🎬Rubén Blades

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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.

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple (2024)	Self	-	-
2	John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons (2018)	Self		7.5
3	Hands of Stone (2016)	Carlos Eleta		7.6
4	The Counselor (2013)	Jefe		4.9
5	Safe House (2012)	Carlos Villar		7.1
6	Outlaws - For Greater Glory (2012)	Président Calles	-	-
7	The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2' (2005)	Self (archive footage)	-	-
8	Imagining Argentina (2003)	Silvio Ayala		5
9	Assassination Tango (2003)	Miguel	-	-
10	Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)	Jorge, Retired FBI Agent		6.3
11	All the Pretty Horses (2000)	Rocha		7
12	The Devil's Own (1997)	Edwin Diaz		6.3
13	Color of Night (1994)	Hector		5.8
14	Life with Mikey (1993)	Angie's Dad (uncredited)	-	-
15	The Josephine Baker Story (1991)	Count Giuseppe Pepito Abatino		10
16	The Super (1991)	Marlon		5.5
17	The Two Jakes (1990)	Mickey Nice		7.3
18	Mo' Better Blues (1990)	Petey		6.5
19	Predator 2 (1990)	Danny Archuleta		6.2
20	Disorganized Crime (1989)	Carlos Barrios		6
21	Dead Man Out (1989)	Ben	-	-
22	Homeboy (1988)	Doctor		5
23	The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)	Sheriff Bernabe Montoya		5
24	Critical Condition (1987)	Louis	-	-
25	Fatal Beauty (1987)	Carl Jimenez		8