Rubén Blades

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Age

Movies

Born: July 16, 1948
From: Panama City, Panama

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.

Works

71 films

Predator 2

19906.3

Safe House

20126.5

The Counselor

20135.3

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

20036.3

The Devil's Own

19976.2

Color of Night

19945.8

El accidente feliz

2020

Cradle Will Rock

19996.5

Hands of Stone

20166.6

The Two Jakes

19906.0

Imagining Argentina

20035.7

All the Pretty Horses

20005.7

Campeón Gabacho

2026

Critical Condition

19875.5

Fatal Beauty

19875.6

Outlaws - For Greater Glory

20126.8

The Super

19915.9

The Milagro Beanfield War

19886.6

Life with Mikey

19935.7

Mo' Better Blues

19906.5

Chinese Box

19975.8

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

2019

Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple

20246.8

Assassination Tango

20035.5

Pa'l Pueblo: Fania for the People

2026

Disorganized Crime

19895.4

Scorpion Spring

19966.7

Armadillo United

2026

Homeboy

19885.0

Crazy From the Heart

19914.0

The Josephine Baker Story

19916.0

Red Pill

20216.0

Miracle on Interstate 880

19935.2

The Last Fight

19834.7

Rubén Blades: un Rey de la salsa

1982

A Million to Juan

19945.4

The Lemon Sisters

19895.1

John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons

20187.0

Secuestro Express

20046.3

Ruben Blades Is Not My Name

20186.4

Spoken Word

20095.4

Spin

20036.2

The Maldonado Miracle

20035.3

The Making of Sun City

19859.5

Las caras lindas de Tite Curet

200210.0

Dead Man Out

19896.6

En mi país

20048.0

The Next Season

2011

The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'

20056.7

One Man’s War

19917.2

Invasion

20147.3

Crossover Dreams

19855.4

Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York

20218.0

Lo mejor de nuestra música popular: 15 años de éxitos

20071.0

Beats of the Heart: Salsa

1979

Salsa Lives

20258.2

La clave

2008

Somos un solo pueblo

19959.0

The Heart of the Deal

19907.0

From Son to Salsa

199710.0

Rubén Blades: Todos Vuelven Live, Vol. 1

20115.2

Yo soy la salsa

2014

Rubén Blades: Todos Vuelven Live, Vol. 2

20115.2

The Return of Rubén Blades

19858.0

Encuentro

200210.0

Rabbit Ears - Joseph and His Brothers

1991

A Roll of the Dice: The Capeman on Broadway

19988.0

Stay Homas. The Band That Shouldn’t Exist

20248.0

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades - Live In Venezuela

1998

Al compás de un sentimiento: la música de Pedro Flores

19967.0

¡Sonó, Sonó… Tite Curet!

20118.0