Nelson Xavier

Born: 1941-08-30

Nelson Agostini Xavier (30 August 1941 – 10 May 2017) was a Brazilian actor. He appeared in more than 95 films and television shows between 1959 and 2017. He starred in the 1964 film Os Fuzis, which won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1976 Xavier co-directed A Queda along with Ruy Guerra, a sequel to Os Fuzis. It was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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Trash

as Jefferson
Released: 2014-10-09

Set in Brazil, three kids who make a discovery in a garbage dump soon find themselves running...

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At Play in the Fields of the Lord

as Father Xantes
Released: 1991-12-06

Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of...

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Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

as Mirandão
Released: 1976-11-22

After the death of her handsome but good-for-nothing husband Vadinho, Flor, a widow, marries Dr....

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Moon Over Parador

as General Sinaldo
Released: 1988-09-09

Little known actor, Jack Noah, is working on location in the dictatorship of Parador at the time...

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Stolen Dreams

as Seu Horácio
Released: 2009-09-25

Jessica, Sabrina and Daiane have dreams, just like all young people of any social class or place...

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Chico Xavier

as Chico Xavier 1969 - 1975
Released: 2010-04-02

A biography of spiritual medium and author Francisco Candido Xavier.

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Gabriela

as Capitão
Released: 1983-03-24

In 1925, Gabriela, a poor, uneducated, yet charming woman becomes cook, mistress, and then wife...

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Boca

as Father Silva
Released: 1994-09-16

A photo-journalist goes to Brazil to investigate a savage crime boss. She becomes infatuated...

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Blablablá

as uncredited
Released: 1968-01-01

The tensions experienced by three different people during the military dictatorship in Brazil: a...

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They Don't Wear Black Tie

as Investigator
Released: 1981-09-28

Otavio is an idealistic union leader trying to organize workers at a factory to resist the...

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The Moving Forest

as Heitor
Released: 2015-11-12

Based on William Shakespeare's "Macbeth". Elias is a successful executive who works in the...

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As Mães de Chico Xavier

as Chico Xavier
Released: 2011-04-01

Three mothers see their reality become completely, they are: Ruth, whose teenage son, Raul,...

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Cesium-137

as Devair
Released: 1990-10-10

In 1987, in Goiânia, two paper collectors find a radioactive capsule and sell it to the owner of...

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The Fall

as Mário
Released: 1976-08-20

An accident at a construction site, resulting in one death, sets one worker off on a struggle...

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The Guns

as Mário
Released: 1964-06-01

A group of armed soldiers is sent to the Northeast of Brazil in an attempt to stop a...

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The Deceased

as Timbira
Released: 1965-09-22

After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her...

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A Culpa

as uncredited
Released: 1972-03-20

Heitor and Matilde are two siblings who decide to murder their rich father in order to quickly...

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Lamarca

as uncredited
Released: 1994-05-01

The real story of Carlos Lamarca, a captain who, during the military dictatorship in Brazil,...

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Desesperato

as uncredited
Released: 1968-03-17

Directed by Sérgio Bernardes Filho, "Desesperato" tells the story of a writer (Raul Cortez) who...

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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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Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: O Pagador de Promessas - O Filme

as Bonitão
Released: 2015-01-09

Adaptation of the series shown in 1988. The humble farmer Zé do Burro makes a promise to Santa...

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The Storytellers

as Zaqueu
Released: 2003-09-19

A small poor community called Javé is under threat of being flooded by a new dam that is being...

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Chica de Río

as Bichero
Released: 2001-06-29

Discovering your wife is sleeping with your boss can make a man do strange things. For a...

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O Cangaceiro Trapalhão

as Lampião
Released: 1983-08-19

Severino do Quixadá (Renato Aragão), a humble northeastern shepherd of goats, rescues Captain...

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O Filme dos Espíritos

as Levy Rivail
Released: 2011-10-07

Após perder a esposa e a caminho do suicídio, um homem se depara com O Livro dos Espíritos e...

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O Gerente

as uncredited
Released: 2011-01-22

A bank manager has a secret. He is compelled to bite society women hands.

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Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo II: A Volta

as uncredited
Released: 1991-01-02

Exiled in Acapulco, the bon vivant Dino cheats a rich widow into financing his coming back to...

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As Confissões de Frei Abóbora

as uncredited
Released: 1971-09-04

The loving adventures of a priest disillusioned with religion and life.

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É Simonal

as uncredited
Released: 1970-06-26

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Of Gods and the Undead

as Valu
Released: 1970-06-25

In the 1930s, in the South of State of Bahia, Brazil, an adventurer with no name or history, who...

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Comeback

as Amador
Released: 2017-05-21

Amador is a retired and ostracized gunman. Alone and bitter, he collects newspaper clippings of...

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The Devil Queen

as Catitu
Released: 1974-05-27

Rio's criminal underworld is run by an unexpected boss: a femme Queen with a taste for power and...

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Feminino Plural

as uncredited
Released: 1976-03-01

"Seven women on motorcycles, through Via Dutra, go to the Baixada Fluminense, a microcosm of...

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Denying Brazil

as Himself
Released: 2000-11-20

A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian...

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Farewell

as Almirante
Released: 2014-08-08

A 92-year-old man decides that the time has come to say goodbye to all that is most important in...

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Doomed Lovers

as uncredited
Released: 1967-06-02

The legend of Tristan and Isolde is one of the most beautiful love epics ever conceived. Richard...

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Benjamim

as Dr. Cantagalo
Released: 2003-10-21

Benjamim Zambraia is a lonely man, a famous model with a tragic past. Some time in the past, he...

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Massacre no Supermercado

as uncredited
Released: 1968-01-01

Employees on a local supermarket plot an epic heist for robbing the place's vault, but things...

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Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo!

as Babalu
Released: 1973-01-09

Having come out recently from jail, a tramp, willing to make quick money, decides to organize a...

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Gordos e Magros

as uncredited
Released: 1976-01-01

After staying the day at the gym, eating and drinking, Carlos, a fat man, go meet his parents,...

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Segunda-Feira

as Narrador
Released: 1975-01-01

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Ovelha Negra, Uma Despedida de Solteiro

as Mário, chefe da orquestra
Released: 1974-01-01

João, a playboy, spends his last day as a single in a resort hotel, where he seduces a teenager...

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Para Viver Um Grande Amor

as Carioca
Released: 1984-04-30

Poor people who live in the slums in Rio de Janeiro decide to occupy an empty apartment building...

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A Rainha do Rádio

as uncredited
Released: 1979-01-01

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Rei do Rio

as Nico Sabonete
Released: 1985-06-11

Two friends get rich running an illegal gambling business. But soon they start to compete, and...

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O Bom Burguês

as Comandante Raul
Released: 1983-08-25

True story of Brazilian bank clerk who supplied money for the guerrilla fighting against the...

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Tensão no Rio

as Coronel Flores
Released: 1984-08-29

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O Natal da Grande Família

as Motorista de ônibus
Released: 1987-12-23

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The Animal's Skin

as uncredited
Released: 1979-08-05

In the 20's, in the State of Piauí, Brazil, a young cowboy is used politically after killing his...

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A Dama do Estácio

as uncredited
Released: 2012-05-19

Zulmira is an old mistress who lives in the neighborhood of Estacio, in Rio de Janeiro. One day...

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O Bandido Antônio Dó

as uncredited
Released: 1980-08-25

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Referência

as uncredited
Released: 1988-01-01

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Lua Cambará - Nas Escadarias do Palácio

as uncredited
Released: 2002-11-20

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Lonesome Women

as uncredited
Released: 1959-04-18

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Rondon, o Desbravador

as Cândido Rondon
Released: 2016-09-01

The life and highlights of Marshal Cândido Rondon.

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Two Lost in a Dirty Night

as Paco
Released: 1970-03-22

Two outcasts fight over a pair of shoes in a run-down boarding-house room.

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Eu Carrego um Sertão Dentro de Mim

as Narrador
Released: 1980-01-01

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Soledade - A Bagaceira

as uncredited
Released: 1976-10-10

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Sombras de Julho

as uncredited
Released: 1995-01-17

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O Príncipe do Fogo

as Narrador
Released: 1984-04-27

The story of the black mystic murderer Febrônio Índio do Brasil.

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Senhora do Destino

as Sebastião
First aired: 2004-06-28

A story about people who succeed in life thanks to nothing but their own efforts. Maria do Carmo...

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Pedra Sobre Pedra

as Delegado Queiroz
First aired: 1992-01-06

Pedra Sobre Pedra is a Brazilian telenovela produced by Rede Globo from January 6 to July 31,...

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Sítio do Picapau Amarelo

as Barão de Tremembé
First aired: 2001-10-12

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Renascer

as Norberto
First aired: 1993-03-08

Jose Inocencio had innocence only as part of his name, but only those who new him well could...

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A Favorita

as Edvaldo
First aired: 2008-06-02

Donatela and Flora, two friends who became rivals. One of them committed a homicide and pretends...

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Gabriela

as Fazendeiro Altino Brandão
First aired: 2012-06-18

Naïve and provocative Gabriela is a raggedy migrant worker who arrives in town to mesmerize all...

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Sol de Verão

as Juvenal Arruda (Zito)
First aired: 1982-10-11

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Belíssima

as Bento Pereira
First aired: 2005-11-07

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Suave Veneno

as Fortunato Queiroz
First aired: 1999-01-18

Suave Veneno is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired on TV Globo in January 18 to September...

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Hipertensão

as Joel
First aired: 1986-10-06

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A Vida Como Ela É...

as Maviel
First aired: 1996-03-31

Adaptations of 40 short stories of brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues, written between 1951...

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Estrela-Guia

as Purunam Sukham
First aired: 2001-03-12

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Tenda dos Milagres

as Pedro Archanjo
First aired: 1985-07-29

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Riacho Doce

as Capitão Laurindo
First aired: 1990-07-31

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O Pagador de Promessas

as Bonitão
First aired: 1988-04-05

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Sangue e Areia

as Zorba
First aired: 1967-12-18

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Lampião e Maria Bonita

as Lampião
First aired: 1982-04-26

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