Demián Bichir
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Black Phone 2 as
- 2024 · Without Blood as Tito
- 2024 · Beacon as
- 2024 · A Circus Tale & A Love Song as Refugio
- 2023 · Chupa as Chava
- 2022 · Let the Right One In as Mark Kane
- 2021 · Godzilla vs. Kong as Walter Simmons
- 2021 · Chaos Walking as Ben Moore
- 2021 · Land as Miguel
- 2020 · The Midnight Sky as Sanchez
- 2020 · Danyka as Armando
- 2020 · Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe as Self
- 2019 · The Grudge as Goodman
- 2019 · QT8: The First Eight as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Grand Hotel as Santiago Mendoza
- 2018 · The Nun as Father Burke
- 2018 · Corazón as Dr. Mario Garcia
- 2017 · Walden: Life in The Woods as Ramirez
- 2017 · Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos as Sergeant Carl Lope
- 2017 · Alien: Covenant as Lope
- 2017 · Lowriders as Miguel Alvarez
- 2017 · Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Crew Messages as Lopé
- 2017 · Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper as Sergeant Carl Lope
- 2016 · 7:19 as Fernando Pellicer
- 2016 · Good Kids as Yaco
- 2015 · The Hateful Eight as Bob
- 2015 · 43 as Himself (as Demian Bichir)
- 2014 · Words with Gods as Son (ep. "God's Blood - La sangre de Dios")
- 2014 · Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama as Self
- 2014 · Death in Buenos Aires as Inspector Chávez
- 2013 · Before We Are Forgotten as
- 2013 · Dom Hemingway as Mr. Fontaine
- 2013 · Machete Kills as Mendez
- 2013 · The Bridge as Marco Ruiz
- 2013 · The Heat as Hale
- 2013 · Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza as Cerdo Gutiérrez 3 (voice)
- 2012 · Savages as Alex
- 2011 · Foreverland as Salvador
- 2011 · The Dream of Ivan as Entrenador Torres
- 2011 · A Better Life as Carlos Riquelme
- 2010 · Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada as Hidalgo
- 2010 · The Runway as Ernesto Cordoba
- 2009 · Enemigos íntimos as
- 2008 · Che: Part Two as Fidel Castro
- 2008 · Che: Part One as Fidel Castro
- 2007 · Mosquita muerta as Himself
- 2007 · Beyond the Sky as Malboro
- 2005 · American Visa as
- 2005 · Weeds as Esteban Carlos Reyes
- 2004 · Hipnos as Miguel
- 2004 · Zapata. Amor en Rebeldía as
- 2002 · Heartbreak Hospital as Tonio
- 2002 · Dark Cities as Mario
- 2002 · Las Lunas del Auditorio as Self
- 2001 · Don't Tempt Me as Manny
- 2001 · In the Time of the Butterflies as Manolo Tavárez
- 2000 · La toma de la embajada as "Comandante Uno"
- 1995 · Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead as Omar
- Future · The Dentist as Nolasco Black
- 1999 · Ave María as Daniel Simón
- 1999 · Sex, Shame & Tears as Tomás
- 1999 · Todo el poder as Gabriel Castro
- 1999 · Santitos as Cacomixtle
- 1998 · Luces de la noche as Eduardo (Young)
- 1997 · Dance with the Devil as Catalina
- 1996 · Recipes to Stay Together as Carlos Rodríguez
- 1996 · Solo as Rio
- 1996 · Nothing Personal as Comandante Alfonso Carbajal
- 1996 · Salón México as Insp. Casteleón
- 1995 · Lazos de Amor as Valente Segura
- 1994 · Hasta Morir as
- 1994 · Ya la hicimos as
- 1993 · Married Life as Gaspar
- 1993 · Miroslava as Ricardo
- 1990 · Red Dawn as Jorge
- 1987 · Hotel Colonial as Young Hotel Clerk
- 1986 · Astucia as Tapatío
- 1985 · Viaje al paraíso as Chuy
- 1983 · Choices of the Heart as Armando
- 1982 · Vivir enamorada as Nacho