Well-known Spanish actor has died after car plunges into Rincón river bed

Spain's Royal Film Academy has paid tribute to Chete Lera, who had been in more than 50 films including La Ardilla Roja, by Julio Medem; Secretos del Corazón, by Montxo Armendáriz; Familia y Barrio, by Fernando León de Aranoa; Abre los Ojos, by Alejandro Amenábar; Flores de Otro Mundo, by Icíar Bollaín; and Imanol Uribe’s Plenilunio.

He won the award for Best Actor at the Malaga Festival in 2002, with the rest of the cast of Smoking Room, by Julio Wallovits and Roger Gual. He was also very well-known as a stage actor, where he has performed in productions directed by José Luis Gómez, Lluís Homar and Gerardo Vera.