Demián Bichir
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.
The Nun
as Father BurkeA priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the...
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The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy,...
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The Hateful Eight
as BobBounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and...
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In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity’s fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong...
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Chaos Walking
as Ben MooreTwo unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored...
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Chupa
as ChavaWhile visiting family in Mexico, a lonely boy befriends a mythical creature hiding on his...
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The Heat
as HaleUptight and straight-laced, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn is a methodical investigator with a...
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The Grudge
as GoodmanAfter a young mother murders her family in her own house, a detective attempts to investigate...
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A lone scientist in the Arctic races to contact a crew of astronauts returning home to a...
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The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban...
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Machete Kills
as MendezEx-Federale agent Machete is recruited by the President of the United States for a mission which...
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Land
as MiguelEdee, in the aftermath of an unfathomable event, finds herself unable to stay connected to the...
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Savages
as AlexPot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared...
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QT8: The First Eight
as Self (archive footage)A detailed account of the life and artistic career of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino,...
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A Better Life
as Carlos RiquelmeA gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while...
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Dance with the Devil
as CatalinaShe's sexy, shameless and loves taking people to their limit. She's a dangerous young woman who...
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After the Cuban Revolution, Che is at the height of his fame and power. Then he disappears,...
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Good Kids
as YacoFour high school students look to redefine themselves after graduation.
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Hipnos
as MiguelDr Sánchez Blanch owns and operates a psychiatric hospital where he specializes in hypnotizing...
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Don't Tempt Me
as MannyTwo angels, one from the heaven and one from the hell, come to earth to save the soul of a boxer.
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Dom Hemingway
as Mr. FontaineAfter spending 12 years in prison for keeping his mouth shut, notorious safe-cracker Dom...
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Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper
as Sergeant Carl LopeA prologue short to Alien: Covenant, it takes place aboard the Covenant, a Weyland colonization...
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Solo
as RioAn android fighting-machine is charged with destroying a small brigade of rebels in a Latin...
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Lowriders
as Miguel AlvarezA young street artist in East Los Angeles is caught between his father's obsession with lowrider...
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Danyka
as ArmandoA middle-aged man calls into question his life choices and his own morals after a flirtation...
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Death in Buenos Aires
as Inspector ChávezIn the 1980s, after a businessman is murdered at his home, an experienced police inspector and...
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Sex, Shame & Tears
as TomásA comedic drama featuring two couples and two old friends in Mexico City. Tomas visits Carlos...
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Red Dawn
as JorgeOn October 2, 1968, a student uprising descends into violence after the Mexican government...
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A Circus Tale & A Love Song
as RefugioRefugio, a romantic dreamer whose years long quest to find true love takes him from the circus...
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Beyond the Sky
as MalboroMalboro and Cucu, the starring characters, are two brothers who split after the older one,...
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In the Time of the Butterflies
as Manolo TavárezBased on the book by Julia Alvarez. Three sisters become activists during the Dominican...
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Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead
as OmarA hit man searches for an alcoholic prostitute who has witnessed a crime and fled to Madrid.
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Words with Gods
as Son (ep. "God's Blood - La sangre de Dios")The first of four installments in the groundbreaking Heartbeat of the World anthology film...
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Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos
as Sergeant Carl LopeAt a Weyland-Yutani facility on Phobos, several members of the crew for the upcoming Covenant...
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7:19
as Fernando PellicerAt 7:19 a.m., on September 19th of 1985, the most destructive earthquake hit Mexico City. Inside...
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American Visa
as uncreditedAfter being denied an American visa, a Bolivian professor becomes involved in a web of criminal...
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Hotel Colonial
as Young Hotel ClerkMarco Veniera goes to Bogota, Columbia to find his brother, Luca who supposedly committed...
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Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
as Narrator (voice)Revisits President John F. Kennedy's presidential legacy through 21 of the more than 800,000...
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Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada
as HidalgoHidalgo, en su celda del Hospital Militar de Chihuahua, recuerda algunos pasajes de su vida,...
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El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza
as Cerdo Gutiérrez 3 (voice)Santos, a fighter finished pacheco overweight and suffers from his recent divorce with Busty...
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Todo el poder
as Gabriel CastroGabriel is a filmmaker in Mexico City, where he is a victim of crime and violence sometimes even...
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La toma de la embajada
as "Comandante Uno"Bogotá, 1980. During the government of President Turbay. An urban cell of the M-19 invades the...
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Corazón
as Dr. Mario GarciaElena Ramirez is a disadvantaged prostitute who learns that she has a life threatening medical...
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Foreverland
as SalvadorA sufferer of cystic fibrosis travels to a legendary shrine that reputedly has the power to heal...
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Dark Cities
as MarioAdapted by writer/director Fernando Sariñana from the stories by Juan Madrid, Ciudades Oscuras...
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The Runway
as Ernesto CordobaThe Runway is inspired by the true story of a South American pilot who landed his plane near...
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Viaje al paraíso
as ChuyFamily plans for a quiet weekend at the beach, but everything goes wrong.
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The Dream of Ivan
as Entrenador TorresIn "The Dream of Ivan" we will see for the first time in history a worldwide selection of soccer...
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Beacon
as uncreditedAfter an ambitious solo trip leaves her shipwrecked on a remote island, a young sailor is...
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Married Life
as GasparJacqueline (Bonilla) and Nicolas (Echanove) are so in love that they decide to get married...
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Recipes to Stay Together
as Carlos Rodríguez"Cilantro y perejil" is a comedy about couples from the same family, hit by the economic crisis...
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Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Crew Messages
as LopéCrew Messages are a series of five transmissions recorded by members (Daniels, Oram, Rosenthal,...
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Ya la hicimos
as uncreditedVirginia and Nacho, is a poor marriage, living precariously on their meager salaries,...
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Ave María
as Daniel SimónIn the colonial New Spain Ana is a missionary who decides to support the indigenous people.
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Enemigos íntimos
as uncreditedTells the stories of eight characters suffering from different ailments: a doctor who does not...
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Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe
as SelfBefore The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It began filming, a bishop from the Order of...
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Hasta Morir
as uncreditedA street kid's wish to run away to Tijuana is hampered by lies and betrayal
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Santitos
as CacomixtleAfter St. Jude appears in Esperanza's oven, she sets out to find her daughter, who died under...
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Without Blood
as TitoIn a frontier landscape at the beginning of the 20th century, gunmen descend on a remote...
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Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama
as SelfA documentary that investigates the phenomenon of Scandinavian crime drama and its worldwide...
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Mosquita muerta
as HimselfMarcelo and Sofía love each other, but both suspect the other of infidelity. Marcelo, a film...
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Heartbreak Hospital
as TonioNeely, an aspiring actress, gets a role on the popular soap opera "Heartbreak Hospital." Her...
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Walden: Life in The Woods
as RamirezA radical, western re-imagining of Henry David Thoreau's classic, interlacing three stories...
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Astucia
as TapatíoHistorical melodrama on horseback, 1840s or so in central Mexico. Pulpy, Zorro-ish...
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43
as Himself (as Demian Bichir)43 young male students were abducted from a Mexican college on September 26, 2014. They have yet...
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Salón México
as Insp. CasteleónIn this remake of the 40's classic, two lovers murder each other, leading to an investigation...
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Luces de la noche
as Eduardo (Young)On a whim, a retired gentleman decides to track down an old girlfriend from decades back.
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Miroslava
as RicardoThe beautiful and popular movie star Miroslava is depressed tonight. As she prepares her...
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Before We Are Forgotten
as uncreditedIn 2006 Mexico declared war on drug trafficking and since then, violence spread like wildfire...
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Weeds
as Esteban Carlos ReyesAfter the unexpected death of her husband, a suburban mom resorts to selling weed to support her...
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The Bridge
as Marco RuizA murdered body on a bridge between El Paso and Juarez bring together El Paso detective Sonya...
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Grand Hotel
as Santiago MendozaSantiago Mendoza owns last family-owned hotel in multicultural Miami Beach, while his glamorous...
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Let the Right One In
as Mark KaneMark and his 12-year-old daughter’s lives were changed forever 10 years earlier when she was...
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Nothing Personal
as Comandante Alfonso CarbajalPolice chief Fernándo Gomez Miranda kills his friend, the well-respected lawyer and likely...
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Lazos de Amor
as Valente SeguraLazos de Amor is a Mexican telenovela from 1995. It aired on Televisa, and starred actress and...
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