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Rubén Blades

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Rubén Blades is a Panamanian actor who portrays 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 share the same birthday.

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Fear The Walking Dead Cast
Main Cast Alexa Nisenson (5-7) • Alycia Debnam-Carey (1-7) • Austin Amelio (5-7) • Christine Evangelista (6-7) • Cliff Curtis (1-3) • Colby Hollman (6-7) • Colman Domingo (2-7) • Danay Garcia (3-7) • Daniel Sharman (3) • Dayton Callie (3) • Elizabeth Rodriguez (1) • Frank Dillane (1-4) • Garret Dillahunt (4-6) • Keith Carradine (6-7) • Kim Dickens (1-4) • Jenna Elfman (4-7) • Karen David (5-7) • Lennie James (4-7) • Lisandra Tena (3) • Lorenzo Henrie (1-2) • Maggie Grace (4-7) • Mercedes Mason (1-3) • Michelle Ang (2) • Mo Collins (6-7) • Rubén Blades (1-3, 5-7) • Sam Underwood (3) • Zoe Colletti (6)
Also Starring Aaron Stanford (4) • Aisha Tyler (7) • Alejandro Edda (2) • Alexa Nisenson (4) • Andres Londono (2) • Andrew Lincoln (4) • Aria Lyric Leabu (2) • Arturo Del Puerto (2) • Ashley Zukerman (2) • Bailey Gavulic (5) • Brenda Strong (2-3) • Brendan Meyer (2) • Brigitte Kali Canales (6) • Brittany Bradford (7) • Catherine Dent (2) • Chinaza Uche (6) • Clint James (4) • Colby Hollman (5) • Colby Minifie (5-6) • Colman Domingo (1) • Cooper Dodson (5) • Craig Nigh (6) • Danay Garcia (2) • Dan Donohue (2) • Daniel Zovatto (2) • Daryl Mitchell (4-7) • David Grant Wright (2) • David Warshofsky (2) • Dayton Callie (2) • Demetrius Grosse (6-7) • Derek Richardson (7) • Devyn Tyler (6) • Dougray Scott (2) • Edwina Findley (3) • Elizabeth Rodriguez (2) • Emma Caulfield (3) • Ethan Suess (5) • Evan Gamble (4) • Gus Halper (7) • Holly Curran (5-6) • Israel Broussard (2) • Jake Austin Walker (2) • James Le Gros (3) • Jamie McShane (1) • Jason Manuel Olazabal (3) • Jeremiah Clayton (2) • Jesse Borrego (3) • Jesse McCartney (2) • Joe Massingill (5) • John Glover (6) • Jorge-Luis Pallo (2) • Joseph Castillo-Midyett (6) • Justin Rain (3) • Kalani Queypo (3) • Karen Bethzabe (2-3) • Keith Powers (1) • Kelly Blatz (2) • Kenny Wormald (2) • Kevin Zegers (4) • Leon Thomas III (1) • Lexi Johnson (2) • Lincoln A. Castellanos (1) • Linda Gehringer (3) • Lindsay Pulsipher (3) • Lynn Chen (1) • Maestro Harrell (1) • Maren Lord (7) • Mark Kelly (2) • Marlene Forté (2) • Matt Frewer (5) • Maverick Clayton (2) • Melissa McBride (4) • Michael Abbott Jr. (6) • Michael Greyeyes (3) • Michael William Freeman (3) • Miguel Pérez (3) • Mo Collins (4-5) • Nick Stahl (6) • Noel Fisher (3) • Omid Abtahi (6-7) • Patricia Reyes Spíndola (1-2) • Paul Calderon (2) • Peter Jacobson (5-7) • Rae Gray (3) • Ramses Jimenez (2-3) • Raphael Sbarge (6) • Raul Casso (2) • Ray McKinnon (3) • Rhoda Griffis (4, 6) • Ricardo Chacon (3) • Ross McCall (3) • Rubén Blades (3) • Ruben Carbajal (2) • Sahana Srinivasan (6) • Sandrine Holt (1) • Schuyler Fisk (2) • Scott Lawrence (1) • Sebastian Sozzi (4, 6) • Shawn Hatosy (1) • Stephen Henderson (4) • Sydney Lemmon (5, 7) • Tom Payne (4) • Tonya Pinkins (4) • Veronica Diaz-Carranza (2)
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