Rubén Blades

Acting

Rubén Blades

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jul 16, 1948 (77 years old)

Rubén Blades

Known For

Salsa Lives
1h 44m
DOLBY
Movie 2025

Salsa Lives

La Salsa Vive is a vibrant cinematic exploration of Afro-Cuban...

Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
2h 25m
DOLBY
Movie 2024

Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple

Stevie Van Zandt, known as New Jersey's most famous consigliere...

Stay Homas. The Band That Shouldn’t Exist
1h 21m
DOLBY
Movie 2024

Stay Homas. The Band That Shouldn’t Exist

In the most tragic moment of the pandemic, confined to...

Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
52min
DOLBY
Movie 2021

Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York

When the film West Side Story was released in 1961,...

Red Pill
1h 27m
DOLBY
Movie 2021

Red Pill

Set over Halloween weekend 2020, this political thriller follows six...

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
1h 30m
DOLBY
Movie 2019

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage is a warm and...

John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons
1h 29m
DOLBY
Movie 2018

John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons

In this one-man Broadway show, John Leguizamo finds humor and...

Ruben Blades Is Not My Name
1h 24m
DOLBY
Movie 2018

Ruben Blades Is Not My Name

The story of one of Latin America's most beloved singer-songwriters...

Hands of Stone
1h 45m
DOLBY
Movie 2016

Hands of Stone

The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray...

Fear the Walking Dead
113 Episodes
DOLBY
TV Show 2015

Fear the Walking Dead

What did the world look like as it was transforming...

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.