Rubén Blades (Actor)

Reviews of Rubén Blades Movies

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Movies starring Rubén Blades have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average score of 57%.

The Milagro Beanfield War - released in 1988 - is Rubén Blades's highest rated movie, with a score of 69% based on 57 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Rubén Blades is The Lemon Sisters - released in 1989 - with a score of 37% based on 4 reviews.

Actor Biography

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.

Rubén Blades has acted in films with Julio Oscar Mechoso, John Turturro, Cheech Marin and Brad Pitt.

Rubén Blades has worked with these film directors: Jonathan Jakubowicz, Billy Bob Thornton, Jack Nicholson and Robert Redford.