Leonardo Villar

Leonardo Villar

Born: July 25, 1923
Died: July 3, 2020
in Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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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Movies for Leonardo Villar...

Title: Passione
Character: Antero Gouveia / Giovanni Melatto
Released: May 17, 2010
Type: TV
Passíone is a Brazilian telenovela that originally aired on Rede Globo from May 05, 2010 to January 14, 2011. Is created and written by Sílvio de Abreu. The plot has the actors Fernanda Montenegro, Tony Ramos, Mariana Ximenes, Reynaldo Gianecchini, Carolina Dieckmann, Rodrigo Lombardi, Marcello Antony, Larissa Maciel, Werner Schünemann, Mayana Moura and Aracy Balabanian in the leading roles. Replacing Viver a Vida, it premiered in May 05, 2010 and ended its run in January 14, 2011 consisting of 209 episodes.
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The Ballroom
Title: The Ballroom
Character: Álvaro
Released: November 25, 2007
Type: Movie
An evening in an old time dance hall in Sao Paulo introduces us to local characters who reminisce about the past, wonder about the future, have fun, flirt, fight and, of course, dance. Its earthy humour and eternal themes of ageing, loneliness and desire is an antidote to grumpy old men and women everywhere.
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Title: Pé na Jaca
Character: José Fortuna (Tio Zé)
Released: November 20, 2006
Type: TV
Pé na Jaca is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from November 20, 2006 and June 15, 2007. Featured Murilo Benício, Juliana Paes, Fernanda Lima, Marcos Pasquim, Betty Lago, Fúlvio Stefanini, Alexandre Schumacher, Carla Marins, Ricardo Tozzi, Fernanda de Freitas, Daniele Suzuki, Rodrigo Lombardi, Bruno Garcia, Flávia Alessandra and Deborah Secco in the lead roles.
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Title: Coração de Estudante
Character: Ronaldo Rosa
Released: February 25, 2002
Type: TV
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Leonardo Villar - Um Homem Só
Title: Leonardo Villar - Um Homem Só
Released: January 8, 2001
Type: Movie
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Brave New Land
Title: Brave New Land
Character: Comandante
Released: September 7, 2000
Type: Movie
Diogo is a cartographer and artist who is encharged to set the new frontiers of Portuguese Colonies in South America. When he reaches the center of the continent, finds apparently nothing but wilderness and ‘uncivilized’ natives with strange ways of living. But Captain Pedro, the rude scout who guides him through the jungle, involves Diogo in an involuntary act of violence which will tie him in an unusual way to that far away country. At the same time, the Portuguese colonists are trying to make peace with Guaicuru Indians (one of the few natives with horse-riding abilities). But peace doesn’t ever have a low price.
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Title: Family Ties
Character: Pascoal Gomes
Released: June 5, 2000
Type: TV
A mature and successful woman, Helena becomes involved with Edu, who is twenty years her junior. She battles prejudice in order to live her love, but their romance fizzles out when she realizes that her daughter Camila has also fallen in love with him. Her dilemma grows even worse when she discovers that the girl has leukemia. Helena must disclose the real identity of Camila‘s father in order to try and find a compatible bone marrow donor. In order to save her, she decides to give up her new love and have another baby with her daughter‘s father.
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Friendly Fire
Title: Friendly Fire
Character: Correia
Released: October 15, 1998
Type: Movie
Brazil in the early 70s. Miguel, Eloi, Osvaldo and Paolo take part in armed attacks against the military dictatorship. They pay a heavy price with torture and arrest. Today the four friends still see each other. Only Miguel is politically active. On a photograph from a political meeting in Sao Paolo he recognises the policeman who tortured them 25 years ago and who was responsible for the death of Miguel's girlfriend. The policeman has been officially dead for a few years. On one of their fishing trips together, Miguel tells his friends of his discovery. When they hunt down and confront their nemesis they come into conflict with both themselves and each other.
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Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Title: Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
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Enigma de um Dia
Title: Enigma de um Dia
Released: March 6, 1996
Type: Movie
A museum worker - the watchman - motivated by the homonymous painting by Giorgio De Chirico, is introduced, through everyday life, into the metaphysical universe of the Italian painter.
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Title: Barriga de Aluguel
Character: Ezequiel Ribeiro
Released: August 20, 1990
Type: TV
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Title: Desejo
Character: Dr. Rodrigues
Released: May 27, 1990
Type: TV
Set in the early twentieth century and based on real facts, it tells the love story that led to the murder of one of the greatest Brazilian writers: Euclides da Cunha.
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Amor de Perversão
Title: Amor de Perversão
Released: June 15, 1982
Type: Movie
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Chick Fowle, Faixa Preta de Cinema
Title: Chick Fowle, Faixa Preta de Cinema
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
About English photographer Chick Fowle. Statements by Anselmo Duarte, Leonardo Vilar, Marlene França, Vanja Orico. A film about directors, actors and teams that Chick Fowle worked and works with, also showing the possibility of renewal that Brazilian cinema can and must have.
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Title: Coração Alado
Character: Marcelo França
Released: August 11, 1980
Type: TV
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Title: Estúpido Cupido
Character: Alcides Guimarães Filho (Guima)
Released: August 25, 1976
Type: TV
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Title: Escalada
Character: Alberto Silveira
Released: January 6, 1975
Type: TV
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A Madona de Cedro
Title: A Madona de Cedro
Character: Delfino Montiel
Released: May 21, 1968
Type: Movie
Delfino, a quiet man who lives in Congonhas do Campo, a small historical town in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is urged by his friend to steal the image of the Madona de Cedro (the Cedar Madonna), sculpted by Aleijadinho in the 18th century, from the town sanctuary.
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Dangerous Game
Title: Dangerous Game
Character: Homero Olmos
Released: July 20, 1967
Type: Movie
Two dark-comedy stories involving blackmail, murder and love triangles in Rio de Janeiro
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Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Title: Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Character: Self (archive footage
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New Wave'). Director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade focuses on six Cinema Novo filmmakers working in Rio in 1967.
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Amor e Desamor
Title: Amor e Desamor
Released: October 6, 1966
Type: Movie
An existentialist drama that narrates one night in the life of a couple formed by an architect and university professor who has just left his job and a modern married woman, interested in a casual love affair.
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O Santo Milagroso
Title: O Santo Milagroso
Character: Pastor Raimundo
Released: September 1, 1966
Type: Movie
A pastor and a priest compete for the religious leadership of the population of a small town. When the pastor tries to prevent his sister's involvement with the sacristan, he accidentally starts the rumor that the church houses a miraculous statue of St. Francis.
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The Big City
Title: The Big City
Character: Jasão
Released: May 13, 1966
Type: Movie
In search of a better life, Luzia leaves the Northeast of Brazil and goes to Rio de Janeiro, looking for her fiance who went first to pave their way. Alone in the Marvelous City, she is forced to accept the friendship and protection of Calunga and, later, the company of Inácio.
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The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga
Title: The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga
Character: Augusto Matraga
Released: July 16, 1965
Type: Movie
Augusto Matraga is a violent agressive farmer who, after being betrayed by his wife and trapped by several enemies, is bitten up and left for dead, being rescued by a couple of humble small farmers who nurse him for a long time until he is well again. Influenced by the couple, Matraga starts a long penitent life while waiting for his hour and chance to payback, starting a fight between his violent nature, his hidden desire of vengeance and the mysticism and goodness which is also part of him.
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Samba
Title: Samba
Released: February 1, 1965
Type: Movie
Singer Laura Monteiro (Montiel) is murdered by her old protector João Fernandes de Oliveira (Giachetti), who has found out her love affair with Assis (Carlos Alberto). Favela-girl Belén (also Montiel) is the look-alike who takes her place, unaware she is being used by a gang that smuggles precious stones sewn in Carnival costumes. Written by fabreu
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Procura-se Uma Rosa
Title: Procura-se Uma Rosa
Released: May 21, 1964
Type: Movie
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Lampião, King of the Badlands
Title: Lampião, King of the Badlands
Character: Lampião
Released: September 16, 1963
Type: Movie
The story of how a quarrel between families set poor farmer Virgulino Ferreira da Silva on the path to become Lampião, the greatest leader of the cangaceiros - bandits who roamed the Northeast of Brazil until the late 1930s.
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The Given Word
Title: The Given Word
Character: Zé do Burro
Released: April 17, 1962
Type: Movie
Zé is a very poor man whose most prized possession is his donkey. When his donkey falls terminally ill, Zé makes a promise to Saint Bárbara: If his donkey recovers, he will carry a cross - like Jesus - all the way from his city to Saint Bárbara's church, in the state capital. Upon the recovery of his donkey, Zé leaves on his journey. He makes it to the church, but the priest refuses to accept the cross once he discovers the context of Zé's promise.