Rubén Blades

Acting · 1.1 popularity

Age

Movies

Born: July 16, 1948
From: Panama City, Panama

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 during a robbery (his song "Sorpresas" continues the story), inspired by "Mack the Knife." He also composed and sings what many Panamanians consider their second national anthem. The song is titled "Patria" (Fatherland). He is an icon in Panama and is much admired throughout Latin America, and managed to attract 18% of the vote in his failed attempt to win the Panamanian presidency in 1994. In September 2004, he was appointed minister of tourism by Panamanian president Martín Torrijos for a five-year term. He holds a law degree from the University of Panama and a master's in international law from Harvard University. He is married to singer Luba Mason. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rubén Blades, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

71 films

Predator 2

19906.3

Safe House

20126.5

The Counselor

20135.3

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

20036.3

The Devil's Own

19976.2

Color of Night

19945.8

Imagining Argentina

20035.7

El accidente feliz

2020

Hands of Stone

20166.6

All the Pretty Horses

20005.7

The Two Jakes

19906.0

The Super

19915.9

Outlaws - For Greater Glory

20126.8

Cradle Will Rock

19996.5

Mo' Better Blues

19906.5

Critical Condition

19875.5

The Milagro Beanfield War

19886.6

Campeón Gabacho

2026

Chinese Box

19975.8

Scorpion Spring

19966.7

Fatal Beauty

19875.6

Life with Mikey

19935.7

Armadillo United

2026

Disorganized Crime

19895.4

Pa'l Pueblo: Fania for the People

2026

Assassination Tango

20035.5

Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple

20246.8

Homeboy

19885.0

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

2019

Rubén Blades: un Rey de la salsa

1982

The Josephine Baker Story

19916.0

The Last Fight

19834.7

Miracle on Interstate 880

19935.2

Crazy From the Heart

19914.0

Red Pill

20216.0

Las caras lindas de Tite Curet

200210.0

The Lemon Sisters

19895.1

The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'

20056.7

The Maldonado Miracle

20035.3

A Million to Juan

19945.4

Spoken Word

20095.4

Ruben Blades Is Not My Name

20186.4

The Making of Sun City

19859.5

One Man’s War

19917.2

Secuestro Express

20046.3

John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons

20187.0

The Next Season

2011

Dead Man Out

19896.6

Spin

20036.2

En mi país

20048.0

Lo mejor de nuestra música popular: 15 años de éxitos

20071.0

Crossover Dreams

19855.4

Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York

20218.0

Salsa Lives

20258.2

Rabbit Ears - Joseph and His Brothers

1991

Somos un solo pueblo

19959.0

Invasion

20147.3

From Son to Salsa

199710.0

Beats of the Heart: Salsa

1979

Rubén Blades: Todos Vuelven Live, Vol. 1

20115.2

Yo soy la salsa

2014

A Roll of the Dice: The Capeman on Broadway

19988.0

Rubén Blades: Todos Vuelven Live, Vol. 2

20115.2

The Heart of the Deal

19907.0

Encuentro

200210.0

Al compás de un sentimiento: la música de Pedro Flores

19967.0

La clave

2008

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades - Live In Venezuela

1998

The Return of Rubén Blades

19858.0

Stay Homas. The Band That Shouldn’t Exist

20248.0

¡Sonó, Sonó… Tite Curet!

20118.0