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Demián Bichir
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Nationality
Mexican
Children
1
Occupation
Actor
Name
Demian Bichir
Years active
1977-present
Role
Actor
Known for
The Bridge
Height
1.78 m
Full Name
Demian Bichir Najera
Born
August 1, 1963 (age 61) (
1963-08-01
)
Mexico City, Mexico
Relatives
Bruno Bichir (brother)Odiseo Bichir (brother)
Spouse
Lisset Gutierrez (m. 2001–2003)
Siblings
Bruno Bichir, Odiseo Bichir
Parents
Alejandro Bichir, Maricruz Najera
Movies and TV shows
The Bridge, A Better Life, The Hateful Eight, Machete Kills, Weeds
Similar
Bruno Bichir, Odiseo Bichir, Taissa Farmiga
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Demián Bichir Nájera ([deˈmjan biˈtʃir ˈnaxeɾa]; born August 1, 1963) is a Mexican actor. He is from a well-known family of Mexican actors, the Bichir family, which includes his parents Alejandro Bichir and Maricruz Nájera and his brothers Odiseo Bichir and Bruno Bichir. He began his acting career in many Mexican telenovelas and films before achieving fame for roles in Mexican films, such as the record-breaking Sexo, pudor y lágrimas and Sin noticias de Dios. In the U.S., he played Detective Marco Ruiz in the FX drama television series The Bridge. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for A Better Life (2011) and played Bob in Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight.
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Early life
Bichir was born at Torreon, the son of actor Alejandro Bichir and actress Maricruz Nájera. He began his career in the theater and became a member of the National Theater Company at the age of 13, performing Shakespeare and Dostoyevsky, among others. His mastery of the greats at a young age garnered him several awards from the Mexican Association of Theater Critics.
Early career
Bichir's first film role was the United States production Choices of the Heart. He got his first starring character in the Telenovela El Rincon de los Prodigios, where he acts as a stranger who performs miracles in front of the people confronting the corrupt authorities and the church. Bichir continued his acting roles in telenovelas with film productions of Mexico, Spain and the United States. After a long retirement of the Mexican telenovelas in favor of a film career, he returned to TV Azteca and played an honest detective who tries to tackle corruption and drug problems in Mexico in the telenovela Nada Personal. His performance led him to act as the same detective in Con Toda El Alma.
Mexican film breakout
His film Sexo, pudor y lágrimas (1999) broke box-office records in Mexico becoming the #1 film in the history of Mexican cinema. He performed one of the main characters and brought him sufficient praise to earn him the Ariel. The film brought a lot of attention to him and to his brothers. They acted in so many films that in the MTV Movie Awards-México a special category was created: "Mejor Bichir en una Película" ("Best Bichir in a movie"). He earned this award for the 2003 film Bendito infierno (Holy Hell or Don't Tempt Me), in which he co-starred with Victoria Abril, Penélope Cruz and Gael García Bernal.
United States
He starred in the American film In the Time of the Butterflies (2001) with Salma Hayek, based on the real life of a group of sisters who fought against the government of a Dominican dictator. Later, he got some recognition when he depicted Fidel Castro in Steven Soderbergh's biopic Che (2008) on the life of Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara.
He was exposed to a wider American audience with his recurring role as Esteban Reyes, the corrupt mayor of Tijuana and love interest of Nancy Botwin from season four to seven in Showtime's Weeds.
Bichir found mainstream U.S. work following his critically acclaimed performance as Carlos Galindo in the 2011 drama A Better Life, which garnered him nominations for the Independent Spirit Award and Screen Actors Guild Award. On 24 January 2012, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in A Better Life. His nomination came as a shock to Mexican and American audiences alike. He is the first male Mexican actor to receive this nomination since Anthony Quinn. Though Bichir failed to win the award, he followed it up with roles in the major American releases Savages, The Heat, and Machete Kills. In 2013, he began starring in the FX drama television series The Bridge as Detective Marco Ruiz.
Bichir made his directorial debut, Refugio, which is set to be released in 2016. In February 2016, Bichir was cast in Alien: Covenant, the second installment of the Alien prequel series.
Political activism
Bichir is an ACLU Ambassador for Immigration Rights.
Personal life
At the age of 22, Bichir moved to New York City with his ex-girlfriend in order to get into the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. For a brief period, he did not act and started working at the Rosa Mexicano Restaurant in NYC while learning English. Later, he moved to Los Angeles but failed to land in any acting roles, ultimately deciding to go back to his native Mexico, where he found great success. Since 2011, Bichir has been in a relationship with actress Stefanie Sherk.
Bichir was married to Mexican singer Lisset Gutiérrez, whom he divorced in 2003. He stated that he finds long-term commitment difficult. He had a short-lived relationship which led to the birth of his daughter, Gala, in May 2011 in Spain. He remains involved in his daughter's life.
Bichir holds dual Mexican and American citizenship. He splits his time between homes in Los Angeles and Mexico City.
Dubbing roles
The Little Mermaid - Eric, Louis
Jetsons: The Movie - Apollo Blue
Aladdin - Aladdin
The Road to El Dorado - Tulio
Filmography
Actor
-
JSA (pre-production)
-
Thanksgiving (pre-production) as
Manuel
-
El Dentista (TV Series) (filming)
-
Without Blood (post-production) as
Tito
2024
A Circus Tale & A Love Song (completed) as
Refugio (as Demian Bichir)
2023
Chupa as
Chava
2022
Let the Right One In (TV Series) as
Mark Kane
- What's Done in the Dark (2022) - Mark Kane
- Monster (2022) - Mark Kane
- Or Stay and Die (2022) - Mark Kane
- More Than You'll Ever Know (2022) - Mark Kane
- Stargazers (2022) - Mark Kane
- Quoquo Modo Necessarium (2022) - Mark Kane
- Outings (2022) - Mark Kane
- Broken Glass (2022) - Mark Kane
- Intercessors (2022) - Mark Kane
- Anything for Blood (2022) - Mark Kane
2021
Godzilla vs. Kong as
Walter Simmons
2021
Chaos Walking as
Ben
2021
Land as
Miguel
2020
The Midnight Sky as
Sanchez (as Demian Bichir)
2020
Mar de fondo as
Armando
2020
The Grudge as
Goodman (as Demian Bichir)
2019
Grand Hotel (TV Series) as
Santiago Mendoza
- A Perfect Storm (2019) - Santiago Mendoza (as Demian Bichir)
- Dear Santiago (2019) - Santiago Mendoza
- Art of Darkness (2019) - Santiago Mendoza (as Demian Bichir)
- Suite Little Lies (2019) - Santiago Mendoza (as Demian Bichir)
- Groom Service (2019) - Santiago Mendoza (as Demian Bichir)
- Long Night's Journey Into Day (2019) - Santiago Mendoza (as Demian Bichir)
- Where the Sun Don't Shine (2019) - Santiago Mendoza (as Demian Bichir)
- Love Thy Neighbor (2019) - Santiago Mendoza (as Demian Bichir)