Leonardo Villar

Born: 1923-07-25

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


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Dangerous Game

as Homero Olmos
Released: 1967-07-20

Two dark-comedy stories involving blackmail, murder and love triangles in Rio de Janeiro

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The Given Word

as Zé do Burro
Released: 1962-04-17

Zé is a very poor man whose most prized possession is his donkey. When his donkey falls...

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Samba

as uncredited
Released: 1965-02-01

Singer Laura Monteiro (Montiel) is murdered by her old protector João Fernandes de Oliveira...

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Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

as Self
Released: 1997-01-01

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that...

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The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga

as Augusto Matraga
Released: 1965-07-16

Augusto Matraga is a violent agressive farmer who, after being betrayed by his wife and trapped...

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The Ballroom

as Álvaro
Released: 2007-11-25

An evening in an old time dance hall in Sao Paulo introduces us to local characters who...

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The Big City

as Jasão
Released: 1966-05-13

In search of a better life, Luzia leaves the Northeast of Brazil and goes to Rio de Janeiro,...

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Brave New Land

as Comandante
Released: 2000-09-07

Diogo is a cartographer and artist who is encharged to set the new frontiers of Portuguese...

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Lampião, King of the Badlands

as Lampião
Released: 1963-09-16

The story of how a quarrel between families set poor farmer Virgulino Ferreira da Silva on the...

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Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo

as Self (archive footage
Released: 1967-01-01

Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema...

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Friendly Fire

as Correia
Released: 1998-10-15

Brazil in the early 70s. Miguel, Eloi, Osvaldo and Paolo take part in armed attacks against the...

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O Santo Milagroso

as Pastor Raimundo
Released: 1966-09-01

A pastor and a priest compete for the religious leadership of the population of a small town....

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Procura-se Uma Rosa

as uncredited
Released: 1964-05-21

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Amor de Perversão

as uncredited
Released: 1982-06-15

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A Madona de Cedro

as Delfino Montiel
Released: 1968-05-21

Delfino, a quiet man who lives in Congonhas do Campo, a small historical town in the state of...

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Chick Fowle, Faixa Preta de Cinema

as uncredited
Released: 1981-01-01

About English photographer Chick Fowle. Statements by Anselmo Duarte, Leonardo Vilar, Marlene...

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Family Ties

as Pascoal Gomes
First aired: 2000-06-05

A mature and successful woman, Helena becomes involved with Edu, who is twenty years her junior....

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Coração Alado

as Marcelo França
First aired: 1980-08-11

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Coração de Estudante

as Ronaldo Rosa
First aired: 2002-02-25

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Barriga de Aluguel

as Ezequiel Ribeiro
First aired: 1990-08-20

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Pé na Jaca

as José Fortuna (Tio Zé)
First aired: 2006-11-20

Pé na Jaca is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from November 20,...

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Escalada

as Alberto Silveira
First aired: 1975-01-06

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Passione

as Antero Gouveia / Giovanni Melatto
First aired: 2010-05-17

Passíone is a Brazilian telenovela that originally aired on Rede Globo from May 05, 2010 to...

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Estúpido Cupido

as Alcides Guimarães Filho (Guima)
First aired: 1976-08-25

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Desejo

as Dr. Rodrigues
First aired: 1990-05-27

Set in the early twentieth century and based on real facts, it tells the love story that led to...

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