Demián Bichir
Age: N/A | From: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Person Details
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Aliases: Demián Bichir Nájera , Demian Bichir , Damián Bechir , 데미안 비쉬어 , 達米安·畢契爾
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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Movie Involvements: 53
TV Involvements: 9
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Alien: Covenant
(2017) Lope
The Nun
(2018) Father Burke
Godzilla vs. Kong
(2021) Walter Simmons
Chaos Walking
(2021) Ben Moore
Let the Right One In
(2022) Mark Kane
Lazos de Amor
(1995) Valente Segura
Nothing Personal
(1996) Comandante Alfonso Carbajal
The Grudge
(2019) GoodmanActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | N/A | |
| Refugio | ||
| 2023 | Chava | |
| 2022 | Mark Kane | |
| 2021 | Self | |
| Walter Simmons | ||
| Ben Moore | ||
| Miguel | ||
| 2020 | Sanchez | |
| Armando | ||
| 2019 | Goodman | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Santiago Mendoza | ||
| 2018 | Father Burke | |
| Dr. Mario Garcia | ||
| 2017 | Ramirez | |
| Sergeant Carl Lope | ||
| Lope | ||
| Miguel Alvarez | ||
| Lopé | ||
| Sergeant Carl Lope | ||
| 2016 | Fernando Pellicer | |
| Yaco | ||
| 2015 | Bob | |
| Himself (as Demian Bichir) | ||
| 2014 | Son (ep. "God's Blood - La sangre de Dios") | |
| Self | ||
| Inspector Chávez | ||
| 2013 | N/A | |
| Mr. Fontaine | ||
| Mendez | ||
| Marco Ruiz | ||
| Hale | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2012 | Cerdo Gutiérrez 3 (voice) | |
| Alex | ||
| 2011 | Salvador | |
| Entrenador Torres | ||
| Carlos Riquelme | ||
| 2010 | Hidalgo | |
| Ernesto Cordoba | ||
| 2009 | N/A | |
| 2008 | Fidel Castro | |
| Fidel Castro | ||
| 2007 | Himself | |
| Malboro | ||
| 2005 | N/A | |
| Esteban Carlos Reyes | ||
| 2004 | Miguel | |
| N/A | ||
| 2002 | Tonio | |
| Mario | ||
| Himself | ||
| 2001 | Manny | |
| Manolo Tavárez | ||
| 2000 | "Comandante Uno" | |
| 1999 | Daniel Simón | |
| Tomás | ||
| Gabriel Castro | ||
| Cacomixtle | ||
| 1998 | Eduardo (Young) | |
| 1997 | Catalina | |
| 1996 | Carlos Rodríguez | |
| Rio | ||
| Comandante Alfonso Carbajal | ||
| Insp. Casteleón | ||
| 1995 | Omar | |
| Valente Segura | ||
| 1994 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1993 | Gaspar | |
| Ricardo | ||
| 1989 | Jorge | |
| 1987 | Young Hotel Clerk | |
| 1986 | Tapatío | |
| 1985 | Chuy | |
| 1983 | Armando | |
| 1982 | Nacho | |
| Tito | ||
| Nolasco Black | ||
| Himself | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Executive Producer | |
| 2022 | Producer | |
| 2020 | Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Screenplay | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |