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Adolfo Fernández, Spanish Actor and Theater Director, Dies at 67

A champion of politically engaged theater, he founded K Producciones, winning a 2018 Premio Max.

Overview

  • The Spanish Film Academy confirmed he died on December 12 at his home in Perales de Tajuña (Madrid) from cancer.
  • On stage he created K Producciones in 2002 to stage contemporary, socially driven works, including the award‑winning En la orilla.
  • Raised in Bizkaia after moving from Sevilla as a child, he maintained close ties to Muskiz and helped found Bilbao’s Pabellón 6.
  • He balanced theater with a broad screen career, working with directors such as Pedro Almodóvar and appearing in series like Policías, Águila Roja, Amar es para siempre and Machos alfa.
  • LA NACIÓN reports his final wish was to donate his body to science, with no wake or funeral planned.