Leonardo Villar
- Acting
- July 25, 1923 · Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
- July 3, 2020
Biography
Leonardo Villar (born as Leonardo Motta in Piracicaba, São Paulo, on July 25, 1923 - São Paulo, July 3, 2020) was a Brazilian actor. He became internationally known for his performance as Zé do Burro in Anselmo Duarte's O Pagador de Promessas, the only Brazilian film so far awarded with a Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He started his career at the theater, but later also started acting in film and television. Villar debuted at the theater on the 1950 play Os Pássaros. His first film role only came in 1962 as Zé do Burro in Anselmo Duarte's O Pagador de Promessas. He received international exposure for the role after the film won the Palme d'Or and became the first Brazilian and South American feature nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 1965 he debuted on television in the TV Tupi telenovela A Cor de Sua Pele, which tells the story of an interracial relationship. In 1972, he moved to Rede Globo, where he starred in successful shows such as Escalada and Estúpido Cupido. In 2001, after almost 20 years without acting in the theater, he starred in the play A Moratória. In 2008, after eight years without acting in a film, he starred in the critically acclaimed Chega de Saudade. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known for
Filmography
- Passione · Antero Gouveia / Giovanni Melatto
- The Ballroom · Álvaro
- Pé na Jaca · José Fortuna (Tio Zé)
- Student's Heart · Ronaldo Rosa
- Leonardo Villar - Um Homem Só
- Brave New Land · Comandante
- Family Ties · Pascoal Gomes
- Friendly Fire · Correia
- Serras Azuis · Ignácio Paiva
- Os Ossos do Barão · Antenor Camargo Parente de Rendon Pompeo e Taques
- Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional · Self
- Enigma de um Dia
- Большая засада · Coronel Elias Daltro
- Amazônia · Coronel Peçanha
- Barriga de Aluguel · Ezequiel Ribeiro
- Desejo · Dr. Rodrigues
- Mania de Querer · Professor João Pereira
- Tudo em Cima · Dr. Robert Krauss
- Santa Marta Fabril · Fernando
- Marquesa de Santos · José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva
- Marquesa de Santos · José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva
- Voltei pra Você · Delegado Rubens
- Amor de Perversão
- O Homem Proibido · Darío Pereira Rodrigues
- Telerromance · Nestor Benício
- Obrigado, Doutor
- Chick Fowle, Faixa Preta de Cinema
- Coração Alado · Dr. França (Marcelo França)
- Plantão de Polícia
- Estúpido Cupido · Guima (Alcides Guimarães Filho)
- O Grito · Edgard
- Escalada · Alberto Silveira
- Os Ossos do Barão · Miguel
- Uma Rosa com Amor · Frazão
- O Primeiro Amor · Luciano (2ª versão)
- Caso Especial · inspetor
- Os Acorrentados · Rodrigo
- A Madona de Cedro · Delfino Montiel
- Dangerous Game · Homero Olmos
- H.O. · Homero Olmos / Homero de Tal
- Os Miseráveis · Jean Valjean
- Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo · Self
- Amor e Desamor · Alberto
- O Santo Milagroso · Pastor Raimundo
- The Big City · Jasão
- A Cor da Sua Pele · Dudu
- The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga · Augusto Matraga
- Samba
- Procura-se Uma Rosa
- Lampião, King of the Badlands · Lampião
- The Given Word · Zé do Burro