Rubén Blades
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1948-07-16 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Panama City, Panama
Also known As
Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna
Rubén Blades
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 music. Blades has composed dozens of musical hits, the most famous of which is "Pedro Navaja," a song about a neighborhood thug who appears to die durin...
Acting
1990
as Danny Archuleta
1994
as Hector
1997
as Edwin Diaz
1997
as Jim
1989
as Carlos Barrios
1987
as Louis
1999
as Diego Rivera
1990
as Mickey Nice
2004
as Carla's Father
1988
as Sheriff Bernabe Montoya
1987
as Carl Jimenez
2003
as Miguel
2009
as Cruz-Sr.
2021
as Self (archive footage)
1991
as Marlon
2003
as Cruz
2012
as Carlos Villar
1991
as Count Giuseppe Pepito Abatino
1989
as C.W.
2013
as Jefe
1991
as Perrone
2003
as Ernesto
1996
as Border Patrolman Sam Zaragosa
1993
as Pastor Beruman
1983
as Andy "Kid" Clave
1991
as Ernesto Ontiveros
2012
as Président Calles
1985
as Rudy Veloz
1985
as Self
1985
as himself
1990
as Petey
2016
as Carlos Eleta
2024
as Self
1995
as Self
2002
2004
as Rubén Blades
2008
2000
as Rocha
2024
as Self - Singer
2014
2003
as Silvio Ayala
1989
as Ben
2018
as Self
1998
as Rubén Blades
2011
as Benito
2018
2019
1988
as Doctor
2005
as Self (archive footage)
2003
as Jorge, Retired FBI Agent
1994
as Bartender
2021
as Rocky
1991
as Narrator (voice)
2025
as Ruben Blades
1979
as Self
2014
as Self
Production
1988
as Music
1983
as Music
1984
as Music
2002
as Original Music Composer
1990
as Original Music Composer
1988
1983
as Original Music Composer
1984
as Songs
2019
as Music
1988
as Songs
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