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- Milhem Cortaz begin his career studying with the Brazilian director Antunes Filho. He wen to the Piccollo Teatro de Milano, in Italy where he spent three years studying Comedy Dellart and other techniques. Back to Brazil, he started doing some films. One of his first films was "Olhos de Vampa" and after that, came several invitations to work in the movie industry of Brazil. Such as Carandiru with Hector Babenco where he did "Peixeira"a dangerous killer, Blue Blood, The Gorila, The Woolf behind the door and many others. He speaks fluently portuguese, spanish and italian.
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Moura was born in Salvador, a city located in Northeast Region of Brazil, but grew up in the small town of Rodelas, Bahia. His mother, Alderiva, was a housewife, and his father, José Moura, was a Sergeant in the Brazilian Air Force. At the age of 13, he moved with his family to Salvador, Bahia.
Besides his acting career, Moura is a lyricist and the vocalist of a band named Sua Mãe ("Your Mum"). In 2012, he guest performed as lead vocalist for some Legião Urbana tribute shows, featuring surviving members Marcelo Bonfá and Dado Villa-Lobos.- Actor
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Irandhir Santos was born on 22 August 1978 in Limoeiro, Pernambuco, Brazil. He is an actor, known for Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within (2010), Tattoo (2013) and Velho Chico (2016). He has been married to Roberto Efrem Filho since 2014.- Actress
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Arlette Pinheiro Esteves da Silva was born on 16th October 1929 in Rio de Janeiro. She adopted the name "Fernanda" because she thought it sounded good. "Montenegro" came after her family doctor.
In late 40s she was translating and adapting famous theater plays to radio. She begun her artistic life in the theater with the play "Alegres Canções nas Montanhas" in 1950. Among her mates was Fernando Torres, who would soon become her husband. Next she use the married name Arlette Pinheiro Monteiro Torres. In the next years she worked with other great actors like Sérgio Britto, Cacilda Becker, Nathália Timberg, Cláudio Corrêa e Castro and Ítalo Rossi.
In the early 60s she moved to São Paulo where she worked on many theater plays and also stared working on television. Her first soap operas was "Pouco Amor Não é Amor". In 1964 she started working for cinema as well. Her first film was "A Falecida". In 1965 her daughter Fernanda Torres was born. She later also became a famous actress.
As time went by, more and more successful soap operas and plays came up and she received many prizes. She was later called "The First Lady of Brazilian Theater". In cinema, after some not very famous films, she worked on "Eles Não Usam Black-Tie" (1981), largely applauded by the critics.
Her success on television and theater continued, but her cinema career, although it never stopped, was largely unnoticed until 1997, when "O Que é Isso, Companheiro?", a nominee for the Oscar of Best Film in a Foreign Language, was released. In 1998 "Central do Brasil" enchanted the world. This film, another nominee for the Oscar, was the highest moment of Fernanda Montengro's cinema career, once she was a nominee for Best Actress. The Oscar was not given to her, but the actress got the Berlin prize. In 1999 she had another great achievement on TV, "O Auto da Compadecida", later cut to a film format and released in the movie theaters.- Actress
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Simone Spoladore was born on 29 October 1979 in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. She is an actress and director, known for Desmundo (2002), Elvis & Madonna (2010) and Não Se Pode Viver Sem Amor (2010).- Actor
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Lázaro Ramos was born on 1 November 1978 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. He is an actor and director, known for Executive Order (2020), The Man Who Copied (2003) and Snakes & Lizards (2006). He has been married to Taís Araújo since 9 June 2011. They have two children.- Actor
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Leonardo Medeiros was born on 20 November 1964 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is an actor and producer, known for Cabra-Cega (2004), Não Por Acaso (2007) and Feliz Natal (2008).- Actress
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Marcelia Cartaxo was born on 27 October 1963 in Cajazeiras, Paraíba, Brazil. She is an actress and director, known for Hour of the Star (1985), Pacarrete (2019) and The History of Eternity (2014).- Jose Dumont was born in Bananeiras, a small city in Paráiba, Brazil. In the early 70s he started working in the theatre. He soon started in the cinema too. His first film was "Morte e Vida Severina", a very successful musical in Brazil. His next movie was "Lúcio Flávio, Passageiro da Agonia". In 1980, at Gramado Festival, he got a prize for best supporting actor for "Gajin - Os Caminhos da Liberdade". One year later, he got two best actor prizes for "O Homem que Virou Suco": the Candango and another Gramado. Another Best Actor Gramado Prize came to him in 1984, for "O Baiano Fantasma". For this film he was also awarded a prize at Havana Festival. Another Candago prize for best actor came to him in 1985, for his work in "A Hora da Estrela". In 1998 he was given two more prizes: another Candago and a Miami Festival Award for "Kenoma". "Narradores de Javé" gave Dumont two more awards for best actor in Recife and in Rio de Janeiro.
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Rodrigo Santoro is a world-renown actor who starred alongside Academy Award Winner Anthony Hopkins, Evan Rachel Wood, and Jeffrey Wright in the hit HBO series "Westworld," created by Jonah Nolan and produced by J.J. Abrams. Rodrigo played the male lead in the Hulu series "Reprisal" for producer Warren Littlefield. Subsequently, he appeared in the feature "Project Power" for Netflix in mid-August 2020, opposite Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon Levitt. He also appeared in the Netflix foreign language film "Seven Slaves" for director Alex Moratto. In 2018, he appeared at Sundance for a film he starred in and produced to critical acclaim, titled "Un Traductor." His list of credits includes a lead role opposite Benicio Del Toro in Steven Soderbergh's "Che," "Love Actually," "Focus" opposite Will Smith and Margot Robbie, "300: Rise of an Empire" opposite Eva Green, "Rio 2," "The Last Stand" opposite Forrest Whitaker, "What to Expect When You're Expecting" opposite Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Lopez, "Hemingway and Gelhorn" for HBO opposite Nicole Kidman, "The 33" opposite Juliette Binoche, "Jane got a Gun" opposite Natalie Portman, and the Brazilian film "Heleno," chronicling the true-life story of the most notorious and successful Brazilian soccer player, Heleno de Frietas.
Rodrigo received the Ischia award for International Contribution at the 2008 Ischia Global Film Festival in Italy. He has also won a total of eight Best Actor awards, including the first-ever award for Best Actor from the Brazilian Academy of Arts and Film for his portrayal of a young man forced into a mental institution by his parents in "Brainstorm," by director Lais Bodansky.- Actor
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Júlio Andrade was born on 8 October 1976 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He is an actor and director, known for Under Pressure (2017), Gonzaga: From Father to Son (2012) and One Against All (2016).- Actor
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Raul Cortez was born on 28 August 1932 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. He was an actor and casting director, known for The King of the Cattle (1996), Esperança (2002) and Her Own Destiny (2004). He was married to Tânia Caldas and Célia Helena. He died on 18 July 2006 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.- Paulo Autran was born on 7 September 1922 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Guerra dos Sexos (1983), A Máquina (2005) and O País dos Tenentes (1987). He was married to Karin Rodrigues. He died on 12 October 2007 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Caio Blat is certainly the most talented young actor in Brazil. His successful career began at age 9, in TV-commercials and guest appearances in educational shows in public broadcast. In 1994, his debut as Young Carlos in the series "Éramos Seis" was well received by the public and critics, but mostly in his local town, São Paulo, where he was born. National acclaim came only after his appearance in "Chiquinha Gonzaga" as the opposite 'male nymphette' for Regina Duarte. In his short career, he has successfully played everything from charming shy kids to violent rebels, in a perfect 'James Dean' style. Living in São Paulo for most of his life, Caio Blat moved to Rio, Brazil's cultural capital, after he joined the Rede Globo de Televisão team of actors. Therefore he stopped studies at Law School in USP, for work. Caio Blat was born into a family of theater actors and dramatists, and therefore he dedicates most of his schedule to theater, rather than television or film. But whenever he shows off in big screen, he attracts thousands of fans. Equally gifted with talent and beauty, Caio Blat has also rapidly gathered a multitude of fans. Although this phenomenon sounds similar to most Brazilian young stars, there is a certainty that, for Caio, it is a consequence of serious work and compromise of this competent, versatile and multimedia actor.- Actress
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Leandra Leal's career is what you can consider a mathematic phenomenon by the sheer number of works accomplished in such a short amount of time. At 33 years old and with a career that spans 32 years (she first stepped onto a stage in the arms of her mother, the actress Angela Leal, in the role of a baby), Leandra has collected 29 awards, the majority of them for her work in cinema, placing herself amongst the most disputed actresses in Brazil. Presently, the actress has participated in 24 films. In TV, the total between novelas, series and mini-series comes out to 29 projects. In theater, 7 projects. But Leandra is more than an actress. She has directed plays and music videos and, through her production company, Daza Cultural, holds the annual Festival Adaptação, which explores the relationship between cinema and literature. She is also directing her first documentary, "Divinas Divas," a musical film about the first generation of Brazilian transvestites.- Actress
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Fabiula Nascimento was born on 18 August 1978 in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. She is an actress, known for Estômago (2007), A Wolf at the Door (2013) and Internal Affairs (2009). She was previously married to Alexandre Nero.- Actor
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Sebastião Bernardes de Souza Prata was born in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais state, but became a famous actor in Rio de Janeiro.
At the National Opera, where he studied, got the nickname "The Little Otelo". Then, he decided to be called "Great Otelo" or in Portuguese, "Grande Otelo".
He acted in theaters, movies and TV. His first movie was "Noites Cariocas" (1935). But he really became known when he started working besides the great star Oscarito.
Otelo was best known by comedy movies, but he could also be a dramatic actor.- Chico Xavier was born on 2 April 1910 in Pedro Leopoldo, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He was a writer, known for Astral City: A Spiritual Journey (2010), A Viagem (1975) and E a Vida Continua... (2012). He died on 30 June 2002 in Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Enrique Diaz was born in 1968 in Peru. He is an actor and director, known for Carandiru (2003), Capitu and the Chapter (2021) and Noites de Reis (2012). He is married to Mariana Lima. They have two children.- Actor
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Selton Mello is a Brazilian actor, director, and screenwriter.
Beginning his career in television during childhood, Mello is today one of Brazil's most prominent and critically acclaimed artists - with an extensive body of work in theater, cinema, and other creative fronts.
Mello played leading roles in To the Left of the Father, directed by Luiz Fernando Carvalho; Lisbela and the Prisoner, directed by Guel Arraes (more than 3.5 million tickets sold); A Dog's Will, directed by Guel Arraes (more than 2.5 million tickets sold); Drained, directed by Heitor Dhalia; My Name Ain't Johnny, directed by Mauro Lima (more than 2.5 million tickets sold); and Four Days in September, directed by Bruno Barreto and nominated for an Oscar in the category of Best Foreign Language Film in 1997.
For his work in To the Left of the Father, Mello won Best Actor at the Habana Film Festival in Cuba, the Brasília International Film Festival in Brazil, the Lleida Latin-American Film Festival in Spain, and the Lima Latin-American Film Festival in Peru. He took home the Cinema Brazil Grand Prize for both Lisbela and the Prisoner and My Name Ain't Johnny. The latter earned him Best Actor at the Miami International Film Festival. For Drained, Mello won Best Actor at the Rio International Film Festival, the Punta Del Este International Film Festival, and the Guadalajara Film Festival.
Mello began his career behind the camera as a director of music videos, documentaries, and TV shows.
In 2006, he directed his first short film, When the Time Falls, which was selected for competitive screenings at the Gramado Film Fest, Rio International Film Festival, São Paulo International Film Festival, and the Guadalajara Film Festival.
The feature-length December, applauded by critics in Brazil and around the world, marked Mello's directional debut for the big screen. This film won more than 20 awards at the Paulínia, Goiania, Curitiba, and other Brazilian film festivals.
Mello also received the Special Jury Prize in Imola, Italy; three awards at the Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival; Best Director and Best Screenplay at the 7th Cine Cero Latitud Festival in Ecuador; and Best Cinematography at both the Lima Latin-American Film Festival in Peru and the XI Ibero-American Film Festival of Santa Cruz.
In 2011, Mello acted in and co-directed the TV series The Invisible Woman, based on the movie of the same name. The series won an International Emmy Award in 2012 for Best TV Comedy.
In 2012, he directed Sessão de Terapia, the Brazilian version of In Treatment (BeTipul ). The original Israeli TV drama, written by Hagai Levi, has aired in over 25 countries.
For his second feature film, The Clown, Mello worked as director, co-writer, and co-editor - and starred in the leading role. Released in October of 2011, the film achieved the milestone of 1.5 million viewers and earned high marks from critics - receiving over 40 awards in Brazil and worldwide, including Best Director in Paulínia, from the APCA (Paulista Association of Art Critics), and at the 38th SESC Film Fest, where it was awarded Best Film by judges and the viewing audience.
The Clown won the Cinema Brazil Grand Prize in 2012. It placed first in 12 categories - a record that has assured its place in history as one of the most successful Brazilian films ever made. In 2013, The Clown was chosen to represent Brazil in the selection of Best Foreign Language Film nominees for The Oscars.
In 2017, Mello released his third feature-length film, The Movie of My Life, based on A Distant Father by prize-winning Chilean novelist Antonio Skármeta, author of Il Postino. Starring Mello, alongside French actor Vincent Cassel, the film has received high marks from critics and viewing audiences and represented Brazil in the 2017 Rome Film Fest.
Mello currently stars in the Netflix series The Mechanism, created and directed by José Padilha, the creative mind behind Narcos and Elite Squad.- Actor
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Chico Díaz was born in Mexico, but due to his Paraguayan father's diplomatic career, spent his childhood in Peru and went to Brazil in 1969, where he has remained ever since. He was a young stage actor when he was cast in his first movie.- Actor
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Gero Camilo was born on 18 December 1970 in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. He is an actor and director, known for Man on Fire (2004), Carandiru (2003) and Sound & Fury (2009).- Osmar do Amaral Barbosa, better known as Osmar Prado, is a Brazilian actor, writer and producer. As one of the most prestigious Brazilian actors, he has won several awards, including two APCA Awards, a Guarani Award, two Brazil Quality Awards, and a Press Trophy. Osmar was married twice. He has three daughters, two from his first marriage with Elizabeth Cosentino Vianna, Janína and Tainá Prado. In 1990, he married Vânia Penteado, with whom he had his third daughter, born in 1994. He participates in the Human Rights Movement.
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Marieta Severo was born on 2 November 1946 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is an actress and writer, known for Big Family (2001), A Dona da História (2004) and Verdades Secretas (2015). She was previously married to Aderbal Freire Filho, Chico Buarque and Carlos Vergara.- Actor
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Silvio Guindane has acting since 11 years old, starting in Como Nascem os Anjos (1996), which won him several awards, among them a "Kikito" at the Gramado festival and a "Candango" at the Brasília Festival.
Silvio is one of the most present actors in the Brazilian cinema, working with filmmakers as Carlos Diegues (In Orfeu (1999), T_O Maior Amor do Mundo (2006)_, and 5x Favela: Agora por Nós Mesmos (2010) ), Ricardo Elias (De Passagem (2003)), Sergio Bianchi (What Is It Worth? (2005) and Jogo das Decapitações (2013) ), Sandra Werneck (Stolen Dreams (2009) ), Sergio Rezende (Em Nome da Lei (2016) ) among others.
He participated in many programs on tv channels as Rede Globo, Record Tv, Multishow, Fox Brasil, Fox Latin America and TV Cultura. He also participated in many productions at Futura Channel and the Roberto Marinho Foundation, as "Escola Legal", "Alô Vídeo Escola", "Energia" and "Globo Ciência".
Silvio Guindane has become an actor very present in the cable TV. In the Multishow Channel he has worked on successful projects such as Acerto de Contas (2014), Open Bar (2010) and Vai que Cola (2013). At FOX Channel he participated in the tv series One Against All (2016) by Breno Silveira.
Guindane, besides being an actor of cinema and television, is a very assiduous artist in the Brazilian theater. Throughout his career he has participated in several plays as an actor, playwright and director.
Some of his work in the theater: In 2007 he wrote and directed his first play: "Após a Chuva" In 2011 he wrote and directed: "Quanto tempo da vida eu levo para ser feliz" In 2015 he created the " Plínio Marcos Project - 80 years", project carried out in SESI / SP In 2016 he wrote and directed the musical play "Ceará Show"