Luis Fernández

Luis Fernández, known as Perla, is a Spanish actor who started out in music. Since 2007 he had been singing choruses and second vocals for his friend Darmo, and his appearance in the video clip for Darmo's Mantenlo Ilegal led producers at Antena 3 to invite him to audition for their series Los protegidos. He won the part of Culebra, a young man who grew up in children's shelters and orphanages, and that role's popularity brought film offers. His first was Three Steps Above Heaven (2010), in which he acted with Mario Casas and María Valverde; it was the year's most attended Spanish film. He then took a leading part in Paranormal Xperience 3D (2011), directed by Sergi Vizcaino, and in the fall of 2011 he joined the main cast of Tengo ganas de ti, which picks up the story of the first film's characters two years on. The Must Awards gave him a best new actor recognition.