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Demián Bichir

Demián Bichir

Actor, also producer, director and writer · Born August 1, 1963 (63) · Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico

Oscar nominee · Screen Actors Guild Award nominee · 1 other major award body

Demián Bichir Nájera is a Mexican actor. After starring in telenovelas, he began to appear in Hollywood films. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in A Better Life.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
August 1, 1963 (63)
From
Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico
Works as
Actor, also producer, director and writer
Titles
51 on MovieCove · 83 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 28% in 30 days

What are Demián Bichir's films like?

Across their 49 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Crime10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Action8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 33rd percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 45th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 32nd percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 42nd percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Biography4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 75th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Horror3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Horror movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
25%
Bonds
23%
Survival
19%
Self
11%
Power
10%
Society
7%
Ideas
5%
Family bonds12 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice10 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival8 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose6 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma6 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 46 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 8 · Serious 12 · Dark 26

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 27 · Stylized 15 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 23 · Intense 21

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 20 · Shifting 19 · Whiplash 7

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 29 · Some laughs 13 · Funny 4

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 16 · Even-paced 27 · Relentless 3

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 15 · Engaged 21 · Full focus 10

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 8 · Affecting 20 · Heavy 18

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 27 · Open-ended 15 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

34 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 11 of 34 analyzed roles.

Hero
11 of 34
Mentor
9 of 34
Ally
6 of 34
Threshold guardian
3 of 34
Shadow
2 of 34
Trickster
2 of 34
Shapeshifter
1 of 34
Show the 34 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
37
Melancholic
22
Dread
10
Hopeful
11
Contemplative
9
Other
42

How their films linger

Unsettling17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 11 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet30
  • Tragic5
  • Ambiguous7

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Demián Bichir's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 34 of their 51 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (14).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Demián Bichir's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

83 credits, 51 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Diamond(2026)

    as Alberto Echevarria

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Black Phone 2(2025)

    as Armando

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Dentist(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer · as Nolasco Black

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Without Blood(2024)

    as Tito

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Desert Angel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Executive Producer

  • Beacon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Executive Producer · as Ismael

  • A Circus Tale & a Love Song(2024)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay · as Refugio

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Chupa(2023)

    as Chava

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Let the Right One In (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 10 episodes · Producer · as Mark Kane

  • Godzilla vs. Kong(2021)

    as Walter Simmons

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Chaos Walking(2021)

    as Ben Moore

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Land(2021)

    as Miguel

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Midnight Sky(2020)

    as Sanchez

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Danyka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Producer · as Armando

  • The Grudge(2019)

    as Goodman

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Grand Hotel(2019)

    Show 13 episodes · as Santiago Mendoza

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • The Hateful Eight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 4 episodes · as Señor Bob

  • The Nun(2018)

    as Father Burke

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Corazon(2018)

    as Dr. Mario Garcia

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Walden: Life in the Woods(2017)

    Producer · as Ramirez

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Alien: Covenant - Phobos(2017)

    as Lope

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Alien: Covenant(2017)

    as Lope

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Lowriders(2016)

    as Miguel Alvarez

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Alien: Covenant – Crew Messages (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Lopé

  • 7:19 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Fernando Pellicer

  • Good Kids(2016)

    as Yaco

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • The Hateful Eight(2015)

    as Bob

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Words with Gods (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Son (ep. "God's Blood - La sangre de Dios")

  • Death in Buenos Aires(2014)

    as Chávez

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Before We Are Forgotten (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Actor

  • Dom Hemingway(2013)

    as Mr. Fontaine

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Machete Kills(2013)

    as Mendez

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Bridge(2013)

    Show 26 episodes · as Marco Ruiz

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • The Heat(2013)

    as Hale

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza(2012)

    as Cerdo Gutiérrez 3 (voice)

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Savages(2012)

    as Alex

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Foreverland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Salvador

  • The Dream of Ivan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Entrenador Torres

  • A Better Life(2011)

    as Carlos Riquelme

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Hidalgo. La historia jamás contada(2010)

    Co-Producer · as Hidalgo

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Runway(2010)

    as Ernesto Cordoba

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Enemigos íntimos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Actor

  • Che: Part Two(2008)

    as Fidel Castro

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Che: Part One(2008)

    as Fidel Castro

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Fuera del cielo(2006)

    as Malboro

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • American Visa(2005)

    as Professor Mario Alvarez

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Weeds(2005)

    Show 26 episodes · as Esteban Carlos Reyes

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Hipnos(2004)

    as Miguel

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Zapata. Amor en Rebeldía (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Heartbreak Hospital (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Tonio

  • Ciudades oscuras(2002)

    as Mario

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • No News from God(2001)

    as Manny

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • In the Time of the Butterflies(2001)

    as Manolo Tavárez

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • La toma de la embajada (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as "Comandante Uno"

  • Todo el poder(2000)

    as Gabriel Castro

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Ave María (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Daniel Simón

  • Sexo, pudor y lágrimas(1999)

    as Tomás

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Little Saints(1999)

    as Cacomixtle

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Luces de la noche (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Eduardo (Young)

  • Perdita Durango(1997)

    as Catalina

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Recipes to Stay Together (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Carlos Rodríguez

  • Solo(1996)

    as Rio

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Nothing Personal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 195 episodes · as Comandante Alfonso Carbajal

  • Salón México(1996)

    as Insp. Casteleón

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead(1995)

    as Omar

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Ties of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 100 episodes · as Valente Segura

  • Test of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Arturo

  • 'Til Death(1994)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Ya la hicimos(1994)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Married Life(1993)

    as Gaspar

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Miroslava (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Ricardo

  • Marea Suave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Actor

  • Red Dawn(1990)

    as Jorge

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • The Penitent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Roberto

  • El rincón de los prodigios (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 125 episodes · as Monchito

  • Hotel Colonial(1987)

    as Young Hotel Clerk

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Astucia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Tapatío

  • Viaje al paraíso (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Chuy

  • Choices of the Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Armando

  • Vivir enamorada (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 254 episodes · as Nacho

  • Delphi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show as Hector Torres

  • Hold the Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Henry Campos

  • Margot & Rudi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 83 titles, 80 of them dated from 1982 to 2026; peak year 2012.

Biggest box office

Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

$470M worldwide

Highest rated

Red Dawn (1990)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

Film career

MilestoneNomination
19822026

Peak 2012 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 17 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1990Screen debut· Red Dawn
  • 1999First top-billed film· Sex, Shame & Tears
  • 2005Screen Actors Guild Award nomination· Weeds
  • 2011Career best· A Better Life
  • 2011Oscar nomination· A Better Life
  • 2019Career best· Grand Hotel

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting82 of 83: 76 only acting, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score54thDirecting1 of 83: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting1 of 83: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing6 of 83: 1 only producing, 5 with another role

83 titles, 6 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

1980s7 · acting1990s18 · acting2000s14 · acting2010s27 · 27 acting · 1 crew2020s14 · 13 acting · 6 crew

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 25% of 36 roles
9000101520

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

4 major nominations and no wins, 2009–2012.

  1. 2012
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Male Lead
  2. 2009
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Demián Bichir's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 51st percentile, the median of all 47; across their 46 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 46

Approval · how many liked their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 46

Reach · how many have seen their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 46

Midcredits score across 51 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th21
  • 25th to 49th19
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

22 of their 51 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned3
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser22
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed16

Most divisive · actor

Diamond (2026)

89th percentile spread · 21% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Red Dawn (1990)

Midcredits 98th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 37 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Demián Bichir's work okay for kids?

Across up to 20 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore18 titles25–93 · median 71 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity20 titles6–68 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity18 titles26–90 · median 58 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs17 titles8–70 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense17 titles38–88 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Demián Bichir work with?

People who share at least 2 of Demián Bichir's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bruno Bichir shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles