Bruno Bichir

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Bruno Bichir (born Bruno Bichir Nájera October 6, 1967, Mexico City) is one of the most prolific actors of the contemporary cinema of Mexico as well as telenovelas and theater. Bruno is a member of the Bichir family of Lebanese origin whose members are prominent actors. Both of his parents, Alejandro Bichir and Maricruz Nájera, and two older brothers Odiseo and Demián Bichir are actors.

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Don't Tempt Me (2001)

Two angels, one from the heaven and one from the hell, come to earth to save the soul of a boxer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Agustín Díaz Yanes
CAST:  Penélope Cruz  •  Victoria Abril  •  Gael García Bernal  •  Demián Bichir

Two angels, one from the heaven and one from the hell, come to earth to save the soul of a boxer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Agustín Díaz Yanes
CAST:  Penélope Cruz  •  Victoria Abril  •  Gael García Bernal  •  Demián Bichir

My Brother's Wife (2005)

After almost 10 years of marriage, attractive Zoe discovers that her marriage lacks passion and surprise, and is seduced by the possibility of finding those sensations already forgotten in her husband's brother. From this premise a series of events lead these three ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ricardo de Montreuil
CAST:  Bárbara Mori  •  Manolo Cardona  •  Christian Meier  •  Gaby Espino

After almost 10 years of marriage, attractive Zoe discovers that her marriage lacks passion and surprise, and is seduced by the possibility of finding those sensations already forgotten in her husband's brother. From this premise a series of events lead these three ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ricardo de Montreuil
CAST:  Bárbara Mori  •  Manolo Cardona  •  Christian Meier  •  Gaby Espino

Highway Patrolman (1991)

A naïve rookie in the Mexican highway patrol must adapt in order to survive as he contends with widespread corruption, dangerous drug runners and the consequences of his often morally gray actions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Cox
CAST:  Roberto Sosa  •  Bruno Bichir  •  Vanessa Bauche  •  Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez

A naïve rookie in the Mexican highway patrol must adapt in order to survive as he contends with widespread corruption, dangerous drug runners and the consequences of his often morally gray actions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Cox
CAST:  Roberto Sosa  •  Bruno Bichir  •  Vanessa Bauche  •  Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez

Death and the Compass (1992)

In a totalitarian future, in a nightmare metropolis, inhabited only by criminals and police, Erik Lonnrot, a gifted detective, investigates a series of strange murders and disappearances that seem to implicate a insane crime lord. (Re-released in 1996 as a feature ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Cox
CAST:  Peter Boyle  •  Christopher Eccleston  •  Miguel Sandoval  •  Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez

In a totalitarian future, in a nightmare metropolis, inhabited only by criminals and police, Erik Lonnrot, a gifted detective, investigates a series of strange murders and disappearances that seem to implicate a insane crime lord. (Re-released in 1996 as a feature ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Cox
CAST:  Peter Boyle  •  Christopher Eccleston  •  Miguel Sandoval  •  Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez

Frida Still Life (1986)

This film is a chronicle of painter Frida Kahlo, and her encounter with the personalities of her time. Despite being confied to a wheelchair as a result of polio, operations and amputations, she faces and traces some of the most colorful and controversial aspects ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Leduc
CAST:  Ofelia Medina  •  Juan José Gurrola  •  Max Kerlow  •  Claudio Brook

This film is a chronicle of painter Frida Kahlo, and her encounter with the personalities of her time. Despite being confied to a wheelchair as a result of polio, operations and amputations, she faces and traces some of the most colorful and controversial aspects ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Leduc
CAST:  Ofelia Medina  •  Juan José Gurrola  •  Max Kerlow  •  Claudio Brook

The Beginning and the End (1994)

The film tells the story of the Boteros, a middle-class Mexican family struggling against poverty after their father's death. Ignacia (Egurrola) is the Boteros mother, a desperate woman who chooses to sacrifice the destiny of her three older children, in order to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arturo Ripstein
CAST:  Ernesto Laguardia  •  Julieta Egurrola  •  Blanca Guerra  •  Lucía Muñoz

The film tells the story of the Boteros, a middle-class Mexican family struggling against poverty after their father's death. Ignacia (Egurrola) is the Boteros mother, a desperate woman who chooses to sacrifice the destiny of her three older children, in order to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arturo Ripstein
CAST:  Ernesto Laguardia  •  Julieta Egurrola  •  Blanca Guerra  •  Lucía Muñoz

The Runway (2010)

The Runway is inspired by the true story of a South American pilot who landed his plane near Mallow, in 1983. Against all odds, the people of the town came together to build a runway to get him home and briefly caught the imagination of the nation. It is the story ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ian Power
CAST:  Demián Bichir  •  Kerry Condon  •  James Cosmo  •  Jamie Kierans

The Runway is inspired by the true story of a South American pilot who landed his plane near Mallow, in 1983. Against all odds, the people of the town came together to build a runway to get him home and briefly caught the imagination of the nation. It is the story ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ian Power
CAST:  Demián Bichir  •  Kerry Condon  •  James Cosmo  •  Jamie Kierans

Mariana Mariana (1987)

The story runs in the 1940s Mexico City. A schoolboy (Carlos) falls in love with his best friend's mother (Mariana). Carlos is impressed because this family is not like the ordinary mexican families of the time, because they have many expensive American things, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Isaac
CAST:  Elizabeth Aguilar  •  Pedro Armendáriz Jr.  •  Saby Kamalich  •  Aarón Hernán

The story runs in the 1940s Mexico City. A schoolboy (Carlos) falls in love with his best friend's mother (Mariana). Carlos is impressed because this family is not like the ordinary mexican families of the time, because they have many expensive American things, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Isaac
CAST:  Elizabeth Aguilar  •  Pedro Armendáriz Jr.  •  Saby Kamalich  •  Aarón Hernán

Katuwira, donde nacen y mueren los sueños (1996)

Sofia meets a stranger man who hacks the computer system where she works before she has an accident. After the accident, she is the only one that remember seeing this man, so she decides to search for him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Íñigo Vallejo-Nájera
CAST:  Gabriela Roel  •  Bruno Bichir  •  Damián Alcázar  •  Socorro Avelar

Sofia meets a stranger man who hacks the computer system where she works before she has an accident. After the accident, she is the only one that remember seeing this man, so she decides to search for him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Íñigo Vallejo-Nájera
CAST:  Gabriela Roel  •  Bruno Bichir  •  Damián Alcázar  •  Socorro Avelar

Dark Cities (2002)

Adapted by writer/director Fernando Sariñana from the stories by Juan Madrid, Ciudades Oscuras (Dark Cities) tells a story of interwoven lives in the seedy underbelly of Mexico City. The several different story lines concern hooker Lola (Dolores Heredia); her drug ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Sariñana
CAST:  Bruno Bichir  •  Demián Bichir  •  Diego Luna  •  Dolores Heredia

Adapted by writer/director Fernando Sariñana from the stories by Juan Madrid, Ciudades Oscuras (Dark Cities) tells a story of interwoven lives in the seedy underbelly of Mexico City. The several different story lines concern hooker Lola (Dolores Heredia); her drug ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Sariñana
CAST:  Bruno Bichir  •  Demián Bichir  •  Diego Luna  •  Dolores Heredia

Citizen Buelna (2013)

Rafael faces the complications of the revolution and discovers true love with Luisa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Felipe Cazals
CAST:  Sebastián Zurita  •  Marimar Vega  •  Demián Alcázar  •  Tenoch Huerta Mejía

Rafael faces the complications of the revolution and discovers true love with Luisa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Felipe Cazals
CAST:  Sebastián Zurita  •  Marimar Vega  •  Demián Alcázar  •  Tenoch Huerta Mejía

Down to the Bone (2002)

A man is wrongfully buried alive, and starts to descend to the Underworld.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Castillo
CAST:  Bruno Bichir  •  Daniel Cubillo  •  Eugenia León  •  Claudia Prado

A man is wrongfully buried alive, and starts to descend to the Underworld.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Castillo
CAST:  Bruno Bichir  •  Daniel Cubillo  •  Eugenia León  •  Claudia Prado

El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza (2012)

Santos, a fighter finished pacheco overweight and suffers from his recent divorce with Busty Mendoza, a voluptuous and wild woman fighter. To get out of your depression, Santos begins a campaign to help Sahuayo Zombies (gray and harmless characters with which fully ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejandro Lozano
CAST:  Daniel Giménez Cacho  •  Regina Orozco  •  Bruno Bichir  •  Guillermo del Toro

Santos, a fighter finished pacheco overweight and suffers from his recent divorce with Busty Mendoza, a voluptuous and wild woman fighter. To get out of your depression, Santos begins a campaign to help Sahuayo Zombies (gray and harmless characters with which fully ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejandro Lozano
CAST:  Daniel Giménez Cacho  •  Regina Orozco  •  Bruno Bichir  •  Guillermo del Toro

Chicogrande (2010)

Butch Fenton, major of American army, comes for Villa's head and he's gonna get it. The "Punitive Expedition" proved to be the last major campaign of the U.S. Cavalry. Mexican revolution is the first social movement of the century.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Felipe Cazals
CAST:  Damián Alcázar  •  Bruno Bichir  •  Juan Manuel Bernal  •  Alejandro Calva

Butch Fenton, major of American army, comes for Villa's head and he's gonna get it. The "Punitive Expedition" proved to be the last major campaign of the U.S. Cavalry. Mexican revolution is the first social movement of the century.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Felipe Cazals
CAST:  Damián Alcázar  •  Bruno Bichir  •  Juan Manuel Bernal  •  Alejandro Calva

The Mural of Siqueiros (2011)

David Alfaro Siqueiros, recognized Mexican muralist, travels to Argentina in the thirties with the purpose of giving a few conferences and paint a mural of revolutionary subject matter, which faces local political rejection. The press mogul head of the newspaper ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Héctor Olivera  •  Javier Olivera
CAST:  Carla Peterson  •  Luis Machín  •  Bruno Bichir  •  Ana Celentano

David Alfaro Siqueiros, recognized Mexican muralist, travels to Argentina in the thirties with the purpose of giving a few conferences and paint a mural of revolutionary subject matter, which faces local political rejection. The press mogul head of the newspaper ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Héctor Olivera  •  Javier Olivera
CAST:  Carla Peterson  •  Luis Machín  •  Bruno Bichir  •  Ana Celentano

Rabbit on the Moon (2004)

Though around them a criminal world seethes, Julie and Antonio are a young and loving couple with a new baby and a solid, white-collar sense of stability. But when a loose social connection suddenly ties them to a major political assassination, the two become ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jorge Ramírez Suárez
CAST:  Bruno Bichir  •  Lorraine Pilkington  •  Jesús Ochoa  •  Adam Kotz

Though around them a criminal world seethes, Julie and Antonio are a young and loving couple with a new baby and a solid, white-collar sense of stability. But when a loose social connection suddenly ties them to a major political assassination, the two become ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jorge Ramírez Suárez
CAST:  Bruno Bichir  •  Lorraine Pilkington  •  Jesús Ochoa  •  Adam Kotz

Amar (2009)

Five stories blend with love, sex, the emptiness of being unloved, passion and desire: Carlos and Susana go to some uncle´s apartment to make love. Meanwhile, Benito, an 80-year-old, performs a serenade to his wife. His neighbor Adela is told that her mother has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jorge Ramírez Suárez
CAST:  Luis Ernesto Franco  •  Diana García  •  Tony Dalton  •  María Aura

Five stories blend with love, sex, the emptiness of being unloved, passion and desire: Carlos and Susana go to some uncle´s apartment to make love. Meanwhile, Benito, an 80-year-old, performs a serenade to his wife. His neighbor Adela is told that her mother has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jorge Ramírez Suárez
CAST:  Luis Ernesto Franco  •  Diana García  •  Tony Dalton  •  María Aura

Mosquita muerta (2007)

Marcelo and Sofía love each other, but both suspect the other of infidelity. Marcelo, a film director, accidentally discovers condoms in Sofía’s purse. They are really for Marcelo’s younger sister, but he thinks the discovery confirms his suspicions and keeps one ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joaquín Bissner
CAST:  Armando Alessi  •  Marta Aura  •  Bruno Bichir  •  Demián Bichir

Marcelo and Sofía love each other, but both suspect the other of infidelity. Marcelo, a film director, accidentally discovers condoms in Sofía’s purse. They are really for Marcelo’s younger sister, but he thinks the discovery confirms his suspicions and keeps one ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joaquín Bissner
CAST:  Armando Alessi  •  Marta Aura  •  Bruno Bichir  •  Demián Bichir

Crónica de un desayuno (2000)

A view of the end-of-the-century Mexican family. A father who comes back home after a long absence, but who would rather be somewhere else. A daughter suffering from a trapped pain. A son full of guilt and recriminations. A little kid who soaks up all the tension ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benjamín Cann
CAST:  Héctor Bonilla  •  Eduardo Palomo  •  José Alonso  •  Miguel Santana

A view of the end-of-the-century Mexican family. A father who comes back home after a long absence, but who would rather be somewhere else. A daughter suffering from a trapped pain. A son full of guilt and recriminations. A little kid who soaks up all the tension ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benjamín Cann
CAST:  Héctor Bonilla  •  Eduardo Palomo  •  José Alonso  •  Miguel Santana

El Anzuelo (1996)

Filmmaker Ernesto Rimoch looks at the potent combination of love and ambition in this film about a couple who's so happy their daughter is marrying into a rich clan that they throw the best wedding ever, even if they can't afford it. When the father (Damián ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernesto Rimoch
CAST:  Damián Alcázar  •  Rodolfo Arias  •  Carmen Beato  •  Bruno Bichir

Filmmaker Ernesto Rimoch looks at the potent combination of love and ambition in this film about a couple who's so happy their daughter is marrying into a rich clan that they throw the best wedding ever, even if they can't afford it. When the father (Damián ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernesto Rimoch
CAST:  Damián Alcázar  •  Rodolfo Arias  •  Carmen Beato  •  Bruno Bichir
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