Rubén Blades

Actor

Born: July 16, 1948 (age 77)
From: Panama City, Panama

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…

Filmography (71)

Campeón Gabacho (2026)
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)
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
Yo soy la salsa
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!
¡Sonó, Sonó… Tite Curet! (2011)
The Next Season (2011)
Benito
Rubén Blades: Todos Vuelven Live, Vol. 1
Rubén Blades: Todos Vuelven Live, Vol. 1 (2011)
Rubén Blades: Todos Vuelven Live, Vol. 2
Rubén Blades: Todos Vuelven Live, Vol. 2 (2011)
Spoken Word (2009)
Cruz-Sr.
La clave
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