Demián Bichir
Demián Bichir
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.
Known For
Actor
as Nolasco Black
as Tito
as Refugio
as Chava
as Mark Kane
as Walter Simmons
as Ben Moore
as Miguel
as Sanchez
as Armando
as Goodman
as Self (archive footage)
as Santiago Mendoza
as Father Burke
as Dr. Mario Garcia
as Ramirez
as Sergeant Carl Lope
as Lope
as Miguel Alvarez
as Sergeant Carl Lope
as Fernando Pellicer
as Yaco
as Bob
as Himself (as Demian Bichir)
as Son (ep. "God's Blood - La sangre de Dios")
as Inspector Chávez
as Mr. Fontaine
as Mendez
as Hale
as Narrator (voice)
as Marco Ruiz
as Cerdo Gutiérrez 3 (voice)
as Alex
as Salvador
as Entrenador Torres
as Carlos Riquelme
as Hidalgo
as Ernesto Cordoba
as Fidel Castro
as Fidel Castro
as Himself
as Malboro
as Esteban Carlos Reyes
as Miguel
as Tonio
as Mario
as Self
as Manny
as Manolo Tavárez
as "Comandante Uno"
as Daniel Simón
as Tomás
as Gabriel Castro
as Cacomixtle
as Eduardo (Young)
as Catalina
as Carlos Rodríguez
as Rio
as Insp. Casteleón
as Comandante Alfonso Carbajal
as Valente Segura
as Gaspar
as Ricardo
as Jorge
as Young Hotel Clerk
as Tapatío
as Chuy
as Armando
as Nacho
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Producer
Writer
as Screenplay
Director
as Director