From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Demián Bichir Nájera (August 1, 1963, height 5' 10" (1,78 m)) 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. He started his acting career at the age of 14 in the telenovela 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.
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Movie | Chupa | Chava | 2023-04-07 |
Series | Let the Right One In | Mark Kane | 2022-10-09 |
Movie | Land | Miguel | 2021-01-13 |
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Movie | Godzilla vs. Kong | Walter Simmons | 2021-03-24 |
Movie | Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe | Self | 2020-10-23 |
Movie | The Midnight Sky | Sanchez | 2020-12-10 |
Movie | Danyka | Armando | 2020-11-26 |
Movie | QT8: The First Eight | Self (archive footage) | 2019-10-21 |
Series | Grand Hotel | Santiago Mendoza | 2019-06-17 |
Movie | The Grudge | Goodman | 2019-12-31 |
Movie | Corazón | Dr. Mario Garcia | 2018-04-04 |
Movie | The Nun | Father Burke | 2018-09-05 |
Movie | Lowriders | Miguel Alvarez | 2017-04-28 |
Movie | Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper | Sergeant Carl Lope | 2017-02-22 |
Movie | Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos | Sergeant Carl Lope | 2017-07-19 |
Movie | Alien: Covenant | Lope | 2017-05-09 |
Movie | Walden: Life in The Woods | Ramirez | 2017-11-04 |
Movie | Good Kids | Yaco | 2016-07-29 |
Movie | 7:19 | Fernando Pellicer | 2016-09-16 |
Movie | The Hateful Eight | Bob | 2015-12-25 |
Movie | Death in Buenos Aires | Inspector Chávez | 2014-05-05 |
Movie | Words with Gods | Son (ep. "God's Blood - La sangre de Dios") | 2014-11-20 |
Movie | Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama | Self | 2014-10-03 |
Movie | The Heat | Hale | 2013-06-27 |
Series | The Bridge | Marco Ruiz | 2013-07-10 |
Movie | Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy | Narrator (voice) | 2013-06-19 |
Movie | Before We Are Forgotten | 2013-12-08 | |
Movie | Machete Kills | Mendez | 2013-09-12 |
Movie | Dom Hemingway | Mr. Fontaine | 2013-11-14 |
Movie | Savages | Alex | 2012-07-06 |
Movie | El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza | Cerdo Gutiérrez 3 (voice) | 2012-11-30 |
Movie | A Better Life | Carlos Riquelme | 2011-06-24 |
Movie | The Dream of Ivan | Entrenador Torres | 2011-10-14 |
Movie | Foreverland | Salvador | 2011-12-03 |
Movie | The Runway | Ernesto Cordoba | 2010-07-10 |
Movie | Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada | Hidalgo | 2010-09-16 |
Movie | Enemigos íntimos | 2009-08-07 | |
Movie | Che: Part One | Fidel Castro | 2008-09-05 |
Movie | Che: Part Two | Fidel Castro | 2008-12-12 |
Movie | Beyond the Sky | Malboro | 2007-01-12 |
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Movie | American Visa | 2005-10-04 | |
Movie | Hipnos | Miguel | 2004-10-08 |
Movie | Dark Cities | Mario | 2002-09-20 |
Movie | Heartbreak Hospital | Tonio | 2002-12-20 |
Movie | In the Time of the Butterflies | Manolo Tavárez | 2001-10-21 |
Movie | Don't Tempt Me | Manny | 2001-11-30 |
Movie | La toma de la embajada | "Comandante Uno" | 2000-12-25 |
Movie | Santitos | Cacomixtle | 1999-01-23 |
Movie | Todo el poder | Gabriel Castro | 1999-02-28 |
Movie | Sex, Shame & Tears | Tomás | 1999-06-18 |
Movie | Ave María | Daniel Simón | 1999-11-20 |
Movie | Luces de la noche | Eduardo (Young) | 1998-05-29 |
Movie | Dance with the Devil | Catalina | 1997-10-31 |
Movie | Salón México | Insp. Casteleón | 1996-02-02 |
Series | Nothing Personal | Comandante Alfonso Carbajal | 1996-05-20 |
Movie | Solo | Rio | 1996-08-23 |
Movie | Recipes to Stay Together | Carlos Rodríguez | 1996-12-31 |
Series | Lazos de Amor | Valente Segura | 1995-10-02 |
Movie | Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead | Omar | 1995-10-05 |
Movie | Ya la hicimos | 1994-03-04 | |
Movie | Hasta Morir | 1994-06-01 | |
Movie | Miroslava | Ricardo | 1993-04-03 |
Movie | Married Life | Gaspar | 1993-05-17 |
Movie | Red Dawn | Jorge | 1990-10-18 |
Movie | Hotel Colonial | Young Hotel Clerk | 1987-01-08 |
Movie | Astucia | Tapatío | 1986-11-06 |
Movie | Viaje al paraíso | Chuy | 1985-09-08 |
Movie | Choices of the Heart | Armando | 1983-12-05 |