Rubén Blades

Known for ActingBorn 1948-07-16 (age 77) Panama City, Panama

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Pedro Navaja

Encuentro

Las caras lindas de Tite Curet

From Son to Salsa

By the Green Trail

The Making of Sun City

Somos un solo pueblo

When the Mountains Tremble

Salsa Lives

The X-Files

Stay Homas. The Band That Shouldn’t Exist

Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York

¡Sonó, Sonó… Tite Curet!

En mi país

A Roll of the Dice: The Capeman on Broadway

The Return of Rubén Blades

Ligia Elena

Fear the Walking Dead

John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons

Invasion

Gideon's Crossing

Peter Knife

Las Lunas del Auditorio

One Man’s War

Operation Just Cause

Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple

Latin Grammy Awards

Al compás de un sentimiento: la música de Pedro Flores

Outlaws - For Greater Glory

The Heart of the Deal

Hands of Stone

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

Scorpion Spring

Oliver & Company

Safe House

Ruben Blades Is Not My Name

Cradle Will Rock

Dead Man Out

The Milagro Beanfield War

Mo' Better Blues

Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair

The Story of Fausta

Secuestro Express

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Spin

Red Pill

Predator 2

Empire