Demián Bichir

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1963-08-01 (61 years old)

Place of Birth Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Also Known As Demián Bichir Nájera, Demian Bichir, Damián Bechir , 데미안 비쉬어, 達米安·畢契爾

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

The Dentist

as Nolasco Black

2024
2024
2023
Chupa

as Chava

2022
2021
Godzilla vs. Kong

as Walter Simmons

2021
Chaos Walking

as Ben Moore

2021
Land

as Miguel

2020
The Midnight Sky

as Sanchez

2020
Danyka

as Armando

2019
The Grudge

as Goodman

2019
QT8: The First Eight

as Self (archive footage)

2019
Grand Hotel

as Santiago Mendoza

2018
The Nun

as Father Burke

2018
Corazón

as Dr. Mario Garcia

2017
2017
2017
Lowriders

as Miguel Alvarez

2017
2016
7:19

as Fernando Pellicer

2016
Good Kids

as Yaco

2015
43

as Himself (as Demian Bichir)

2014
Words with Gods

as Son (ep. "God's Blood - La sangre de Dios")

2014
Death in Buenos Aires

as Inspector Chávez

2013
Dom Hemingway

as Mr. Fontaine

2013
Machete Kills

as Mendez

2013
The Heat

as Hale

2013
The Bridge

as Marco Ruiz

2012
El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza

as Cerdo Gutiérrez 3 (voice)

2012
Savages

as Alex

2011
Foreverland

as Salvador

2011
The Dream of Ivan

as Entrenador Torres

2011
A Better Life

as Carlos Riquelme

2010
The Runway

as Ernesto Cordoba

2008
Che: Part Two

as Fidel Castro

2008
Che: Part One

as Fidel Castro

2007
Mosquita muerta

as Himself

2007
Beyond the Sky

as Malboro

2005
Weeds

as Esteban Carlos Reyes

2004
Hipnos

as Miguel

2002
2002
Dark Cities

as Mario

2001
2001
2000
La toma de la embajada

as "Comandante Uno"

1999
Ave María

as Daniel Simón

1999
1999
Todo el poder

as Gabriel Castro

1999
Santitos

as Cacomixtle

1998
Luces de la noche

as Eduardo (Young)

1997
1996
Recipes to Stay Together

as Carlos Rodríguez

1996
Solo

as Rio

1996
Salón México

as Insp. Casteleón

1996
Nothing Personal

as Comandante Alfonso Carbajal

1995
Lazos de Amor

as Valente Segura

1993
Married Life

as Gaspar

1993
Miroslava

as Ricardo

1990
Red Dawn

as Jorge

1987
Hotel Colonial

as Young Hotel Clerk

1986
Astucia

as Tapatío

1985
1983
1982

Producer

The Dentist

as Executive Producer

2024
Beacon

as Executive Producer

2022
2020
Danyka

as Producer

Director

Writer

2024