Florentino Fernández (actor)

Florentino José Fernández Román (born 9 November 1972 in Madrid), also known as Flo, is a Spanish actor, comedian, TV host and showman.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Román.
Florentino Fernández
Born
Florentino José Fernández Román

(1972-11-09) 9 November 1972
Madrid, Spain
Other namesFlo
OccupationComedian and Actor

He worked as a security guard before taking part in TV shows like Esta noche cruzamos el Mississippi or La sonrisa del pelícano with Pepe Navarro, where he impersonated Chiquito de la Calzada and created new characters based on this Spanish comedian such as Lucas Grijánder or Krispín Klander.

He went on working in TV programs like El informal as a conductor; 7 vidas, as an actor; or El club de la comedia, as a monologist.

He dubbed Mike Myers to Spanish in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and Austin Powers in Goldmember and he performed in the theatre show "5hombres.com" as a monologist.

As an actor, he made his first appearances in films like El oro de Moscú or Una de zombis, he made some cameos in films like Torrente 2 and Torrente 3 and he had a leading role with Santiago Segura, in Isi/Disi, Amor a lo Bestia.

He started to work with another comedian, Josema Yuste, in 2007 first in the play Una pareja de miedo and later in the sketch comedy series ¿Y ahora que?[1]

On 13 May 2010 he became the conductor of the comedy program Tonterías las justas on Cuatro. The program ended on 1 July 2011 due to economical disagreements but it had a spiritual sequel from August 2011 to 2012 in Neox called Otra movida.[2] In February 2013 he started another program of humor and news, Así nos va, in La Sexta.

Main works

Movies

Teatre
  • 5hombres.com 2003

Actor
  • 7 vidas - Telecinco as Félix Gimeno Huete
  • La Sonrisa del Pelícano 1997 - Antena 3 as Lucas Grijander y Krispín Klander
  • Esta noche cruzamos el Mississippi 1995 - Telecinco idem
  • Espejo secreto 1997 - TVE

Host

Awards and nominations
AwardYearCategoryFilmResult
Premios ATV2002Comunicador de Programas de EntretenimientoEl Show de FloNomination
Antena de Oro2002TelevisiónEl Show de FloWinner
Fotogramas de Plata2001Actor de TV7 vidasNomination
TP de Oro2000RevelaciónEl informalWinner

References
  1. "Flo y Josema Yuste, unidos por humor en '¿Y Ahora Qué?". europapress.es (in Spanish). 16 April 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  2. "´Flo´ y los ´tontacos´ se pasan a Neox en agosto con ´Otra Movida´". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Prensa Ibérica. 3 July 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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