Damián Alcázar
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 8, 1953 (age 73)
- Birthplace
- Jiquilpan, Michoacan, Mexico
Biography
Jorge Damián Alcázar Castello is a renowned Mexican actor, born in Jiquilpan, Michoacan, on January 8, 1953. One of the most talented and recognized contemporary actors, Damián studied at the National Institute of Fine Arts, and later studied at the Centro of Theater Experimentation and, later, at the Faculty of Theater at the Universidad Veracruzana, where, years later, he would be a teacher. After several years in the theater, Damián made his film debut with The Center of the Labyrinth (1985), and later worked in films such as Romero (1989), The Naked City (1989), Bandidos (1991), Mujer del Puerto (1991). ), Lolo (1993), where he would win his first Ariel award, for best male co-acting, and Two crimes (1994), by Roberto Sneider, for which he was nominated, again, for the Ariel. The success of the film and his performance immediately propelled his career, which would lead him to participate in films such as En el aire (1995), El anzuelo (1996), Hombres armamos (1997), Baja California: El limit del tiempo ( 1998) and Herod's Law (1999), winning two consecutive Ariel Awards for both films, as best actor, in 1998 and 1999. With director Luis Estrada, Alcázar would star in a successful saga of films, with a social and critical spirit, with the films A Wonderful World (2006), Hell (2010) and The Perfect Dictatorship (2014), each one proving successful at the box office and criticismo. In 2018 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited him to be a special part of its new members. Alcazár has a vast filmography, which includes film and television. He is considered one of the most important actors of new Mexican cinema.
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Filmography
The Portrait’s Secret
Movie · as Don Joaquín
Silent Drift
Movie · as Charles W.A. Petersen
Here Be Dragons
Movie
Hágase tu voluntad
Movie
El Enemigo del Pueblo
Movie
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
Movie · as Jacobo
Máscara contra Cabellera
Movie · as Presentador
El Mochaorejas
TV · as Daniel 'El Mochaorejas' Arizmendi López · 12 eps
The Four Altars
Movie · as Don Abel
The Gentleman
Movie · as Chapas
Barren Land
Movie · as Rafael Hoffman
Safari
Movie
The Benetón Family
Movie · as Juan
Morenitas: Jimena
Movie
Blue Beetle
Movie · as Alberto Reyes
Morenitas: Hannia
Movie
¡Que viva México!
Movie · as Rosendo / Regino / Ambrosio
Avocado: The Mexican Treasure
Movie
Dudes
TV · as Mario Miranda · 6 eps
The Monroy Affaire
Movie · as Ronnie Monroy
Léemelo
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Carta Blanca
Movie · as Coronel Efraín Bencosme
Mighty Victoria
Movie · as Don Federico
The King of All the World
Movie · as Don Anselmo
Not My Fault: Mexico
TV · 10 eps
Acapulco
TV · as Don Pablo · 10 eps
Before I Forget
TV · as Pascual · 10 eps
Mosh
Movie · as José la Iguana
The Mongolian Conspiracy
Movie · as Filiberto García
Miss Bala
Movie · as Chief Saucedo
Tijuana
TV · as Antonio Borja · 11 eps
Rubirosa 2
Movie · as Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
Rubirosa
Movie · as Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
Rubirosa 3
Movie · as Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
Narcos: Mexico
TV · as Gilberto Rodríguez · 1 ep
Rubirosa
TV · as Rafael Leonidas Trujillo · 12 eps
Ana and Bruno
Movie · as Ricardo/Sr. Estación
Las Aparicio
Movie · as Hernán Almada
The Hotel
Movie · as Citlalli's Dad
2091
TV · as Sr. Hull · 12 eps
The Thin Yellow Line
Movie · as Toño
Magallanes
Movie · as Magallanes
Mangoré
Movie · as Agustín Pío Barrios
La Sargento Matacho
Movie · as Feliciano Pachón
The Dandy
TV · as Juan Antonio Ramírez "El Chueco" · 70 eps
Narcos
TV · as Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela · 10 eps
The Perfect Dictatorship
Movie · as Gobernador Carmelo Vargas
Forgotten
Movie · as José Mendieta
Eddie Reynolds and The Iron Angels
Movie · as Eddie Reynolds
Metástasis
TV · as Tuco Salamanca · 16 eps
Citizen Buelna
Movie · as Lucio Blanco
Expiration Date
Movie · as Genaro
El Encanto del Águila
TV · as Plutarco Elías Calles · 13 eps
El Infierno
Movie · as Benjamín García "El Benny"
Chicogrande
Movie · as Chicogrande
Guerrero, Sueño Republicano
Movie · as Narrator
The Last Commander
Movie
De la infancia
Movie · as Basilio Niebla
García
Movie · as García
The Two Perez
Movie
Plague
Movie · as Hijo
Don't Let Me Drown
Movie · as Ramon
Bala mordida
Movie
Of Love and Other Demons
Movie · as Abrenuncio
Marea de Arena
Movie · as Carpio
Corto libre
Movie
Kdabra
TV · as René · 33 eps
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Movie · as Lord Sopespian
Teo's Journey
Movie
Nadie regresa por tercera vez
Movie
Satanás - Profile of a Killer
Movie · as Eliseo
Beyond the Sky
Movie · as Rojas
Borderland
Movie · as Ulises
The Citrillo's Turn
Movie · as Sergeant Collazo
A Wonderful World
Movie · as Juan Perez
Only God Knows
Movie · as Presagio
Crónicas
Movie · as Vinicio Cepeda
Héctor
Movie · as Martín
La mesa servida
Movie
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
Movie
El Alma Herida
TV · as Francisco "Frank" López · 151 eps
The Crime of Padre Amaro
Movie · as Padre Natalio Pérez
The Blue Room
Movie · as Garduño
Pachito Rex: I'm Leaving but Not for Good
Movie · as Abel
De ida y vuelta
Movie
Compassionate Sex
Movie · as Hombre virgen
Sofía
Movie
A Breakfast Chronicle
Movie · as Taxista
Herod's Law
Movie · as Juan Vargas
Ave María
Movie · as Cuña
Men with Guns
Movie · as Padre Portillo, the Priest
Under California: The Limit of Time
Movie · as Damián
Rastros
Movie · as Teodoro (ciclista borracho)
Woman of the Port
Movie · as Marro
El Anzuelo
Movie · as Humberto
Tres minutos en la oscuridad
Movie
Overkill
Movie · as Jose
Katuwira, donde nacen y mueren los sueños
Movie · as Caronte
The Alarm
Movie
Two Crimes
Movie · as Marcos González
Algunas nubes
Movie · as La Rata
On the Air
Movie · as Cmdr. Paco
Pánico en el paraíso
Movie
Amber
Movie · as Preso carcel 1
Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7
Movie · as Machine Gun
Abuelita de Bakman
Movie · as Escritor
Lolo
Movie · as Marcelino
Cita en el paraíso
Movie · as Pablo
De barro
Movie
Diplomatic Immunity
Movie · as Pool Cleaner / Hitman
Con el amor no se juega
Movie
Highway Patrolman
Movie · as Sospechoso #1
Diplomatic Immunity
Movie · as Pool cleaner (uncredited)
Bandidos
Movie · as Mexican
The Legend of a Mask
Movie · as Olmo Robles
El viudo José
Movie
Las buenas costumbres
Movie
Sandino
Movie
Romero
Movie · as Campesino
The Naked City
Movie · as La Suavecita
Tales of the City
Movie
Alicia en el pais del dolar
Movie
Pasa en las mejores familias
Movie
El camino secreto
TV · as José Luis · 120 eps
El centro del laberinto
Movie