Damián Alcázar
101 movies · 16 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 8, 1953 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- Jiquilpan, Michoacan, Mexico
- Also known as
- 達米恩·艾卡薩
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.
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Alcazár has a vast filmography, which includes film and television. He is considered one of the most important actors of new Mexican cinema.
Known for
Damián Alcázar: movies and TV shows
Acting (117)
- Upcoming The Portrait’s Secret
as Don Joaquín
- Upcoming Silent Drift
as Charles W.A. Petersen
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- 2026 Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
as Jacobo
- 2026 Máscara contra Cabellera
as Presentador
- 2026
- 2025 The Four Altars
as Don Abel
- 2025 The Gentleman
as Chapas
- 2025 Barren Land
as Rafael Hoffman
- 2024 The Benetón Family
as Juan
- 2024
- 2024
- 2023
- 2023 Blue Beetle
as Alberto Reyes
- 2023
- 2023 ¡Que viva México!
as Rosendo / Regino / Ambrosio
- 2023
- 2022 The Monroy Affaire
as Ronnie Monroy
- 2021 The King of All the World
as Don Anselmo
- 2021 Carta Blanca
as Coronel Efraín Bencosme
- 2021
- 2021
- 2021 Mighty Victoria
as Don Federico
- 2021
- 2019 Mosh
as José la Iguana
- 2019 The Mongolian Conspiracy
as Filiberto García
- 2019
- 2019 Miss Bala
as Chief Saucedo
- 2018
- 2018 Rubirosa 3
as Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
- 2018 Rubirosa 2
as Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
- 2018 Rubirosa
as Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
- 2018
- 2017 Ana and Bruno
as Ricardo/Sr. Estación
- 2016 The Hotel
as Citlalli's Dad
- 2016
- 2016 Las Aparicio
as Hernán Almada
- 2015 La Sargento Matacho
as Feliciano Pachón
- 2015
- 2015
- 2015 Mangoré
as Agustín Pío Barrios
- 2015 Magallanes
as Magallanes
- 2015 The Thin Yellow Line
as Toño
- 2014 Eddie Reynolds and The Iron Angels
as Eddie Reynolds
- 2014 The Perfect Dictatorship
as Gobernador Carmelo Vargas
- 2014 Forgotten
as José Mendieta
- 2014
- 2013 Citizen Buelna
as Lucio Blanco
- 2012 Expiration Date
as Genaro
- 2011
- 2010 Guerrero, Sueño Republicano
as Narrator
- 2010
- 2010 El Infierno
as Benjamín García "El Benny"
- 2010 García
as García
- 2010
- 2010 Chicogrande
as Chicogrande
- 2010 Plague
as Hijo
- 2010 De la infancia
as Basilio Niebla
- 2009
- 2009 Marea de Arena
as Carpio
- 2009 Don't Let Me Drown
as Ramon
- 2009 Of Love and Other Demons
as Abrenuncio
- 2009
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
as Lord Sopespian
- 2007 Borderland
as Ulises
- 2007 Satanás - Profile of a Killer
as Eliseo
- 2007 Beyond the Sky
as Rojas
- 2006 The Citrillo's Turn
as Sergeant Collazo
- 2006 A Wonderful World
as Juan Perez
- 2006 Only God Knows
as Presagio
- 2004
- 2004 Crónicas
as Vinicio Cepeda
- 2004 Héctor
as Martín
- 2003
- 2003
- 2002 The Crime of Padre Amaro
as Padre Natalio Pérez
- 2002 The Blue Room
as Garduño
- 2001
- 2000 A Breakfast Chronicle
as Taxista
- 2000 Compassionate Sex
as Hombre virgen
- 2000
- 1999 Ave María
as Cuña
- 1999 Herod's Law
as Juan Vargas
- 1998 Under California: The Limit of Time
as Damián
- 1998 Men with Guns
as Padre Portillo, the Priest
- 1996 Katuwira, donde nacen y mueren los sueños
as Caronte
- 1996 El Anzuelo
as Humberto
- 1996 Overkill
as Jose
- 1996 Woman of the Port
as Marro
- 1996
- 1996
- 1995 On the Air
as Cmdr. Paco
- 1995 Algunas nubes
as La Rata
- 1995 Two Crimes
as Marcos González
- 1994
- 1994 Amber
as Preso carcel 1
- 1993 Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7
as Machine Gun
- 1993 Lolo
as Marcelino
- 1993 Abuelita de Bakman
as Escritor
- 1992 Cita en el paraíso
as Pablo
- 1991 Highway Patrolman
as Sospechoso #1
- 1991 Bandidos
as Mexican
- 1991 Diplomatic Immunity
as Pool cleaner (uncredited)
- 1991 The Legend of a Mask
as Olmo Robles
- 1991
- 1991
- 1990
- 1989 The Naked City
as La Suavecita
- 1989 Romero
as Campesino
- 1988
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
Behind the camera (1)
- 2023 Avocado: The Mexican Treasure
Associate Producer
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 2022 Léemelo
1 episode