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Demián Bichir
Actor, Producer, Director, Writer
Born August 1, 1963 (61 years)
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.
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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2025 | |
| 2024 | Without Blood · as Tito |
| 2024 | A Circus Tale & a Love Song · as Refugio |
| 2023 | Chupa · as Chava |
| 2022 | Let the Right One In (TV Series) · as Mark Kane |
| 2021 | Godzilla vs. Kong · as Walter Simmons |
| 2021 | Chaos Walking · as Ben Moore |
| 2021 | Land · as Miguel |
| 2020 | The Midnight Sky · as Sanchez |
| 2020 | Mar de fondo · as Armando |
| 2019 | The Grudge · as Goodman |
| 2019 | Grand Hotel (US) (TV Series) · as Santiago Mendoza |
| 2019 | The Hateful Eight - Extended Version (TV Series) · as Bob |
| 2018 | The Nun · as Father Burke |
| 2018 | Corazón · as Dr. Mario Garcia |
| 2017 | Walden: Life in the Woods · as Ramirez |
| 2017 | Alien: Covenant - Phobos · as Sergeant Carl Lope |
| 2017 | Nothing Personal (TV Series) · as Comandante Alfonso Carbajal |
| 2017 | Alien: Covenant · as Lope |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper · as Sergeant Carl Lope |
| 2016 | Lowriders · as Miguel Alvarez |
| 2016 | 7:19 · as Fernando Pellicer |
| 2016 | Good Kids · as Yaco |
| 2015 | The Hateful Eight · as Bob |
| 2014 | Words with Gods · as Son (ep. "god's Blood - La Sangre De Dios") |
| 2014 | Death in Buenos Aires · as Inspector Chávez |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2013 | Dom Hemingway · as Mr. Fontaine |
| 2013 | Machete Kills · as Mendez |
| 2013 | The Bridge (2013) (TV Series) · as Marco Ruiz |
| 2013 | The Heat · as Hale |
| 2012 | The Wild Adventures of El Santos · as Cerdo Gutiérrez 3 (voice) |
| 2012 | Savages · as Alex |
| 2011 | Foreverland · as Salvador |
| 2011 | Ivan's Dream · as Entrenador Torres |
| 2011 | A Better Life · as Carlos Riquelme |
| 2010 | Hidalgo. La historia jamás contada · as Hidalgo |
| 2010 | The Runway · as Ernesto Cordoba |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | Che: Part Two · as Fidel Castro |
| 2008 | Che: Part One · as Fidel Castro |
| 2008 | Capadocia (TV Series) · as Carlos |
| 2006 | Fuera del cielo · as Malboro |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | |
| 2004 | Hipnos · as Miguel |
| 2002 | Heartbreak Hospital · as Tonio |
| 2002 | Dark City · as Mario |
| 2001 | No News from God · as Manny |
| 2001 | In the Time of the Butterflies · as Manolo Tavárez |
| 2000 | La toma de la embajada · as "comandante Uno" |
| 2000 | Todo el poder · as Gabriel Castro |
| 1999 | Ave María · as Daniel Simón |
| 1999 | Sexo, pudor y lágrimas · as Tomás |
| 1999 | Little Saints · as Cacomixtle |
| 1997 | Perdita Durango · as Catalina |
| 1996 | Cilantro y perejil · as Carlos Rodríguez |
| 1996 | Solo · as Rio |
| 1996 | Nada personal (TV Series) · as Comandante Alfonso Carbajal |
| 1996 | Salón México · as Insp. Casteleón |
| 1995 | Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead · as Omar |
| 1995 | Ties of love (TV Series) · as Valente Segura |
| 1994 | |
| 1993 | |
| 1993 | Married Life · as Gaspar |
| 1993 | Miroslava · as Ricardo |
| 1990 | Red Dawn · as Jorge |
| 1988 | The Penitent · as Roberto |
| 1987 | Viaje al paraíso · as Chuy |
| 1987 | Hotel Colonial · as Young Hotel Clerk |
| 1986 | Astucia · as Tapatío |
| 1985 | Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1983 | Choices of the Heart · as Armando |