Lázaro Ramos

Lázaro Ramos

Born: November 1, 1978
in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Luís Lázaro Sacramento Ramos (born November 1, 1978) is a Brazilian actor, presenter, director, writer and voice actor. He started his acting career with the Flock of Olodum Theater group, in Salvador, and is best known for his portrayal of João Francisco dos Santos in the 2002 film Madame Satã (film). Lázaro is married to Brazilian actress Taís Araújo. In 2007, he was nominated for the 35th International Emmy Awards for Best Actor for his role in Cobras & Lagartos.

Movies for Lázaro Ramos...

O Sol Por Elas
Title: O Sol Por Elas
Character: Lázaro Ramos
Released: April 4, 2024
Type: Movie
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Minha Irmã e Eu
Title: Minha Irmã e Eu
Character: Self
Released: December 25, 2023
Type: Movie
Sisters Mirian and Mirelly were born in the interior of Goiás, but live in different cities. When their mother disappears, the two put aside their differences and come together to look for her, on a journey that could change their lives.
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World's First Christmas
Title: World's First Christmas
Character: Pepê
Released: December 7, 2023
Type: Movie
A young girl wishes Christmas was over for good, and her wish is granted with unexpected consequences.
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Ó Paí, Ó 2
Title: Ó Paí, Ó 2
Character: Roque
Released: November 23, 2023
Type: Movie
Experience Roque's routine years after the first movie. Joana's tenement is still full of parties, gossip and confusion. The neighborhood prepares for the Iemanjá party, while dealing with the controversies of the neighbors.
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Title: Elas por Elas
Character: Mário Fofoca
Released: September 25, 2023
Type: TV
Seven friends who met in their youth at an English course meet again 25 years later; Lara, Taís, Helena, Adriana, Renée, Natália and Carol, each of them has a different personality and origin, but they share a deep affection.
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New Year's Special
Title: New Year's Special
Character: Self - Host
Released: January 20, 2023
Type: Movie
Ingrid Guimarães and Lázaro Ramos hit the ground running on Prime Video. The two Brazilian stars are joined by Juliette, Tia Má, Luana Martau, Lindsay Paulino, Pablo Sanábio and other special guests to talk about CHANGE with a lot of humor and irony. In a sequence of comic sketches, they reflect on struggles and lessons that brought us all to 2023.
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Dad Rocks
Title: Dad Rocks
Character: Tom
Released: August 11, 2022
Type: Movie
Tom has just become a father and, along with his wife Elisa, he will learn firsthand how to take care of his daughter. Amid fun and exciting everyday situations, Tom discovers the real meaning of fatherhood. Loosely inspired by the bestseller Dad is Cool, by Marcos Piangers.
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As Verdades
Title: As Verdades
Character: Josué
Released: June 30, 2022
Type: Movie
A police officer tries to find out who is to blame for a crime committed against a candidate for mayor of a small town. He hears versions of a hired killer, the victim's fiancée, and the candidate himself.
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D.P.A. - O Filme 3: Uma Aventura no Fim do Mundo
Title: D.P.A. - O Filme 3: Uma Aventura no Fim do Mundo
Character: Elergun
Released: April 21, 2022
Type: Movie
Severino finds a magic medallion and becomes bewitched. To save their friend and prevent the forces of evil from dominating him forever, Sol, Bento, Pippo and Berenice embark on an icy adventure in the snow and go to the End of the World!
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Title: É Tudo Novela!
Character: Foguinho
Released: December 29, 2021
Type: TV
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Álbum em Família
Title: Álbum em Família
Released: August 13, 2021
Type: Movie
A group of actors and actresses rehearse play virtually and look for solutions to get around the fact that they cannot meet. Confined at home, they use their own family members on stage. The piece chosen is ÁLBUM DE FAMÍLIA, by Nelson Rodrigues, an attempt to debate the idea of a traditional Brazilian family.
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The Silence of The Rain
Title: The Silence of The Rain
Character: Espinosa
Released: October 6, 2020
Type: Movie
When executive Ricardo is found shot dead in the seat of his car without suspicion, Inspector Espinosa and police officer Daia are in charge of the case and soon begin to investigate the people closest to the victim. But when everyone involved in the case mysteriously disappears, the situation takes on unexpected proportions.
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Title: Amor e Sorte
Character: Cadú
Released: September 8, 2020
Type: TV
‘Amor e Sorte’ is a four-episode independent series that brings together stories about relationships and transformation in times of social isolation.
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Title: Diário de um Confinado
Character: Guilherme
Released: June 26, 2020
Type: TV
Staying at home has become a form of survival in times of pandemic and the days seem to repeat itself. Now Murilo tries not to go crazy by touching life from the inside of the house.
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M8 - When Death Rescues Life
Title: M8 - When Death Rescues Life
Character: Motorista da Funerária
Released: December 3, 2019
Type: Movie
When Maurício becomes a student at a top medical school, he becomes obsessed with a mystery linked to the dead bodies used for dissection.
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Title: Que História é Essa, Porchat?
Character: Self
Released: August 6, 2019
Type: TV
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Title: Aruanas
Character: Pref. Enzo Costa
Released: June 28, 2019
Type: TV
Three friends leading a nonprofit organisation investigate environmental crimes in the Amazon involving a major mining company.
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Pressed, Ripped Apart
Title: Pressed, Ripped Apart
Character: (archive footage)
Released: June 6, 2019
Type: Movie
What does Brazilian cinema tell us? What does Brazilian cinema tell us about black actresses and actors? ‘Pressed, Ripped Apart’ makes use of archival sources to retrieve the trajectory of black actresses and actors who, between absences and delimited presences, between the fallacy of a racial democracy – based on the harmony among Brazil’s diverse identities – and erasure of identity, strain the history of Brazilian audiovisual and above all, our own history.
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Mussum: Um Filme do Cacildis
Title: Mussum: Um Filme do Cacildis
Character: Narrator
Released: April 4, 2019
Type: Movie
The trajectory of musician and comedian Mussum as vocalist of the group "Os Originais do Samba" and later in cinema and TV as a member of "Os Trapalhões", a group that revolutionized the way of making humor on Brazilian television.
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The Asphalt Kiss
Title: The Asphalt Kiss
Character: Arandir
Released: December 6, 2018
Type: Movie
When witnessing a hit, Arandir, a newly married banker, tries to succor the victim, but the man, almost dead, has only time to make one last request: a kiss. Arandir kisses the man, but his act is spotted by his father-in-law Aprígio and photographed by Amado Ribeiro, a tabloid reporter.
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Title: Os Melhores Anos das Nossas Vidas
Character: Apresentador
Released: October 11, 2018
Type: TV
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Running After
Title: Running After
Character: Jerry
Released: June 7, 2018
Type: Movie
Paulo Ventania is a black Brazilian man, always doing his best to bring some happiness in his life, and by happiness he means money. When he's at a dead end, he discovers the opportunity to become a football manager by leading some boy from the neighborhood to becoming the new Neymar of international soccer. Going through the suburbs of Rio, he finds Glanderson, a young boy with an enormous talent for soccer despite missing two toes. With good humor, high hopes, and a lot of mistakes, the quixotic duo tries their best to make their dream come true.
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Bando, um Filme de
Title: Bando, um Filme de
Character: Self
Released: June 1, 2018
Type: Movie
The 28-year history of the Olodum Theater Band, Latin America's longest-running black theater company. Created in Salvador in 1990, in partnership with the Olodum Cultural Group, the company was responsible for launching names such as Lázaro Ramos and Érico Brás. Gathering archive images and interviews with Bando members, collaborators and other guests, the group's trajectory is built.
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Title: Lazinho com Você
Character: Apresentador
Released: December 10, 2017
Type: TV
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Title: Lady Night
Character: Self
Released: April 10, 2017
Type: TV
No talkshow Lady Night, Tatá Werneck recebe celebridades para um bate-papo com muitas brincadeiras e bom humor. Entre os convidados estão Bruna Marquezine, Anitta, Sandy, Tiago Iorc e muito mais!
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Pitanga
Title: Pitanga
Character: Self
Released: September 23, 2016
Type: Movie
This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His career spans over five decades, and he has worked with iconic Brazilian filmmakers Glauber Rocha, Cacá Diegues and Walter Lima Jr. He was a prominent figurehead and outspoken activist during the Brazilian dictatorship, a period of unrest in Brazilian cinema. "Pitanga" deep dives into the world of Antônio and the history of Brazil. The documentary was directed by his daughter Camila Pitanga, one of widely recognised faces in Brazilian television and cinema right now. The film is also a poem, and a tender ode to fatherhood.
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In Dog's Words
Title: In Dog's Words
Character: Nenê
Released: March 17, 2016
Type: Movie
São Paulo, 2007. Santana works as a dogcatcher, picking up stray animals. He is a friendly guy, averse to trouble, who has always kept violence away from the doorsteps of his home. One day, he catches a very big dog in a school. Some days later, comes the animal's owner: Babyface, a sociopath ex-cop. The man is furious, considering his dog to be "kidnapped", and demands immediate restitution of his pet. But the dog is not coming back: according to the law, the animal was put to sleep. In a misunderstanding, Babyface argue with Santana, blaming him for his pet's death. From this moment on, Santana's life will be completely changed.
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The Violin Teacher
Title: The Violin Teacher
Character: Laerte
Released: November 14, 2015
Type: Movie
Laerte, a talented violinist who after failing to be admitted into the OSESP Orchestra is forced to give music classes to teenagers in a public school at Heliopolis. His path is full of difficulties, but the transforming power of music and the friendship arising between the teacher and the students open the door into a new world.
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Title: Mister Brau
Character: Mister Brau
Released: September 22, 2015
Type: TV
Follows the unconventional lives of a Brazilian pop artist who got out of the streets to reach stardom and his manager-wife-choreographer.
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Smile, You're on Camera
Title: Smile, You're on Camera
Released: May 7, 2015
Type: Movie
Based on 'Death of a Man in the Balkans (2012)', an original feature film of Miroslav Momcilovic, 'Sorria, Você Está Sendo Filmado' ('Smile, You're Being Filmed') tells the story of a suicide, in only one shot of 80 minutes, from the perspective of a web cam which only the suicidal knew was on, giving the viewer the feeling of watching everything from his window. "From the screenplay to the shooting, we are doing a kind of reality cinema," sets this movie director Daniel Filho.
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Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Ó Paí, Ó - O Filme
Title: Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Ó Paí, Ó - O Filme
Character: Roque
Released: January 14, 2015
Type: Movie
During Carnival at the historic site of Pelourinho, we follow the lives of tenants in a run-down rental house who try to survive using creativity, irony, humor and music. This is an adaptation of the TV show, not the 2007 movie which inspired the TV show.
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The Adventures of the Red Plane
Title: The Adventures of the Red Plane
Released: December 30, 2014
Type: Movie
A film about imagination, in which the protagonist goes on internal journeys around the world, overcoming fears and making new discoveries.
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O Vendedor de Passados
Title: O Vendedor de Passados
Character: Vicente
Released: May 9, 2014
Type: Movie
A man, who creates pasts for a living, struggles to find his own past while a mysterious woman takes a dangerous step.
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Title: Now Generation
Character: Brian Roberto
Released: May 5, 2014
Type: TV
The genius Jonas Marra (Murilo Benício, from Brazil Avenue) has attained what few others have — a rich and famous celebrity of the digital world in Silicon Valley and the owner of Marra International, a respected technology conglomerate. But behind his image of a successful businessman lies another person shrouded in conflict and mystery.
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Title: Espelho
Character: Apresentador
Released: September 2, 2013
Type: TV
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Title: Side by Side
Character: Zé Maria
Released: September 10, 2012
Type: TV
Winner of the International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela, "Side by Side" focuses on two women of different origins and social classes. The brave Isabel, daughter of a former slave and in love with the capoeira player Zé Maria; and Laura, descendant from a wealthy family and destined to an undesired marriage to Edgar. In addition to an unshakable friendship, the two share the same purpose in life: the conquest of freedom in the conservative society of Rio de Janeiro of the early 20th century.
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The Great Kilapy
Title: The Great Kilapy
Character: Joãozinho
Released: September 7, 2012
Type: Movie
Zézé Gamboa's sardonic historical drama follows a good-hearted, apolitical con man who, on the eve of Angolan independence in the mid-1970s, pulls off a massive swindle at the expense of the Portuguese colonial administration — and soon after finds himself hailed as a hero of the national liberation struggle.
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Marighella
Title: Marighella
Character: Narrator
Released: August 12, 2012
Type: Movie
This communist and parliamentarian leader was arrested and tortured, and became famous for having written the "Minimanual of the Urban Guerrilla". Greatest name of the left-wing militancy in Brazil in the 1960s, Carlos Marighella acted in the main political events of Brazil between the 1930s and 1969 and was considered enemy number one of the Brazilian military dictatorship. His life was a great act of resistance and courage.
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Amanhã Nunca Mais
Title: Amanhã Nunca Mais
Character: Walter
Released: November 11, 2011
Type: Movie
Walter is an absent father and husband who works in a hospital without time for his family. His redemption happens when his wife sends him to the birthday cake for her daughter, but she does not know is that during the return trip home, the impossible will happen so that everything goes wrong.
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Abdias Nascimento
Title: Abdias Nascimento
Released: May 1, 2011
Type: Movie
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Title: Insensato Coração
Character: André Gurgel
Released: January 17, 2011
Type: TV
Insensato Coração is a Brazilian telenovela that first aired on Rede Globo in 2011.
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Title: Decamerão: A Comédia do Sexo
Character: Masetto
Released: July 31, 2009
Type: TV
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Title: Ó Paí, Ó: A Série
Character: Roque
Released: October 31, 2008
Type: TV
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Cobrador: In God We Trust
Title: Cobrador: In God We Trust
Character: Cobrador
Released: November 15, 2007
Type: Movie
Adaptation and unification in a single story of several stories by the writer Rubem Fonseca, where the theme of violence in contemporary society is explored.
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Ópera do Mallandro
Title: Ópera do Mallandro
Released: October 1, 2007
Type: Movie
The short tells the story of a boy who, in his last recovery test at school, has the task of writing a text in 15 minutes. During the creative process, the boy embarks on a musical universe full of characters and myths from the 80's revived in four musical numbers packed with reinterpretations of Sérgio Mallandro's hits.
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Title: Duas Caras
Character: Evilásio Caó
Released: October 1, 2007
Type: TV
In the past, as Adalberto Rangel, he met and seduced Maria Paula. With a calculated coldheart, he married her, stole her fortune, then abandoned her, unaware she was pregnant at the time. Ten years later, accompanied by her son Renato, Maria Paula plots to recover her dignity and to find justice by getting revenge against the indignities done to her.
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Basic Sanitation, the Movie
Title: Basic Sanitation, the Movie
Character: Zico
Released: July 20, 2007
Type: Movie
When they discover their town lacks funding for a sewage system, but does have a federal grant to make a movie, a group of villagers decide to make a sci-fi joint about a monster who lives in the building site of a septic tank.
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Ó Paí, Ó: Look at This
Title: Ó Paí, Ó: Look at This
Character: Roque
Released: March 30, 2007
Type: Movie
During the Carnival in the historical site of Pelourinho, Salvador da Bahia, we follow the lives of the tenants of a falling-to-pieces tenement house who try to get by using creativity, irony, humor, and music.
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The Machine
Title: The Machine
Character: Doido Cético
Released: April 26, 2006
Type: Movie
In Nordestina, a small town lost in the Brazilian badlands, young Karina dreams of becoming an actress and leaving to explore the world. Before losing his love, Dona Nazaré’s son, Antônio, takes the first step in a kamikaze crusade to bring the world to Karina. For that, Antônio leaves town and announces, in a TV show that he will set off on a sensational adventure: a trip into the future, starting from Nordestina’s square. A story where dreams contradict reality, geographical and political conditions threaten to block life, and love plays the part of the transforming element.
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Title: Cobras & Lagartos
Character: Daniel Miranda Café ("Foguinho")
Released: April 24, 2006
Type: TV
Is it possible that in a world ruled by appearance, there is room for loyalty, ethics, true love, honesty and solidarity? Is it possible, today, when unrelenting consumption is a way of life, to find someone who equates more value to being rather than having? Cobras & Lagartos is an urban tragic comedy, modern and humanist, that deals with two increasingly different worlds: one which values loyalty and solidarity and the other, where the seduction of superfluity and the power of money reign.
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Levando a Vida
Title: Levando a Vida
Character: Formiga (Luiz dos Santos)
Released: December 23, 2005
Type: Movie
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Cafundó
Title: Cafundó
Character: João de Camargo
Released: September 29, 2005
Type: Movie
Cafundó is a 35 mm color film which blends fact with fiction in the life of João de Camargo, a former black slave (1858-1942, Sorocaba, Brazil) who, in his old age, works miracles and devotes himself to assisting others in order to attain his freedom. João de Camargo represents the genesis of religious and cultural syncretism in Brazil.
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Desejo
Title: Desejo
Character: Edmilson
Released: September 28, 2005
Type: Movie
A journey into the psyche of Atanásio, a doorman in Copacabana, confused while attempting to understand his desires and aspirations.
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What Is It Worth?
Title: What Is It Worth?
Character: Dido
Released: May 20, 2005
Type: Movie
Free adaptation of Machado de Assis's short story "Pai Contra Mãe", having some of Nireu Cavalcanti's 18th Century chronicles as inspiration, the film traces parallels between life in during the slavery period and in modern Brazil.
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Lower City
Title: Lower City
Character: Deco
Released: May 16, 2005
Type: Movie
Best friends Deco and Naldinho co-own a cargo boat in Brazil's Salvador da Bahia. They give a ride to a sultry prostitute named Karinna, and soon both men fall prey to her considerable sexual charms, pushing the bounds of their friendship to the limit.
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My Uncle Killed a Guy
Title: My Uncle Killed a Guy
Character: Éder
Released: December 12, 2004
Type: Movie
Eder (Lázaro Ramos) is arrested after confessing the murder of a man. Duca (Darlan Cunha), a 15 years old boy who is Eder's nephew, wants to prove the innocence of his uncle, he's sure that his uncle confessed the crime to protect his girlfriend, Soraya (Deborah Secco), ex-wife of the deceased. Duca also wants to win the heart of Isa (Sophia Reis), a classmate who seems more interested in his best friend, Kid (Renan Gioelli). To be able to prove his theory, Duca gets help from Isa and Kid.
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Nina
Title: Nina
Character: Pintor
Released: January 28, 2004
Type: Movie
Psychological thriller larded with manga-like animations about the young, poor comic strip illustrator Nina, living with her mean landlady. She sinks further and further into a violent fantasy world.
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Miguel's Destiny
Title: Miguel's Destiny
Character: Joey
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
This beloved Brazilian parody of Shakespeare in Love tells the story of Miguel's relentless furiculite. For better or worse, it is his aim to conquer every single ass in the county, right up to the toughest of them all: the governor's.
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Title: Sexo Frágil
Character: Fred / Priscila / Malu
Released: October 17, 2003
Type: TV
Alex, Edu, Fred and Beto are four friends who live torn between the role of man in society and the need to be more sensitive. They try to understand the female head and put themselves in the place of the opposite sex. They appear to be very safe, but feel totally lost around safe, independent women.
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The Man of the Year
Title: The Man of the Year
Character: Marcão
Released: August 1, 2003
Type: Movie
Maiquél has lost a bet and dyed his hair blond. This seemingly innocuous event triggers a head-on collision with destiny in which he goes from nobody to hero to outlaw — all in 24 hours.
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The Man Who Copied
Title: The Man Who Copied
Character: André
Released: June 13, 2003
Type: Movie
André, 19, lives in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and works as a photocopier operator. He likes to see his neighbor Sílvia with a pair of binoculars. She works selling clothes. Becoming attracted to her, he tries to get nearer, and goes to her shop to buy something, but finds out that he can't afford it. So he puts the photocopier to other uses, and begins to envisage fishy schemes to earn some money.
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Carandiru
Title: Carandiru
Character: Ezequiel
Released: March 21, 2003
Type: Movie
When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo - Carandiru, he meets the future victims of one of the darkest days in Brazilian History when the State of São Paulo’s Military Police, with the excuse for law enforcement, shot to death 111 people. Based on real facts and on the book written by Dráuzio Varella.
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Title: Pastores da Noite
Character: Massu
Released: November 26, 2002
Type: TV
The Night Shepherds universe is inhabited by prostitutes, priests, rogues, saint's parents and street vendors. For a very Brazilian people who fight every day for survival and only rely on the solidarity spirit and friendship of each other. The seductive Cabo Martim, the romantic Curió, the noble Massu, the artful Foot of Wind and the Jesuit master live their adventures in four independent episodes, which are completed in their poetry and the strength of each story.
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Madame Satã
Title: Madame Satã
Character: João Francisco dos Santos / Madame Satã
Released: October 3, 2002
Type: Movie
A story inspired by the life of one of the most remarkable figures in Brazilian popular culture, João Francisco dos Santos (1900-1976). In turn, bandit, transvestite, street fighter, brothel cook, convict and father to seven adopted children, dos Santos – better known as Madame Satã – was also a notorious gay performer who pushed social boundaries in a volatile time.
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The Three Marias
Title: The Three Marias
Character: Catrevagem
Released: August 2, 2002
Type: Movie
A mother, with her three daughters, exacts revenge on her former fiancé for killing her husband and sons.
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Woman on Top
Title: Woman on Top
Character: Max
Released: September 22, 2000
Type: Movie
Set to the intoxicating rhythms of Brazil, "Woman on Top" is a spicy, sexy comedy about the magic of food, love and music. Meet Isabella, a sultry enchantress born with the special gift of melting the palates and hearts of men everywhere. When she decides to break free from her rocky marriage and the stifling kitchen of her husband's restaurant in Brazil, she spirits off to San Francisco in pursuit of her dreams of a real culinary career.
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Cinderella Baiana
Title: Cinderella Baiana
Character: Chico
Released: September 4, 1998
Type: Movie
A poor family, lives in a city near Salvador. The father is cleaner and, mother and daughter help making small services. Until they decide to try the luck in the big city and the father, Raimundo, get a job near Pelourinho, next to a dance academy. The daughter, Carla, in contacting music, discovers her true vocation and becomes a very successful dancer. But she does not let himself take away from fame and back to his origins, meets with poor children and teaches them to dance.
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O Menino e o Velho
Title: O Menino e o Velho
Character: Menino
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
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Malês
Title: Malês
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
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Dó-Ré-Mi-Fábrica
Title: Dó-Ré-Mi-Fábrica
Character: Ludovico/Arquimedes
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie