Rubén Blades
Birthday
1948/07/16 (76 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Panama City, Panama
Also know as
Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna
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...Read more
Acting
(1990) Predator 2
as Danny Archuleta
(1994) Color of Night
as Hector
(1997) The Devil's Own
as Officer Edwin Diaz
(1997) Chinese Box
as Jim
(1989) Disorganized Crime
as Carlos Barrios
(1987) Critical Condition
as Louis
(1999) Cradle Will Rock
as Diego Rivera
(1990) The Two Jakes
as Mickey Nice
(2004) Secuestro Express
as Carla's Father
(1988) The Milagro Beanfield War
as Sheriff Bernabe Montoya
(1987) Fatal Beauty
as Carl Jimenez
(2003) Assassination Tango
as Miguel
(2009) Spoken Word
as Cruz-Sr.
(2021) Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
as Self (archive footage)
(1991) The Super
as Marlon
(1990) The Heart of the Deal
as ---
(2003) The Maldonado Miracle
as Cruz
(2012) Safe House
as Carlos Villar
(1991) The Josephine Baker Story
as Count Giuseppe Pepito Abatino
(1989) The Lemon Sisters
as C.W.
(2013) The Counselor
as Jefe
(1991) One Man’s War
as Perrone
(2003) Spin
as Ernesto
(2011) Rubén Blades: Todos Vuelven Live, Vol. 2
as ---
(2011) Rubén Blades: Todos Vuelven Live, Vol. 1
as ---
(1996) Scorpion Spring
as Border Patrolman Sam Zaragosa
(1993) Miracle on Interstate 880
as Pastor Beruman
(1983) The Last Fight
as Andy "Kid" Clave
(1991) Crazy From the Heart
as Ernesto Ontiveros
(2012) Outlaws - For Greater Glory
as Président Calles
(1985) Crossover Dreams
as Rudy Veloz
(1985) The Making of Sun City
as Self
(1985) The Return of Rubén Blades
as himself
(1990) Mo' Better Blues
as Petey
(2016) Hands of Stone
as Carlos Eleta
(2024) Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
as Self
(2011) ¡Sonó, Sonó… Tite Curet!
as ---
(1996) Al compás de un sentimiento: la música de Pedro Flores
as ---
(1995) Somos un solo pueblo
as Self
(2002) Encuentro
as ---
(2007) Lo mejor de nuestra música popular: 15 años de éxitos
as Self
(2004) En mi país
as Rubén Blades
(2008) La clave
as ---
(2000) All the Pretty Horses
as Rocha
(2024) Stay Homas. The Band That Shouldn’t Exist
as Self - Singer
(2014) Yo soy la salsa
as ---
(1997) From Son to Salsa
as ---
(2003) Imagining Argentina
as Silvio Ayala
(1989) Dead Man Out
as Ben
(2018) Ruben Blades Is Not My Name
as Self
(1998) Willie Colón & Rubén Blades - Live In Venezuela
as Rubén Blades
(2011) The Next Season
as Benito
(1998) A Roll of the Dice: The Capeman on Broadway
as ---
(2018) John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons
as Self
(2019) Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
as Self
(1988) Homeboy
as Doctor
(2005) The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
as Self (archive footage)
(2003) Once Upon a Time in Mexico
as Jorge, Retired FBI Agent
(1994) A Million to Juan
as Bartender
(2021) Red Pill
as Rocky
(1991) Rabbit Ears - Joseph and His Brothers
as Narrator (voice)
(1993) The X-Files
as Conrad Lozano
(2000) Gideon's Crossing
as Dr. Max Cabranes
(2015) Fear the Walking Dead
as Daniel Salazar
(2011) Músicos de Latinoamérica
as Self
(1997) Arthouse
as Self
(2000) Latin Grammy Awards
as Self
(2002) Las Lunas del Auditorio
as Self