Leonardo Villar
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
Credits
- 2010 · Passione as Antero Gouveia / Giovanni Melatto
- 2007 · The Ballroom as Álvaro
- 2006 · Pé na Jaca as José Fortuna (Tio Zé)
- 2002 · Coração de Estudante as Ronaldo Rosa
- 2001 · Leonardo Villar - Um Homem Só as
- 2000 · Brave New Land as Comandante
- 2000 · Family Ties as Pascoal Gomes
- 1998 · Friendly Fire as Correia
- 1997 · Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self
- 1996 · Enigma de um Dia as
- 1990 · Barriga de Aluguel as Ezequiel Ribeiro
- 1990 · Desejo as Dr. Rodrigues
- 1982 · Amor de Perversão as
- 1981 · Chick Fowle, Faixa Preta de Cinema as
- 1980 · Coração Alado as Marcelo França
- 1976 · Estúpido Cupido as Alcides Guimarães Filho (Guima)
- 1975 · Escalada as Alberto Silveira
- 1968 · A Madona de Cedro as Delfino Montiel
- 1967 · Dangerous Game as Homero Olmos
- 1967 · Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo as Self (archive footage
- 1966 · Amor e Desamor as
- 1966 · O Santo Milagroso as Pastor Raimundo
- 1966 · The Big City as Jasão
- 1965 · The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga as Augusto Matraga
- 1965 · Samba as
- 1964 · Procura-se Uma Rosa as
- 1963 · Lampião, King of the Badlands as Lampião
- 1962 · The Given Word as Zé do Burro