Demián Bichir

Demián Bichir
Born	August 1, 1963 (1963-08-01) (age 48) Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Demián Bichir Nájera (born August 1, 1963) 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.

Career

He began 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.

Telenovelas and TV series

TV Azteca

• La otra mitad del sol (2005) as Felipe Saenz
• Demasiado Corazón (1998) as Comandante Alfonso Carbajal
• Nada personal (1996) as Comandante Alfonso Carbajal

Televisa

• Lazos de Amor (1996) as Valente Segura
• El rincón de los prodigios (1988)
• Los años felices (1984) as Tomas
• Guadalupe (1984)
• Cuando los hijos se van (1983) as Ricardo
• Vivir enamorada (1982) as Nacho
• Rina (1977) as Juanito

Showtime

• Weeds (2008) as Tijuana mayor and drug kingpin Esteban Reyes

Filmography

• Savages (2012)
• The Runway (2010)
• A Better Life (2010)
• Hidalgo: La historia jamás contada
• Che as Fidel Castro (2008)
• American Visa (2007)
• Fuera del cielo (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 Butterflies (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 lágrimas (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 Durango (1997) as Catalina
• Salón México (1996) as Insp. Casteléon
• Solo (1996) as Rio
• Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto (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 amanecer (1989) as Jorge
• The Penitent (1988) as Roberto
• Carmen Vampira (1988)
• Hotel Colonial (1987) as Young Hotel Clerk
• Astucia (1986)
• Choices of the Heart (1983) as Armando

Short films

• Cerebro (2000)
• Cruz (1998)

External links

• Demián Bichir at the Internet Movie Database
• The Young Castro Comes Alive Through Actor Demian Bichir's Performance by Brad Balfour, The Huffington Post, May 8, 2009

Persondata
Name	Bichir, Demian
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	August 1, 1963
Place of birth	Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Date of death
Place of death