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- Actress
Sara Pinto Sampaio was born on July 21, 1991 in Porto, Portugal. Sara is most known for being a Victoria's Secret angel since April 2015 and the face of Armani beauty and Armani Si fragrance next to Cate Blanchett. She is also an actress, known for Carga(2018), homeland(2020), Sombra(2020), and The Clapper(2017).- Actress
- Director
Tainá Müller was born on 1 June 1982 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. She is an actress and director, known for Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within (2010), Cão Sem Dono (2007) and Good Morning, Verônica (2020). She has been married to Henrique Sauer since 30 November 2013. They have one child.- Beatriz Godinho is a Portuguese actress. Godinho studied classical ballet from a very early age and pursued a professional dance career until 2012. She trained as an actor at Academia Contemporânea do Espectáculo in Porto and shortly after began her professional acting career in theatre. Fluent in English, she attended the One-Year Acting Course at The Academy of the Science of Acting and Directing in London and completed a BA in Acting from Lisbon's Theatre and Film School in 2015. After graduation, she carried on investing in her acting skills, being taught by coaches such as Michael Margotta, Charlie Sandlan, Tom Todoroff and Cathleen McCarron. She appeared in many Portuguese series and films including the main cast in the TV movie O Sítio da Mulher Morta (2021) and the short film Cenas de Uma Vida Amorosa (2019). In 2021, she also appeared in Netflix's anthology series Love, Death & Robots (2019-) and her episode Love, Death & Robots: Ice won the Emmy for outstanding short form animated program. Recently, she played the lead role in Cuba Libre (2022), a TV Mini-Series based on the extraordinary biography of Annie Silva Pais, the only child of the director of Salazar's Portuguese political police that left her family to commit herself to the Cuban revolution, while being secretly in love with Che Guevara.
- André Villas-Boas was born on 17 October 1977 in Porto, Portugal. He has been married to Joana Maria de Noronha de Ornelas Teixeira since 19 June 2004. They have two children.
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Benedita Pereira is an award winning multi-lingual Portuguese actress. She's one of Portugal's most beloved TV leading actresses and can also be seen in several international productions like "Versailles", "The Blacklist" and American indie movies like "Ascension" and "I Hate the Man in My Basement" or most recently the award winning short "The End Of The Line" (for which she won "Outstanding Performance by a Leading Actress" at the Lonely Wolf London International Film Festival). Benedita speaks Portuguese, perfect American English (and plays with other accents), Spanish and French. She excels in both comedy and drama and has worked regularly in TV, Film and Theater since she was 18 years old.- Inês Aires Pereira was born on 22 July 1989 in Porto, Portugal. She is an actress, known for Lua Vermelha (2010), Rainha das Flores (2016) and Os Compadres (2011).
- Actor
- Soundtrack
João Villas-Boas was born on 21 October 1982 in Porto, Portugal. He is an actor, known for Al Berto (2017), Will-o'-the-Wisp (2022) and Mysteries of Lisbon (2011).- Actor
- Composer
Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, commonly known as Ronaldinho or Ronaldinho Gaúcho, is a Brazilian former professional footballer and ambassador for Spanish club Barcelona. He played mostly as an attacking midfielder, but was also deployed as a forward or a winger. He played the bulk of his career at European clubs Paris Saint-Germain, FC Barcelona and Milan as well as playing for the Brazilian national team. Often considered one of the best players of his generation and regarded by many as one of the greatest of all time, Ronaldinho won two FIFA World Player of the Year awards and a Ballon d'Or. He was renowned for his technical skills and creativity; due to his agility, pace and dribbling ability, as well as his use of tricks, overhead kicks, no-look passes and accuracy from free-kicks.
Ronaldinho made his senior debut for Grêmio, in 1998. At age 20, he moved to Paris Saint-Germain in France before signing for FC Barcelona in 2003. In his second season with Barcelona, he won his first FIFA World Player of the Year Award, as FC Barcelona won La Liga. The season that followed is considered one of the best in his career as he was instrumental in Barcelona winning the UEFA Champions League, their first in fourteen years, as well as another La Liga title, giving Ronaldinho his first career double. After scoring two spectacular solo goals in El Clásico, Ronaldinho became the second FC Barcelona player, after Diego Maradona in 1983, to receive a standing ovation from Real Madrid fans at the Santiago Bernabéu. Ronaldinho also received his second FIFA World Player of the Year award, as well as the Ballon d'Or.
Following a second-place La Liga finish to rivals Real Madrid in the 2006-07 season and an injury plagued 2007-08 season, Ronaldinho departed FC Barcelona to join Milan. He then returned to Brazil to play for Flamengo in 2011 and Atlético Mineiro a year later, before moving to Mexico to play for Querétaro and then back to Brazil to play for Fluminense in 2015. Throughout his playing career, Ronaldinho accumulated numerous other individual honours. He was named in the UEFA Team of the Year and the FIFA World XI three times, honoured as the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year in 2006 and was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the world's greatest living players compiled by Pelé.
At international level, Ronaldinho played 97 matches for the Brazil national team, scoring 33 goals and representing his country in two FIFA World Cups. He was an integral part of the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan (2002)-winning team in Korea and Japan, starring alongside Ronaldo and Rivaldo in an attacking trio, scoring two goals, including a free-kick from 40 yards out against England, registering two assists and being named in the FIFA World Cup All-Star Team. As captain, he led Brazil to their second Confederations Cup title in 2005 and was named Man of the Match in a 4-1 victory over archrivals Argentina in the final. Ronaldinho scored three goals in the tournament, taking his total to nine, making him the competition's joint all-time leading goalscorer.- Actor
- Director
Ângelo Rodrigues lives in Portugal and Brazil, where he has regular projects. he's an actor and director, known by his roles as protagonist in Lady Voyeur (2023) Netflix, Golpe de Sorte (2019) Rosa Fogo (2011) nominated for an Emmy award. he began his career in 2002 and had his first contact with theater at the age of 15, in high school. where, he wrote, staged and starred his first shows and has a degree in theater. he was on stage in classics like "Prometheus in Chains" by Aeschylus and "the Seagull" by Antón Chekhov, among others. in 2014, while graduating in theater, he gave theatre classes to inmates in the Bangu penitentiary complex, west zone of Rio, Brazil and in 2022, he lived in a temple in Nepal, where he taught English to children between the ages of 7 and 18 and also, was part of the elephant valley project. where he helped taking care of elderly elephants, that where victims of abuses during their lives, and give them back the experience of the jungle life.- Bruna Abdullah born (Bruna Abdalah on 24 October 1986), in Porto Alegre, Brazil to an Arabian mother and a Brazilian father, and is the second child of two children. Abdullah never had any intention to make her fortune in India. She came as a tourist, by exploring the country, she found an agency that she liked, and she thought there was no harm in earning a bit of extra money while she was here. Changing her base to Mumbai from Brazil in order to set her career.
Bruna has been stationed in Mumbai and has her eyes set on Bollywood and fashion industry. Her first video was with Shekhar Suman in his debut album Mere Gham Ke Dayare Mein. She performed an item song (Rehem Kare) for Anubhav Sinha's Cash. She had participated in the reality TV Show Dancing Queen and also in reality TV Show Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi Level 2 on Colors TV, hosted by Akshay Kumar. She was eliminated the in a reality TV Show third day, broad casted on 9 September 2009 only to make a Wild Card re-entry on 8th day tel casted on 17 September 2009. Finally, she was eliminated on episode of 24 September 2009. She performed a number of shocking stunts & was appreciated by Akshay Kumar himself. She had also appeared in several advertising commercials for IndusInd Bank alongside Ranvir Shorey and for Reebok with MS Dhoni. She has appeared as an item girl in the movie Desi Boyz released in 2011. She has also starred in one of 2012's most awaited Tamil movie Billa II where she won Kalakar Awards for the Best International Youth Icon Award. - Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
João Canijo was born on 10 December 1957 in Porto, Portugal. He is a director and writer, known for Blood of My Blood (2011), Bad Living (2023) and É o Amor (2013).- Rafael Cardoso was born on 17 November 1985 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He is an actor, known for From Beginning to End (2009), The Other Side of Paradise (2017) and Fifties Club (2009). He was previously married to Mariana Bridi Spinello.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Actor
Rui Poças was born on 4 December 1966 in Porto, Portugal. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Frankie (2019), Zama (2017) and Good Manners (2017).- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Marcello Fonte was born on 7 November 1978 in Melito di Porto Salvo, Calabria, Italy. He is an actor and director, known for Dogman (2018), Asino vola (2015) and Il posto della felicità (2019).- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Director
Neri Marcorè (pronounced Mark-oReh) was born in Marche (central Italy) County in 1966. While studying Modern Languages in Bologna he enrolled in a summer Impersonator-Comedian contest televised by the state channel RAI, and from there on his career took off with small parts in TV commercials, animated series voice-overs and feature films, but he is most often recognised for his TV comedy roles and impersonation, from the Paccoman dancer to documentary presenter Alberto Angela.- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Tiago Guedes was born on 20 June 1971 in Porto, Portugal. He is a director and writer, known for The Domain (2019), Chorus (2014) and Blood Curse (2006). He has been married to Isabel Abreu since 1 January 2001. They have two children.- Writer
- Director
- Additional Crew
Jorge Furtado was born on 9 June 1959 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He is a writer and director, known for The Man Who Copied (2003), Houve uma Vez Dois Verões (2002) and Meu Tio Matou um Cara (2004).- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Fred Testot was born on 20 February 1978 in Porto-Vecchio, Corse-du-Sud, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Zootopia (2016), Murphy's Law (2009) and Sam (2016).- Mel Lisboa, a Brazilian actress, uses the accumulation of experiences in cinema, TV, and other media platforms to experience great stories and Increasingly development as an artist.
The actress has filmed 2 films in 2022: "It was the Whispers that Killed me" directed by Arthur Tuoto and "Atena" directed by Thiago Grecco. She is currently recording the soap opera "Cara e Coragem" with general direction by Adriano Melo and artistic direction by Natália Grimberg, at Rede Globo, the largest Brazilian TV channel.
Mel Lisboa debuted as an actress in 2001, starring in the miniseries "Presença de Anita", on Globo TV. In 2002, she participated in the soap opera "Desejos de Mulher", as Gabriela. The following year, she acted in the soap opera "Como Uma Onda", as Lenita Paiva, a rich and spoiled girl, and in 2007 in the soap opera "Sete Pecados" as Carla, a young woman of humble origin and extremely ambitious with her dubious personality, all on Rede Globo.
Already on TV Record, in 2015, she the role of Henutmire, in the first phase of the soap opera "Os Dez Mandamentos", and starred in the miniseries "Sansão e Dalila", in the role of Dalila, a seductive woman of dubious character and in the soap opera " Mortal sin".
The series, she debuted in 2018 "Pacto de Sangue" with the character Gringa, on the Space and Netflix channel. In 2019, she gave life to Rita Lee, the greatest Brazilian pop singer in the series "Elis: Viver É Melhor que Sonhar", a miniseries for Rede Globo directed by Hugo Prata, "A vida Secreta dos Pessoas" a Brazilian original series from HBO Latin America, created by Bruna Lombardi and directed by Kim Riccelli and Carlos Alberto Riccelli, and also that year, he made his first streaming work in the Netflix series "Coisa Mais Linda", as Thereza, directed by Caio Ortiz, Hugo Prata and Julia Rezende. She also acted in the film "Magal and the ants" directed by Michael Ruman and Newton Cannito. - Music Artist
- Music Department
- Actress
Elis Regina was born on 17 March 1945 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. She was a music artist and actress, known for Talk to Her (2002), Be Cool (2005) and Addicted to Love (1997). She was married to César Camargo Mariano and Ronaldo Boscoli. She died on 19 January 1982 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.- Paulo Calatré was born in Porto on January 20, 1976.
He began his studies at ACE - Escola das Artes in the course of Visual Arts (set design, costumes and props). In 1998 he received a scholarship from the Leonardo Program and went to Madrid to study makeup special effects. He graduated in Acting and attended the Master's degree in Staging at the School of Music, Arts and Performance - ESMAE in Porto.
As a teacher he regularly collaborates with ESMAE - Escola Superior de Música, Artes do Espectáculo and ACE- Escola de Artes Porto and Famalicão and he is currently a professor of Improvisation and Acting at ACE Famalicão and Lusófona Porto.
As an actor, he collaborated with several companies and directors, highlighting João Cardoso (Assédio), Nuno Carinhas (Teatro Nacional São João), Nuno Cardoso (Ao Cabo Teatro and Teatro Nacional São João), Ricardo Alves (Teatro da Palmilha Dentada), Júlio Cardoso (Seiva Trupe), Avaro Lavín (Teatro do Morcego e Seiva Trupe), Roberto Merino (Seiva Trupe), Luís Varela, Gonçalo Amorim (Teatro Experimental do Porto), Luísa Pinto (Cine-Teatro Constantino Nery), Fernando Mora Ramos (Teatro da Rainha) , António Júlio (Teatro Experimental do Porto), among others.
In Teatro Nacional São João, he was part of the cast of Breve Sumário da História de Deus, by Gil Vicente, directed by Nuno Carinhas (2009); Le Fin des Possibilitiés, by Jean-Pierre Sarrazac, directed by Nuno Carinhas and Fernando Mora Ramos (2014); and Die Letzten Tage Der Menschheit, by Karl Kraus, directed by Nuno Carinhas and Nuno M Cardoso (2016), Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, directed by Nuno Carinhas (2017); A Promessa, by Bernardo Santareno, directed by João Cardoso and Danton Tod by Georg Buchner, directed by Nuno Cardoso (2019).
He has developed work as a theatre director, highlighting the following shows: Diário de um Condenado, from Le Dernier Jour d'un Condamné, by Victor Hugo; Quarto 34, from Le Malentendu, by Albert Camus; R.III, from Richard the III, from Shakespeare; Gil & Vicente - Uma Viagem de Barca ao Inferno, from Auto da Barca do Inferno, by Gil Vicente; and A La Poursuite de Lóiseau Du Sommeil and Les Aventures D'Auren, Le Petit Serial Killer by Joseph Danan; Pervertimento, by José Sanchis Sinisterra; Questa sera si recita a soggetto, by Luigi Pirandello; Chat Room by Enda Walsh; Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare and Coro dos Maus Alunos, by Tiago Rodrigues.
He is also known for is work in film and television. - Andressa Urach was born on 11 October 1987 in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
- Elizabeth Hartmann was born on 23 December 1941 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. She is an actress, known for Amazon Jail (1985), Meu Rico Português (1975) and A Força dos Sentidos (1978).
- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Júlia Lemmertz was born on 18 March 1963 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. She is an actress and producer, known for From Beginning to End (2009), Meu Nome Não é Johnny (2008) and The Color of Destiny (1986). She has been married to Alexandre Borges since 1993. They have one child. She was previously married to Álvaro Osório.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Júlio Andrade was born on 8 October 1976 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He is an actor and director, known for Under Pressure (2017), Gonzaga: From Father to Son (2012) and One Against All (2016).- Actress
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Luciana Abreu was born on 25 May 1985 in Massarelos, Porto, Portugal. She is an actress and director, known for Sol de Inverno (2013), Floribella (2005) and Terra Brava (2019). She has been married to Daniel Souza since 21 October 2017. They have two children. She was previously married to Yannick dos Santos Djaló.- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Joao Costa Menezes, a London-based film actor and film director, was born in Porto, Portugal. Over the course of his career, he has also lived in Paris, Barcelona and New York City.
Joao Costa Menezes grew up during Portugal's "Carnation Revolution," a military-led coup d'etat which began in Lisbon on 25 April 1974 and ended almost 50 years of dictatorship in Portugal. The revolution has had a lasting impact on Menezes's political and artistic views. The year following the revolution was punctuated by social anarchy and power disputes between left and right wing political forces - a time which Menezes often refers to as utopian. The chaos was live and real. It was the most exciting period of his life: the tanks, the clashes between people and police forces in the streets, freedom borne out of chaos, and the pervasive sense of empowerment and fear. Joao Costa Menezes remembers all of this as a powerful moment, in stark contrast to the general social apathy that democracy eventually brought.
It was his desire to follow in the footsteps of the revolution that led Joao Costa Menezes to undertake a law degree at the University of Coimbra, renowned as the font of the intellectual currents underlying the revolution. As such, played an active part in university life and politics, and was part of the board of Coimbra's infamous student union. This was the same union that organized groups of students to coat the streets and sidewalks of Coimbra with soap so that mounted police would have a hard time chasing them down to break their demonstrations in 1968. In the early 90s, when the government tried to introduce tuition fees, the student's union fought back with a series of protests that paralyzed Lisbon. As a result, the government capitulated and the Minister responsible for the bill was forced to resign his position.
After attaining a degree in law from the University of Coimbra, Menezes worked as a lawyer in Portugal for three years, before becoming disillusioned by the criminal justice system. Following his decision to abandon legal practice, Joao Costa Menezes moved to London, in 1998, to seek a career in the film industry.
As an actor, Menezes first appeared in the BBC series Sunburn, in 1999, starring opposite Sharon Small as a Portuguese fisherman named Luis. In addition, he performed stunts on Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang and played a Roman Soldier in Ridley Scott's Gladiator. In June 2005, Menezes got his Unarmed Rapier and Dagger Certification from the British Academy of Stage & Screen Combat. Joao Costa Menezes also completed voice-over work in his film, Serial Killer, and for Apple Inc.'s advertising campaign in Portugal in 2007.
However, it is his own work as a filmmaker for which he is most proud. In London in 2000, he directed, produced and starred in Zero, his first short film. It was awarded a special prize at the Huesca Short Film Festival in Spain. In 2001, he directed his first feature film, Akasha, a no-budget film shot in video, which was distributed in Russia and nominated for the Méliès d'Argent. Akasha premiered in the U.S. at the Atlanta Film Festival. In 2004, Menezes directed his first music video, Melancholic Ballad (for the Left Lovers), for the popular Portuguese band, The Fingertips, which went to number one on Sic Radical, a music television station. Pedro Abrunhosa, a top Portuguese musician, was quoted in Magazine das Artes saying "[Menezes is] a weapon of mass construction," who "seeks the unreachable horizon of the tireless navigators of dreams. He shoots with a hunger for the knowledge of the moment as if it was possible to make love, pain, desire and fear eternal." In 2007, he directed the short film Remember My Dream, with the English model Jakki Degg. In 2008, he directed Mulheres, Bah! - a short film with London's West End singer and actress Madalena Alberto - which premiered at the Fantasporto Film Festival and was presented at the 2008 Cannes Short Film Corner.- Mariana Monteiro was born on 17 November 1988 in Porto, Portugal. She is an actress, known for Terra Brava (2019), Fascínios (2007) and Água de Mar (2014).
- Breno Mello was born on 7 September 1931 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Black Orpheus (1959), Os Vencidos (1963) and O Negrinho do Pastoreio (1973). He was married to Amelina Santos Corrêa. He died on 14 July 2008 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
- Alexandre de Sousa was born in 1944 in Porto, Portugal. He is an actor, known for Baía das Mulheres (2004), The House of the Spirits (1993) and Dancin' Days (2012).
- Producer
- Actor
- Director
Anselmo Martini is an actor with extensive background in acting and also legal, business, marketing, languages having lived in different countries and developed precious skills besides acting.
Since childhood with a passion for the United States and studying English since a very early age prepared him for the future to come.
After graduating with a J.D. from PUC/RS in Porto Alegre, Brazil he moved to the United States to pursue the legal career and entertainment related goals.
In 2001 earned a Master Degree in Law from Pace Law School in White Plains, NY. Worked as an attorney for major law firms representing top companies and celebrities in Brazil and U.S.
He pursued the love for acting studying acting at HB Studios in New York, Dee Wallace Stone Studios in Los Angeles and acting and accent with Adam Le Grant to mention just a few.
On September 26, 2006 Won the 3rd season of the Brazilian edition of the TV series The Apprentice "O Aprendiz 3" produced by Rede Record.
Since 2007 he lives between Los Angeles and Sao Paulo and sometimes New York where among the acting he's the CEO and President of two production companies Monarca Group based in Los Angeles and Monarca Filmes in Sao Paulo, which is producing projects for TV and film with Brazilian and U.S. producers.
2010 - Working on the development of films, TV and documentary as producer and active on his acting career.
Working along David Mirisch who discovered Farrah Fawcett, member of the legendary Mirisch family who produced Marilyn Monroe's movies and Oscar winning films to develop business opportunities between Brazil and U.S.
2011 - working on several films and active in Los Angeles working with acting, production and charity events for Brazil.
He's now polishing his acting skills working with acting coaches in Los Angeles and Brazil.- Ana Bustorff was born on 15 November 1959 in Miragaia, Porto, Portugal. She is an actress, known for Inferno (1999), Zona J (1998) and Offline (2016).
- Tiago Castro was born on 10 June 1983 in Porto, Portugal. He is an actor, known for Fascínios (2007), André Valente (2004) and Jersey Shore Massacre (2014).
- João Nunes Monteiro trained as an actor at Academia Contemporânea do Espetáculo in Porto and completed a BA in Acting from Lisbon's Theatre and Film School. On stage, Monteiro has worked with notable theatre directors such as Victor Hugo Pontes, Nuno Carinhas, Sónia Baptista and Miguel Fragata. He has worked with directors such as Dennis Berry, Ivo M. Ferreira, João Nicolau, Zara Dwinger and Vasco Saltão. He played the lead role in the feature film Mosquito by João Nuno Pinto, which was honored with the Portuguese Film Academy Nico Award. He also starred in Miguel Gomes and Maureen Fazendeiro's The Tsugua Diaries which premiered in this year's Director's Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival. Recently, Monteiro won the Portuguese Cinema Academy Sophia Awards as Best Actor for his work in Mosquito. He was also nominated as Best Actor for his performance in the film by the Portuguese Golden Globes.
- Zaira Bueno was born on 11 November 1955 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. She is an actress.
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Tiago Paiva was born on 27 April 1989 in Porto, Portugal. He is an actor and writer, known for Heresia (2012), 4Play (2017) and Amar Demais (2020).- Producer
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Filipe Coutinho is a filmmaker living with OCD with a passion for character-driven, inclusive, and commercial stories. His script, Jambusters, made the 2022 Annual Black List, and in 2021 he was also on the list with Whittier. Additionally, Filipe's a Black List Feature Lab alum, in which he was mentored 1-on-1 by Beau Willimon & Jack Thorne, a two-time finalist of the Academy Nicholl's Fellowship, a two-time finalist of the Cannes Writers Residency, and the writer and director of numerous award-winning short films. His unique cultural perspective is highlighted by his background. Filipe emigrated from a small town in Portugal and knows intimately the struggles of being an immigrant in America.- Ivo Alexandre was born on 17 March 1977 in Porto, Portugal. He is an actor, known for Lua Vermelha (2010), Ministério do Tempo (2017) and An Outpost of Progress (2016).
- Tiago Miguel Sousa Ferreira was 20 when he moved from Portugal to the US on a soccer scholarship with Riverland Community College in Austin, MN. In that same year, he began his acting career (unbeknownst to him) with a supporting role in a theatre production of White Christmas. In 2014, he made the decision to move to Los Angeles to fully immerse himself in the acting world.
Tiago is the son of Manuel & Ermelinda Ferreira and grew up in Vila Nova Gaia, Portugal where he played soccer from a young age and maintained high grades, graduating at the top of his class. It was at Riverland Community College where he first appeared in several plays and musicals.
It was during his first semester at Riverland Community College that Ferreira took a leap of faith and tried an acting class - "I needed an Arts credit and I always wanted to try it, but never really had the courage [to act]." Ferreira said. Having experienced the new world of acting, Ferreira concentrated on his newfound passion. This led to starring roles in The Philadelphia Story (C.K. Dexter Haven) & Little Women (Professor Bhaer). Later that year, following Little Women, Ferreira was invited to work with the Sod House Theater Company that included well-known actors from Guthrie Theater, Ten Thousand Things Theater, Mu Performing Arts, University of Minnesota and Augsburg College. The opportunity allowed him to reinforce his dreams of becoming a professional actor. Shortly after his arrival in Los Angeles, Ferreira landed a role of Osvaldo in the successful and highly reviewed Hollywood Fringe Festival comedy, Telenovela Wives of Pancho Villa. Ferreira has appeared on CONAN (TBS), Matador (El Rey Network) and numerous commercial and print ads. He continues to perfect his craft while studying with Robin Dale Meyers (Marge Haber Studios) and Sam Christensen (Sam Christensen Studios).
Married since 2013, Ferreira and his husband, Paul Kuechenmeister, live in Atlanta, GA. Enjoying sports, he continues to make the soccer field his second home. Fitness, animal rights events, video games & time with family and friends tops Ferreira's list of favorite ways to spend time. - Victor Wagner was born on 30 June 1959 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He is an actor, known for Cristal (2006), Bocage, the Triumph of Love (1997) and Hot Line (1999).
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João Pedro Vaz was born on 22 August 1974 in Porto, Portugal. He is an actor and writer, known for Colo (2017), Letters from War (2016) and Os Maias: Cenas da Vida Romântica (2014).- Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa was born on 28 December 1937 in Porto, Portugal.
- Sara Barros Leitão was born on 31 July 1990 in Porto, Portugal. She is an actress, known for Pecado Fatal (2013), Offline (2016) and Gelo (2016).
- Joana Duarte was born on 28 September 1986 in Porto, Portugal. She is an actress, known for Olhos nos Olhos (2008), Ilha dos Amores (2007) and Meu Amor (2009).
- Ruben Rua was born on 8 February 1987 in Porto, Portugal. He is an actor, known for Leviano (2018), Morangos com Açúcar (2003) and Meu Amor (2009). He was previously married to Sofia Ribeiro.
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- Actor
Paulo Rocha was born on 22 December 1935 in Porto, Portugal. He was a director and producer, known for Os Verdes Anos (1963), Vanitas (2004) and A Raiz do Coração (2000). He died on 29 December 2012 in Porto, Portugal.- Lilian Lemmertz was born on 15 June 1937 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. She was an actress, known for Baila Comigo (1981), Love Lesson (1975) and Time and the Wind (1985). She was married to Lineu Dias. She died on 5 June 1986 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Carlos Reichenbach was born on 14 June 1945 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for Buccaneer Soul (1996), Dois Córregos: Verdades Submersas no Tempo (1999) and Lilian M.: Relatório Confidencial (1975). He was married to Lygia Reichenbach. He died on 14 June 2012 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.- Writer
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- Production Manager
Born in Porto Empedocle, Sicily, Italy in 1925 he began to work as stage-manager in 1942. After that he directed more than a hundred works of Luigi Pirandello, Samuel Beckett (which he introduced to Italy for the first time in 1958), and many other authors. In the sixties and seventies, he worked for Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI) and he was production manager for a long series of TV Movies and Miniseries based on the novels of Georges Simenon and on an original character, Lt. Sheridan, created by Mario Casacci and Alberto Ciambricco. In 1978 he wrote his first novel. Then in 1994 he published his first mystery in which appeared the character Salvo Montalbano, based on Jules Maigret, which became a bestseller. Its title was _Forma dell'acqua, La (2000) (TV)_ and later many TV Movies were based on his works. He is married, has three daughters and four grandchildren. He lives in Rome.- Anita Costa was born on 20 June 1990 in Porto, Portugal. She is an actress, known for Rosa Fogo (2011), Dancin' Days (2012) and Morangos com Açúcar (2003).