Rubén Blades

Rubén Blades

Rubén Blades

16.07.1948 (75 years) ( Panama City, Panama)

Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna (born July 16, 1948), known professionally as Rubén Blades (Spanish: [ruˈβem ˈblaðes], but [- ˈbleðz] in Panama and within the family), is a Panamanian singer, songwriter, actor, musician, activist, and politician, performing musically most often in the Afro-Cuban, salsa, and Latin jazz genres. As a songwriter, Blades brought the lyrical sophistication of Central American nueva canción and Cuban nueva trova as well as experimental tempos and politically inspired Son Cubano salsa to his music, creating "thinking persons' (salsa) dance music". Blades has written dozens of hit songs, including "Pedro Navaja" and "El Cantante" (which became Héctor Lavoe's signature song). He has won nine Grammy Awards out of seventeen nominations and five Latin Grammy Awards.His acting career began in 1983, and has continued, sometimes with several-year breaks to focus on other projects. He has prominent roles in films such as Crossover Dreams (1985), The Milagro Beanfield War (1988), The Super (1991), Predator 2 (1992), Color of Night (1994), Safe House (2012), The Counselor (2013) and Hands of Stone (2016), along with three Emmy Award nominations for his performances in The Josephine Baker Story (1991), Crazy from the Heart (1992) and The Maldonado Miracle (2003). He portrayed Daniel Salazar, a main character on the TV series Fear the Walking Dead (2015–2017; 2019–present). He is an icon in Panama and is much admired throughout Latin America and Spain, and managed to attract 17% of the vote in his failed attempt to win the Panamanian presidency in 1994. In September 2004, he was appointed minister of tourism by Panamanian president Martín Torrijos for a five-year term. He holds a Bachelor of Arts' Law degree from the University of Panama and an LL.M in International Law from Harvard University. He is married to singer Luba Mason.

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Cast

Hands of Stone (2016)

IMDB: 6.6 (16851 votes)
The Counselor (2013)

IMDB: 5.3 (94349 votes)
Safe House (2012)

IMDB: 6.7 (199087 votes)
Spoken Word (2009)

IMDB: 6.5 (88 votes)
Imagining Argentina (2003)

IMDB: 6.1 (3446 votes)
All the Pretty Horses (2000)

IMDB: 5.8 (12604 votes)
Cradle Will Rock (1999)

IMDB: 6.8 (8616 votes)
The Devil's Own (1997)

IMDB: 6.2 (55963 votes)
Color of Night (1994)

IMDB: 5.2 (21961 votes)
The Two Jakes (1990)

IMDB: 6.2 (10563 votes)
Dead Man Out (1989)

IMDB: 6.6 (387 votes)

Crew

Q & A (1990)

IMDB: 6.6 (5034 votes)