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

Padre Natalio Pérez

El Crimen del Padre Amaro

Lord Sopespian

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Eliseo

Satanás

Juan Vargas

La ley de Herodes

Padre Portillo, the Priest

Men with Guns

Rafael Leonidas Trujillo

Rubirosa 2

Don Joaquín

The Portrait’s Secret

Rojas

Fuera Del Cielo

Benjamín García "El Benny"

El Infierno

Ramon

Don't Let Me Drown

Safari

Hombre virgen

Sexo por compasión

Alberto Reyes

Blue Beetle

Marro

La mujer del puerto

Chicogrande

Chicogrande

Pasa en las mejores familias

Humberto

El Anzuelo

Narrator

Guerrero, Sueño Republicano

Genaro

Fecha de caducidad

Tres minutos en la oscuridad

Machine Gun

Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7

Marcos González

Dos crímenes

La Rata

Algunas nubes

Gobernador Carmelo Vargas

La dictadura perfecta

Ricardo/Sr. Estación

Ana y Bruno

Sofía

Escritor

Abuelita de Bakman

José la Iguana

Mosh

Las buenas costumbres

Con el amor no se juega

El último comandante

Campesino

Romero

El centro del laberinto

Sospechoso #1

El patrullero

Charles W.A. Petersen

Silent Drift

Coronel Efraín Bencosme

Carta Blanca

Pool cleaner (uncredited)

Diplomatic Immunity

Lucio Blanco

Ciudadano Buelna

Juan

La familia Benetón

Here Be Dragons

Don Abel

Los Cuatro Altares

Toño

La delgada línea amarilla

Hernán Almada

Las Aparicio

Bala mordida

José Mendieta

Olvidados

Hágase tu voluntad

Basilio Niebla

De la infancia

Abel

Pachito Rex: Me voy, pero no del todo

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

Sergeant Collazo

Las vueltas del citrillo

Ulises

Borderland

García

García

Abrenuncio

Del amor y otros demonios

Pánico en el paraíso

Eddie Reynolds

Eddie Reynolds y los Ángeles de Acero

Magallanes

Magallanes

Jose

Overkill

Bandidos

Ronnie Monroy

El caso Monroy

Juan Perez

Un mundo maravilloso

Damián

Bajo California: El límite del tiempo

Garduño

La habitación azul

Cmdr. Paco

En el aire

Los dos Pérez

Cuña

Ave María

Caronte

Katuwira, donde nacen y mueren los sueños

El viaje de Teo

Marcelino

Lolo

Agustín Pío Barrios

Mangoré

Preso carcel 1

Ámbar

Taxista

Crónica de un Desayuno

Citlalli's Dad

El Hotel

Vinicio Cepeda

Crónicas

Morenitas 3 – Jimena

Morenitas. Deme 2...para llevar!

Carpio

Marea de Arena

La Suavecita

La ciudad al desnudo

El Timbre

Feliciano Pachón

La Sargento Matacho

Filiberto García

El Complot Mongol

Chief Saucedo

Miss Bala

Martín

Héctor

Don Federico

Poderoso Victoria

Pablo

Cita en el paraíso.

Olmo Robles

La leyenda de una máscara

Don Anselmo

El Rey de todo el mundo

La mesa servida

Historias de ciudad

Rafael Leonidas Trujillo

Rubirosa

Rosendo / Regino / Ambrosio

¡Que viva México!

Hijo

Plaga

El aguacate: El tesoro mexicano

Ya no quedan junglas

Tierra de nadie

Nadie regresa por tercera vez

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

95

Gender

Male

Birthday

1953-01-08

Place of Birth

Jiquilpan, Michoacan, Mexico

Also Known As

達米恩·艾卡薩