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Rubén Blades is a Panamanian actor who portrayed Daniel Salazar in AMC's Fear the Walking Dead.

Biography[]

Rubén Blades was born in Panama City, Panama, the son of Cuban musician and actress Anoland Díaz, and Colombian Rubén Darío Blades, Sr., a gifted athlete, percussionist and later a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics in Washington, D.C.

Before pursuing an acting career, he was a vocalist in Los Salvajes del Ritmo and also a songwriter and guest singer with a professional Latin music conjunto, Bush y sus Magníficos.

Other Works[]

  • Safe House
  • Predator 2
  • The Devil's Own
  • Gideon's Crossing
  • Color of Night
  • The Two Jakes
  • Cradle Will Rock
  • Once Upon a Time in Mexico
  • Hands of Stone
  • The Milagro Beanfield War

Trivia[]

  • He ran for President of Panama as founder and head of the Papa Egoro party in 1994. He came in third behind the two leading Panamanian parties. However, he won a respectable 18% of the vote. His party gained enough seats in the Panamanian Legislature to ensure its continuance and a place in national politics, until it was dissolved in 1999.
  • He won his first Grammy for the album, "Encenas", and has won 4 more in Latin categories, a Latin Grammy, and one in World Music for the album "Mundo".
  • He was Minister of Tourism in Panama from 2004 until 2009.
  • In Predator 2 (1990), he played a character with the last name Archuleta who is killed and in Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), his character avenges the death of a partner with the last name Archuleta.
  • He and his fellow cast member Daryl Mitchell (Wendell) share the same birthday.

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