Leonardo Villar
19 movies · 29 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 25, 1923
- Died
- Jul 3, 2020 (age 96)
- Place of birth
- Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
- Also known as
- Leonardo Motta · Леонардо Вильяр · レオナルド・ヴィラール · 莱昂纳多·维拉尔
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.
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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.
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Leonardo Villar: movies and TV shows
Acting (48)
- 2010
- 2007 The Ballroom
as Álvaro
- 2006
- 2002
- 2001
- 2000 Brave New Land
as Comandante
- 2000
- 1998 Friendly Fire
as Correia
- 1998
- 1997
- 1996
- 1995
- 1991
- 1990
- 1990
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
- 1984 Marquesa de Santos
as José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva
- 1984
- 1983
- 1982
- 1982
- 1981
- 1981
- 1981
- 1980
- 1979
- 1976
- 1975
- 1975
- 1972
- 1972
- 1971
- 1969
- 1968 A Madona de Cedro
as Delfino Montiel
- 1967 Dangerous Game
as Homero Olmos
- 1967 H.O.
as Homero Olmos / Homero de Tal
- 1967
- 1966 Amor e Desamor
as Alberto
- 1966 O Santo Milagroso
as Pastor Raimundo
- 1966 The Big City
as Jasão
- 1965
- 1965 The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga
as Augusto Matraga
- 1965
- 1964
- 1963 Lampião, King of the Badlands
as Lampião
- 1962 The Given Word
as Zé do Burro
Talk shows and appearances (3)
- 1997
- 1973 Os Ossos do Barão
127 episodes
- 1967