Highest rated movie: The French Connection (1971)
Lowest rated movie: Monsignor (1982)
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Looking for reviews of Fernando Rey movies? Cinafilm has a total of 2,183 reviews across 36 movies.
Movies starring Fernando Rey have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average score of 59%.
The French Connection - released in 1971 - is Fernando Rey's highest rated movie, with a score of 83% based on 708 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Fernando Rey is Monsignor - released in 1982 - with a score of 37% based on 4 reviews.
Fernando Rey (September 20, 1917 – March 9, 1994) — best known as Fernando Rey — was a Spanish film, theatre, and TV actor, who worked in both Europe and the United States. A suave, international actor best known for his roles in the films of surrealist director Luis Buñuel (Tristana, 1970; Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, 1972; That Obscure Object of Desire, 1977) and as a drug lord in The French Connection (1971), he appeared in more than 150 films over half a century.
The debonair Rey was described by French Connection producer Philip D'Antoni as "the last of the Continental guys". He achieved his greatest notoriety after he turned 50: "Perhaps it is a pity that my success came so late in life", he told The Times of Madrid in 1973. "It might have been better to have been successful while young, like El Cordobes in the bullring. Then your life is all before you to enjoy it.
Fernando Rey has acted in films with Aldo Sambrell, Orson Welles, Catherine Deneuve and Franco Nero.
Fernando Rey has worked with these film directors: Orson Welles, Luis Buñuel, Sergio Corbucci and Ridley Scott.
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