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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edgar Ramírez, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Golden Globe Awards
American Crime Story
The Oscars
Chelsea
All Movies (48)
- Next Life2026 · as Diego
- It Would Be Night in Caracas2025
- Arenas2025 · as Francis
- Making Emilia Pérez2025 · as Self
- Emilia Pérez2024 · as Gustavo Brun
- Borderlands2024 · as Atlas
- The 3552022 · as Luis Rojas
- Jungle Cruise2021 · as Lope de Aguirre
- YES DAY2021 · as Carlos Torres
- The Last Days of American Crime2020 · as Graham Bricke
- Resistance2020 · as Sigmund (Elsbeth's Father)
- Wasp Network2020 · as René
- Free Color2020 · as Self
- The Quietude2018 · as Vincent
- Furlough2018 · as Kevin Rivera
- Bright2017 · as Kandomere
- The Girl on the Train2016 · as Dr. Kamal Abdic
- Hands of Stone2016 · as Roberto Duran
- Gold2016 · as Michael Acosta
- Joy2015 · as Tony
- Point Break2015 · as Bodhi
- Deliver Us from Evil2014 · as Mendoza
- The Counselor2013 · as Priest
- The Liberator2013 · as Simón Bolívar
- Yotama se va volando2013
- Zero Dark Thirty2012 · as Larry from Ground Branch
- An Open Heart2012 · as Javier
- Wrath of the Titans2012 · as Ares
- Greetings to the Devil2011 · as Ángel Sotavento
- Carlos2010 · as Ilich Ramírez Sánchez ('Carlos')
- Che: Part One2008 · as Ciro Redondo García
- Vantage Point2008 · as Javier
- The Bourne Ultimatum2007 · as Paz
- Cyrano Fernández2007 · as Cyrano Fernandez
- Elipsis2006 · as Sebastián Castillo
- El Don2006 · as Alvaro
- Plan B2006
- Domino2005 · as Choco
- A Dot and a Line2004 · as Pedro
- ¡Aquí espaantan!1993 · as Vendedor de Videos
- Nobody’s Heart— · as Boscan
- Losing Clementine—
- El Sombreròn— · as Ramón
- The Honest Liar—
- Place to Be—
- Monopoly— · as Moises Saladín
- Baton—
- Oh, How Fun!—
All TV Shows (13)
- Task2025 · as Miguel Contreras
- Florida Man2023 · as Mike Valentine
- Dr. Death2021 · as Dr. Paolo Macchiarini
- The Undoing2020 · as Joe Mendoza
- The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
- Chelsea2016 · as Self - Guest
- American Crime Story2016 · as Gianni Versace
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
- Carlos2010 · as Ilich Ramírez Sánchez („Carlos“)
- The Oscars1953 · as Self
- Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter