Demián Bichir

Demián Bichir

Birthdate
August 1, 1963 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
August 1, 1963 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Known For
Acting

Biography

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.

Demián Bichir's LGBTQ+ Titles

Death in Buenos Aires
Death in Buenos Aires
Inspector Chávez

Acting (81)

The Dentist as Nolasco Black (1 episode)
2025
Black Phone 2
2024
Without Blood as Tito
2024
Beacon
2024
A Circus Tale & A Love Song as Refugio
2023
Chupa as Chava
2022
Let the Right One In as Mark Kane (10 episodes)
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 (13 episodes)
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
2013
Dom Hemingway as Mr. Fontaine
2013
Machete Kills as Mendez
2013
The Bridge as Marco Ruiz (26 episodes)
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
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
2005
Weeds as Esteban Carlos Reyes (26 episodes)
2004
Hipnos as Miguel
2004
Zapata. Amor en Rebeldía (1 episode)
2002
Heartbreak Hospital as Tonio
2002
Dark Cities as Mario
2002
Las Lunas del Auditorio as Self (1 episode)
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"
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 (120 episodes)
1996
Salón México as Insp. Casteleón
1995
Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead as Omar
1995
Lazos de Amor as Valente Segura (100 episodes)
1994
Hasta Morir
1994
Ya la hicimos
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 (1 episode)

Directing (1)

2024
A Circus Tale & A Love Song • Director
• Director

Production (4)

The Dentist • Executive Producer (1 episode)
• Executive Producer (1 episode)
2024
Beacon • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2022
Let the Right One In • Producer (10 episodes)
• Producer (10 episodes)
2020
Danyka • Producer
• Producer

Writing (1)

2024
A Circus Tale & A Love Song • Screenplay
• Screenplay