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.
Acting (88 movies)
The Crime of Padre Amaro
2002
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
2008
Satanás - Profile of a Killer
2007
Herod's Law
1999
Men with Guns
1998
Rubirosa 2
2018
Beyond the Sky
2007
El Infierno
2010
Don't Let Me Drown
2009
Safari
2024
Compassionate Sex
2000
Blue Beetle
2023
La mujer del puerto
1996
Chicogrande
2010
Pasa en las mejores familias
1987
El Anzuelo
1996
Guerrero, Sueño Republicano
2010
Expiration Date
2012
Tres minutos en la oscuridad
1996
Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7
1993
Two Crimes
1995
Algunas nubes
1995
The Perfect Dictatorship
2014
Ana and Bruno
2017
Sofía
2000
Abuelita de Bakman
1993
Mosh
2019
Las buenas costumbres
1990
Con el amor no se juega
1991
The Last Commander
2010
Romero
1989
El centro del laberinto
1985
Highway Patrolman
1991
Carta Blanca
2021
Diplomatic Immunity
1991
Citizen Buelna
2013
The Benetón Family
2024
The Four Altars
2025
The Thin Yellow Line
2015
Las Aparicio
2016
Bala mordida
2009
Forgotten
2014
De la infancia
2010
Pachito Rex: I'm Leaving but Not for Good
2001
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003
The Citrillo's Turn
2006
Borderland
2007
García
2010
Of Love and Other Demons
2009
Pánico en el paraíso
1994
Eddie Reynolds and The Iron Angels
2014
Magallanes
2015
Overkill
1996
Bandidos
1991
The Monroy Affaire
2022
A Wonderful World
2006
Under California: The Limit of Time
1998
The Blue Room
2002
On the Air
1995
Ave María
1999
Katuwira, donde nacen y mueren los sueños
1996
Teo's Journey
2008
Lolo
1993
Mangoré
2015
Amber
1994
A Breakfast Chronicle
2000
The Hotel
2016
Crónicas
2004
Marea de Arena
2009
The Naked City
1989
The Ringer
1996
La Sargento Matacho
2015
The Mongolian Conspiracy
2019
Miss Bala
2019
Héctor
2004
Mighty Victoria
2021
Cita en el paraíso.
1992
The Legend of a Mask
1991
The King of All The World
2021
La mesa servida
2004
Tales of the City
1988
Rubirosa
2018
¡Que viva México!
2023
Plague
2010
Avocado: The Mexican Treasure
2023
The Gentleman
2025
Barren Land
2025
Nadie regresa por tercera vez
2008
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