Édgar Ramírez
Édgar Ramírez (born March 25, 1977 in San Cristóbal ) is a Venezuelan actor .
Life
Édgar Ramírez began his acting career in 1993 with a small role in the film ¡Aquí espaantan! . He then starred in various Venezuelan films and television series. In 2004 Ramírez acted in the award-winning film Punto y raya . In 2005 he appeared in Domino alongside Keira Knightley and Mickey Rourke . In the 2007 action film The Bourne Ultimatum , Ramírez played the hit man Paz , who is supposed to kill the main character Jason Bourne (played by Matt Damon ). In 2008, Édgar Ramírez played the terrorist Javier in the film 8 Blickwinkel , who took the President of the United States into captivity.
Ramírez's international breakthrough came in 2010 with the title role in Olivier Assayas ' television multi-part series Carlos - The Jackal , which was also distributed in theaters in Germany. His portrayal of the terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez , known as Carlos, earned him a César and nominations for the Golden Globe Award , the London Critics' Circle Film Award , and the Screen Actors Guild Award . In the 2020 film The last days of American Crime , he portrayed Graham Bricke in the lead role.
Ramírez is fluent in Spanish , English , German , French and Italian .
In 2017 he was accepted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which awards the Oscars every year.
Filmography (selection)
- 2002: Nudo, El
- 2003: Yotama se va volando
- 2004: Punto y raya
- 2005: Domino
- 2006: Elipsis
- 2007: The Bourne Ultimatum (The Bourne Ultimatum)
- 2008: 8 angles (Vantage Point)
- 2008: Che - Guerrilla (Che: Part Two)
- 2010: Carlos - The Jackal (Carlos)
- 2012: Wrath of the Titans (Wrath of the Titans)
- 2012: Zero Dark Thirty
- 2013: The Counselor
- 2013: Libertador
- 2014: Deliver Us from Evil (Deliver Us from Evil)
- 2015: Point Break
- 2015: Joy - Anything but Ordinary (Joy)
- 2016: Girl on the Train (The Girl on the Train)
- 2016: Gold - Greed has a new color (gold)
- 2017: Bright
- 2018: Furlough
- 2018: American Crime Story (TV series)
- 2018: La quietud
- 2019: Wasp Network
- 2020: Resistance
- 2020: The Last Days of American Crime
Web links
- Édgar Ramírez in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Portrait at indiewire.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Class of 2017". Accessed June 30, 2017. http://www.app.oscars.org/class2017/ .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ramírez, Édgar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Venezuelan actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Cristóbal (Venezuela) |