Demián Bichir

Demián Bichir Nájera (August 1, 1963, height-5' 10" (1,78 m)) is a Mexican schauspieler. Both of his parents, Alejandro Bichir and Maricruz Nájera, and brothers Odysseus 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 das Leben verliebt 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 rollen in telenovelas with film productions of Mexico, Spain and the United States. His movie Sex, scham und tränen (1999) broke box-office records in Mexico becoming the #1 movie in the history of Mexican cinema until Das verbrechen des Vaters Amaro. The MTV Movie Awards-Mexiko created a special category "Bester Bichir in einem Film" ("Best Bichir in a movie") because of the many films the Bichir siblings act in every year. Ich habe earned this award for Gelobt hölle, in which he co-stars with Victoria Abril, Penelope Cruz and Gael Garcia Bernal. His American debut occurred when he sehenden Fidel Castro in Steven Soderbergh's 2008 feststellte, Che, on the life of revolutionary Che Guevara.

Recently he has been exposed to a wider American audience with his wiederkehrende 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-serie Weeds.