Nanding Josef
actor
Fernando "Nanding" Josef (born August 1948) is a Filipino actor in theater, film and television.
Early life
Fernando Josef was born in August 1948. He comes from a poor family of farmers, fisherfolk and shoemakers in Marikina. He graduated at the University of the Philippines Diliman and obtained a degree in zoology. He took up zoology, originally intended to pursue a career in medicine to help his family financially. However he decided to remain an instructor in zoology.
Career
Acting career
In the 1970s, Josef joined the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) after auditioning for the group's laboratory productions during the time of Lino Brocka and Cecile Guidote-Alvarez. He had various other roles within PETA. Eventually he quit being a zoology instructor and taught theater across the Philippines. This was during the Martial law era under President Ferdinand Marcos. He describes his training under PETA as having to understand the "psychological and social realities of the character" or method acting
He considers the role of Macli-ing Dulag, the Cordillera tribal leader killed for opposition to the Chico River Dam Project as his most memorable theater act.
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