António Fonseca
- Acting
- October 14, 1953 · Santo Tirso, Portugal
Biography
Portuguese actor. Born in 1953 in Santo Tirso, Portugal, Fonseca studied Theatre and Philosophy. THEATRE: Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists (National Theatre, UK and international tours from Festival d’Avignon); other theatre includes: Sandro W. Junqueira's Those who go to the sea don't return to land (directed by Giacomo Scalisi); Pedro Mexia's Sweden (directed by Nuno Cardoso); Federico Fellini's Orchestra Rehearsal (directed by Tónan Quito); Pedro Gil's The Unforgettable Teacher; The Lusiadas as You've Never Heard Them (based on Luís de Camões); and Dennis Kelly's The Ritual Slaughter of George Mastromas (directed by Tiago Guedes). TV: Wild Land, Salty Sea, Odyssey, The Boys, and Personal Cause. FILM: You Could Have Waited for August (César Mourão), First Work (Rui Simões), White Shadows (Fernando Vendrell), and Invisible Life (Karim Aïnouz). AUDIO: Os Lusíadas in the audiobook Os Lusíadas As You’ve Never Heard Them (a full version of Luís de Camões’s epic).
Known for
Filmography
- Could Have Waited For August · Padre Benedito
- Lusitânia · Tomás Menezes
- Dialogues After the End · Oedipus
- Leading Role · Júlio Guerra
- Jogos de Enganos · Dr. Álvaro
- Primeira Obra · Simão
- Salgueiro Maia - The Implicated: The Series · Marcelo Caetano
- Sombras Brancas · Major Santos
- Wolf Child · Tomás Menezes
- Pê · Médico
- Salgueiro Maia - The Implicated · Marcello Caetano
- Natural Law · Judge Luciano
- The Lone Wolf · Raul Oliveira
- Submission
- Wild Land · Raúl Santinho
- South · Médico Legista
- A Matança Ritual de Gorge Mastromas
- Invisible Life · Manoel
- Snu · António Ferreira Gomes
- Maria · José
- Blood Lines · Mordomo
- Water Mirror · Danilo
- Os Boys · Ministro
- John From · Vizinho
- Histórias de Alice
- Salty Sea · João Pimenta
- Nzinga, Queen of Angola · Bento Banha Cardoso
- 8816 Versos · Self
- Winter Sun · Médico
- Odisseia · Balhelhas
- New Beginning · Casimiro Marques
- Lifeline · Fernando Coelho
- Perdidamente Florbela · João Espanca (1923)
- The Great Kilapy · Homem do Restaurante de Luxo
- Florbela · João Espanca
- Anita Garibaldi
- The City and The Sun
- My Name Is Bernadette · Committee Member
- The Fire of the Rose · Ambrósio Conde
- Maternidade · Filipe
- Crónica Parisiense · Émile Vuillermoz
- O Segredo de Miguel Zuzarte · Lobão
- Gigola · Jose
- Naked City · Alberto
- Brother and Sister · Disertante Embajada
- Cinerama
- Perfect Heart · Artur
- Alta Definição · Self
- Star Crossed · José Carlos Silva, Invicta President
- O Último Condenado à Morte · Pai de Francisco
- The Dead Queen · Bispo da Guarda
- And the World May End
- A Outra
- O Capacete Dourado · Pai de Jota
- Quando os Lobos Uivam · Police Inspector
- Querença · Brito
- A Imitação
- The Uncertainty Principle · Policeman
- Light Drops · César
- Cães Raivosos
- The Mutants · Man at Service Station
- Blind Man's Bluff · Man
- Por Mares Nunca Dantes Navegados
- Passerelle · Cândido
- Cobardias · Jovem
- Era Uma Vez Um Alferes · O que a mãe fez uma promessa
- A Festa é Nossa · Writer
- Sítio do Picapau Amarelo
- A Muralha