Bruno Bichir

Bruno Bichir (born Bruno Bichir Nájera on October 6, 1967) is one of the most prolific actors of the contemporary cinema of Mexico as well as telenovelas and theater.

Bruno is a member of the Bichir family of Lebanese origin whose members are prominent actors. Both of his parents, Alejandro Bichir and Maricruz Nájera, and two older brothers Odiseo and Demián Bichir are actors.

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Biography

Bruno was born in Mexico City. He started his acting career at the age of 16 in the film Under Fire, a United States production. Three years later he obtained a role in Frida, naturaleza viva, a film about the life of Frida Kahlo, he then studied at the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica ("Center of Film Training") in Mexico City. He obtained roles in prominent films such as Rojo amanecer and in 1991 a role in El patrullero for which he would received his first of many nominations to the Ariel Award of the Mexican Academy of Film. In 1995, he starred as the love interest of the character played by the also Lebanese Mexican actress Salma Hayek in El callejón de los milagros, a film of critical and financial success.

In television he acted on three telenovelas with Televisa before moving to TV Azteca in 1999 to star in Háblame de amor ("Talk to me about love"). The same year he produced and starred in the film Crónica de un desayuno ("A Breakfast Chronicle"), directed by Benjamin Cann for which he was nominated for the Ariel Award for Best Actor in 2001. That same year he obtained a role in the Spanish co-production of Sin noticias de Dios (Bendito infierno) starred by his brother Demián for which both were nominated for the Best Bichir in a movie at the MTV Movie Awards-Mexico. Demián obtained the award and the following year Bruno was nominated in the same category for Ciudades oscuras.

As of 2006 he is currently in production with the play Cabaret as the Master of Ceremonies in Mexico City and filming El que come y canta (loco se levanta)

Awards

Ariel Award

7 Ariel Awards, including:

MTV Movie Awards-Mexico

Valladolid International Film Festival

Films

Cinema of the United States

Cinema of Mexico

Cinema of Argentina

Stage

Telenovelas

TV Azteca

Televisa

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