Demián Bichir
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Demián Bichir Nájera is a Mexican actor. Both of his parents, Alejandro Bichir
and Maricruz Nájera, and brothers Odiseo
and Bruno Bichir
are actors. He was married to singer Lisset Gutiérrez.
Rina with Ofelia Medina
. His second acting role was as an adult in Vivir enamorada both telenovelas were during his years with Televisa. The following year he obtained a role in his first movie, the American
production Choices of the Heart. He then continued his acting roles in telenovelas with film productions of Mexico
, Spain
and the United States
. His movie Sexo, pudor y lágrimas (1999) broke box-office records in Mexico becoming the #1 movie in the history of Mexican cinema until El crimen del Padre Amaro
. The MTV Movie Awards
-México created a special category "Mejor Bichir en una Película" ("Best Bichir in a movie") because of the many films the Bichir siblings act in every year. He earned this award for Bendito infierno, in which he co-stars with Victoria Abril
, Penélope Cruz
and Gael García Bernal
. His American debut occurred when he depicted Fidel Castro
in Steven Soderbergh
's 2008 biopic Che
, on the life of revolutionary Che Guevara
.
Recently he has been exposed to a wider American audience with his recurring role as Esteban Reyes, the corrupt mayor of Tijuana and love interest of Nancy Botwin in the fourth, fifth and sixth seasons of the Showtime comedy series Weeds
.
Alejandro Bichir
Alejandro Bichir is a Mexican actor of Lebanese descent. He is also a member of the Bichir family.- References :...
and Maricruz Nájera, and brothers Odiseo
Odiseo Bichir
Odiseo Bichir is a Hispanic television actor and son of Alejandro and Marisol Bichir.-References:...
and Bruno Bichir
Bruno Bichir
Bruno Bichir is one of the most prolific actors of the contemporary cinema of Mexico as well as telenovelas and theater....
are actors. He was married to singer Lisset Gutiérrez.
Career
He began his acting career at the age of 14 in the telenovelaTelenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
Rina with Ofelia Medina
Ofelia Medina
Ofelia Medina is a Mexican actress, singer and screenwriter of Mexican films. She was married to film director Alex Philips Jr. and actor Pedro Armendáriz Jr..-Biography:...
. His second acting role was as an adult in Vivir enamorada both telenovelas were during his years with Televisa. The following year he obtained a role in his first movie, the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
production Choices of the Heart. He then continued his acting roles in telenovelas with film productions of Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. His movie Sexo, pudor y lágrimas (1999) broke box-office records in Mexico becoming the #1 movie in the history of Mexican cinema until El crimen del Padre Amaro
El crimen del Padre Amaro
El crimen del padre Amaro is a 2002 film directed by Carlos Carrera. It is loosely based on the novel O Crime do Padre Amaro by 19th-century Portuguese writer José Maria de Eça de Queiroz....
. The MTV Movie Awards
MTV Movie Awards
The MTV Movie Awards is a film awards show presented annually on MTV . It also contains movie parodies that used official movie footage with hosts and other celebrities and music performances. The nominees are decided by producers and executives at MTV. Winners are decided online by the general...
-México created a special category "Mejor Bichir en una Película" ("Best Bichir in a movie") because of the many films the Bichir siblings act in every year. He earned this award for Bendito infierno, in which he co-stars with Victoria Abril
Victoria Abril
Victoria Abril is a Spanish film actress. She is best known to international audiences for her performance in the movie ¡Átame! by director Pedro Almodóvar....
, Penélope Cruz
Penélope Cruz
Penélope Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress. Signed by an agent at age 15, she made her acting debut at 16 on television and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón, jamón , to critical acclaim...
and Gael García Bernal
Gael García Bernal
Gael García Bernal is a Mexican film actor and director.-Early life:García Bernal was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, the son of Patricia Bernal, an actress and former model, and José Ángel García, an actor and director. His stepfather is Sergio Yazbek, whom his mother married when García Bernal was...
. His American debut occurred when he depicted Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban revolutionary and politician, having held the position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then President from 1976 to 2008. He also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011...
in Steven Soderbergh
Steven Soderbergh
Steven Andrew Soderbergh is an American film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, and an Academy Award-winning film director. He is best known for directing commercial Hollywood films like Erin Brockovich, Traffic, and the remake of Ocean's Eleven, but he has also directed smaller less...
's 2008 biopic Che
Che (film)
Che is a two-part 2008 biopic about Ernesto 'Che' Guevara directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Benicio del Toro. Rather than follow a standard chronological order, the films offer an oblique series of interspersed moments along the overall timeline...
, on the life of revolutionary Che Guevara
Che Guevara
Ernesto "Che" Guevara , commonly known as el Che or simply Che, was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, intellectual, guerrilla leader, diplomat and military theorist...
.
Recently he has been exposed to a wider American audience with his recurring role as Esteban Reyes, the corrupt mayor of Tijuana and love interest of Nancy Botwin in the fourth, fifth and sixth seasons of the Showtime comedy series Weeds
Weeds (TV series)
Weeds is an American television comedy created by Jenji Kohan and produced by Tilted Productions in association with Lionsgate Television. The central character is Nancy Botwin , a widowed mother of two boys who begins selling marijuana to support her family after her husband dies suddenly of a...
.
TV Azteca
- La otra mitad del sol (2005) as Felipe Saenz
- Demasiado Corazón (1998) as Comandante Alfonso Carbajal
- Nada personalNada personal (TV series)Nada personal is a Mexican telenovela, which was broadcast in 1996. It was the first produced by Argos Comunicación for TV Azteca and began on May 20 of that year...
(1996) as Comandante Alfonso Carbajal
Televisa
- Lazos de AmorLazos de AmorLazos de Amor was a Mexican telenovela from 1995. It aired on Televisa, and starred actress and singer Lucero.-Plot:The story centers around María Guadalupe, María Paula and María Fernanda, identical triplets with non-identical, complex personalities. Their parents were killed in a car accident...
(1996) as Valente Segura - El rincón de los prodigios (1988)
- Los años felices (1984) as Tomas
- GuadalupeGuadalupe (telenovela)Guadalupe is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo in conjuction with Capitalvision International Corp. and Televisión Española from 1993, starring Adela Noriega and Eduardo Yáñez.- Summary :...
(1984) - Cuando los hijos se van (1983) as Ricardo
- Vivir enamorada (1982) as Nacho
- Rina (1977) as Juanito
Showtime
- WeedsWeeds (TV series)Weeds is an American television comedy created by Jenji Kohan and produced by Tilted Productions in association with Lionsgate Television. The central character is Nancy Botwin , a widowed mother of two boys who begins selling marijuana to support her family after her husband dies suddenly of a...
(2008) as Tijuana mayor and drug kingpin Esteban Reyes
Filmography
- SavagesSavages (2012 film)Savages is an upcoming crime-drama film directed by Oliver Stone. It is based on the novel of the same name by Don Winslow, who co-wrote the script with Shane Salerno...
(2012) - The Runway (2010)
- A Better LifeA Better LifeA Better Life is a 2011 American drama film directed by Chris Weitz. The screenplay, originally known as The Gardener, was written by Eric Eason based on a story by Roger L. Simon.-Plot:...
(2010) - Hidalgo: La historia jamás contada
- CheChe (film)Che is a two-part 2008 biopic about Ernesto 'Che' Guevara directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Benicio del Toro. Rather than follow a standard chronological order, the films offer an oblique series of interspersed moments along the overall timeline...
as Fidel CastroFidel CastroFidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban revolutionary and politician, having held the position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then President from 1976 to 2008. He also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011...
(2008) - American VisaAmerican VisaMs Muna has an American Visa is a 2005 Bolivia/Mexico-produced film by Bolivian writer and director Juan Carlos Valdivia. The film is set in La Paz, Bolivia, and features many exterior shots of the city and surrounding countryside.- Plot :...
(2007) - Fuera del cieloFuera del cieloFuera del cielo is a Mexican film that debuted in theaters on January 12, 2007. It was distributed in the United States by Lionsgate Films...
(2007) - Hipnos (2004) as Miguel
- Noche en Lima (2004)
- Zapata: Amor en Rebeldía (miniseries, 2004) as Emiliano Zapata
- Heartbreak Hospital (2002) as Tonio
- Ciudades oscuras ("Dark Cities") (2002) as Mario
- In the Time of the ButterfliesIn the Time of the ButterfliesIn the Time of the Butterflies is a historical novel by Julia Alvarez, relating an account of the Mirabal sisters during the time of the Trujillo regime in the Dominican Republic. The book is written in the first and third person, by and about the Mirabal sisters...
(2001) as Manuel 'Manolo' Tavárez Justo - Sin noticias de Dios (2001) as Manny
- La toma de la embajada (2000) as Rosemberg Pabón, 'Comandante Uno'
- El silencio del tiempo (2000)
- Sexo, pudor y lágrimasSexo, pudor y lágrimasSexo, pudor y lágrimas is a Mexican film, the second of the so-called New Era of the Cinema of Mexico . It was the first film directed by Antonio Serrano....
(1999) as Tomas - Todo el poder (1999) as Gabriel
- Ave Maria (1999) as Daniel
- Santitos (1999) as Cacomixtle
- Luces de la noche (1998)
- Demasiado corazón (1998)
- Perdita DurangoPerdita DurangoPerdita Durango, released as Dance with the Devil in the US, is a film directed by Alex de la Iglesia as a cross between the crime and horror genres. The film is based on Barry Gifford's novel 59° and Raining: The Story of Perdita Durango...
(1997) as Catalina - Salón México (1996) as Insp. Casteléon
- SoloSolo (1996 film)Solo is a 1996 science fiction, action film from Columbia/Tristar Studios. It was directed by Norberto Barba, who has since primarily produced television series. The film was based on the novel Weapon by Robert Mason, and was adapted for the script by David L. Corley...
(1996) as Rio - Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muertoNadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muertoNadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto was awarded 1995 Spanish noir drama film written and directed by Agustín Díaz Yanes.-Cast:*Gloria Duque - Victoria Abril*Doña Julia - Pilar Bardem*Eduardo - Federico Luppi...
(1995) as Omar - Cilantro y perejil (1995) as Carlos Rodríguez
- Hasta morir (1994) as Mauricio
- Pruebas de amor (1994)
- Ya la hicimos (1994)
- La vida conyugal (1993) as Gaspar
- Miroslava (1993) as Ricardo
- Disney's Aladdin (1992) as Aladdin (singing voice - Spanish dub)
- Marea suave (1992)
- Rojo amanecerRojo amanecerRojo Amanecer is a 1989 Silver Ariel Award-winning Mexican film, directed by Jorge Fons.It is a film about the Tlatelolco Massacre in the section of Tlatelolco in Mexico City in the evening of October 2, 1968....
(1989) as Jorge - The Penitent (1988) as Roberto
- Carmen Vampira (1988)
- Hotel Colonial (1987) as Young Hotel Clerk
- Astucia (1986)
- Choices of the HeartChoices of the HeartChoices of the Heart is an award-winning television movie based on the lives of Jean Donovan, Archbishop Oscar Romero, and the three other churchwomen who were killed in El Salvador during their Civil War.-Plot:The movie is based on actual events...
(1983) as Armando
External links
- The Young Castro Comes Alive Through Actor Demian Bichir's Performance by Brad Balfour, The Huffington Post, May 8, 2009