Have Your Own Demián Bichir Film Festival With This List of Movies You Can Stream at Home

The last name Bichir is so recognizably part of Mexican media that at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards there was an entire category devoted to that storied family. And while fellow actors Odiseo and Bruno earned nods, it was Demián who walked away with the award that year for his work on Sin noticias de Dios (Don’t Tempt Me). It was but another reminder that the turn of the century would firmly establish Demián Bichir as one of the best and hardest working actors of his generation. Not even a decade later, he’d be celebrating an Oscar nomination, would soon have a leading role in a cable drama series, and be working with the likes of Quentin Tarantino, Ridley Scott, Robert Rodriguez, and Oliver Stone.

As we’ve pointed out before, Bichir’s work, especially since he began working in earnest in Hollywood, has given life to Mexican and Mexican-American characters that we rarely see on the big screen. Whether playing undocumented gardeners trying to bond with their sons, directing films about circus life, impersonating Fidel Castro, or stripping in sex farces set in Mexico City, the once telenovela actor has found success without boxing himself into any one kind of genre or role, pushing further and further what on-screen representation can look like. So if ahead of Gran Hotel, you’re looking to program your very own Bichir retrospective at home, we’ve found five of his best films that you can stream at home and that truly give you a sense of the actor’s range. Check them out below.