Fernando Colunga Olivares
March 3, 1966
Mexico City, Mexico

Born on March 3, in Mexico City, he was an only child of Don Fernando Colunga and Margarita Olivares.
He graduated from the University of Mexico as a civil engineer, but dreamed of becoming an actor. In 1988 he started out his career as a stand-in in various movies and as a stunt double in the telenovela Dulce desafío. Around this time he also joined the cast of the children's show Plaza Sesamo and small roles in Madres Egoistas and Cenizas y diamantes. In 1992 he landed his first major role in television as Chicho in the successful Maria Mercedes alongside Thalía. Supporting roles in Mas alla del puente and Marimar soon followed, but it wasn't until he landed the role of Luis Fernando de la Vega in María la del Barrio that he became a household name. Since the mid 1990s he's been one of the best known leading actors in Mexican telenovelas. In 2003 he played leading role in Amor real alongside Adela Noriega.

Karjera:
1990 Cenizas y diamantes
1992 Maria Mercedes - Chicho
1993 Madres Egoistas
1994 Mas alla del puente - Valerio Rojas (Nominated- TVyNovelas for Best Male Revelation)
1994 Marimar - Adrian Rosales
1995 Maria la del Barrio - Luis Fernando de la Vega
1995 Besame en la Boca - Arturo
1995 Esclavos de la Pasion
1995 Alondra - Raul Gutierrez
1997 Esmeralda - Dr. José Armando Peñarreal De Velasco (TVyNovelas Best Lead Actor)
1998 La Usurpadora - Carlos Daniel Bracho (Nominated- TVyNovelas for Best Lead Actor)
1999 Cuento de Navidad - Jaime Rodríguez Coder
1999 Nunca te Olvidare - Luis Gustavo Uribe del Valle (Nominated- TVyNovelas for Best Lead Actor)
2000 Abrazame muy Fuerte - Carlos Manuel Rivero (TVyNovelas Best Lead Actor ; Premios ACE Best Actor TV Scene ; Premios El Heraldo de México Best Lead Actor)
2001 Navidad sin Fin - Pedro
2003 Amor Real - Manuel Fuentes Guerra (TVyNovelas Best Lead Actor ; Premios ACE Best Actor TV Scene)
2005 Alborada - Luis Manrique y Arellano (TVyNovelas Best Lead Actor ; Premios ACE Best Actor TV Scene)
2007 Ladrón que Roba a Ladrón (To Rob a Thief) - Alejandro Toledo
2007 Pasión - Ricardo de Salamanca Lopez de Carvajal (Nominated- TVyNovelas for Best Lead Actor)
2008 Mañana Es Para Siempre - Eduardo Juarez/Franco Santoro (Premios People en Español Best Actor ; Premios People en Español Best Couple with Silvia Navarro ;
Nominated- TVyNovelas for Best Lead Actor)
2010 Soy Tu Dueña - Jose Miguel Montesinos (TVyNovelas Best Lead Actor ; Premios People en Español Best Actor ; Nominated -Premios People en Español for  Best Couple with Lucero
2012 Porque el amor manda - Jesus García