Damián Alcázar Filmography

Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Actor Damián Alcázar premiered onscreen in the late '90s and spent much of his onscreen time in Mexican productions. Alcázar's early projects maintained a somewhat low profile critically and commercially, but by the early 2000s, the actor began building a fairly steady resumé of Spanish-language...Read More

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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Actors: Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Ben Barnes, Sergio Castellitto

Synopsis: The adventure continues as producer/director Andrew Adamson teams with screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely to tell the tale of the dashing Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes) -- who sets out to defeat a tyrannical king who has overtaken Narnia and secure his rightful place on the throne. Read More

5/16/08
Borderland

Actors: Brian Presley, Martha Higareda, Jake Muxworthy, Rider Strong, Damián Alcázar

Synopsis: Director Zev Berman teams with screenwriter Eric Poppen to explore the occult-based Mexican border town murder spree that claimed the lives of sixty innocents between January and March of 1989 alone. Graduation is drawing near and the spring breeze is blowing, what better time for three Read More

11/9/07
Distinguishing Features

Actors: Ana Ofelia Murguia, Alvaro Guerrero, Damián Alcázar

2007
Satan

Actors: Damián Alcázar, Marcela Mar, Blas Jaramillo, Teresa Gutierrez

Synopsis: A beautiful swindler, a priest, and an acrid teacher find that their questionable actions have deeper consequences than they ever suspected in this tale of interconnecting lives from director Andrés Baiz. For a woman who cons wealthy men in hopes of improving her own lot in life, gaining unlimited Read More

2007
Satanas

Actors: Damián Alcázar, Marcela Mar, Blas Jaramillo, Teresa Gutierrez, Martina Garcia

Synopsis: Satanas tells three interwoven stories over the course of its 95 minutes: the story of a beautiful hustler who cons unsuspecting men out of every penny, the tale of a priest who secretly longs for his housekeeper, and the story of a disillusioned teacher who longs to break the rules with one of Read More

2006
A Wonderful World

Actors: Damián Alcázar, Cecilia Suarez, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Martin Altomaro, Jésus Ochoa, Noe Alvarado, Silverio Palacios

Synopsis: A simple homeless man in search of a warm place to sleep is exploited by politicians eager to prove that poverty in Mexico has been eradicated in Herod's Law director Luis Estrada's caustic satire concerning the effect of globalization on Mexican citizens. A press conference has been held to Read More

2006
Beyond Heaven

Actors: Demián Bichir, Armando Hernandez, Damián Alcázar, Dolores Heredia, Rafael Inclán

Synopsis: Javier Fox's drama Fuera del cielo (AKA Beyond Heaven, 2006) spans a 24-hour period. It begins at 6am with young Cucú, who is greeted by the return of his brother Malboro after a five-year separation. The brothers unite and embark on a long journey to the locales inhabited by their relatives, and Read More

2006
Crónicas

Actors: John Leguizamo, Leonor Watling, Damián Alcázar, Jose Maria Yazpik, Alfred Molina

Synopsis: A man with a secret forms an uneasy alliance with an opportunistic reporter in this drama from Mexico. Manolo Bonilla (John Leguizamo) is a broadcast journalist for a Latin-American tabloid television series who has been sent to Ecuador to cover the funeral services of three children who fell Read More

7/8/05
Sólo Dios Sabe

Actors: Diego Luna, Alice Braga, Cecilia Suarez, Jose Maria Yazpik, Renata Zhaneta

Synopsis: A man in love uses a woman's misfortune to get to know her better in this romantic drama. Dolores (Alice Braga) is a student from Brazil who comes to California to study at San Diego State University. Damian (Diego Luna) is a Mexican journalist who has become infatuated with the lovely Dolores. Read More

2005
Hector

Actors: Nilo Mur, Adriana Ozores, Damián Alcázar, Joaquín Climent, Nuria Gago

2004
La Ley De Herodes

Actors: Damián Alcázar, Pedro Armendariz, Jr., Delia Casanova, Juan Carlos Colombo, Alex Cox

Synopsis: Luis Estrada directs this groundbreaking and extremely controversial satire about Mexico's long-ruling political party, the PRI. Set in the late 1940s in the remote, thoroughly backwards village of San Pedro de los Saguaros, the film focuses on Vargas (Damian Alcazar), a petty politician who had Read More

6/13/03
The Crime of Padre Amaro

Actors: Gael García Bernal, Sancho Gracia, Ana Claudia Talancón, Damián Alcázar, Angélica Aragón, Ernesto Gómez Cruz

Synopsis: A priest discovers the path of virtue can be steep, and temptation can demand a heavy price, in this controversial drama from Mexico. Father Amaro (Gael Garcia Bernal) is a young Catholic priest whose mentor, the Bishop (Ernesto Gomez Cruz), expects great things from him. However, like all Read More

11/15/02
Pachito Rex: I'm Leaving But Not For Good

Actors: Jorge Zárte, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Ana Ofelia Murguia, Fernando Torre Lapham, Damián Alcázar

Synopsis: Combining digital video technology with stylized computer-generated imagery, this film takes a decidedly unusual approach as it combines three short stories involving one Pachito Rex (Jorge Zarate), a former pop music star who became a powerful political figure before being assassinated somewhere Read More

2001
Bajo California: El Limite Del Tiempo

Actors: Damián Alcázar, Jésus Ochoa, Claudette Maille

Synopsis: A man trying to clear his conscience of a terrible crime goes on a spiritual quest in this ambitious drama from Mexico. Damian Alcazar plays an American artist who was responsible for a hit-and-run accident. Unable to shake the burden of responsibility from his soul, the artist leaves behind his Read More

1999
Ave Maria

Actors: Tere Lopez-Tarin, Damián Alcázar, Demián Bichir, Ana Torrent, Juan Diego Botto

Synopsis: Set in 17th century Mexico, Ave Maria tells the story of Maria Ines (Tere Lopez Tarin), a novice at a Spanish mission whose father is a major figure in the court of Spain. Maria is exceptionally bright and a student of astronomy, botany, and cartography, but her desire to expand her horizons does Read More

1999
Men With Guns

Actors: Danny Rivera, Federico Luppi, Damian Delgado, Dan Rivera Gonzalez, Tania Cruz, Damián Alcázar, Mandy Patinkin, Kathryn Grody, Iguandili Lopez

Synopsis: A powerful political allegory set in an unnamed Latin American country, Men With Guns concerns Dr. Fuentes (Federico Luppi), an elderly physician long involved with a group that trains young people to provide health care for the poverty-stricken citizens of the outlying hill country, where small Read More

1997
Donde Nacen y Mueren los Suenos

Synopsis: This Mexican film is notable for its dream-like and vivid imagery. It follows a South American literary trend known as "magical realism." Nicolas (Bruno Bichir), a mysterious but very hip botanist visits Sofia (Gabriela Roel) at her office, and leaves his card. After he leaves, she has computer Read More

1996
El Anzuelo

Synopsis: A Mexican wedding provides the setting for this gentle satire of middle-class values and behaviors. Disaster strikes when auto mechanic Don Carlos discovers that someone has stolen the money he was using to finance the nuptials of his daughter Alejandra to Alfonso, the son of Paulina, a snobby Read More

1996
Dos Crimenes

Synopsis: Greed and playing into the hand of providence provides the focus of this Mexican comedy adapted from a novel by Jorge Ibarguengoitia. Marcos, an architect, has just returned to the home of his wealthy uncle Ramon after squandering his money in Mexico City and subsequently finding himself falsely Read More

1995
On the Air

Synopsis: The world of Mexican hippies is explored in this interesting drama. The story moves between the present and the years 1969, and 1975. Alberto is an aging hippy who works at a radio station specializing in "classic rock." The film opens as he is having a bad day. His latest relationship is Read More

1995
Highway Patrolman

Actors: Roberto Sosa, Bruno Bichir, Zaide Silvia Gutierrez, Pedro Armendariz, Jr.

Synopsis: Lorenzo O'Brien wrote this scathing black comedy about a naive Mexican highway patrolman who is irresistibly drawn into corruption and violence. ~ Nicole Gagne, All Movie Guide Read More

1993
Lolo

Actors: Lucha Villa, Roberto Sosa

Synopsis: The generally hopeless lot of Mexico's poor is closely examined in this tragic melodrama. In the story, Lolo is a seventeen-year old man with a job at a foundry. The foundry job doesn't pay much, but it's something. However, when he is robbed and beaten so badly that he must go to the hospital Read More

1992
La Mujer del Puerto

Actors: Patricia Reyes Spindola, Alejandro Parodi, Evangelina Sosa, Damián Alcázar, Ernesto Yanez

Synopsis: Even with careful handling, this sordid story based on a tale by the famed French writer Guy de Maupassant might repel would-be viewers, but add in scatology and high-blown philosophical maunderings by the lead characters, and you have a recipe for a cinematic disaster. In the story, a sailor has Read More

1991
Bandidos

Actors: Pedro Armendariz, Jr.

Synopsis: Luis is the only survivor of an attack by bandits on his boarding school. Chaos rocks the Mexican countryside during the 1910 revolution, and the boy is happy to have survived. Before he can get away and head towards home, he encounters another group of bandits. These are pre-teens who scavenge Read More

1990
Romero

Actors: Raul Julia, Richard Jordan, Ana Alicia, Tony Plana, Harold Gould

Synopsis: In El Salvador in the late '70s, the wealthy few rule the impoverished many. To maintain the status quo against peasant insurgents and labor organizations, the military regime brutalizes the populace, in particular, rebels who espouse Marxism. Assassinations, executions, and disappearances become Read More

8/25/89
La Leyenda de Una Mascara

Actors: Hector Bonilla, Hector Ortega, María Rojo, Gina Morett, Pedro Armendariz, Jr.

Synopsis: El Angel Enmascarado was found dead in his mansion, and reporter Olmo Robles has been given the task of finding out what happened to the famous (and wealthy) wrestler -- including the wrestler's true identity, which has remained hidden from the beginning. This takes him into the wrestler's past Read More

1989