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.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 25, 1977 (49)
- San Cristobal, Venezuela
- Actor and producer
- 35 on MovieCove · 58 credits in all
What are Edgar Ramírez's films like?
Across their 33 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 28
A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 10 · Dark 15
A split, not a type: Grounded 16 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 5
Gentle 2 · Charged 7 · Intense 21
Steady 7 · Shifting 19 · Whiplash 4
Straight-faced 20 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 2
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 16 · Relentless 10
Casual 6 · Engaged 15 · Full focus 9
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 14 · Heavy 11
Resolved 19 · Open-ended 9 · Ambiguous 2
Roles they play
Usually the Shadow: 8 of 22 analyzed roles.
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- Allyas Pedro in A Dot and a Line (2004)
- Heroas Pedro in A Dot and a Line (2004)
- Allyas Choco in Domino (2005)
- Shadowas Javier in Vantage Point (2008)
- Heroas Javier in An Open Heart (2012)
- Shadowas Ares in Wrath of the Titans (2012)
- Heroas Simon Bolivar in The Liberator (2013)
- Mentoras Mendoza in Deliver Us from Evil (2014)
- Shadowas Bodhi in Point Break (2015)
- Heroas Roberto Durán in Hands of Stone (2016)
- Mentoras Dr. Kamal Abdic in The Girl on the Train (2016)
- Shadowas Michael Acosta in Gold (2016)
- Tricksteras Michael Acosta in Gold (2016)
- Allyas Kandomere in Bright (2017)
- Tricksteras Rene Gonzalez in Wasp Network (2019)
- Heroas Graham Bricke in The Last Days of American Crime (2020)
- Allyas Carlos Torres in Yes Day (2021)
- Shadowas Aguirre in Jungle Cruise (2021)
- Heroas Mike Valentine in Florida Man (2023)
- Shadowas Atlas in Borderlands (2024)
- Shadowas Francis in Arenas (2024)
- Shadowas Gustavo Brun in Emilia Pérez (2024)
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet16
- Tragic3
- Ambiguous9
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Edgar Ramírez's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 31 of their 35 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (9).
- Sundance Now, show their 3 titles on Sundance Now
- Howdy, show their 2 titles on Howdy
- Sony Pictures Core, show their 2 titles on Sony Pictures Core
- Cohen Media Channel, show their title on Cohen Media Channel
- France Channel, show their title on France Channel
- Lionsgate+, show their title on Lionsgate+
- Strand Releasing, show their title on Strand Releasing
Subscription and free streaming for Edgar Ramírez's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
58 credits, 35 with a MovieCove page; 9 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Place to Be (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Next Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Task(2025)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Arenas(2024)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Emilia Pérez(2024)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Borderlands(2024)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Florida Man(2023)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
The 355(2022)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
Jungle Cruise(2021)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Dr. Death(2021)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Yes Day(2021)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
The Undoing(2020)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
Resistance(2020)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Wasp Network(2019)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
The Quietude(2018)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Furlough(2018)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Bright(2017)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Antö (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
The Girl on the Train(2016)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Hands of Stone(2016)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Gold(2016)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
American Crime Story(2016)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Joy(2015)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Point Break(2015)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
From Afar(2015)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Deliver Us from Evil(2014)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Secreto de Confesión (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
The Counselor(2013)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
The Liberator(2013)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Yotama se va volando (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Zero Dark Thirty(2012)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
An Open Heart(2012)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Wrath of the Titans(2012)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Greetings to the Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Carlos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Carlos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Venezzia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Che: Part One(2008)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Vantage Point(2008)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
The Bourne Ultimatum(2007)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Cyrano Fernández (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Elipsis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
El Don (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Plan B (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Domino(2005)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
A Dot and a Line(2004)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Cosita Rica (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
¡Aquí espaantan! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Baton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
El Sombreròn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Land of the Savages (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Losing Clementine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Monopoly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Nobody’s Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Oh, How Fun! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Honest Liar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 58 titles, 50 of them dated from 1993 to 2026; peak year 2015.
Biggest box office
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Highest rated
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Most popular right now
Dr. Death (2021)
Film career
Peak 2015 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 17 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2005Screen debut· Domino
- 2010First top-billed film· Carlos
- 2015Career best· Point Break
- 2016Career best· American Crime Story
- 2016Primetime Emmy nomination· American Crime Story
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
Awards
5 major nominations and no wins, 2011–2019.
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Edgar Ramírez's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 47th percentile, the median of all 30; across their 30 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th12
- 25th to 49th11
- Below 25th6
Shape of the crowd
16 of their 35 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser16
- Broadly Agreed4
- Mixed12
Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 27 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 41. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Edgar Ramírez's work okay for kids?
Across up to 25 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Edgar Ramírez work with?
People who share at least 2 of Edgar Ramírez's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Penélope Cruz shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Alberto ArveloShared titles: Free Color (2020), The Liberator (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Alberto Arvelo
- Jonathan JakubowiczShared titles: Resistance (2020), Hands of Stone (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Jonathan Jakubowicz
Actors
- Penélope CruzShared titles: The 355 (2022), Wasp Network (2019), The Counselor (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Penélope Cruz
- Zoe SaldañaShared titles: Emilia Pérez (2024), Vantage Point (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Zoe Saldaña
- Jessica ChastainShared titles: The 355 (2022), Zero Dark Thirty (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Jessica Chastain
- Emily BluntShared titles: Jungle Cruise (2021), The Girl on the Train (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Emily Blunt
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Tom HolkenborgShared titles: The 355 (2022), Point Break (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Tom Holkenborg
- Gustavo DudamelShared titles: Free Color (2020), The Liberator (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Gustavo Dudamel
- M.I. Littin-MenzShared titles: Resistance (2020), Hands of Stone (2016)See all 2 shared titles with M.I. Littin-Menz
- William GoldenbergShared titles: Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Domino (2005)See all 2 shared titles with William Goldenberg
Producers
- John DavisShared titles: Jungle Cruise (2021), Joy (2015)See all 2 shared titles with John Davis
- Pedro Mezquita ArcayaShared titles: Free Color (2020), The Liberator (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Pedro Mezquita Arcaya
- Frank MarshallShared titles: The Girl on the Train (2016), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Frank Marshall
- John BernardShared titles: Point Break (2015), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)See all 2 shared titles with John Bernard