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).
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Demián Bichir
Filmography
Movies
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100% | No Score Yet | Beacon |
Ismael (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2024 |
33% | No Score Yet | Without Blood | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
68% |
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Chupa | Chava (Character) | - | 2023 |
76% |
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Godzilla vs. Kong | Walter Simmons (Character) | $100.4M | 2021 |
21% |
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Chaos Walking | Ben (Character) | $13.3M | 2021 |
69% |
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Land | Miguel (Character) | $2.6M | 2021 |
49% |
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The Midnight Sky | Sanchez (Character) | - | 2020 |
20% |
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The Grudge | Goodman (Character) | $21.2M | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Danyka | Armando (Character) | - | 2020 |
24% |
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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% |
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Alien: Covenant | Lope (Character) | $74.2M | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alien: Covenant -- Prologue: Last Supper | Lope (Character) | - | 2017 |
57% |
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Lowriders | Miguel (Character) | $6.2M | 2016 |
100% |
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7:19 | Fernando Pellicer (Character) | - | 2016 |
33% |
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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% |
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The Hateful Eight | Bob (Character) | $54.1M | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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Death in Buenos Aires | Inspector Chávez (Character) | - | 2014 |
58% |
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Dom Hemingway | Mr. Fontaine (Character) | $518.1K | 2013 |
29% |
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Machete Kills | Mendez (Character) | $7.9M | 2013 |
66% |
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The Heat | Hale (Character) | $159.6M | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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El Santos vs. the Zombie Menace | Cerdo Gutiérrez (Voice) | - | 2012 |
50% |
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Savages | Alex (Character) | $47.3M | 2012 |
50% |
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Foreverland | Salvador (Character) | - | 2011 |
86% |
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A Better Life | Carlos Riquelme (Character) | $1.8M | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Ivan's Dream | Entrenador Torres (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Hidalgo: The Untold Story | Miguel Hidalgo (Character) | - | 2010 |
80% |
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The Runway | Ernesto (Character) | - | 2010 |
67% |
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Che: Part One | Fidel Castro (Character) | $1.7M | 2008 |
79% |
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Che: Part Two | Fidel Castro (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Che | Fidel Castro (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Enemigos íntimos | Unknown (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Chilango Blues | Malboro (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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American Visa | Professor Mario Alvarez (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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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 |
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In the Time of the Butterflies | Manolo (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Sex, Shame and Tears | Tomas (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Gimme the Power | Gabriel (Character) | - | 1999 |
57% |
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Traveling Saints | Cacomixtle (Character) | $378.6K | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ave Maria | Daniel (Character) | - | 1999 |
8% |
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Solo | Rio (Character) | $4.9M | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Recipes to Stay Together | Carlos Rodríguez (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Salón México | Inspector Casteléon (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead | Omar (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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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 | ||||
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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 |