Damián Alcázar

Damián Alcázar (born January 8, 1953) is a Mexican actor and politician. He is best known internationally for his roles as Lord Sopespian in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela in the Netflix series Narcos, and Alberto Reyes in Blue Beetle. He served as a deputy in the Constituent Assembly of Mexico City representing the MORENA political party.

Career Damián Alcázar studied acting first at the National Institute of Fine Arts and at the Theatrical Experimentation Center, then continued at the Faculty of Theater of the Veracruz University, where in later years he would work as a teacher.

He served as an actor for eight years in two theatre companies, alongside the most prestigious directors in Mexico. Notably under the direction of George Labaudan, he appeared on Jean Genet's play, The Balcony.

He has appeared in six foreign films and more than twenty-eight Mexican films. He was awarded the Ariel for Best Actor in 1999 and in 2004, for the films Under California: The Time Limit, by Carlos Bolado, and Crónicas, by Sebastián Cordero. He also won the prize for Best Actor at the Festival of Valladolid in Spain, for the latter.

He received the Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor for El anzuelo, by Ernesto Rimoch; for Lolo, by Francisco Athié; and for Carlos Carrera's successful film, The Crime of Padre Amaro. Alcázar has been nominated to receive this same award four other times. He won the award for Best Actor at the Cartagena Film Festival in Colombia for the film Two Crimes, by Roberto Sneider.

He has also worked on telenovelas, the most recent one being Secretos del corazón, produced by Epigmenio Ibarra for TV Azteca.

In April 2013 he was awarded the Honor Prize of the Latin American Film Show of Lleida with José Coronado.

In June 2016 he was elected as deputy by the political party MORENA in the Constituent Assembly of Mexico City, but left the position in January 2017 after being absent for three months.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1985 El centro del laberinto Short film 1986 Debutantes Short film 1987 Pasa en las mejores familias Carta de un sobrino Short film 1989 Romero Campesino La ciudad al desnudo La Suavecita Nominated — Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor 1990 La ciudad al desnudo Short film 1991 Un cielo cruel y una tierra colorada Short film Sombra de ángel Short film La leyenda de una máscara Olmo Robles Bandidos Mexican man Mujer del puerto Marro El Patrullero Suspect #1 Diplomatic Immunity Pool Cleaner / Hitman Uncredited 1992 De barros Short film Cita en el paraíso Pablo Short film 1993 Abuelita de Bakman Escritor Lolo Marcelino Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor 1994 Ámbar Prisoner #3 1995 Dos crímenes Marcos González Nominated — Ariel Award for Best Actor Algunas nubes La Rata En el aire Cmdr. Paco 1996 Tres minutos en la oscuridad El anzuelo Humberto Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor Katuwira Caronte Overkill José 1997 Men with Guns Padre Portillo 1998 Bajo California: El límite del tiempo Damián Ariel Award for Best Actor 1999 Ave María Cuña Herod's Law Juan Vargas Ariel Award for Best Actor Sofía Pedro 2000 Compassionate Sex Virgin man Crónica de un desayuno Taxi driver 2001 Pachito Rex - Me voy pero no del todo La habitación azul Garduño 2002 The Crime of Father Amaro Padre Natalio Pérez Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor 2004 Crónicas Vinicio Cepeda Ariel Award for Best Actor Héctor Martín 2005 Borderland Ulises Las vueltas del citrillo Sargent Collazo Ariel Award for Best Actor 2006 Un mundo maravilloso Juan Pérez Only God Knows Presagio Fuera del cielo Officer Rojas 2007 Satanás Eliseo ¡Pega Martín pega! 2008 El viaje de Teo Wenceslao The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Lord Sopespian 2009 Marea de arena Bala mordida Commander Don't Let Me Drown Ramón Of Love and Other Demons Abrenuncio Corto libre 2010 De la infancia Basilio Niebla Chicogrande Chicogrande Garcia Garcia El Infierno Benjamín "El Benny" García Ariel Award for Best Actor El último comandante Paco Jarquín 2012 Fecha de caducidad Genaro Hermano lejano Psychologist 2013 Ciudadano Buelna Lucio Blanco Forgotten José Mendieta 2014 The Perfect Dictatorship Governor Carmelo Vargas La sargento Matacho Feliciano Pachón Eddie Reynolds y los ángeles de acero Lalo / Eddie Winner - Best Actor at the Hermosillo International Film Festival Magallanes Harvey Magallanes 2015 The Thin Yellow Line Toño Nominated — Ariel Award for Best Actor 2019 The Mongolian Conspiracy Filiberto García Miss Bala Chief Rafael Saucedo 2021 The Mighty Victoria Don Federico Presencias 2022 The Monroy Affaire Ronnie Monroy 2023 Blue Beetle Alberto Reyes The Four Altars Don Abel ¡Que viva México! Rosendo 2026 Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! Jacobo

Television Year Title Role Notes 1986 El camino secreto José Luis 1990 Mi pequeña Soledad Florentino 1991 Yo no creo en los hombres Juan 1999 Cuentos para solitarios Ramón Episode: "La mala hora de Ramón" 2000–2001 Todo por amor Don Mariano 2003 And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself Gen. Rodolfo Fierro Television film 2003–2004 El alma herida Francisco "Frank" López 2009–2012 Kdabra René 33 episodes 2010 Las Aparicio Hernán Almada 2011 El encanto del águila Plutarco Elías Calles 3 episodes 2012 Lynch Eduardo Zúñiga 2 episodes Capadocia Alberto Gómez 7 episodes 2014 Metástasis Tuco Salamanca 4 episodes Señora Acero Vicente Acero Guest role (season 1); archive footage (seasons 2-3) 2015–2016 El Dandy Juan Antonio Ramírez / El Chueco Main role 2016–2017 2091 Sr. Patrick Hull 12 episodes Narcos Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela Main role; 18 episodes 2017 Sin senos sí hay paraíso Don Chalo Recurring role 2018 José José, el príncipe de la canción José Sosa Esquivel Recurring role Rubirosa Rafael Trujillo 2019 Preso No. 1 Salvador Recurring role 2021–2025 Acapulco Don Pablo Bonilla Recurring role 2021 Narcos: Mexico Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela 2026 El Mochaorejas Daniel Arizmendi López