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