Rubén Blades
Born 07/16/1948
(75 years old)
Panama City, Panama
Biography
Panamanian-born performer RUBEN BLADES has had a thriving career in music, movies, television and even politics, having received numerous Grammy Awards for his music and Emmy nominations for his work as an actor.
Safe House marks his return to the entertainment business after working for the Panamanian government. Blades also stars, opposite Andy Garcia and Catalina Sandino Moreno, in the historical drama Cristiada.
Blades began his movie career in the early 1980s with The Last Fight, for which he wrote the title song. He also wrote the score for the film When the Mountains Tremble. His first major success was the independent film Crossover Dreams, which he also co-wrote, and he was the subject of the documentary The Return of Rubén Blades.
The other movies Blades filmed in the'80s include Critical Condition, Fatal Beauty, The Lemon Sisters and The Milagro Beanfield War. In the '90s, he appeared in Mo'Better Blues, The Two Jakes, The Devil's Own, Color of Night, Chinese Box, The Super, Predator 2 and Cradle Will Rock.
Blades' other film credits include Once Upon a Time in Mexico; Salma Hayek's directorial debut, The Maldonado Miracle, for which Blades received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Performer in a Children/Youth/Family Special; Imagining Argentina; Secuestro express; Spin; All the Pretty Horses; Empire; and Assassination Tango.
His television credits include starring in HBO's Dead Man Out, One Man's War and The Josephine Baker Story, for which he earned an Emmy nomination. Blades received a second Emmy nod for Crazy From the Heart. His other television credits include the telefilm Miracle on Interstate 880 and the series Gideon's Crossing in a lead role, opposite Andre Braugher.
Blades returned from a sold-out European tour playing to capacity crowds in Great Britain, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Germany, Spain, Italy and France. He also played additional dates in Peru, Panama, Colombia and Puerto Rico and performed at the Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival (where Stevie Wonder and Sting also played), the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. The multifaceted performer is also editing his first book of poetry.
Blades won a CableACE award as Best Actor for his portrayal of a death row inmate, opposite Danny Glover, in HBO's Dead Man Out and starred on Broadway in Paul Simon's controversial musical The Capeman.
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Actor
Movies | |
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2021 |
Red Pill |
2016 |
Hands of Stone |
2013 |
The Counselor |
2012 |
For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada |
Safe House |
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2009 |
Spoken Word |
2005 |
Secuestro express |
2003 |
Imagining Argentina |
Maldonado Miracle, The (TV movie) |
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Once Upon a Time in Mexico |
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Spin |
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2002 |
Assassination Tango |
2000 |
All the Pretty Horses |
1999 |
Cradle Will Rock |
1997 |
Chinese Box |
The Devil's Own |
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1995 |
Scorpion Spring |
Somos un solo pueblo (TV movie) |
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1994 |
A Million to Juan |
Color of Night |
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1993 |
Life with Mikey |
Miracle on Interstate 880 (TV movie) |
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1991 |
Crazy from the Heart (TV movie) |
One Man's War (TV movie) |
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The Josephine Baker Story (TV movie) |
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The Super |
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1990 |
Heart of the Deal |
Mo' Better Blues |
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Predator 2 |
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The Lemon Sisters |
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The Two Jakes |
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1989 |
Dead Man Out (TV movie) |
Disorganized Crime |
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1988 |
Homeboy |
The Milagro Beanfield War |
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1987 |
Critical Condition |
Fatal Beauty |
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1985 |
Crossover Dreams |
1984 |
Routes of Rhythm (TV movie) |
1983 |
The Last Fight |
Series | ||
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2023 |
Fear the Walking Dead |
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Keeping Her Alive (S08E10) |
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Iron Tiger (S08E08) |
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Anton (S08E07) |
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more episodes (3) | ||
2022 |
Fear the Walking Dead |
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Gone (S07E16) |
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Divine Providence (S07E14) |
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The Raft (S07E13) |
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more episodes (2) | ||
2021 |
Fear the Walking Dead |
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The Beginning (S06E16) |
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USS Pennsylvania (S06E15) |
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In Dreams (S06E12) |
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more episodes (6) | ||
2020 |
Fear the Walking Dead |
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Welcome to the Club (S06E02) |
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2019 |
Fear the Walking Dead |
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End of the Line (S05E16) |
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Channel 5 (S05E15) |
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Today and Tomorrow (S05E14) |
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more episodes (6) | ||
2017 |
Fear the Walking Dead |
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Sleigh Ride (S03E16) |
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Things Bad Begun (S03E15) |
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El Matadero (S03E14) |
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more episodes (7) | ||
2016 |
Fear the Walking Dead |
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Shiva (S02E07) |
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Sicut Cervus (S02E06) |
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Captive (S02E05) |
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more episodes (4) | ||
2015 |
Fear the Walking Dead |
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The Good Man (S01E06) |
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Cobalt (S01E05) |
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Not Fade Away (S01E04) |
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more episodes (2) | ||
2000 |
Gideon's Crossing |
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1997 |
The X-Files |
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El Mundo Gira (S04E11) |
Documentaries | |
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2018 |
John Leguizamo's Road to Broadway |
Ruben Blades is Not My Name |
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2014 |
Yo soy la Salsa |
2011 |
Sonó, Sonó, Tité Curet!!! |
2005 |
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2' - a.f. |
2002 |
Palladium: Where Mambo Was King, The (TV movie) |
1996 |
Yo soy, del Son a la Salsa |
1985 |
Return of Ruben Blades, The |
Music videos | |
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1985 |
Artists United Against Apartheid: Sun City |
Composer
Movies | |
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2019 |
Causa Justa |
2002 |
Empire |
1990 |
Gryphon (TV movie) |
Q & A |
Documentaries | |
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2018 |
Ruben Blades is Not My Name |
1988 |
Cover Up: Behind the Iran Contra Affair |
1983 |
When the Mountains Tremble |
Guest
Shows | |
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1996 |
Al compas de un sentimiento |
1995 |
Lo + plus |
1992 |
The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards |
1991 |
The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards |
1990 |
Into the Night |
1986 |
The 28th Annual Grammy Awards |
1984 |
Àngel Casas Show |