{{Short description|Venezuelan actor (born 1977)}} {{Family name hatnote|Ramírez|Arellano|lang=Spanish}} {{Use American English|date=December 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Édgar Ramírez | image = Edgar Ramirez at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival 3 (cropped).jpg | caption = Ramírez at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival | birth_name = Édgar Filiberto Ramírez Arellano<ref name=bio>[http://edgar-ramirez.com/biography/ Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125125757/http://edgar-ramirez.com/biography |date=25 January 2019}}. edgar-ramirez.com</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1977|3|25}}<ref name=bio/> | birth_place = San Cristóbal, Táchira, Venezuela | occupation = Actor | years_active = 2003–present }}
'''Édgar Filiberto Ramírez Arellano''' ({{IPA|es|ˈeðɣaɾ raˈmiɾes}}, born 25 March 1977) is a Venezuelan actor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9Q8fm1Dvyc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/i9Q8fm1Dvyc |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Édgar Ramírez Salsa Dances onto Late Show Stage|last=The Late Show with Stephen Colbert|date=25 August 2016|access-date=24 June 2017|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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,<ref name="europe2">{{Cite web |date=25 February 2011 |title=César : Edgar Ramirez, espoir masculin |url=https://www.europe1.fr/culture/Cesar-Edgar-Ramirez-espoir-masculin-531570 |access-date=29 November 2023 |website=Europe 1 |language=fr |archive-date=24 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224123233/https://www.europe1.fr/culture/Cesar-Edgar-Ramirez-espoir-masculin-531570 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="europe3">{{cite web|url=http://tiempolibre.eluniversal.com/2011/01/21/cine_ava_edgar-ramirez-nomina_21A5019695.shtml|title=Edgar Ramírez nominado a los premios César – Cine – El Universal|access-date=24 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725220910/http://tiempolibre.eluniversal.com/2011/01/21/cine_ava_edgar-ramirez-nomina_21A5019695.shtml|archive-date=25 July 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and nominations for a Golden Globe and Emmy Award for Best Actor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Edgar Ramirez: Awards and|url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/edgar-ramirez|website=Television Academy|access-date=31 August 2015|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924124240/http://www.emmys.com/bios/edgar-ramirez|url-status=live}}</ref> He then played a CIA operative in the film ''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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/cannes-un-certain-regard-jury-2022-1235242539/#! |title=Cannes' Un Certain Regard Jury Includes Valeria Golino, Édgar Ramírez, Joanna Kulig and More |date=27 April 2022 |access-date=1 June 2022 |via=Variety |archive-date=21 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521123910/https://variety.com/2022/film/global/cannes-un-certain-regard-jury-2022-1235242539/#! |url-status=live}}</ref>
== Early life == Ramírez was born in San Cristóbal, Táchira, Venezuela, the son of Soday Arellano, an attorney, and Filiberto Ramírez, a military officer.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04E4D8163DF933A25753C1A9669D8B63&pagewanted=all |work=The New York Times |first=Larry |last=Rohter |title=A Sweeping Tale Of a Terrorist And His Time |date=10 October 2010 |access-date=19 September 2017 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305104452/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04E4D8163DF933A25753C1A9669D8B63&pagewanted=all |url-status=live}}</ref> He has a sister named Nataly<ref>http://www.rctvintl.com/eng/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122055849/http://www.rctvintl.com/eng/ |date=22 November 2019}} date=December 2005</ref> and a niece and nephew named Enrique and Maria Camilla.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/edgarramirez25/status/18484975431065600|title=Edgar Ramírez on Twitter|newspaper=Twitter|access-date=19 November 2016|archive-date=31 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031152546/https://twitter.com/edgarramirez25/status/18484975431065600|url-status=live}}</ref> Part of his childhood was spent traveling in different countries; he speaks Spanish, English, French, Italian and German fluently.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} thumb|upright|Ramírez in 2005 Ramírez graduated in 1999 from the Andrés Bello Catholic University in Caracas with a degree in mass communication, minoring in audiovisual communications,<ref name="About Edgar Ramirez">{{Cite news|url=https://everythingaboutedgarramirez.wordpress.com/edgar-ramirez/|title=About Edgar Ramirez|date=3 October 2007|newspaper=Edgar Ramirez Official site / Actor & Unicef Global Goodwill Ambassador|language=es-ES|access-date=19 November 2016|archive-date=19 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119120804/https://everythingaboutedgarramirez.wordpress.com/edgar-ramirez/|url-status=live}}</ref> although he intended to pursue international relations. While in college he worked as an emerging journalist, reporting on politics. Later, he became executive director of Dale al Voto, a Venezuelan foundation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://awards.omg.yahoo.com/nominees/750-edgar-ramirez|title=Golden Globes bio|access-date=7 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316084219/http://awards.omg.yahoo.com/nominees/750-edgar-ramirez|archive-date=16 March 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> He and his team created campaigns for radio, television and movie theaters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/15287664|title=Dale al voto|website=Vimeo|date=25 September 2010|access-date=19 November 2016|archive-date=19 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119120312/https://vimeo.com/15287664|url-status=live}}</ref> However, he was always attracted to the performing arts and while in college was involved with the arts. Ramírez was in charge of international promotions of the Viart Film Festival. "I'll be lying if I told you I dreamed about becoming an actor as a kid. But I wasn't in any different to the world of performing arts. I was always very attracted to it. I just never thought about it as a career."<ref name="anthemmagazine.com">{{Cite web|url=http://anthemmagazine.com/ny-film-festival-exclusive-edgar-ramirez-is-carlos/|title=From the Archives: Edgar Ramírez {{!}} Anthem Magazine|website=anthemmagazine.com|access-date=19 November 2016|archive-date=17 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117110614/http://anthemmagazine.com/ny-film-festival-exclusive-edgar-ramirez-is-carlos/|url-status=live}}</ref> Ramírez passed it up, as he was in the middle of his thesis and was to attend Harvard National Model UN that year as a delegate from his school. Ramírez then decided to pursue his acting interests.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/6999/tcid/1 |title=Edgar Ramirez Interview – Vantage Point |publisher=Collider.com |date=18 February 2008 |access-date=8 December 2011 |archive-date=19 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219111843/http://collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/6999/tcid/1 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Acting career == Ramirez's first recognition as an actor was the successful soap opera ''Cosita rica'', for Venevisión which aired from September 2003 to August 2004, lasting 270 episodes. In 2005, he made his major motion-picture début playing Choco, Domino Harvey's love interest in the film ''Domino'' directed by Tony Scott.
This would be followed by ''Cyrano Fernandez'', with Ramírez in the title role, and then ''Vantage Point'', directed by Pete Travis. In the latter high-budgeted Sony Pictures political thriller, Ramírez joined an all-star international cast including Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, William Hurt, Forest Whitaker, Eduardo Noriega, and Ayelet Zurer. Ramírez plays Javier, an ex-special forces soldier forced to kidnap the American President in order to get his brother back. thumb|left|Ramírez at the 2011 César Awards Ramírez has since appeared in several other productions. Among those are the first part of the two film bundle ''Che'' by Steven Soderbergh, where he played the role of Ciro Redondo (a Cuban revolutionary who fought with Ché Guevara), ''La Hora Cero'' (''The Magic Hour''), a short film directed by Guillermo Arriaga; ''Plan B'', directed by Alejandro García Wiederman (Venezuela); ''Yotama se va volando'' (''Yotama Flies Away''), directed by Luis Armando Roche (Venezuela-France); ''Punto y raya'' (''Step Forward''), directed by Elia K. Schneider (Venezuela-Spain-Chile-Uruguay), submitted by Venezuela for Oscar consideration for 2004 Best Foreign Film, in which he played Colombian soldier Pedro.<ref>{{IMDb name|1183149|Edgar Filiberto Ramirez}}</ref>
In 2007, he played the role of Paz, a Blackbriar assassin, in ''The Bourne Ultimatum''; in its source novel ''The Bourne Ultimatum'', the villain is Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, a.k.a. Carlos the Jackal. Ramírez went on to play the role of the actual Carlos in the 2010 French-German limited series ''Carlos''. At the French César Awards 2011, he was awarded, for the film version of the TV series, the César Award for Most Promising Actor.<ref name="europe2"/><ref name="europe3"/> Ramírez has also given his voice to language learning education, guest-starring on the audio CD supplement to the Fluenz Spanish 1 DVD software.
right|thumb|Ramírez in 2012 Ramírez appeared in the ''Clash of the Titans'' (2010) sequel, ''Wrath of the Titans'' (2012), playing Ares, the God of War. In 2012, he played Larry in the Kathryn Bigelow film ''Zero Dark Thirty''. He played Bodhi in the 2015 remake of ''Point Break''. In 2016, he played Dr. Kamal Abdic in the film ''The Girl on the Train''.
In 2017, Ramírez played Gianni Versace in the second season of the anthology series ''American Crime Story''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/02/edgar-ramirez-darren-criss-star-versace-american-crime-story-fx-1201913309/|title=Edgar Ramirez & Darren Criss To Star In 'Versace: American Crime Story' On FX|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=15 February 2017|access-date=16 February 2017|archive-date=14 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114232216/https://deadline.com/2017/02/edgar-ramirez-darren-criss-star-versace-american-crime-story-fx-1201913309/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, Ramírez joined the cast of the spy thriller film ''The 355'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/sebastian-stan-edgar-ramirez-jessica-chastain-355-1203213659/|title=Sebastian Stan, Edgar Ramirez Join Jessica Chastain's Spy Thriller '355'|date=14 May 2019|last=Barraclough|first=Leo|access-date=20 May 2019|work=Variety|archive-date=17 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517053018/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/sebastian-stan-edgar-ramirez-jessica-chastain-355-1203213659/|url-status=live}}</ref> which was released in 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/the-355-simon-kinberg-femme-action-ensemble-heads-to-mlk-weekend-2022-1234620498/|title=''The 355'': Simon Kinberg Femme Action Ensemble Going Earlier In 2022|date=5 May 2021|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=9 January 2022|archive-date=9 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509025547/https://deadline.com/2021/05/the-355-simon-kinberg-femme-action-ensemble-heads-to-mlk-weekend-2022-1234620498/|url-status=live}}</ref> and reunited him with ''ACS'' co-star Penélope Cruz.
== Philanthropy == Ramírez supports the campaign "No Dispares" (Don't Shoot), by Amnesty International, the international human-rights organization. The campaign's purpose is to eliminate the number of injuries and deaths caused by the irresponsible use of guns.<ref>{{cite web |author=maxdil says |url=http://everythingaboutedgarramirez.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/edgar-ramirez-nueva-imagen-de-amnistia-internacional/ |title=Edgar Ramírez nueva imagen de Amnistía Internacional « Web Of Edgar Ramirez Your #1 Source 2007–2011 Official Website |publisher=Everythingaboutedgarramirez.wordpress.com |date=19 December 2007 |access-date=8 December 2011 |archive-date=27 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427002335/http://everythingaboutedgarramirez.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/edgar-ramirez-nueva-imagen-de-amnistia-internacional/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
Ramírez was also part of "5 Senses in Action", an organization which benefits children with special needs. On 13 July 2008, he took part in an outdoor activity that stimulated sensory experience through gestures, playing and singing for congenitally deaf and/or blind children.<ref>{{cite web |author=Marcela |url=http://everythingaboutedgarramirez.wordpress.com/2008/11/25/5-senses-in-action/ |title="5 senses in action" « Web Of Edgar Ramirez Your #1 Source 2007–2011 Official Website |publisher=Everythingaboutedgarramirez.wordpress.com |date=25 November 2008 |access-date=8 December 2011 |archive-date=7 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107182656/https://everythingaboutedgarramirez.wordpress.com/2008/11/25/5-senses-in-action/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
== Personal life == On 18 November 2016, Hollywood Reporter interviewed Ramírez about his stolen watches. Thieves broke into Ramírez's apartment in Caracas and stole his watch collection including a Chanel J12 Chromatic titanium ceramic watch; a Cartier Santos; a TAG Heuer Aquaracer, a Montblanc TimeWalker Chronograph. Other watches in his collection are the Cartier Drive; a Montblanc "Homage to Nicolas Rieussec"; and the Harmony and Patrimony timepieces, both by Vacheron Constantin all worth about $150,000.<ref>{{Cite news |title='Girl on the Train' Star Edgar Ramirez on His Stolen Timepieces and His New Top-Tier Collection |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/girl-train-star-edgar-ramirez-his-stolen-timepieces-his-new-top-tier-collection-947637 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730034641/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/girl-train-star-edgar-ramirez-his-stolen-timepieces-his-new-top-tier-collection-947637 |archive-date=30 July 2020 |access-date=19 November 2016 |newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
== Filmography == === Film === <!-- Please note: do NOT use "rowspans" per WP:FILMOGRAPHY --> {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! Film !! Role !! Notes ! Ref. |- | 2003 || ''Yotama se va volando'' || Manuel Zozaya || | |- | 2004 || ''Punto y Raya'' || Pedro || | |- | rowspan="2"|2005 || ''Atenea y Afrodita'' || Boyfriend || Short film | |- | ''Domino'' || Choco || | |- | rowspan="2"|2006 || ''El Don'' || Alvaro || | |- | ''Elipsis'' || Sebastián Castillo || | |- | 2007 || ''{{sortname|The|Bourne Ultimatum|dab=film}}'' || Paz || | |- | rowspan="3"|2008 || ''Che'' || Ciro Redondo García || | |- | ''Cyrano Fernandez'' || Cyrano || | |- | ''Vantage Point'' || Javier || | |- | 2010 || ''Carlos'' || Carlos the Jackal || César Award for Most Promising Actor<br />Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film<br />Nominated—London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year<br />Runner-Up—Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor<br />Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor<br />Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie<br />Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie<br />Monte-Carlo Television Festival—Best Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | |- | 2011 || ''Saluda al Diablo de mi Parte'' || Ángel || | |- | rowspan="3"|2012 || ''Wrath of the Titans'' || Ares || | |- | ''An Open Heart'' || Javier || | |- | ''Zero Dark Thirty'' || Larry || | |- | 2013 || ''The Counselor'' || The Priest || | |- | rowspan="2"|2014 || ''The Libertador'' || Simón Bolívar || | |- | ''Deliver Us from Evil'' || Mendoza || | |- | rowspan="2"|2015 || ''Joy'' || Tony Miranne || | |- | ''Point Break'' || "Bodhi" || | |- | rowspan="3"|2016 || ''Hands of Stone'' || Roberto "Hands of Stone" Durán || | |- | ''The Girl on the Train'' || Dr. Kamal Abdic || | |- | ''Gold'' || Michael Acosta || | |- | 2017 || ''Bright'' || Kandomere || | |- | rowspan="2"|2018 || ''Furlough'' || Kevin Rivera || | |- |''La quietud'' || Vincent || | |- | 2019 || ''Wasp Network'' || René Gonzalez || | |- | rowspan="2"|2020 || ''Resistance'' || Sigmund || | |- | ''The Last Days of American Crime'' || Graham Bricke || | |- | rowspan="2"|2021 || ''Yes Day'' || Carlos Torres || | |- | ''Jungle Cruise'' || Aguirre || | |- | 2022 || ''The 355'' || Luis Rojas || | |- | rowspan="2"|2024 || ''Emilia Pérez'' || Gustavo Brun || | |- | ''Borderlands'' || Atlas || | |- | 2025 || ''It Would Be Night in Caracas'' || TBA || |- | rowspan="2" | 2026 || ''Next Life'' || TBA || Post-production |- | ''Baton'' || TBA || Post-production |- | TBA || ''Place to Be'' || TBA || Post-production |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes !Ref. |- | 2003 || ''Cosita Rica'' || Cacique Chacón || 4 episodes | |- | 2005 || ''Ser bonita no basta'' || Leonardo || Episode: "#1.1" | |- | 2018 || ''The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story'' || Gianni Versace || 6 episodes<br>Satellite Award for Best Cast – Television Series<br>Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film<br>Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie<br>Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | |- | 2020 || ''The Undoing'' || Detective Joe Mendoza || Miniseries<ref>{{cite web|title=Edgar Ramirez, Lily Rabe Join Nicole Kidman's HBO Limited Series 'The Undoing'|url=https://www.thewrap.com/edgar-ramirez-lily-rabe-the-undoing-nicole-kidman-hbo/|last=Maas|first=Jennifer|website=TheWrap|date=27 March 2019|access-date=21 January 2020|archive-date=15 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515050206/https://www.thewrap.com/edgar-ramirez-lily-rabe-the-undoing-nicole-kidman-hbo/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |- | rowspan="3"|2023 || ''Florida Man'' || Mike Valentine || Miniseries | |- || ''Wolf Like Me'' || Anton || 2 Episodes | |- || ''Dr. Death'' || Paolo Macchiarini || Lead role, season 2<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/11/dr-death-edgar-ramirez-season-2-peacock-anthology-series-1235163427/|title='Dr. Death': Edgar Ramirez To Lead Season 2 Of Peacock Anthology Series|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Rosy|last=Cordero|date=8 November 2022|access-date=8 November 2022|archive-date=8 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108193630/https://deadline.com/2022/11/dr-death-edgar-ramirez-season-2-peacock-anthology-series-1235163427/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |}
=== Music videos === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Song title ! scope="col" | Album ! scope="col" | Artist !Ref. |- | rowspan="2"|2017 ! scope="row" | "Desencuentro"<ref name="desencuentrosbill2">{{cite magazine|last1=Cobo|first1=Leila|title=Residente Gets Romantic With Stunningly Beautiful 'Desencuentro' Video: Watch|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/residente-gets-romantic-with-stunningly-beautiful-desencuentro-video-7744451/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=11 April 2017|date=31 March 2017|archive-date=19 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819163905/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/7744451/residente-gets-romantic-with-stunningly-beautiful-desencuentro-video|url-status=live}}</ref> ! scope="row" | ''Residente'' ! scope="row" | Residente ! |- ! scope="row" | "Mis Ilusiones"<ref name="misilusionesbill2">{{cite magazine|last1=Cobo|first1=Leila|title=San Luis Gets Romantic With Stunningly Beautiful 'Mis Ilusiones' Video: Watch|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/7744451/sanluis-gets-romantic-with-stunningly-beautiful-misilusiones-video|magazine=Billboard|access-date=28 March 2017|date=28 March 2017}}{{dead link|date=September 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> ! scope="row" | ''San Luis'' ! scope="row" | SanLuis ! |}
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== External links == {{Commons category|Édgar Ramírez}} * {{IMDb name|1183149|Edgar Ramirez}} * [http://everythingaboutedgarramirez.wordpress.com Club fans website]
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