Demián Bichir Nájera (; born 1 August 1963) is a Mexican actor.
After starring in telenovelas, he began to appear in Hollywood films. He was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in ''
A Better Life''.
Personal life
Bichir was born in
Torreón
Torreón () is a city and seat of Torreón Municipality in the Mexican state of Coahuila. As of 2021, the city's population was 735,340. The metropolitan population as of 2015 was 1,497,734, making it the ninth-biggest metropolitan area in ...
. His parents are
Alejandro Bichir and
Maricruz Nájera.
His paternal family are
Lebanese actors. His brothers are Odiseo and Bruno. He worked at the National Theater Company, performed Shakespeare and Dostoyevsky, and won several awards at the Mexican Association of Theater Critics. He attended the
Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute (originally the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute) is an acting school founded in 1969 by actor, director, and acting teacher Lee Strasberg. The Institute is located in Union Square on East 15th Street, ...
, and worked at Rosa Mexicano Restaurant. Bichir is an
American Civil Liberties Union
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1920 "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States". T ...
Ambassador of Immigration Rights.
His second wife, Stefanie Sherk, committed suicide by drowning in a
swimming pool on 12 April 2019. The couple met in 2010. He was married to
Lisset for two years. He has a daughter.
Career
Bichir played
Fidel Castro in ''
Che'' and an emigrant in ''
A Better Life''. He starred in the crime series ''
The Bridge''
and the western film ''
The Hateful Eight
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''.
His directorial debut film ''Un Cuento de Circo & A Love Song'' premiered at the
Morelia International Film Festival
The Morelia International Film Festival (''Spanish'': ''Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia''; FICM) was founded in 2003 in the city of Morelia, Michoacán, México. It is an annual event that takes place during the second week of October.
F ...
.
Other films including ''
Alien: Covenant'',
''
The Nun'' and ''
Chaos Walking
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''. He starred in the remake series ''
Grand Hotel''. Bichir joined the cast for
Angelina Jolie
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’s film adaptation for
Alessandro Baricco
Alessandro Baricco (; born 25 January 1958) is an Italian writer, director and performer. His novels have been translated into a wide number of languages.
Early life, family and education
Baricco was born in Turin, Italy.
He has earned degre ...
's novel, ''Without Blood''.
Filmography
Film
Television
Awards
Notes
References
External links
*
Radio interviewwith Demián Bichir on ''
Fresh Air
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'' discussing ''The Bridge'' (38 mins, 2013)
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1963 births
20th-century Mexican male actors
21st-century Mexican male actors
Living people
Male actors from Mexico City
Mexican emigrants to the United States
Mexican male child actors
Mexican male film actors
Mexican male stage actors
Mexican male telenovela actors
People from Torreón
People with acquired American citizenship