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Demián Bichir

Demián Bichir

Highest Rated: 100% Beacon (2024)

Lowest Rated: 8% Solo (1996)

Birthday: Aug 1, 1963

Birthplace: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

A prolific and acclaimed actor in his native Mexico, Demián Bichir delivered award-winning performances as men of conviction, including Emiliano Zapata and Fidel Castro in Steven Soderbergh's two-part biopic "Che" (2008) before making a major splash in America with the moving drama "A Better Life" (2011). The son and brother of actors, Bichir began in Mexican television dramas, or telenovelas before gaining prominence in the late 1980s and 1990s with turns in "Rojo Amanecer" ("Red Dawn") (1989) and "Hasta morir" ('Til Death") (1994), which earned him the Mexican equivalent of an Oscar. He dabbled in American films and television throughout the 1990s and early millennium, gaining recognition for the Soderbergh films and "Weeds" (Showtime, 2005-12) as a corrupt border politician. However, his powerful turn as a simple man faced with seemingly insurmountable odds in the feature "Better Life" drew international attention and acclaim, as well as the potential for stardom in Hollywood - a rarity for Mexican actors, even those with Bichir's seemingly limitless talents. Bechir fulfilled that promise with roles in films ranging from Paul Feig's action comedy "The Heat" (2013) to Quentin Tarantino's violent western "The Hateful Eight" (2015), as well as a starring role opposite Diane Kruger on cable drama "The Bridge" (FX 2013-14).

Highest rated movies

100% Beacon
100% 48% 7:19
86% 79% A Better Life
80% 68% The Runway
79% 66% Che: Part Two
76% 91% Godzilla vs. Kong 75% 77% The Hateful Eight 69% 84% Land

Filmography

Movies

Credit
100% No Score Yet Beacon Ismael (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2024
33% No Score Yet Without Blood Unknown (Character) - 2024
68% 58% Chupa Chava (Character) - 2023
76% 91% Godzilla vs. Kong Walter Simmons (Character) $100.4M 2021
21% 71% Chaos Walking Ben (Character) $13.3M 2021
69% 84% Land Miguel (Character) $2.6M 2021
49% 26% The Midnight Sky Sanchez (Character) - 2020
20% 23% The Grudge Goodman (Character) $21.2M 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Danyka Armando (Character) - 2020
24% 35% The Nun Father Burke (Character) $117.4M 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Walden: Life in the Woods Ramirez (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2017
65% 55% Alien: Covenant Lope (Character) $74.2M 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alien: Covenant -- Prologue: Last Supper Lope (Character) - 2017
57% 61% Lowriders Miguel (Character) $6.2M 2016
100% 48% 7:19 Fernando Pellicer (Character) - 2016
33% 42% Good Kids Yaco (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Circus Story & a Love Song Refugio (Character),
Director
- 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet 43 Unknown (Character) - 2015
75% 77% The Hateful Eight Bob (Character) $54.1M 2015
No Score Yet 38% Death in Buenos Aires Inspector Chávez (Character) - 2014
58% 38% Dom Hemingway Mr. Fontaine (Character) $518.1K 2013
29% 34% Machete Kills Mendez (Character) $7.9M 2013
66% 71% The Heat Hale (Character) $159.6M 2013
No Score Yet 72% El Santos vs. the Zombie Menace Cerdo Gutiérrez (Voice) - 2012
50% 54% Savages Alex (Character) $47.3M 2012
50% 56% Foreverland Salvador (Character) - 2011
86% 79% A Better Life Carlos Riquelme (Character) $1.8M 2011
No Score Yet 17% Ivan's Dream Entrenador Torres (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 41% Hidalgo: The Untold Story Miguel Hidalgo (Character) - 2010
80% 68% The Runway Ernesto (Character) - 2010
67% 75% Che: Part One Fidel Castro (Character) $1.7M 2008
79% 66% Che: Part Two Fidel Castro (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Che Fidel Castro (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 60% Enemigos íntimos Unknown (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 34% Chilango Blues Malboro (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 58% American Visa Professor Mario Alvarez (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 37% Hipnos Miguel (Character) - 2004
25% No Score Yet Heartbreak Hospital Tonio (Character) $1.5K 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dark Cities Mario (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 76% In the Time of the Butterflies Manolo (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 80% Sex, Shame and Tears Tomas (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 59% Gimme the Power Gabriel (Character) - 1999
57% 62% Traveling Saints Cacomixtle (Character) $378.6K 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ave Maria Daniel (Character) - 1999
8% 26% Solo Rio (Character) $4.9M 1996
No Score Yet 51% Recipes to Stay Together Carlos Rodríguez (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Salón México Inspector Casteléon (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 71% Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead Omar (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 83% All the Way Mauricio (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ya la hicimos Unknown (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conjugal Life Gaspar (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hotel Colonial Hotel Clerk (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet La Vida Conyugal Unknown (Character) - 1974

TV

Credit
68% 85% Let the Right One In Mark (Character),
Producer
2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2022
74% 75% Grand Hotel Santiago Mendoza (Character) 2019
88% 83% The Bridge Detective Marco Ruiz (Character) 2013-2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tavis Smiley Guest 2014
70% 80% Weeds Esteban Reyes (Guest Star) 2008-2010