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Career

Damián Alcázar studied acting first at the National Institute of Fine Arts and at the Theatrical Experimentation Center, then continued at the Faculty of Theater of the Veracruz University, where in later years he would work as a teacher. He served as an actor for eight years in two theatre companies, alongside the most prestigious directors in Mexico. Notably under the direction of George Labaudan, he appeared on

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's play, The Balcony. He has appeared in six foreign films and more than twenty-eight Mexican films. He was awarded the Ariel for Best Actor in 1999 and in 2004, for the films ''Under California: The Time Limit'', by

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, and ''

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'', by

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. He also won the prize for Best Actor at the Festival of Valladolid (Spain), for the latter. He received Ariel for Best Supporting Actor for ''El anzuelo''. by Ernesto Rimoch; for ''Lolo'', by Francisco Athié, and for

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's successful movie, ''The Crime of Father Amaro''. Damián has been nominated to receive this same award four other times. He won the award for Best Actor at the Cartagena Film Festival (Colombia) for the film Two Crimes, by

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. He has also worked on telenovelas, being the most recent Secretos del corazón, produced by Epigmenio Ibarra for TV Azteca. In April 2013 he was awarded the Honor Prize of the Latin American Film Show of Lleida with José Coronado. In June 2016 he was elected as deputy by the political party

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in the Constituent Assembly of Mexico City, but left the position in January 2017 after being absent for three months.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alcazar, Damian Ariel Award winners Best Actor Ariel Award winners 20th-century Mexican male actors Mexican male film actors Mexican male telenovela actors 21st-century Mexican male actors 1953 births Living people People from Jiquilpan, Michoacán Male actors from Michoacán Members of the Constituent Assembly of Mexico City Universidad Veracruzana alumni 21st-century Mexican politicians