Personal Info
Known Credits
62
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1948-07-16 (77 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Panama City, Panama
Also Known For
Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna
Rubén Blades
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna (born July 16, 1948) is a Panamanian salsa singer, songwriter, lawyer, actor, Latin jazz musician, and politician, performing musically most often in the Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz genres. As songwriter, Blades brought the lyrical sophistication of Central American nueva canción and Cuban nueva trova as well as experimental tempos and political inspired Nuyorican salsa to his music, creating thinking persons' (salsa) dance mu ...
Known For
Acting
2025 --
Salsa Lives
| Ruben Blades
2024 --
Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
| Self
2024 --
Stay Homas. The Band That Shouldn’t Exist
| Self - Singer
2021 --
Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
| Self (archive footage)
2021 --
Red Pill
| Rocky
2019 --
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
| Self
2018 --
John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons
| Self
2018 --
Ruben Blades Is Not My Name
| Self
2016 --
Hands of Stone
| Carlos Eleta
2014 --
Yo soy la salsa
|
2013 --
The Counselor
| Jefe
2012 --
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
| Président Calles
2012 --
Safe House
| Carlos Villar
2011 --
¡Sonó, Sonó… Tite Curet!
|
2011 --
The Next Season
| Benito
2011 --
Rubén Blades: Todos Vuelven Live, Vol. 2
|
2011 --
Rubén Blades: Todos Vuelven Live, Vol. 1
|
2009 --
Spoken Word
| Cruz-Sr.
2008 --
La clave
|
2007 --
Lo mejor de nuestra música popular: 15 años de éxitos
| Self
2005 --
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
| Self (archive footage)
2004 --
En mi país
| Rubén Blades
2004 --
Secuestro Express
| Carla's Father
2003 --
Spin
| Ernesto
2003 --
Imagining Argentina
| Silvio Ayala
2003 --
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
| Jorge, Retired FBI Agent
2003 --
Assassination Tango
| Miguel
2003 --
The Maldonado Miracle
| Cruz
2002 --
Encuentro
|
2000 --
All the Pretty Horses
| Rocha
1999 --
Cradle Will Rock
| Diego Rivera
1998 --
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades - Live In Venezuela
| Rubén Blades
1998 --
A Roll of the Dice: The Capeman on Broadway
|
1997 --
Chinese Box
| Jim
1997 --
From Son to Salsa
|
1997 --
The Devil's Own
| Officer Edwin Diaz
1996 --
Al compás de un sentimiento: la música de Pedro Flores
|
1996 --
Scorpion Spring
| Border Patrolman Sam Zaragosa
1995 --
Somos un solo pueblo
| Self
1994 --
Color of Night
| Hector
1994 --
A Million to Juan
| Bartender
1993 --
Miracle on Interstate 880
| Pastor Beruman
1991 --
The Super
| Marlon
1991 --
Rabbit Ears - Joseph and His Brothers
| Narrator (voice)
1991 --
Crazy From the Heart
| Ernesto Ontiveros
1991 --
One Man’s War
| Perrone
1991 --
The Josephine Baker Story
| Count Giuseppe Pepito Abatino
1990 --
Predator 2
| Danny Archuleta
1990 --
The Two Jakes
| Mickey Nice
1990 --
Mo' Better Blues
| Petey
1990 --
The Heart of the Deal
|
1989 --
The Lemon Sisters
| C.W.
1989 --
Disorganized Crime
| Carlos Barrios
1989 --
Dead Man Out
| Ben
1988 --
Homeboy
| Doctor
1988 --
The Milagro Beanfield War
| Sheriff Bernabe Montoya
1987 --
Fatal Beauty
| Carl Jimenez
1987 --
Critical Condition
| Louis
1985 --
The Return of Rubén Blades
| himself
1985 --
Crossover Dreams
| Rudy Veloz
1985 --
The Making of Sun City
| Self
1983 --
The Last Fight
| Andy "Kid" Clave