Rubén Blades

Rubén Blades

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

16/07/1948

Age

77 years old

Place of Birth

Panama City, Panama

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 lyrica... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2025

Salsa Lives

as Ruben Blades

2021

Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin N...

as Self (archive footage)

2021

Red Pill

as Rocky

2016

Hands of Stone

as Carlos Eleta

2014

Invasion

as Self

2013

The Counselor

as Jefe

2012

Outlaws - For Greater Glory

as Président Calles

2012

Safe House

as Carlos Villar

2011

The Next Season

as Benito

2009

Spoken Word

as Cruz-Sr.

2005

The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making o...

as Self (archive footage)

2004

En mi país

as Rubén Blades

2004

Secuestro Express

as Carla's Father

2003

Spin

as Ernesto

2003

Imagining Argentina

as Silvio Ayala

2003

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

as Jorge, Retired FBI Agent

2003

Assassination Tango

as Miguel

1999

Cradle Will Rock

as Diego Rivera

1997

Chinese Box

as Jim

1997

The Devil's Own

as Edwin Diaz

1996

Scorpion Spring

as Border Patrolman Sam Zaragosa

1994

Color of Night

as Hector

1994

A Million to Juan

as Bartender

1993

Miracle on Interstate 880

as Pastor Beruman

1991

The Super

as Marlon

1991

Crazy From the Heart

as Ernesto Ontiveros

1991

One Man’s War

as Perrone

1991

The Josephine Baker Story

as Count Giuseppe Pepito Abatino

1990

Predator 2

as Danny Archuleta

1990

The Two Jakes

as Mickey Nice

1990

Mo' Better Blues

as Petey

1989

Disorganized Crime

as Carlos Barrios

1989

Dead Man Out

as Ben

1988

Homeboy

as Doctor

1988

The Milagro Beanfield War

as Sheriff Bernabe Montoya

1987

Fatal Beauty

as Carl Jimenez

1987

Critical Condition

as Louis

1985

Crossover Dreams

as Rudy Veloz

1983

The Last Fight

as Andy "Kid" Clave

Crew

2002

Empire

as Original Music Composer

1990

Q & A

as Original Music Composer

1988

Oliver & Company

as Songs

1984

Peter Knife

as Songs

1983

When the Mountains Tremble

as Original Music Composer

1983

Ligia Elena

as Music