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| Born | 12 April 1953 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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| Sport | Fencing |
Fernando Lúpiz (born 12 April 1953) is an Argentine fencer and actor. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.[1] He later became known for playing Zorro on stage.
Lúpiz was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 12 April 1953. He is the son of fencer Enrique Lúpiz and the great nephew of Argentine actor Fernando Ochoa. Lúpiz took interest in fencing from an early age.
He became the Junior and Senior National champion in Argentina. In 1975, he placed fourth in the Pan American Games in Mexico. During his fencing career, he won two Silver Olimpia Awards in fencing; one in 1977 and one in 1979.
In 1974, Lúpiz met American actor Guy Williams, who had retired from Hollywood and moved to Argentina. Together, the two men performed at the Real Madrid Circus where they put on a show entitled The Son of Zorro. Under Williams' influences, Lúpiz became interested in acting. He studied theater with Lito Cruz and Augusto Fernández and became good friends with director Alejandro Doria.
His first television roles were for the channel ATC in 1979. He went on to play leads in various telenovelas like Tramposa, El groncho y la dama and Pasiones. Beginning in 1990, Lúpiz starred in two seasons of the comedy series Detective de señoras.[2] More recently, he has appeared in the Channel 13 telenovela Collar de esmeraldas (2006) and the fantasy film La luz del bosque (2008).
In 2000, Lúpiz began playing Zorro on stage in Argentina in the El Zorro play. He received four Sea Star Awards for his role as the masked vigilante in five additional Zorro plays.
