Name
Damián Alcázar
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1953-01-08 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
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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- 2002 The Crime of Padre Amaro as Padre Natalio Pérez
- 2008 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian as Lord Sopespian
- 2007 Satanás - Profile of a Killer as Eliseo
- 1999 Herod's Law as Juan Vargas
- 1998 Men with Guns as Padre Portillo, the Priest
- 2018 Rubirosa 2 as Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
- Soon The Portrait’s Secret as Don Joaquín
- 2007 Beyond the Sky as Rojas
- 2010 El Infierno as Benjamín García "El Benny"
- 2009 Don't Let Me Drown as Ramon
- 2024 Safari
- 2000 Compassionate Sex as Hombre virgen
- 2023 Blue Beetle as Alberto Reyes
- 1996 Woman of the Port as Marro
- 2010 Chicogrande as Chicogrande
- 1987 Pasa en las mejores familias
- 1996 El Anzuelo as Humberto
- 2010 Guerrero, Sueño Republicano as Narrator
- 2012 Expiration Date as Genaro
- 1996 Tres minutos en la oscuridad
- 1993 Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7 as Machine Gun
- 1995 Two Crimes as Marcos González
- 1995 Algunas nubes as La Rata
- 2014 The Perfect Dictatorship as Gobernador Carmelo Vargas
- 2017 Ana and Bruno as Ricardo/Sr. Estación
- 2000 Sofía
- 1993 Abuelita de Bakman as Escritor
- 2019 Mosh as José la Iguana
- 1985 El centro del laberinto
- 1989 Romero as Campesino
- 1990 Las buenas costumbres
- 1991 Highway Patrolman as Sospechoso #1
- 1991 Con el amor no se juega
- 1991 Diplomatic Immunity as Pool cleaner (uncredited)
- 2010 The Last Commander
- 2013 Citizen Buelna as Lucio Blanco
- 2021 Carta Blanca as Coronel Efraín Bencosme
- Soon Silent Drift as Charles W.A. Petersen
- 2025 The Four Altars as Don Abel
- Soon Here Be Dragons
- 2024 The Benetón Family as Juan
- 2015 The Thin Yellow Line as Toño
- 2016 Las Aparicio as Hernán Almada
- 2009 Bala mordida
- 2014 Forgotten as José Mendieta
- Soon Hágase tu voluntad
- 2010 De la infancia as Basilio Niebla
- 2001 Pachito Rex: I'm Leaving but Not for Good as Abel
- 2003 And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
- 2006 The Citrillo's Turn as Sergeant Collazo
- 2007 Borderland as Ulises
- 2010 García as García
- 2009 Of Love and Other Demons as Abrenuncio
- 1994 Pánico en el paraíso
- 2014 Eddie Reynolds and The Iron Angels as Eddie Reynolds
- 2015 Magallanes as Magallanes
- 1996 Overkill as Jose
- 1991 Bandidos
- 2022 The Monroy Affaire as Ronnie Monroy
- 2006 A Wonderful World as Juan Perez
- 1998 Under California: The Limit of Time as Damián
- 2002 The Blue Room as Garduño
- 1995 On the Air as Cmdr. Paco
- 2010 The Two Perez
- 1999 Ave María as Cuña
- 1996 Katuwira, donde nacen y mueren los sueños as Caronte
- 2008 Teo's Journey
- 1993 Lolo as Marcelino
- 2015 Mangoré as Agustín Pío Barrios
- 1994 Amber as Preso carcel 1
- 2000 A Breakfast Chronicle as Taxista
- 2016 The Hotel as Citlalli's Dad
- 2004 Crónicas as Vinicio Cepeda
- 2024 Morenitas: Jimena
- 2023 Morenitas: Hannia
- 2009 Marea de Arena as Carpio
- 1989 The Naked City as La Suavecita
- 1996 The Ringer
- 2015 La Sargento Matacho as Feliciano Pachón
- 2019 The Mongolian Conspiracy as Filiberto García
- 2019 Miss Bala as Chief Saucedo
- 2004 Héctor as Martín
- 2021 Mighty Victoria as Don Federico
- 1992 Cita en el paraíso as Pablo
- 1991 The Legend of a Mask as Olmo Robles
- 2021 The King of All the World as Don Anselmo
- 2004 La mesa servida
- 1988 Tales of the City
- 2018 Rubirosa as Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
- 2023 ¡Que viva México! as Rosendo / Regino / Ambrosio
- 2010 Plague as Hijo
- 2023 Avocado: The Mexican Treasure
- 2025 The Gentleman as Chapas
- 2025 Barren Land as Rafael Hoffman
- 2008 Nadie regresa por tercera vez
- 2026 Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! as Jacobo
- 1991 El viudo José
- 2006 Only God Knows as Presagio
- 2018 Rubirosa 3 as Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
- Soon El Enemigo del Pueblo
- 2026 Máscara contra Cabellera as Presentador
- 2021 Not My Fault: Mexico ( 10 episodes )
- 2023 Dudes ( 6 episodes ) as Mario Miranda
- 2009 Kdabra ( 33 episodes ) as René
- 2021 Acapulco ( 10 episodes ) as Don Pablo
- 2021 Before I Forget ( 10 episodes ) as Pascual
- 2015 The Dandy ( 70 episodes ) as Juan Antonio Ramírez "El Chueco"
- 2018 Narcos: Mexico ( 1 episode ) as Gilberto Rodríguez
- 2016 2091 ( 12 episodes ) as Sr. Hull
- 2022 Léemelo ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2015 Narcos ( 10 episodes ) as Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela
- 2014 Metástasis ( 16 episodes ) as Tuco Salamanca
- 2019 Tijuana ( 11 episodes ) as Antonio Borja
- 1986 El camino secreto ( 120 episodes ) as José Luis
- 2018 Rubirosa ( 12 episodes ) as Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
- 2011 El Encanto del Águila ( 13 episodes ) as Plutarco Elías Calles
- 2003 El Alma Herida ( 151 episodes ) as Francisco "Frank" López
- 2026 El Mochaorejas ( 12 episodes ) as Daniel 'El Mochaorejas' Arizmendi López
