Rubén Blades
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Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday16 July 1948 (78 years old)
Place of birth Panama City, Panama
Known credits93
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 …
Campeón Gabacho
2026
Pedro Navaja
2026 · Author
Salsa Lives
2025 · Ruben Blades
Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
2024 · Self
Stay Homas. The Band That Shouldn’t Exist
2024 · Self - Singer
Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Red Pill
2021 · Rocky
El accidente feliz
2020 · Self (Archive Footage)
Operation Just Cause
2019 · Music
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019 · Self
John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons
2018 · Self
Ruben Blades Is Not My Name
2018 · Self
Hands of Stone
2016 · Carlos Eleta
Fear the Walking Dead
2015 · Daniel Salazar
Yo soy la salsa
2014
Invasion
2014 · Self
The Counselor
2013 · Jefe
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
2012 · Président Calles
Safe House
2012 · Carlos Villar
¡Sonó, Sonó… Tite Curet!
2011
Músicos de Latinoamérica
2011 · Self
The Next Season
2011 · Benito
Rubén Blades: Todos Vuelven Live, Vol. 1
2011
Rubén Blades: Todos Vuelven Live, Vol. 2
2011
Spoken Word
2009 · Cruz-Sr.
La clave
2008
Lo mejor de nuestra música popular: 15 años de éxitos
2007 · Self
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
2005 · Self (archive footage)
En mi país
2004 · Self
Secuestro Express
2004 · Carla's Father
Spin
2003 · Ernesto
Imagining Argentina
2003 · Silvio Ayala
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003 · Jorge, Retired FBI Agent
Assassination Tango
2003 · Miguel
The Maldonado Miracle
2003 · Cruz
Encuentro
2002
Empire
2002 · Original Music Composer
Las Lunas del Auditorio
2002 · Self
Las caras lindas de Tite Curet
2002 · Self
All the Pretty Horses
2000 · Rocha
Gideon's Crossing
2000 · Dr. Max Cabranes
Latin Grammy Awards
2000 · Self
Cradle Will Rock
1999 · Diego Rivera
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades - Live In Venezuela
1998 · Rubén Blades
A Roll of the Dice: The Capeman on Broadway
1998
Chinese Box
1997 · Jim
Arthouse
1997 · Self
From Son to Salsa
1997
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