1963-08-01 ( 61 years old ) in 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.
Movies
The Black Phone 2
2025-10-16
Without Blood
2025-04-10
Beacon
2024-06-08
A Circus Tale & A Love Song
2024-04-23
Chupa
2023-04-07
Godzilla vs. Kong
2021-03-24
Chaos Walking
2021-02-24
Land
2021-02-12
The Midnight Sky
2020-12-10
Danyka
2020-11-26
Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe
2020-10-23
The Grudge
2019-12-31
QT8: The First Eight
2019-10-21
The Nun
2018-09-05
Corazón
2018-04-04
Walden: Life in The Woods
2017-11-04
Alien: Covenant
2017-05-09
Lowriders
2017-04-28
7:19
2016-09-16
Good Kids
2016-07-29
The Hateful Eight
2015-12-25
43
2015-10-09
Words with Gods
2014-11-20
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama
2014-10-03
Death in Buenos Aires
2014-05-05
Before We Are Forgotten
2013-12-08
Dom Hemingway
2013-11-14
Machete Kills
2013-09-12
The Heat
2013-06-27
El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza
2012-11-30
Savages
2012-07-06
Foreverland
2011-12-03
The Dream of Ivan
2011-10-14
A Better Life
2011-06-24
Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada
2010-09-16
The Runway
2010-07-10
Enemigos íntimos
2009-08-07
Che: Part Two
2008-12-12
Che: Part One
2008-09-05
Mosquita muerta
2007-10-26
Beyond the Sky
2007-01-12
American Visa
2005-10-04
Hipnos
2004-10-08
Heartbreak Hospital
2002-12-20
Dark Cities
2002-09-20
Don't Tempt Me
2001-11-30
In the Time of the Butterflies
2001-10-21
La toma de la embajada
2000-12-25
Todo el poder
2000-01-21
Ave María
1999-11-20
Sex, Shame & Tears
1999-06-18
Santitos
1999-01-23
Luces de la noche
1998-05-29
Dance with the Devil
1997-10-31
Recipes to Stay Together
1996-12-31
Solo
1996-08-23
Salón México
1996-02-02
Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead
1995-10-05
Hasta Morir
1994-06-01
Ya la hicimos
1994-03-04
Married Life
1993-05-17
Miroslava
1993-04-03
Red Dawn
1990-10-18
Hotel Colonial
1987-01-08
Astucia
1986-11-06
Viaje al paraíso
1985-09-08
Choices of the Heart
1983-12-05
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