Demian Bichir
Demian Bichir
Demián Bichir Nájera is a Mexican actor, from a well-known family of Mexican actors, the Bichir family, which include his parents Alejandro Bichir and Maricruz Nájera and his brothers Odiseo Bichir and Bruno Bichir. He began his acting career starring 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...
NationalityMexican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth1 August 1963
CityMexico City, Mexico
CountryMexico
As an actor, you know when you've got great material in front of you. When you're working, you think, 'Is this the one? The one that everyone will respond to and be moved by?' You pray that you have told the story well... that your peers will see it and audiences will love it.
I believe in creative work.
When you have great scripts, everything is very easy and fun.
I was lucky that audiences in Mexico liked my work. I was even luckier when I got to do movies and plays with my brothers.
I try to be as clear as I can be.
I left my parents' home when I was 22, I moved to New York with my ex-girlfriend. We did a film together with Raul Julia.
I have been in the business long enough to know what an intense amount of work it takes to operate a theater company.
I grew up in the theater. I began my career at 3. That was the first time I stepped onto a provisional stage.
There's good and bad everywhere in any aspect in life. The only people who we can't really trust are politicians. Because those guys lie to everybody and constantly.
I don't hide or play stupid games.
I don't believe in bad and good, I believe we are all a mix of both.
The immigration issue is about the separation of families, and that is not human, in any country in the world, but especially in the United States. We should not root for a law that separates families.
As a young actor, I booked a movie in the U.S. I didn't speak any English at the time, so I learned my lines phonetically when I auditioned for it.
We have a demon, we have an angel inside, within our souls, and you just play with it, and sometimes the evil part of you wins the battle, in a very important decision, or in a bedtime, with your lover. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.