1963-08-01 Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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.
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Beacon | 2024-06-08 | |
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Un Cuento de Circo & A Love Song | Refugio | 2024-04-23 |
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Chupa | Chava | 2023-04-07 |
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Land | Miguel | 2021-02-12 |
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Chaos Walking | Ben Moore | 2021-02-24 |
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Godzilla vs. Kong | Walter Simmons | 2021-03-24 |
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Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe | Self | 2021-06-04 |
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The Midnight Sky | Sanchez | 2020-12-10 |
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Danyka | Armando | 2020-11-26 |
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The Grudge | Goodman | 2019-12-31 |
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QT8: The First Eight | Self (archive footage) | 2019-10-21 |
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The Nun | Father Burke | 2018-09-05 |
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Corazón | Dr. Mario Garcia | 2018-04-04 |
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Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Crew Messages | Lopé | 2017-04-17 |
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Walden: Life in The Woods | Ramirez | 2017-11-04 |
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Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos | Sergeant Carl Lope | 2017-07-19 |
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Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper | Sergeant Carl Lope | 2017-02-22 |
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Lowriders | Miguel | 2017-04-28 |
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Alien: Covenant | Carl Lope | 2017-05-09 |
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7:19 | Fernando Pellicer | 2016-09-16 |
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Good Kids | Yaco | 2016-07-29 |
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43 | Himself (as Demian Bichir) | 2015-10-09 |
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The Hateful Eight | Bob | 2015-12-25 |
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Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama | Self | 2014-10-03 |
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Muerte en Buenos Aires | Inspector Chávez | 2014-05-05 |
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Words with Gods | Son (ep. "God's Blood - La sangre de Dios") | 2014-11-20 |
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Dom Hemingway | Mr. Fontaine | 2013-11-14 |
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The Heat | Hale | 2013-06-27 |
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Antes de que nos olviden | 2013-12-08 | |
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Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy | Narrator (voice) | 2013-06-19 |
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Machete Kills | Mendez | 2013-09-12 |
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El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza | Cerdo Gutiérrez 3 (voice) | 2012-11-30 |
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Savages | Alex | 2012-07-06 |
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A Better Life | Carlos Riquelme | 2011-06-24 |
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El sueño de Iván | Entrenador Torres | 2011-10-14 |
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Foreverland | Salvador | 2011-12-03 |
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The Runway | Ernesto Cordoba | 2010-07-10 |
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Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada | Hidalgo | 2010-09-16 |
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Enemigos íntimos | 2009-08-07 | |
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Che: Part Two | Fidel Castro | 2008-12-12 |
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Che: Part One | Fidel Castro | 2008-09-05 |
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Mosquita muerta | Himself | 2007-10-26 |
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Fuera Del Cielo | Malboro | 2007-01-12 |
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American Visa | 2005-10-04 | |
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Hipnos | Miguel | 2004-10-08 |
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Heartbreak Hospital | Tonio | 2002-12-20 |
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Ciudades Oscuras | Mario | 2002-09-20 |
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Sin noticias de Dios | Manny | 2001-11-30 |
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In the Time of the Butterflies | Manolo Tavárez | 2001-10-21 |
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La toma de la embajada | "Comandante Uno" | 2000-12-25 |
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Santitos | Cacomixtle | 1999-01-23 |
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Ave María | Daniel Simón | 1999-11-20 |
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Todo el poder | Gabriel Castro | 1999-02-28 |
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Sexo, pudor y lágrimas | Tomás | 1999-06-18 |
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Luces de la noche | Eduardo (Young) | 1998-05-29 |
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Perdita Durango | Catalina | 1997-10-31 |
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Solo | Rio | 1996-08-23 |
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Salón México | Insp. Casteleón | 1996-02-02 |
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Cilantro y Perejil | Carlos Rodríguez | 1996-12-31 |
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Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto | Omar | 1995-10-05 |
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Hasta Morir | 1994-06-01 | |
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Ya la hicimos | 1994-03-04 | |
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Miroslava | Ricardo | 1993-04-03 |
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La vida conyugal | Gaspar | 1993-05-17 |
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Rojo amanecer | Jorge | 1989-02-10 |
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Hotel Colonial | Young Hotel Clerk | 1987-01-08 |
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Astucia | Tapatío | 1986-11-06 |
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Viaje al paraíso | Chuy | 1985-09-08 |
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Choices of the Heart | Armando | 1983-12-05 |
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Without Blood | Tito |
