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Damián Alcázar

Actor, ProducerBorn January 8, 1953 (72 years)
Jorge Damián Alcázar Castello is a renowned Mexican actor, born in Jiquilpan, Michoacan, on January 8, 1953. One of the most talented and recognized contemporary actors, Damián studied at the National Institute of Fine Arts, and later studied at the Centro of Theater Experimentation and, later, at the Faculty of Theater at the Universidad Veracruzana, where, years later, he would be a teacher. After several years in the theater, Damián made his film debut with The Center of the Labyrinth (1985), and later worked in films such as Romero (1989), The Naked City (1989), Bandidos (1991), Mujer del Puerto (1991). ), Lolo (1993), where he would win his first Ariel award, for best male co-acting, and Two crimes (1994), by Roberto Sneider, for which he was nominated, again, for the Ariel. The success of the film and his performance immediately propelled his career, which would lead him to participate in films such as En el aire (1995), El anzuelo (1996), Hombres armamos (1997), Baja California: El limit del tiempo ( 1998) and Herod's Law (1999), winning two consecutive Ariel Awards for both films, as best actor, in 1998 and 1999. With director Luis Estrada, Alcázar would star in a successful saga of films, with a social and critical spirit, with the films A Wonderful World (2006), Hell (2010) and The Perfect Dictatorship (2014), each one proving successful at the box office and criticismo.

In 2018 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited him to be a special part of its new members.

Alcazár has a vast filmography, which includes film and television. He is considered one of the most important actors of new Mexican cinema.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Crime of Padre Amaro

Known For

  • Narcos
  • Blue Beetle
  • Hell
  • Herod's Law
  • The Perfect Dictatorship
  • Miss Bala
  • ¡Que viva México!
  • The Thin Yellow Line
  • Satanás
  • The Crime of Padre Amaro
  • Cronicas
  • Un mundo maravilloso
  • Borderland

Filmography

2025
2025
2025
2024
2023
Blue Beetle · as Alberto Reyes
2023
2023
¡Que viva México! · as Rosendo / Regino / Ambrosio
2023
Dudes (TV Series) · as Mario Miranda
2022
El caso Monroy · as Ronnie Monroy
2021
The King of all the World · as Don Anselmo
2021
Carta Blanca · as Coronel Efraín Bencosme
2021
Acapulco (2021) (TV Series) · as Don Pablo
2021
El poderoso Victoria · as Don Federico
2021
Before I Forget (TV Series) · as Pascual
2021
2020
2019
Mosh · as José La Iguana
2019
Mangoré · as Agustín Pío Barrios
2019
Preso No. 1 (TV Series) · as Salvador Fraga
2019
Tijuana (TV Series) · as Antonio Borja
2019
Miss Bala · as Chief Saucedo
2018
Rubirosa (TV Series) · as Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
2018
Narcos: Mexico (TV Series) · as Gilberto Rodríguez
2018
The Mongolian Conspiracy · as Filiberto García
2018
Rubirosa · as Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
2018
Agave: Spirit of a Nation · as Narrated By
2018
Jose Jose: The Prince of Song (TV Series) · as José Sosa
2017
Ana and Bruno · as Ricardo/sr. Estación
2016
El Hotel · as Citlalli's Dad
2016
2091 (TV Series) · as Sr. Hull
2016
Yes Without Breasts There Is Paradise (TV Series) · as Don Chalo
2015
Las Aparicio · as Hernán Almada
2015
Sargeant Matacho · as Feliciano Pachón
2015
El Dandy (TV Series) · as Juan Antonio Ramírez "el Chueco"
2015
Narcos (TV Series) · as Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela
2015
Magallanes · as Magallanes
2015
2014
2014
Woman of Steel (TV Series) · as Vicente Acero
2014
Olvidados · as José Mendieta
2014
Metástasis (TV Series) · as Tuco Salamanca
2014
The Perfect Dictatorship · as Gobernador Carmelo Vargas
2013
Ciudadano Buelna · as Lucio Blanco
2012
Lynch (TV Series) · as Eduardo Zúñiga
2012
Fecha de Caducidad · as Genaro
2011
El encanto del águila (TV Series) · as Plutarco Elías Calles
2010
2010
Hell · as Benjamín García "el Benny"
2010
García · as García
2010
Chicogrande · as Chicogrande
2010
The Aparicio (TV Series) · as Hernán Almada
2010
On Childhood · as Basilio Niebla
2009
Kdabra (TV Series) · as René
2009
Don't Let Me Drown · as Ramon
2009
Of Love and Other Demons · as Abrenuncio
2009
2008
2008
2008
Capadocia (TV Series) · as Alberto Gómez
2007
Borderland · as Ulises
2007
Satanás · as Eliseo
2006
Fuera del cielo · as Rojas
2006
Only God Knows · as Presagio
2006
Un mundo maravilloso · as Juan Perez
2005
Las vueltas del citrillo · as Sergeant Collazo
2004
Cronicas · as Vinicio Cepeda
2004
Hector · as Martín
2003
2002
The Crime of Padre Amaro · as Padre Natalio Pérez
2002
The Blue Room · as Garduño
2001
2000
2000
Compassionate Sex · as Hombre Virgen
2000
Todo por amor (TV Series) · as Don Mariano
1999
Ave María · as Cuña
1999
Herod's Law · as Juan Vargas
1998
1997
Men with Guns · as Padre Portillo, The Priest
1996
El anzuelo · as Humberto
1996
Overkill · as Jose
1995
Detrás del dinero · as Capitán Carreño
1994
Dos crímenes · as Marcos González
1994
Ámbar · as Preso Carcel 1
1993
1993
Lolo · as Marcelino
1991
Diplomatic Immunity · as Pool Cleaner
1991
Highway Patrolman · as Sospechoso #1
1991
Woman of the Port · as Marro
1991
1991
Diplomatic Immunity · as Pool Cleaner (uncredited)
1991
Yo No Creo En Los Hombres (TV Series) · as Juan
1991
The Legend of the Mask · as Olmo Robles
1989
The Naked City · as La Suavecita
1989
Romero · as Campesino
1985
American Masters (TV Series) · as Orozco

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