- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 25, 1923
- Place of Birth
- Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
- Died
- July 3, 2020
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 interracia…
Filmography
tvPassione
2010 · Antero Gouveia / Giovanni Melatto
movieThe Ballroom
2007 · Álvaro
tvPé na Jaca
2006 · José Fortuna (Tio Zé)
tvStudent's Heart
2002 · Ronaldo Rosa
movieLeonardo Villar - Um Homem Só
2001
movieBrave New Land
2000 · Comandante
tvFamily Ties
2000 · Pascoal Gomes
movieFriendly Fire
1998 · Correia
tvSerras Azuis
1998 · Ignácio Paiva
tvOs Ossos do Barão
1997 · Antenor Camargo Parente de Rendon Pompeo e Taques
movieCelebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997 · Self
Enigma de um Dia
movieEnigma de um Dia
1996
tvTocaia Grande
1995 · Coronel Elias Daltro
tvAmazônia
1991 · Coronel Peçanha
tvBarriga de Aluguel
1990 · Ezequiel Ribeiro
tvDesejo
1990 · Dr. Rodrigues
tvMania de Querer
1986 · Professor João Pereira
tvTudo em Cima
1985 · Dr. Robert Krauss
tvSanta Marta Fabril
1984 · Fernando
movieMarquesa de Santos
1984 · José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva
tvMarquesa de Santos
1984 · José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva
tvVoltei pra Você
1983 · Delegado Rubens
movieAmor de Perversão
1982
tvO Homem Proibido
1982 · Darío Pereira Rodrigues
tvTelerromance
1981 · Nestor Benício
movieChick Fowle, Faixa Preta de Cinema
1981
tvCoração Alado
1980 · Dr. França (Marcelo França)
tvPlantão de Polícia
1979
tvEstúpido Cupido
1976 · Guima (Alcides Guimarães Filho)
tvO Grito
1975 · Edgard
tvEscalada
1975 · Alberto Silveira
tvOs Ossos do Barão
1973 · Miguel
tvUma Rosa com Amor
1972 · Frazão
tvO Primeiro Amor
1972 · Luciano (2ª versão)
tvCaso Especial
1971 · inspetor
Os Acorrentados
tvOs Acorrentados
1969 · Rodrigo
movieA Madona de Cedro
1968 · Delfino Montiel
movieDangerous Game
1967 · Homero Olmos
movieH.O.
1967 · Homero Olmos / Homero de Tal
tvOs Miseráveis
1967 · Jean Valjean
movieImprovised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967 · Self (archive footage
movieAmor e Desamor
1966 · Alberto
movieO Santo Milagroso
1966 · Pastor Raimundo
movieThe Big City
1966 · Jasão
A Cor da Sua Pele
tvA Cor da Sua Pele
1965 · Dudu
movieThe Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga
1965 · Augusto Matraga
movieSamba
1965
movieProcura-se Uma Rosa
1964
movieLampião, King of the Badlands
1963 · Lampião
movieThe Given Word
1962 · Zé do Burro