Fernando Becerril

Fernando Becerril (1944/1945 – 7 February 2023) was a Mexican actor. He was cast in numerous Spanish-language films since 1998 like El crimen del padre Amaro (2002), Tlatelolco, verano del 68 and The Legend of Zorro (2005).

Life
Becerril was born in San Luis Potosí and grew up in Cuernavaca, Morelos, where he realized his passion for being on stage as part of a choir. At the age of 15, he began acting in Mexico City, Preparatory 5 "José Vasconcelos". He entered the then School of Fine Arts Theatre, where he formally began his studies. At the age of 25 he applied for and obtained a scholarship from the government of France to study acting there.

He lived in Paris for more than 20 years. In 1995, he decided to return to Mexico to act in a film, hired as a French talent. Although his career in Europe was successful, he stayed in Mexico, because of nostalgia of returning to his homeland and because he did different castings and obtained the characters he wanted. After the age of 50, he dedicated himself to theater, his passion, but also cinema and television. Becerril was convinced that Mexico had talent and quality for cinema to succeed internationally, however, there was little "protection" for producers and actors, in addition to the habitual preference of American cinema.

Becerril’s cause of death remained unknown. The artistic guild lamented his death. One of the first to share their condolences was Joaquín Cosío besides Horacio Villalobos, José María Yazpik, Ignacio Riva Palacio, Darío Ripolll and Eduardo España.

Work
His work to promote the theater was reflected in the dozens of works in which he participated and in those in which he collaborated since the production, some of them were Un plato difícil, El mercader de Venecia, La comedia de las equivocaciones, Sueño de una noche de verano, among others.

Becerril played in the following theatrical and television films: