Leonardo Villar
Acting
Born 1923-07-25
Died 2020-07-03
Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
51 credits
Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) 1
Awards
Won 1 Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) Award
Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) 1 won
- 2008 Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) Won
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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.
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Filmography
Acting
43 credits
Tocaia Grande
Telerromance
Amazônia
Family Ties
Passione
Student's Heart
Barriga de Aluguel
O Primeiro Amor
Uma Rosa com Amor
Pé na Jaca
Escalada
Coração Alado
Os Ossos do Barão
Caso Especial
Os Acorrentados
O Homem Proibido
Os Ossos do Barão
Voltei pra Você
Mania de Querer
Marquesa de Santos
O Grito
Estúpido Cupido
Desejo
Os Miseráveis
Serras Azuis
The Given Word
Santa Marta Fabril
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
The Ballroom
A Cor da Sua Pele
Tudo em Cima
Lampião, King of the Badlands
H.O.
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
O Santo Milagroso
Brave New Land
A Madona de Cedro
Dangerous Game
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga
Amor e Desamor
The Big City
Marquesa de Santos
Friendly Fire
Other credits
8 credits
Obrigado, Doutor
Plantão de Polícia
Amor de Perversão
Chick Fowle, Faixa Preta de Cinema
Samba
Procura-se Uma Rosa
Leonardo Villar - Um Homem Só
Enigma de um Dia
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