 He started his acting career as a child in the Cinema of Mexico credited as Fernando Ciangherotti, but changed his stage name to Fernando Luján a few years later.After appearing in more than eight films, mostly light comedies, he obtained a role in the telenovela "Cuatro en la trampa" at age twenty-three.The next eighteen years, he alternated his film career with television, culminating with the worldwide famous production "Los ricos también lloran".