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.
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
Beacon
A Circus Tale & A Love Song
Chupa
Let the Right One In
Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe
Godzilla vs. Kong
Chaos Walking
Land
The Midnight Sky
Danyka
The Grudge
QT8: The First Eight
Grand Hotel
The Nun
Corazón
Walden: Life in The Woods
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos
Alien: Covenant
Lowriders
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Crew Messages
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper
7:19
Good Kids
The Hateful Eight
43
Words with Gods
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama
Death in Buenos Aires
Before We Are Forgotten
Dom Hemingway
Machete Kills
The Bridge
The Heat
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza
Savages
Foreverland
The Dream of Ivan
A Better Life
Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada
The Runway
Enemigos íntimos
Che: Part Two
Che: Part One
Mosquita muerta
Beyond the Sky
American Visa
Weeds
Hipnos
Zapata. Amor en Rebeldía
Heartbreak Hospital
Dark Cities
Las Lunas del Auditorio
Don't Tempt Me
In the Time of the Butterflies
La toma de la embajada
Ave María
Sex, Shame & Tears
Todo el poder
Santitos
Luces de la noche
Dance with the Devil
Recipes to Stay Together
Solo
Nothing Personal
Salón México
Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead
Lazos de Amor
Hasta Morir
Ya la hicimos
Married Life
Miroslava
Red Dawn
Hotel Colonial
Astucia
Viaje al paraíso
Vivir enamorada