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farnese de bernalprimer actor of mexican cinema He died this Friday, April 7, at the age of 96, as announced by the Ministry of Culture on his Twitter account.
The actor, dancer and choreographer had a prolific career in film, theater and television. For his outstanding artistic contributions, in 2011 he received the Fine Arts Medal, as he became one of the greatest references in the performing arts in our country.
Who was Farnesio de Bernal, the first Mexican film actor?
farnese de bernal was a choreographer, actor and dancer who was born in 1926 in Zamora, Michoacán. He made his debut in 1949 in the play “El hombre, la bestia y la virtue”, directed by Dagoberto de Cervantes. He has worked in theater with Alejandro Jodorowsky, Juan José Gurrola and Ludwik Margules, among others. In cinema it was directed by Guillermo del Toro, Arturo Ripstein, Felipe Cazals, Alfonso Arau and Carlos Carrera.
Throughout his professional career, Farnesio Bernal collaborated with great figures, such as Mario Moreno “Cantinflas”, with whom he worked on “His Excellence” (1967) and “Por mis pistolas” (1968). He acted with Angelina Jolie and Antonio Banderas in the film “Original Sin” (2001), with Anthony Hopkins in “One man’s war” and also participated with Guillermo del Toro in “The Invention of Cronos” (1993), who dedicated the following film to him message.
“I always believed that Farnesio de Bernal would be immortal. Today I find out that he abandoned us; to us who loved him so much and to the Mexican cinema and theater to which he provided such good services. Goodbye dear and gentle friend.”
His last project was in 2020, a monologue entitled “On the damage that tobacco does… and something else”, which was broadcast on Facebook by the National Theater Company of the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature, to which he belonged for almost five decades.
The theater, one of his great passions
For Bernal, the theater was one of his great passions and he did not conceive that there were people who dedicate themselves to this art just to gain recognition or for money.
“There are actors who succeed and now, they play the same character, there are people who go to the theater, to acting, not because they love it, but because they want to be famous, rich, admired, not because they want to dedicate themselves to the theater, they succeed, but I say… it would give me satisfaction for other reasons that are talent, the love that one has for his career,” he said in an interview with Cristina Pacheco.
