While he has a decades-long career as stage actor, he is rather known to the public for supporting performances in film and television works.

[7] Later in his career Fernández performed a recurring role in Los hombres de Paco (Tomás aka "Castresana") in 2007,[8][9] and starred in the TV series Tierra de lobos, aired on Telecinco from 2010 to 2014, playing the authoritarian landlord Antonio Lobo, the main antagonist throughout the series.

[10][11] He performed another antagonist role in the first two parts of the popular series Money Heist, playing Colonel Prieto, the CNI representative seeking to liberate Alison Parker from the Royal Mint.

[12] In 2017, he joined the cast of Amar es para siempre to play Rodrigo Tuñón, a veteran of the Spanish civil war for the Rebel faction.

[13] Fernández landed supporting roles in two 2020 historical drama television series, Inés del alma mía and El Cid,[14][15] playing in both cases the grandfather of the lead character (Inés Suárez and Ruy Díaz).