Fernando Fernán-Gómez (28 August 1921 – 21 November 2007) was a Spanish  actor, screenwriter, film director, theater director and member of the  Royal Spanish Academy for seven years. He was born in Lima, Peru while his mother, Spanish actress Carola Fernán-Gómez, was making a tour of Latin America. He would later use her surname for his stage name when he moved to Spain in 1924.