Edgar Ramírez
Biography
Édgar Filiberto Ramírez Arellano (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈeðɣaɾ raˈmiɾes], born 25 March 1977) is a Venezuelan actor.
After studying communications at the Andrés Bello Catholic University, Ramírez worked in media and considered becoming a diplomat. When filmmaker Guillermo Arriaga praised a short film he had done, he decided to pursue his performing hobby as a career.
Ramírez played a CIA assassin in the action-thriller film The Bourne Ultimatum (2007). His portrayal of Carlos the Jackal in the 2010 biopic television miniseries Carlos won him the César Award for Most Promising Actor and nominations for a Golden Globe and Emmy Award for Best Actor. He then played a CIA operative in Zero Dark Thirty (2012), and boxer Roberto Durán in the biographical sports film Hands of Stone (2016).
Ramírez received several accolades for his portrayal of Gianni Versace in the 2018 miniseries The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story. In 2020, he had a recurring role in the HBO miniseries The Undoing. In 2022, Ramírez was part of the Un Certain Regard jury at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Full filmography
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self - Guest
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self - Guest
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Presenter
- American Crime Story (2016) as Gianni Versace
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Chelsea (2016) as Self - Guest
- Dr. Death (2021) as Dr. Paolo Macchiarini
- Task (2025) as Miguel Contreras
- The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) as Paz
- Jungle Cruise (2021) as Lope de Aguirre
- The Undoing (2020) as Joe Mendoza
- Borderlands (2024) as Atlas
- Wrath of the Titans (2012) as Ares
- Vantage Point (2008) as Javier
- Bright (2017) as Kandomere
- Zero Dark Thirty (2012) as Larry from Ground Branch
- The Girl on the Train (2016) as Dr. Kamal Abdic
- Point Break (2015) as Bodhi
- The Counselor (2013) as Priest
- YES DAY (2021) as Carlos Torres
- The 355 (2022) as Luis Rojas
- Emilia Pérez (2024) as Gustavo Brun