Portuguese

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 actor. Notable appearances include Médico de Família, A minha família é uma animação, A Minha Sogra é Uma Bruxa, Inspector Max and Noite Escura.

He was active at the Teatro Animação de Setúbal

Teatro Animação de Setúbal

Teatro Animação de Setúbal ia Portuguese professional theatre company. It has been active with theatrical and cultural activities continuously since 1976....

. In 1992, he received the award for Best Actor by the Portuguese Association of Theatre Critics

Portuguese Association of Theatre Critics

The Portuguese Association of Theatre Critics or Associação Portuguesa de Críticos de Teatro is the leading theatrical critic association in Portugal. Although it dates back to before the 25th of April 1974, it was formally established on 28 November 1984...

 (Associação Portuguesa de Críticos de Teatro) in the play The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director.An influential theatre practitioner of the 20th century, Brecht made equally significant contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter particularly through the seismic impact of the tours undertaken by the...

. Luís then starred on stage at the Teatro Maria Matos

Teatro Maria Matos

Teatro Maria Matos is a theatre in Lisbon, Portugal. It opened its doors to the public on 22 October 1969 in honor of an actress of great prestige, Maria Matos. Its current artistic director is Mark Deputter....

, Teatro da Cornucópia

Teatro da Cornucópia

Teatro da Cornucópia is one of the most prestigious theatre companies in Portugal. It was founded in 1973 by Jorge Silva Melo and Luís Miguel Cintra with the staging of the play The Misanthrope by Molière...

, Teatro Aberto

Teatro Aberto

Teatro Aberto is a theatre located in Lisbon, Portugal next to the Praça Espanha.Together with the Portuguese Society of Authors , it organizes the annual Grande Prémio de Teatro Português.-Directorate:...

, amongst others, in plays of Brecht, Eugene O'Neill

Eugene O'Neill

Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in Literature. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into American drama techniques of realism earlier associated with Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish...

, Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury

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, Turgenev, Manuel Teixeira Gomes

Manuel Teixeira Gomes

Manuel Teixeira Gomes, GCSE was a Portuguese politician and writer. He served as the seventh President of Portugal between 5 October 1923 and 11 December 1925.-Personal life:...

 or Hélia Correia

Hélia Correia

Hélia Correia is a Portuguese writer, born in Lisbon. At university, she read Romance Philology. After a period working as a high school teacher, Hélia Correia undertook postgraduate studies in Classical Theatre. Her literary career started in earnest in the 1980s and she quickly achieved great...

. He was directed by names such as João Canijo

João Canijo

João Canijo is a Portuguese film director. His film Get a Life was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:* Três Menos Eu * Lovely Child/ Filha da Mãe João Canijo (born 1957) is a Portuguese film director. His film Get a Life was screened in the Un...

, Diogo Infante

Diogo Infante

Diogo Nuno Infante de Lacerda, born 28 May 1967, in Lisbon, is a Portuguese theatre, cinema and television actor and television presenter. He is the natural son of Maria Infante de Lacerda by an Englishman named Jonathan and maternal grandson of Renée Lance Infante de Lacerda , daughter of the 5th...

, Fernando Gomes, João Brites

João Brites

João Brites , is a Portuguese theatre director and artist.He founded the Teatro O Bando in Lisbon in 1974 and as served as its director since...

, Filipe La Féria

Filipe La Féria

Filipe La Féria is a Portuguese theatre director and producer and screenwriter and producer for television.-Career:...

, José Caldas, Jorge Lavelli

Jorge Lavelli

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, Carlos Avilez and Graça Correia.

He made his film debut in Rosa Negra, de Margarida Gil (1992). Since then, he has participated in films by directors such as Marco Martins

Marco Martins

Marco Martins is a Portuguese film director, best known for his 2005 film Alice, which premiered at Cannes and won the Best Picture Award at the Directors%27_Fortnight.-Biography:...

, Manuel Mozos

Manuel Mozos

Manuel Mozos is a Portuguese film director.- Biography :He studied History and Philosophy before enrolling the School of Theatre and Cinema, where he specialized himself as an editor. Was responsible for the edition of several films until, in 1989, he directed Um Passo, Outro Passo e Depois......

, Margarida Cardoso and José de Sá Caetano. He was directed by João Canijo

João Canijo

João Canijo is a Portuguese film director. His film Get a Life was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:* Três Menos Eu * Lovely Child/ Filha da Mãe João Canijo (born 1957) is a Portuguese film director. His film Get a Life was screened in the Un...

in Sapatos Pretos (1998), Noite Escura (2004) and Mal Nascida (2007).

Luís is active in regular television series, and joined the cast of O Mandarim (1990), Alentejo Sem Lei (1990), Polícias (1996), Médico de Família (1998–2000), A minha família é uma animação (2001–2002), A Minha Sogra é Uma Bruxa (2002–2003), Inspector Max (2003–2005), Nome de Código: Sintra (2005–2006), Bocage

Bocage

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(2006), and A Minha Família (2006–2007).

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