Acting
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.
Movies with Damián Alcázar
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
2008
Blue Beetle
2023
El Infierno
2010
The Gentleman
2025
Miss Bala
2019
Barren Land
2025
Amber
1994
Borderland
2007
The Ringer
1996
¡Que viva México!
2023
The Blue Room
2002
Romero
1989
Las Aparicio
2016
The Crime of Padre Amaro
2002
Herod's Law
1999
Ana and Bruno
2017
The Perfect Dictatorship
2014
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
2026
The Thin Yellow Line
2015
The Mongolian Conspiracy
2019
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003
Only God Knows
2006
A Wonderful World
2006
Highway Patrolman
1991
García
2010
Crónicas
2004
Mangoré
2015
Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7
1993
Men with Guns
1998
Magallanes
2015
The Benetón Family
2024
Forgotten
2014
Algunas nubes
1995
Satanás - Profile of a Killer
2007
Ave María
1999
Beyond the Sky
2007
Sofía
2000
Diplomatic Immunity
1991
Two Crimes
1995
Compassionate Sex
2000
Plague
2010
Here Be Dragons
Mighty Victoria
2021
Chicogrande
2010
Of Love and Other Demons
2009
The Naked City
1989
The King of All the World
2021
The Hotel
2016
Héctor
2004
On the Air
1995
Bala mordida
2009
Morenitas: Hannia
2023
De la infancia
2010
El centro del laberinto
1985
The Two Perez
2010
Don't Let Me Drown
2009
Teo's Journey
2008
A Breakfast Chronicle
2000
The Citrillo's Turn
2006
Abuelita de Bakman
1993
Overkill
1996
Lolo
1993
Hágase tu voluntad
Citizen Buelna
2013
Rubirosa 2
2018
Guerrero, Sueño Republicano
2010
The Portrait’s Secret
Bandidos
1991
The Monroy Affaire
2022
The Last Commander
2010
Avocado: The Mexican Treasure
2023
El Anzuelo
1996
Cita en el paraíso
1992
Rubirosa
2018
La mesa servida
2004
Mosh
2019
Morenitas: Jimena
2024
Katuwira, donde nacen y mueren los sueños
1996
Tales of the City
1988
Silent Drift
Pachito Rex: I'm Leaving but Not for Good
2001
El viudo José
1991
La mujer del puerto
1996
Pánico en el paraíso
1994
The Legend of a Mask
1991
Con el amor no se juega
1991
Eddie Reynolds and The Iron Angels
2014
Expiration Date
2012
Carta Blanca
2021
La Sargento Matacho
2015
Las buenas costumbres
1990
Nadie regresa por tercera vez
2008
Marea de Arena
2009
Under California: The Limit of Time
1998
Tres minutos en la oscuridad
1996
Safari
2024
Pasa en las mejores familias
1987
The Four Altars
2025
TV Shows with Damián Alcázar
Narcos
2015
Narcos: Mexico
2018
Acapulco
2021
El Mochaorejas
2026
The Dandy
2015
Metástasis
2014
Dudes
2023
Kdabra
2009
El Alma Herida
2003
El Encanto del Águila
2011
2091
2016
Before I Forget
2021
El camino secreto
1986
Rubirosa
2018
Not My Fault: Mexico
2021
Tijuana
2019
Léemelo
2022