Biography: Começou a carreira aproveitando uma carona de uma caravana circense que passou por Fortaleza, mas ela se desfez chegando na Bahia. Ele pegou então um ônibus e foi para o Rio de Janeiro tentar a carreira de ator. Estreou nos palcos cariocas em 1948 com um espetáculo escrito por Amaral Gurgel. Trabalhou em grandes companhias teatrais com Ziembinski, Paulo Autran e Fernanda Montenegro. Ficou conhecido por seus tipos malandros, boêmios e despreocupados, refletindo a condição dos marginalizados e da população de classe média baixa. No teatro seu maior sucesso foi a montagem de Um Edifício Chamado 200 que ficou anos em cartaz e com a qual viajou pelo Brasil. Na TV seus melhores trabalhos foram nas novelas Bandeira 2, O Espigão e Escalada. Também participou de outros sucessos, como Dancin' Days, a primeira versão de Cabocla, Água Viva, Final Feliz e a minissérie Anos Dourados. Seu último papel foi na novela O Dono do Mundo, em 1991.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 04, 1930
Deathday: February 15, 1993
Popularity:
1997-01-01
Overview: "Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1997-01-01
Popularity:
1974-08-26
Overview: Unable to endure the idea that he would go without punishment, a criminal's victim chases him the length and breadth of Brazil for a showdown.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1974-08-26
Popularity:
1968-01-01
Overview:
Genres: Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1968-01-01
Popularity:
1974-06-12
Overview:
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1974-06-12
Popularity:
1986-03-27
Overview: The team of Galinheiro Futebol Clube, formed by emeritus fighters, has as technical Cardea, advised by three direct assistants: Elvis, former player as Cardinal and aspiring singer; Fumê, cook of Independência Futebol Clube, great team in which Cardeal also works as a wardrobe; and Lupine, samba and composer.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1986-03-27
Popularity:
1982-04-01
Overview: Mid-1970s. When the military regime's "economic miracle" and the victory of the Brazilian football team on the World Cup serve as a distraction for the persecution of opposition leaders by the political police of the dictatorship. Under this context, Jofre Godoi da Fonseca, an alienated middle-class man, is mistaken for Sarmento, a political activist he met at an airport prior to his assassination. He is then arrested for being "subversive".
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1982-04-01
Popularity:
1981-03-12
Overview: The youngest daughter of a rich man has been raped by five black men in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, and her father arranges her marriage to one of his employees in order to save the family’s honor.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1981-03-12
Popularity:
1970-01-01
Overview:
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1970-01-01
Popularity:
1981-11-23
Overview: A robber breaks into a house in the Santa Teresa district of Rio de Janeiro and kidnaps the family's youngest son. Based on a true kidnapping that happened in Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, whose victim, Carlinhos, has never been found to this day.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1981-11-23
Popularity:
1983-12-15
Overview: Duda is a zoo cleaner. He and his friend Kiko and Zeca are actively engaged in an animal protection group. For this reason, they are summoned by mystic Noé to fight animal hunters in the Pantanal region, in Brazil, who are after animal skins and furs, and are led by the mean Morel. They accept the mission and, on their way, meet archaeologist Marcos and photographer Carla, who are in search of a lost pyramid built by the Phoenician. Together, they try to beat the hunters.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1983-12-15
Popularity:
1980-01-01
Overview:
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1980-01-01
Popularity:
1979-11-11
Overview: In 1970, the Esquadrão da Morte (Death Squad)' crimes for the refinement of violence provoked a wave of reactions throughout the country. The photos of the victims, adorned by the skull, symbol of the group, caused an uncomfortable indignation. This is the story of Mateus Romeiro, the most famous of the policemen, who was part of the Homens de Aço (Steelmen) group, one of the factions in which the squadron was divided.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-11-11
Popularity:
1968-07-31
Overview: Romantic biography of Maria Bonita, daughter of a poor farmer who was kidnapped by Lampião and became his lover.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1968-07-31
Popularity:
1971-05-26
Overview: João-Sem-Direção knows Carvalhaes that proposes a blow to him. John does not accept the proposal, but ends up earning a hefty cash in the game.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1971-05-26
Popularity:
1962-05-26
Overview:
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1962-05-26
Popularity:
1977-10-31
Overview: Young robber, son of a prostitute who had killed herself, gets involved with two police informers, who force him to share the loot he gets.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1977-10-31
Popularity:
1976-12-20
Overview: A jaded reporter used to making up sensationalist headlines gets in trouble when real criminals come after him.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1976-12-20
Popularity:
1976-12-15
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1976-12-15
Popularity:
1967-12-16
Overview: Inspired by the life of one of the most famous policemen in the history of Brazil: detective Perpétuo de Freitas, immortalized in the annals of Brazilian criminal history for relentlessly pursuing and without the slightest assistance of the Rio police force one of the most wanted criminals in the country.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1967-12-16
Popularity:
1971-12-15
Overview: Wanted by the police, a university professor flees to a hotel in the interior and causes changes in the lives of the owner of the establishment and his wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1971-12-15
Popularity:
1963-11-15
Overview:
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1963-11-15
Popularity:
1982-10-07
Overview: Middle-class girl gets involved with a jealous drug dealer, who wants to kill all of her previous boyfriends.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1982-10-07
Popularity:
1973-05-25
Overview: Married woman only feels well when she's in love. In search of a ravishing love, she has many love affairs, with her husband's consent.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1973-05-25
Popularity:
1963-06-22
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1963-06-22
Popularity:
1979-02-05
Overview: Alberto Verani is a married farmer and a relentless womanizer. When his wife Marina is away he tries to seduce Condessa Arduini sending her a bouquet signed anonymously. However Marina is the one to find the gift and hides it from Alberto, believing she have a secret admirer. So the husband keeps sending her flowers to test the fidelity while an outsider man discovers the plot and start to takes advantage of it.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-02-05
Popularity:
1955-01-01
Overview: Two truck drivers work on Brazilian roads.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1955-01-01
Popularity:
1974-09-23
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1974-09-23
Popularity:
1984-05-25
Overview: The relationship among three friendly couples turns upside down when two of the men get a job on TV. Their girlfriends leave them, looking for more action in their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1984-05-25
Popularity:
1966-08-14
Overview: The counterfeiter Clementino begins to be pursued by Interpol. Arriving in Sao Paulo, he notices the presence of the police and suffers an accident. However, he has a double, which causes enormous confusion.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1966-08-14
Popularity:
1970-06-26
Overview:
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1970-06-26
Popularity:
1977-05-18
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1977-05-18
Popularity:
1987-12-23
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-12-23
Popularity:
1967-05-26
Overview: Based on real-life Brazilian bandit "Mineirinho", the film follows the story of Zezé, a man falsely accused by sensasionalist press of being a high-caliber criminal who suddenly becomes one of the most wanted men of Rio de Janeiro.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1967-05-26
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