Bruno Bichir

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Bruno Bichir
Born	Bruno Bichir Nájera (1967-10-06) October 6, 1967 (age 53) Mexico City, Mexico
Nationality	Mexican
Occupation	Actor
Parent(s)	Alejandro Bichir Maricruz Nájera
Relatives	Odiseo Bichir (brother) Demián Bichir (brother)
Family	Bichir

Bruno Bichir Nájera (born 6 October 1967) is a Mexican actor and one of the members of the Bichir family.

Biography[]

Bichir was born in Mexico City. He started his acting career at the age of five in several theater, film and television series. He made his film debut in a minor role for Under Fire. In 1986, he obtained a role in Frida, naturaleza viva, a film about the life of Frida Kahlo, he studied at the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica ("Center of Film Training") in Mexico City. He obtained roles in prominent films such as Rojo amanecer and in 1991 a role in El patrullero for which he would receive his first of many nominations to the Ariel Award of the Mexican Academy of Film. In Midaq Alley, he played Abel, the love interest of Alma (Salma Hayek). It also received critical and financial success.^{[citation needed]} On television, he acted on three telenovelas with Televisa, before starring in Háblame de amor ("Talk to me about love"). In 1999, he produced and starred in Benjamin Cann's A Breakfast Chronicle, in which he was nominated for the Ariel Award for Best Actor. In 2001, he and Demián Bichir starred in the Spanish co-production of Don't Tempt Me, and they were nominated for the Best Bichir in a Film at the MTV Movie Awards-Mexico.^{[citation needed]} Bichir made a 2018 guest appearance on the DC Universe series Titans as the first actor to portray Doom Patrol leader the Chief in live-action, although the role was recast with Timothy Dalton in the Doom Patrol's eponymous series.

Awards[]

Ariel Award[]

7 Ariel Awards, including:

• Best Actor
  • 2001 nomination for
  • 1996 nomination for
  • 1995 nomination for
  • 1994 for Principio y fin
• Best Supporting Actor
  • 1999 nomination for El evangelio de las maravillas
  • 1997 nomination for
  • 1993 nomination for
  • 1992 nomination for El patrullero

MTV Movie Awards-Mexico[]

• Best Bichir in a Movie
• 2002 nomination for Ciudades oscuras
• 2001 nomination for Sin noticias de Dios (Bendito infierno)

Valladolid International Film Festival[]

• Best actor
  • 1995, for El callejón de los milagros

Films[]

Cinema of the United States[]

• Julia as Diego
• Casa de los Babys (2003) as Diómedes
• Death and the Compass (1992) as "drug addict II"
• (1992) as Vicente
• Under Fire (1983) as a boy at Jazy's house
• Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018) as Angel (aka Deaf Guy)
• The Quarry (2020) as David Martin

Cinema of Mexico[]

• Un rescate de huevitos (2021)^[1]
• Las leyendas: el origen (2021)
• Un gallo con muchos huevos (2015)
• El Santos vs. La Tetona Mendoza (2012)
• (2011)
• Otra película de huevos y un Pollo (2009)
• Una película de huevos (2006)
• (2006)
• La mujer de mi hermano (2005) as Boris
• (2005)
• (2004) as Antonio (English title: Rabbit on the moon)
• (2003) as Martín
• (2002) as Satanás
• Sin noticias de Dios (Bendito infierno) (2001) as Eduardo
• (2001) (voice)
• (2000) as Ricardo Galán, Ambassador of Mexico
• (2000) as Hank Huston
• (2000) as Alejandro Murrieta/Zorro
• (1999) as Kurt
• (1999) as Marcos
• El evangelio de las maravillas (1998) as Gavilán
• (1998) as Chato
• (1998/II)
• (1996) as Nicolás
• (1996) as Carlos
• (1996)
• (1995) as Carlos Vargas
• Midaq Alley (1995) as Abel
• (1995) (TV) as Wang Chong
• (1995)
• Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto (1995) as Mani
• (1995)
• (1994) as Felipe
• (1994) as Carlos Vargas
• (1994)
• (1994)
• (1993)
• Principio y fin (1993) as Nicolás Botero
• (1993) as Pablo
• (1992) as Raúl
• (1992)
• (1992)
• (1992)
• El patrullero (1991) as Anibal
• (1990)
• (1989)
• Rojo amanecer (1989) as Sergio
• Frida, naturaleza viva (1986) as a young Sandinista

Cinema of Argentina[]

• (2010)

Stage[]

• Cabaret (2005–06)
• (2005)

Telenovelas[]

TV Azteca[]

• Amor en custodia (2005–2006) as Conrado
• La Heredera (2004) as Santiago
• La calle de las novias (2000) as Sergio
• Háblame de amor (1999) as Esteban

Televisa[]

• La Culpa (1996) as Adolfo
• Sueño de amor (1993)
• Mujeres de negro (2016) as Zacarías Zaldívar

Television[]

Canal 11[]

• Yo sólo sé que no he cenado (2012-2017)

Freeform[]

• Party of Five (2020)

References[]

External links[]

• Bruno Bichir profile, biosstars-mx.com; accessed 17 July 2014.
• Bruno Bichir profile, alma-Latina.net; accessed 17 July 2014.
• Bruno Bichir at IMDb
• (in Spanish) Bruno Bichir profile, cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx; accessed 17 July 2014.
• (in Spanish) Interview, altazorcafe.com; accessed 17 July 2014.
• (in Spanish) Interview, esmas.com; accessed 17 July 2014.