Ruben Blades

Biography

Born 07/16/1948

A self-styled renaissance man who has made a significant contribution to salsa with his socially conscious lyrics, Panamanian-born Ruben Blades has also enjoyed a successful career as a screen actor and, in his native country, founded the political party Papa Egora, running and placing third in the...
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Filmography

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Awards

In 2002, received Grammy for Best World Music Album
In 2001, received ALMA Award for Outstanding Actor in a New Series
In 2000, received Grammy for Best Latin Pop Performance

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Production Photos

Ruben Blades, Cradle Will Rock (1999)

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Highlights

In 2000, Acted in Billy Bob Thornton's "All the Pretty Horses", adapted from the best-selling novel by Cormac McCarthey
In 2000, Co-starred in the ABC fall drama "Gideon's Crossing", playing a medical colleague of Andre Braugher's Dr. Ben Gideon
In 1999, Appeared in "Cradle Will Rock" as Mexican artist Diego Rivera

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Family & Companions

Ruben Dario Blades Sr: father (a basketbal star and conga player; accused of being a CIA agent by then-Colonel Manuel Noriega, in charge of Panamanian military intelligence, and forced into exile)
Anoland Blades: mother (deceased; worked on a radio soap opera; born in Cuba)
siblings: has four; Blades is the second of five children

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