Damián Alcázar
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
111
Gender
Male
Birthday
1953-01-08 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Jiquilpan, Michoacan, Mexico
Damián Alcázar
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.
Known For
Narcos
Acapulco
Narcos: Mexico
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Blue Beetle
El Infierno
Ave María
Satanás - Profile of a Killer
Pachito Rex: I'm Leaving but Not for Good
Herod's Law
The Perfect Dictatorship
Las buenas costumbres
Crónicas
Two Crimes
Highway Patrolman
Lolo
The Four Altars
Rubirosa
Chicogrande
Magallanes
Rubirosa 2
Barren Land
A Breakfast Chronicle
Beyond the Sky
A Wonderful World
Borderland
The Dandy
Overkill
Here Be Dragons
¡Que viva México!
Miss Bala
The Legend of a Mask
Metástasis
Romero
Expiration Date
Dudes
The Ringer
Pasa en las mejores familias
El Encanto del Águila
El Anzuelo
Bala mordida
Diplomatic Immunity
Don't Let Me Drown
The Crime of Padre Amaro
The Thin Yellow Line
Carta Blanca
Citizen Buelna
Eddie Reynolds and The Iron Angels
Safari
Ana and Bruno
Marea de Arena
Kdabra
Silent Drift
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
Morenitas: Jimena
The Last Commander
Before I Forget
Héctor
Léemelo
Forgotten
2091
Bandidos
On the Air
The Hotel
Compassionate Sex
The Monroy Affaire
Tales of the City
The Blue Room
Not My Fault: Mexico
Tijuana
Amber
Algunas nubes
Nadie regresa por tercera vez
Men with Guns
La mujer del puerto
Rubirosa
The Mongolian Conspiracy
Sofía
Soy Rosalía: una historia de No fue mi culpa
Las Aparicio
The Gentleman
The King of All The World
The Citrillo's Turn
Con el amor no se juega
El camino secreto
Tres minutos en la oscuridad
Mighty Victoria
La mesa servida
The two Perez
García
Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7
Teo's Journey
Abuelita de Bakman
Katuwira, donde nacen y mueren los sueños
Hágase tu voluntad
The Naked City
Morenitas: Hannia
The Benetón Family
Of Love and Other Demons
Mangoré
De la infancia
Cita en el paraíso.
Under California: The Limit of Time
Mosh
Avocado: The Mexican Treasure
El centro del laberinto
Pánico en el paraíso
La Sargento Matacho
Plague
The Portrait’s Secret
Guerrero, Sueño Republicano
