Gilberto Ramírez
Acting
Biography
Gilberto Ramírez is a Colombian actor with a solid career in film and television. Since the 1990s, he has taken part in major national productions that portray the country’s social and cultural realities. With an acting style closely linked to popular tradition, Gilberto has portrayed healers, community leaders, peasants, lawyers, and mystical figures. His presence brings depth to casts and realism to the stories. Throughout his career, he has worked with prominent directors and production companies, leaving an acting imprint marked by authenticity, restraint, and artistic commitment.
Known For
Cali, Colombia, 1970s. The fictional story of Pedro Rey, the first drug trafficker and drug lord.
El Rey
A couple and their daughter moves to Colombia to take over a family manufacturing plant, only to realize their new home is haunted.
Out of the Dark
A thriller centered on a family taken hostage by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
Operación E
Based on a true story of a British television crew that travelled to Colombia to film a fake documentary about drug trafficking. In one scene, shot in the director’s hotel room, an actor played the part of a character whom the filmmakers passed off as Cali Cartel’s Number Three. They claimed they had risked their lives to get the interview. One sequence also shows a man pretending to swallow capsules of heroine and transporting them to London in his stomach. This phoney TV documentary is an international smash hit. When a London daily discovers that the whole thing is a hoax, a team of British journalists are sent out to Colombia to cover the story. Their report unleashes a scandal that shakes the very foundations of television in the UK.
The Deal
In a small hamlet in the Colombian mountains, a newly appointed padre Father Gabriel finds himself torn between his spiritual calling and his desires for a young woman named Silvia, while also trying to protect his congregation from being drawn into the increasingly violent battles between the government military and rebel forces that surround the town.
The Passion of Gabriel
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El país más feliz del mundo
The neighborhood La Estrella, in Bogotá, is inhabited by families displaced by the violence. Before the event which is the arrival of the electric light, that night there is a celebration. Cristancho and Brochero families, neighbors, friends and leaders of La Estrella, will be involved in a series of incidents and jokes.
A Game of Cat and Mouse
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