Gilberto Ramírez

Acting

Gilberto Ramírez

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 realis…

Known For

Out of the DarkOut of the Dark · 2014
Out of the Dark
5.12014
MovieThrillerHorror
A couple and their daughter moves to Colombia to take over a family manufacturing plant, only to realize their new home is haunted.
El país más feliz del mundoEl país más feliz del mundo · 2017
El país más feliz del mundo
2017
MovieComedy
Operación EOperación E · 2012
Operación E
6.82012
MovieDramaThriller
A thriller centered on a family taken hostage by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
El ReyEl Rey · 2004
El Rey
7.02004
MovieDrama
Cali, Colombia, 1970s. The fictional story of Pedro Rey, the first drug trafficker and drug lord.
The Passion of GabrielThe Passion of Gabriel · 2009
The Passion of Gabriel
7.52009
MovieDrama
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 DealThe Deal · 2005
The Deal
9.02005
MovieDrama
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.
A Game of Cat and MouseA Game of Cat and Mouse · 2002
A Game of Cat and Mouse
8.12002
MovieComedy
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.

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The DealThe Deal · 2005
The Deal
9.02005
MovieDrama
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.