Demián Bichir (center) in Sexo, pudor y lágrimas

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. August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the name of a megacity located in the Valley of Mexico (Valle de México), a large valley in the high plateaus (altiplano) at the center of Mexico, about 2,240 metres (7,349 feet) above sea-level, surrounded on most sides... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

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. A telenovela is a Spanish and Portuguese term for a television serial. ... RedWolf 04:51, 2 November 2005 (UTC) External Links Ofelia Medina Alma Latina: Ofelia Medina IMDB Ofelia Medina Innocent Voices 2005 Moviefone: Ofelia Medina Category: Possible copyright violations ... El Crimen del Padre Amaro (The Crime of Father Amaro) 2002, directed by Carlos Carrera. ... The MTV Movie Awards is a film awards show presented annually on MTV. Also contains movie parodies that used official movie footage with hosts and other celebrities and music performances. ... Victoria Abril (born Victoria Merida Rojas, July 14, 1959) is a highly respected Spanish film actress. ... Penélope Cruz Penélope Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress. ... Gael García Bernal at Festival Karlovy Vary Gael García Bernal (born November 30, 1978) is a Mexican actor. ...

Telenovelas

TV Azteca

• La otra mitad del sol (2005) as Felipe Saenz
• Nada personal (1996) as Comandante Alfonso Carbajal

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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

Rina is a telenovela from Mexico that was first broadcast on Televisa in 1977. ...

Filmography

• El marlboro y el cucú (2005) (post-production
• Bendito infierno (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

In the Time of the Butterflies is a book by Julia Alvarez, fictionalizing the lives of the Mirabal sisters. ... Bendito infierno (released as Sin noticias de Dios in Spain and in English as Dont Tempt Me) is a Mexico/Spain co-production. ... Sexo, pudor y lágrimas (Sex, Shame, and Tears) is a Mexican film, the second of the so-called New Era of the Mexican Cinema (the first one was Like Water for Chocolate). ...

Short films

• Cerebro (2000)
• Cruz (1998)

External links

• Demián Bichir at the Internet Movie Database.
• Profile at the Cinema of Mexico site of the ITESM (in Spanish).
• Profile on Alma Latina (in English).