Demian Bichir
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Bichir at the 2014 Peabody Awards
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Demián Bichir Nájera August 1, 1963 Torreon, Mexico |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Spouse(s) | Lisset Gutierrez (div. 2003) |
| Partner(s) | Stefanie Sherk (2011–present) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) |
Maricruz Nájera Alejandro Bichir |
| Relatives |
Bruno Bichir (brother) Odiseo Bichir (brother) |
Demián Bichir Nájera (Spanish pronunciation: [deˈmjam biˈtʃir ˈnaxeɾa]; born August 1, 1963) is a Mexican actor. He is from a well-known family of Mexican actors, the Bichir family, which includes his parents Alejandro Bichir and Maricruz Nájera and his brothers Odiseo Bichir and Bruno Bichir. He began his acting career in many Mexican telenovelas and films before achieving fame for roles in Mexican films, such as the record-breaking Sexo, pudor y lágrimas and Sin noticias de Dios. In the U.S., he played Detective Marco Ruiz in the FX drama television series The Bridge. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for A Better Life (2011) and played Bob in Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight.
Bichir was born at Torreon, the son of actor Alejandro Bichir and actress Maricruz Nájera. He began his career in the theater and became a member of the National Theater Company at the age of 13, performing Shakespeare and Dostoyevsky, among others. His mastery of the greats at a young age garnered him several awards from the Mexican Association of Theater Critics.
Bichir's first film role was the United States production Choices of the Heart. He got his first starring character in the Telenovela El Rincon de los Prodigios, where he acts as a stranger who performs miracles in front of the people confronting the corrupt authorities and the church. Bichir continued his acting roles in telenovelas with film productions of Mexico, Spain and the United States. After a long retirement of the Mexican telenovelas in favor of a film career, he returned to TV Azteca and played an honest detective who tries to tackle corruption and drug problems in Mexico in the telenovela Nada Personal. His performance led him to act as the same detective in Con Toda El Alma.
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