Demián Bichir
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Demián Bichir Nájera (August 1, 1963, Mexico City) is a Mexican actor. Both of his parents, Alejandro Bichir and Maricruz Nájera, and brothers Odiseo and Bruno Bichir are also actors. He is 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.
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[edit] Telenovelas
[edit] TV Azteca
- La otra mitad del sol (2005) as Felipe Saenz
- Demasiado Corazón (1998) as Comandante Alfonso Carbajal
- Nada personal (1996) as Comandante Alfonso Carbajal
[edit] Televisa
- Lazos de amor (1996) as Valente Segura
- El rincón de los prodigios (1988)
- Los años felices (1984) as Tomas
- Guadalupe (1984)
- Cuando los hijos se van (1983) as Ricardo
- Vivir enamorada (1982) as Nacho
- Rina (1977) as Juanito
[edit] Filmography
- El marlboro y el cucú (2005)
- Hipnos (2004) as Miguel
- Noche en Lima (2004)
- Zapata (TV movie, 2004) as Emiliano Zapata
- Heartbreak Hospital (2002) as Tonio
- Ciudades oscuras (2002) as Mario
- In the Time of the Butterflies (2001) as Manuel 'Manolo' Tavárez Justo
- Sin noticias de Dios (2001) as Manny
- La toma de la embajada (2000) as Rosemberg Pabón, 'Comandante Uno'
- El silencio del tiempo (2000)
- Sexo, pudor y lágrimas (1999) as Tomas
- Todo el poder (1999) as Gabriel
- Ave María (1999) as Daniel
- Santitos (1999) as Cacomixtle
- Luces de la noche (1998)
- Demasiado corazón (1998)
- Perdita Durango (1997) as Catalina
- Salón México (1996) as Insp. Casteléon
- Solo (1996) as Rio
- Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto (1995) as Omar
- Cilantro y perejil (1995) as Carlos Rodríguez
- Hasta morir (1994) as Mauricio
- Pruebas de amor (1994)
- Ya la hicimos (1994)
- La vida conyugal (1993) as Gaspar
- Miroslava (1993) as Ricardo
- Marea suave (1992)
- Rojo amanecer (1989) as Jorge
- The Penitent (1988) as Roberto
- Carmen Vampira (1988)
- Hotel Colonial (1987) as Young Hotel Clerk
- Astucia (1986)
- Choices of the Heart (1983) as Armando
[edit] Short films
- Cerebro (2000)
- Cruz (1998)
[edit] External links
- Demián Bichir at the Internet Movie Database.
- (Spanish) Profile at the Cinema of Mexico site of the ITESM
- (Spanish) Profile on Alma Latina
