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Demián Bichir

Demián Bichir

Birthday: 1963-08-01 | Place of Birth: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2024
A Circus Tale & A Love Song

as    Refugio

2022
Let the Right One In

as    Mark Kane

2021
Chaos Walking

as    Ben Moore

2021
Land

as    Miguel

2021
Godzilla vs. Kong

as    Walter Simmons

2020
Danyka

as    Armando

2020
The Midnight Sky

as    Sanchez

2019
The Grudge

as    Goodman

2019
Grand Hotel

as    Santiago Mendoza

2018
The Nun

as    Father Burke

2017
Alien: Covenant

as    Lope

2017
Lowriders

as    Miguel Alvarez

2016
Good Kids

as    Yaco

2015
The Hateful Eight

as    Bob

2014
Death in Buenos Aires

as    Inspector Chávez

2014
Dom Hemingway

as    Mr. Fontaine

2013
The Heat

as    Hale

2013
The Bridge

as    Marco Ruiz

2013
Machete Kills

as    Mendez

2013
2012
Savages

as    Alex

2011
A Better Life

as    Carlos Riquelme

2011
The Dream of Ivan

as    Entrenador Torres

2011
The Runway

as    Ernesto Cordoba

2010
2008
Che: Part One

as    Fidel Castro

2008
Che: Part Two

as    Fidel Castro

2007
Beyond the Sky

as    Malboro