--- name: "Damián Alcázar" canonical: "https://film.one/person/damian-alcazar" fi1m_id: "damian-alcazar" imdb_id: "nm0017343" tmdb_id: 7370 wikidata_id: "Q5212621" roles: ["Actor"] born: "8 January 1953" reviewed_on_fi1m: 4 average_fi1m_score: 68 average_as: "actor" average_over: 4 updated: "2026-10-05T05:38:37.504066+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Damián Alcázar ## Identity Damián Alcázar - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/damian-alcazar - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** damian-alcazar - **IMDb ID:** nm0017343 - **TMDB ID:** 7370 - **Wikidata ID:** Q5212621 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dami%C3%A1n_Alc%C3%A1zar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5212621, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0017343/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7370 Actor. Born 8 January 1953 in Jiquilpan, Michoacan, Mexico. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 8 January 1953, Jiquilpan, Michoacan, Mexico - **Active:** 2008–present - **Also known as:** 達米恩·艾卡薩 - **Frequently works with:** [Josef Kubota Wladyka](https://film.one/person/josef-kubota-wladyka.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 4 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 58 (1), 2010s 76 (1), 2020s 68 (2) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 68 across 4 titles - **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Adventure 2, Drama 2, Action 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Family 1 - **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $550m across 2 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dami%C3%A1n_Alc%C3%A1zar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5212621, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0017343/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7370 ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*Narcos*](https://film.one/tv/narcos.md) (76) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Damián Alcázar > A quiet Mexican character actor whose reputation at home rests on ordinary men who go bad by degrees, mostly in Luis Estrada's satires. We have met him only on his American jobs, where he is handed less and still gives the film its best scene. About halfway through *Blue Beetle* (2023), a superhero film whose plot came off the shelf, a father sits on a porch and talks to his son. Nothing explodes. Damián Alcázar plays Alberto Reyes quietly, and the talk is the best written scene in the film and the best played. We noticed afterwards that we had started to feel protective of the Reyes family, which superhero films almost never manage with anyone who does not wear a suit, and most of that was the dinner table and that porch. He had been doing this for nearly forty years by then. Alcázar began in Mexican theatre in the mid-1980s, made his first film around 1985 and rose through the 1990s in supporting and lead parts. The turn came with Luis Estrada's *Herod's Law* (1999), in which he played Juan Vargas, a small man handed a small town and the means to ruin it. He has made four films with Estrada, including *El Infierno* (2010), a narco satire with Alcázar as El Benny at its centre, and he has three with the actor Joaquín Cosío. *The Crime of Padre Amaro* (2002) put him in a cassock as Padre Natalio Pérez. The pattern is plain: Mexican cinema keeps casting him in stories about corruption, politics and the drug trade, and keeps him at the middle of them. We have not reviewed those films and will not pretend to have weighed them, but they are where his standing was built. The English-language work started with *The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian* (2008), as Lord Sopespian, and grew with *Narcos*, where he arrives in the third season as Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, the elder of the Cali brothers, opposite Francisco Denis as Miguel. That season is quieter and better made than the first, and the series had by then lost its centre and carried on. The man the writing follows is Jorge Salcedo, the head of security who cannot get out, and Alcázar's Gilberto is the authority he cannot get out from under. It is a convincing boss. It is also a part built to be feared from the next room rather than watched in it. That is the trouble with the American work, and it is not his. Studios cast him as the father or the patriarch and give him a scene or two, when his gift, on the evidence of the films his own country prizes, is for the man at the centre who does the wrong thing slowly and knows it. He has said he has shot more than sixty films and counts *García*, directed by José Luis Rugeles, among his favourites; we have seen a fraction of them. If you know him only from Narnia, Cali and the Reyes porch, you have seen a fine actor doing a small job well. The larger job is in Spanish, and we would like to review it. ## Biography Damián Alcázar is a Mexican actor born on 8 January 1953 in Jiquilpan, Michoacán. He trained at the National Institute of Fine Arts, the Theatrical Experimentation Centre and the Faculty of Theatre at Veracruz University, where he later taught. He spent eight years acting with two theatre companies in Mexico, including a production of Jean Genet's *The Balcony* directed by George Labaudan. Alcázar has appeared in more than twenty-eight Mexican films and six foreign productions. He is known for roles in *La ley de Herodes* (1999), *El crimen del padre Amaro* (2002), *Crónicas* (2004) and *El infierno* (2010). Internationally he played Lord Sopespian in *The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian* (2008) and Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela in the Netflix series *Narcos*. He portrayed Alberto Reyes in *Blue Beetle* (2023). He has received multiple Ariel Awards, including Best Actor in 1999 and 2004. Alcázar has also served as a deputy in the Constituent Assembly of Mexico City representing the MORENA party. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, thewrap.com.* ## On Fi1m (4) - *Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!* (2026), Fi1m 74, as Jacobo — [page](https://film.one/film/ha-chan-shake-your-booty.md) - *Blue Beetle* (2023), Fi1m 63, as Alberto Reyes — [page](https://film.one/film/blue-beetle.md) - *Narcos* (2015), Fi1m 76, as Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela — [page](https://film.one/tv/narcos.md) - *The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian* (2008), Fi1m 58, as Lord Sopespian — [page](https://film.one/film/the-chronicles-of-narnia-prince-caspian.md) ## Complete filmography (117) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!* (2026), as Jacobo — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/ha-chan-shake-your-booty.md) - *Máscara contra Cabellera* (2026), as Presentador - *El Mochaorejas* (2026), series, as Daniel 'El Mochaorejas' Arizmendi López - *The Four Altars* (2025), as Don Abel - *The Gentleman* (2025), as Chapas - *Barren Land* (2025), as Rafael Hoffman - *The Benetón Family* (2024), as Juan - *Morenitas: Jimena* (2024), Actor - *Safari* (2024), Actor - *Morenitas: Hannia* (2023), Actor - *Blue Beetle* (2023), as Alberto Reyes — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/blue-beetle.md) - *Avocado: The Mexican Treasure* (2023), as Associate Producer - *¡Que viva México!* (2023), as Rosendo / Regino / Ambrosio - *Dudes* (2023), series, as Mario Miranda - *The Monroy Affaire* (2022), as Ronnie Monroy - *The King of All the World* (2021), as Don Anselmo - *Carta Blanca* (2021), as Coronel Efraín Bencosme - *Acapulco* (2021), series, as Don Pablo - *Before I Forget* (2021), series, as Pascual - *Mighty Victoria* (2021), as Don Federico - *Not My Fault: Mexico* (2021), series, Actor - *Mosh* (2019), as José la Iguana - *The Mongolian Conspiracy* (2019), as Filiberto García - *Tijuana* (2019), series, as Antonio Borja - *Miss Bala* (2019), as Chief Saucedo - *Narcos: Mexico* (2018), series, as Gilberto Rodríguez - *Rubirosa 3* (2018), as Rafael Leonidas Trujillo - *Rubirosa 2* (2018), as Rafael Leonidas Trujillo - *Rubirosa* (2018), series, as Rafael Leonidas Trujillo - *Rubirosa* (2018), as Rafael Leonidas Trujillo - *Ana and Bruno* (2017), as Ricardo/Sr. Estación - *The Hotel* (2016), as Citlalli's Dad - *2091* (2016), series, as Sr. Hull - *Las Aparicio* (2016), as Hernán Almada - *La Sargento Matacho* (2015), as Feliciano Pachón - *The Dandy* (2015), series, as Juan Antonio Ramírez "El Chueco" - *Narcos* (2015), series, as Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/narcos.md) - *Mangoré* (2015), as Agustín Pío Barrios - *Magallanes* (2015), as Magallanes - *The Thin Yellow Line* (2015), as Toño - *Eddie Reynolds and The Iron Angels* (2014), as Eddie Reynolds - *The Perfect Dictatorship* (2014), as Gobernador Carmelo Vargas - *Forgotten* (2014), as José Mendieta - *Metástasis* (2014), series, as Tuco Salamanca - *Citizen Buelna* (2013), as Lucio Blanco - *Expiration Date* (2012), as Genaro - *El Encanto del Águila* (2011), series, as Plutarco Elías Calles - *Guerrero, Sueño Republicano* (2010), as Narrator - *The Last Commander* (2010), Actor - *El Infierno* (2010), as Benjamín García "El Benny" - *García* (2010), as García - *The Two Perez* (2010), Actor - *Chicogrande* (2010), as Chicogrande - *Plague* (2010), as Hijo - *De la infancia* (2010), as Basilio Niebla - *Kdabra* (2009), series, as René - *Marea de Arena* (2009), as Carpio - *Don't Let Me Drown* (2009), as Ramon - *Of Love and Other Demons* (2009), as Abrenuncio - *Bala mordida* (2009), Actor - *Teo's Journey* (2008), Actor - *Nadie regresa por tercera vez* (2008), Actor - *The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian* (2008), as Lord Sopespian — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/the-chronicles-of-narnia-prince-caspian.md) - *Borderland* (2007), as Ulises - *Satanás - Profile of a Killer* (2007), as Eliseo - *Beyond the Sky* (2007), as Rojas - *The Citrillo's Turn* (2006), as Sergeant Collazo - *A Wonderful World* (2006), as Juan Perez - *Only God Knows* (2006), as Presagio - *La mesa servida* (2004), Actor - *Crónicas* (2004), as Vinicio Cepeda - *Héctor* (2004), as Martín - *El Alma Herida* (2003), series, as Francisco "Frank" López - *And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself* (2003), Actor - *The Crime of Padre Amaro* (2002), as Padre Natalio Pérez - *The Blue Room* (2002), as Garduño - *Pachito Rex: I'm Leaving but Not for Good* (2001), as Abel - *A Breakfast Chronicle* (2000), as Taxista - *Compassionate Sex* (2000), as Hombre virgen - *Sofía* (2000), Actor - *Ave María* (1999), as Cuña - *Herod's Law* (1999), as Juan Vargas - *Under California: The Limit of Time* (1998), as Damián - *Men with Guns* (1998), as Padre Portillo, the Priest - *Katuwira, donde nacen y mueren los sueños* (1996), as Caronte - *El Anzuelo* (1996), as Humberto - *Overkill* (1996), as Jose - *Woman of the Port* (1996), as Marro - *Tres minutos en la oscuridad* (1996), Actor - *The Ringer* (1996), Actor - *On the Air* (1995), as Cmdr. Paco - *Algunas nubes* (1995), as La Rata - *Two Crimes* (1995), as Marcos González - *Pánico en el paraíso* (1994), Actor - *Amber* (1994), as Preso carcel 1 - *Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7* (1993), as Machine Gun - *Lolo* (1993), as Marcelino - *Abuelita de Bakman* (1993), as Escritor - *Cita en el paraíso* (1992), as Pablo - *Highway Patrolman* (1991), as Sospechoso #1 - *Bandidos* (1991), Actor - *Diplomatic Immunity* (1991), as Pool cleaner (uncredited) - *The Legend of a Mask* (1991), as Olmo Robles - *Con el amor no se juega* (1991), Actor - *El viudo José* (1991), Actor - *Las buenas costumbres* (1990), Actor - *The Naked City* (1989), as La Suavecita - *Romero* (1989), as Campesino - *Tales of the City* (1988), Actor - *Pasa en las mejores familias* (1987), Actor - *El camino secreto* (1986), series, as José Luis - *El centro del laberinto* (1985), Actor - *Here Be Dragons*, Actor - *Silent Drift*, as Charles W.A. Petersen - *El Enemigo del Pueblo*, Actor - *The Portrait’s Secret*, as Don Joaquín - *Hágase tu voluntad*, Actor ## Gallery - ![Damián Alcázar](https://film.one/media/person/16042/gallery-1b4e872be56b.jpg) Damián Alcázar — EneasMx, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Dami%C3%A1n_Alc%C3%A1zar_en_2025.jpg/1280px-Dami%C3%A1n_Alc%C3%A1zar_en_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Award-winning actors Yadira Pascault Orozco (Passed You On Pico) and Damián Alcázar (Narcos) at the Guadalajara Film Festival held in Los Angeles in 2018. Photo](https://film.one/media/person/16042/gallery-9953a4153d78.jpg) Award-winning actors Yadira Pascault Orozco (Passed You On Pico) and Damián Alcázar (Narcos) at the Guadalajara Film Festival held in Los Angeles in 2018. Photo — IthakaDarinPappas, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Actors_Yadira_Pascault_Orozco_and_Dami%C3%A1n_Alc%C3%A1zar_at_the_Guadalajara_Film_Festival_held_in_Los_Angeles_2018._Photo_by_Ithaka_Darin_Pappas.jpg/1280px-Actors_Yadira_Pascault_Orozco_and_Dami%C3%A1n_Alc%C3%A1zar_at_the_Guadalajara_Film_Festival_held_in_Los_Angeles_2018._Photo_by_Ithaka_Darin_Pappas.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Damián Alcazar en la Alfombra Roja previa a la Ceremonia de Premiación y la Gala de Clausura, en el marco de las actividades del Festival Internacional de Cine (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/16042/gallery-4282b2501862.jpg) Damián Alcazar en la Alfombra Roja previa a la Ceremonia de Premiación y la Gala de Clausura, en el marco de las actividades del Festival Internacional de Cine (2010) — Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Dami%C3%A1n_Alcazar.jpg/1280px-Dami%C3%A1n_Alcazar.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Tribute to actor Damián Alcázar with the presentation of his seat at the International Film Festival in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico, 2022.](https://film.one/media/person/16042/gallery-7c39de598d5e.jpg) Tribute to actor Damián Alcázar with the presentation of his seat at the International Film Festival in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico, 2022. — Pedro P. R. C., CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Dami%C3%A1n_Alc%C3%A1zar_FICM_2022_01.jpg/1280px-Dami%C3%A1n_Alc%C3%A1zar_FICM_2022_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Damián Alcázar](https://film.one/media/person/16042/gallery-490bd818f550.jpg) Damián Alcázar — Image via TMDB - ![Damián Alcázar](https://film.one/media/person/16042/gallery-90b9e3051b2b.jpg) Damián Alcázar — Image via TMDB - ![Damián Alcázar](https://film.one/media/person/16042/gallery-4b1678ca0ee4.jpg) Damián Alcázar — Image via TMDB - ![Tribute to actor Damián Alcázar with the presentation of his seat at the International Film Festival in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico, 2022.](https://film.one/media/person/16042/gallery-62efa5eeec8a.jpg) Tribute to actor Damián Alcázar with the presentation of his seat at the International Film Festival in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico, 2022. — Pedro P. R. C., CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Dami%C3%A1n_Alc%C3%A1zar_FICM_2022_02.jpg/1280px-Dami%C3%A1n_Alc%C3%A1zar_FICM_2022_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Tribute to actor Damián Alcázar with the presentation of his seat at the International Film Festival in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico, 2022.](https://film.one/media/person/16042/gallery-3394634f4aed.jpg) Tribute to actor Damián Alcázar with the presentation of his seat at the International Film Festival in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico, 2022. — Pedro P. R. C., CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Dami%C3%A1n_Alc%C3%A1zar_FICM_2022_03.jpg/1280px-Dami%C3%A1n_Alc%C3%A1zar_FICM_2022_03.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Damián Alcázar](https://film.one/media/person/16042/gallery-c97bdef68988.jpg) Damián Alcázar — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 9 won - APRECI Award for Best Actor 2023: APRECI Award for Best Actor (won), for *The Monroy Affaire* - Ariel Award for Best Actor 2010: Ariel Award for Best Actor (won) - Ariel Award for Best Actor 2005: Ariel Award for Best Actor (won) - Ariel Award for Best Actor 2004: Ariel Award for Best Actor (won) - Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor 2002: Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor (won) - Ariel Award for Best Actor 1999: Ariel Award for Best Actor (won) - Ariel Award for Best Actor 1998: Ariel Award for Best Actor (won) - Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor 1996: Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor (won) - Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor 1993: Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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