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Demián Bichir
Born · August 1, 1963 (61 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Bio
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.
Black Phone 2
0.0
2025
Without Blood
Tito
0.0
2024
Beacon
10.0
2024
A Circus Tale & A Love Song
Refugio
6.0
2024
Chupa
Chava
6.4
2023
Let the Right One In
Mark Kane · (10 episodes)
7.3
2022
Godzilla vs. Kong
Walter Simmons
7.6
2021
Chaos Walking
Ben Moore
6.6
2021
Land
Miguel
6.7
2021
The Midnight Sky
Sanchez
5.7
2020
Danyka
Armando
6.4
2020
Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe
Self
7.3
2020
The Grudge
Goodman
5.4
2019
QT8: The First Eight
Self (archive footage)
7.2
2019
Grand Hotel
Santiago Mendoza · (13 episodes)
7.1
2019
The Nun
Father Burke
5.9
2018
Corazón
Dr. Mario Garcia
7.1
2018
Walden: Life in The Woods
Ramirez
0.0
2017
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos
Sergeant Carl Lope
5.9
2017
Alien: Covenant
Lope
6.2
2017
Lowriders
Miguel Alvarez
6.7
2017
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Crew Messages
Lopé
5.7
2017
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper
Sergeant Carl Lope
6.1
2017
7:19
Fernando Pellicer
6.5
2016
Good Kids
Yaco
6.3
2016
The Hateful Eight
Bob
7.8
2015
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Himself (as Demian Bichir)
5.0
2015
Words with Gods
Son (ep. "God's Blood - La sangre de Dios")
5.7
2014
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama
Self
0.0
2014
Death in Buenos Aires
Inspector Chávez
5.9
2014
Before We Are Forgotten
5.0
2013
Dom Hemingway
Mr. Fontaine
5.8
2013
Machete Kills
Mendez
5.6
2013
The Bridge
Marco Ruiz · (26 episodes)
6.7
2013
The Heat
Hale
6.6
2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Narrator (voice)
6.6
2013
El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza
Cerdo Gutiérrez 3 (voice)
6.7
2012
Savages
Alex
6.4
2012
Foreverland
Salvador
6.5
2011
The Dream of Ivan
Entrenador Torres
5.6
2011
A Better Life
Carlos Riquelme
7.2
2011
Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada
Hidalgo
4.3
2010
The Runway
Ernesto Cordoba
6.1
2010
Enemigos íntimos
4.8
2009
Che: Part Two
Fidel Castro
6.7
2008
Che: Part One
Fidel Castro
6.8
2008
Mosquita muerta
Himself
5.0
2007
Beyond the Sky
Malboro
7.0
2007
American Visa
6.8
2005
Weeds
Esteban Carlos Reyes · (26 episodes)
7.5
2005
Hipnos
Miguel
5.5
2004
Zapata. Amor en Rebeldía
(1 episode)
0.0
2004
Heartbreak Hospital
Tonio
6.3
2002
Dark Cities
Mario
4.8
2002
Las Lunas del Auditorio
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
2002
Don't Tempt Me
Manny
5.5
2001
In the Time of the Butterflies
Manolo Tavárez
6.5
2001
La toma de la embajada
"Comandante Uno"
6.0
2000
Ave María
Daniel Simón
4.6
1999
Sex, Shame & Tears
Tomás
6.7
1999
Todo el poder
Gabriel Castro
6.5
1999
Santitos
Cacomixtle
4.8
1999
Luces de la noche
Eduardo (Young)
5.0
1998
Dance with the Devil
Catalina
6.6
1997
Recipes to Stay Together
Carlos Rodríguez
5.6
1996
Solo
Rio
4.7
1996
Nothing Personal
Comandante Alfonso Carbajal · (120 episodes)
0.0
1996
Salón México
Insp. Casteleón
6.1
1996
Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead
Omar
7.0
1995
Lazos de Amor
Valente Segura · (100 episodes)
1.0
1995
Hasta Morir
5.2
1994
Ya la hicimos
4.3
1994
Married Life
Gaspar
4.6
1993
Miroslava
Ricardo
6.1
1993
Red Dawn
Jorge
8.1
1990
Hotel Colonial
Young Hotel Clerk
5.3
1987
Astucia
Tapatío
5.0
1986
Viaje al paraíso
Chuy
4.0
1985
Choices of the Heart
Armando
5.5
1983
The Dentist
Nolasco Black · (1 episode)
0.0
Vivir enamorada
Nacho · (1 episode)
0.0
1982