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Ruben Blades

Ruben Blades
Rubén Blades
Born: Jul 16, 1948 in Panama City, Panama
Occupation: Actor, Writer,
Active: '80s-2000s
Major Genres: Drama, Music
Career Highlights: The Josephine Baker Story, Cradle Will Rock, Q & A
First Major Screen Credit: The Last Fight (1983)
22 Videos for Ruben Blades
Secuestro Express (2004) Crazy from the Heart (1991) The Two Jakes (1990)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) The Super (1991) Dead Man Out (1989)
Assassination Tango (2002) Mo' Better Blues (1990) Homeboy (1988)
Empire (2002) One Man's War (1990) The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
All the Pretty Horses (2000) Predator 2 (1990) Fatal Beauty (1987)
Chinese Box (1997) The Josephine Baker Story (1990) Critical Condition (1986)
The Devil's Own (1997) The Lemon Sisters (1990) Crossover Dreams (1985)
A Million to Juan (1994)
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Biography:

Ruben Blades is a man of diverse talents. A driving force in popularizing salsa music internationally and a politician for the people of his native Panama, he is also a noted actor of stage and screen. Blades is the son of a percussionist-turned-detective and a singer/radio performer. Following studies in political science and law at Panama's Universidad Nacional, Blades worked at the Bank of Panama as a lawyer.

Later he obtained a master's in law from Harvard. Many years after that, he returned to the Ivy League school to earn a doctorate in international law. Blades had been involved in music since the late '50s, but established himself as a musical powerhouse during the '70s and early '80s. He began his career in films, first as a composer of soundtracks and a songwriter in the early '80s.

He made his debut as an actor in The Last Flight (1982), but it was not until he appeared in the semi-autobiographical docudrama Crossover Dreams (1985), which he co-wrote and starred in, that Blades became well known. Subsequent film appearances have included The Milagro Beanfield War (1988), The Two Jakes (1990), Mo' Better Blues (1990), and Devil's Own (1997).

In 1994, Blades ran for the Panamanian presidency and though he lost, garnered over 20 percent of the vote. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide.