Francisco Cuoco
Birthday: Born in 1933-11-29 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Deathday: 2025-06-19
Francisco Cuoco (São Paulo, November 29, 1933 - São Paulo, June 19, 2025) was a Brazilian actor. Considered one of the main Brazilian artists, he made his mark playing heartthrobs in several television productions between the 60s and 90s.
TV Credits
As Filhas da Mãe
Character: Fausto Cavalcante
The central story is focused on the daughters of Lulu de Luxemburgo - Tatiana , Alessandra and Ramona, who fight among themselves for Jardim do Éden resort, which their father, Fausto Cavalcante , left behind after cheating his two partners, Arthur Brandão and Manolo Gutierrez. With the disappearance of Fausto, the whole family, which was separated and spread across the world (between Rome, Los Angeles and Las Vegas), returns to Brazil....
Pecado Capital
Character: José Carlos Moreno (Carlão)
Carlão is a taxi driver who experiences a drama of conscience after fleeing bank robbers leave a suitcase with stolen money in his car: he doesn't know whether to hand it over to the police, running the risk of being accused of being an accomplice in the robbery, or whether to use the money to solve his problems....
O Salvador da Pátria
Character: Severo Toledo Blanco
Sassá Mutema is a farm laborer who becomes the target of the city's powerful figures' cruelty. With Clotilde's support, he discovers that it's possible to start a new life alongside a great love....
Malhação
Character: Orestes Maldonado
Malhação is a Brazilian television series for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remains the same, it is now set in the Múltipla Escolha High School....
O Semideus
Character: Alexandre 'Alex' Garcia Maia
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Os Gigantes
Character: Chico (Francisco Rubião)
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O Astro
Character: Herculano Quintanilha
Herculano Quintanilha, after a failed coup and escape from prison, becomes a magician. He meets Márcio, a conflicted heir, and begins to influence his powerful family....
Sétimo Sentido
Character: Tião Bento (Sebastião Bento Vilaça)
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Ainda Resta uma Esperança
Character: Alcides
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Quem é Você?
Character: Nelson Maldonado
Scarred by their father's abandonment, Maria Luísa and Beatriz follow opposite paths. Amidst secrets, betrayals, and romantic rivalries, a son threatens the family's destiny....
Sai de Baixo
Character: Nei / Neila
It follows the lives of the members of a dysfunctional family, their maid and the doorman of the apartment building in which they lived....
Lua Cheia de Amor
Character: Diego Miranda / Esteban García
The determined Genuína dreams of the return of Diego, the father of her children Rodrigo and Mercedes, who reject their mother's origins. Diego reappears with a different identity and changes Genu's destiny....
Segundo Sol
Character: Nestor Maranhão
Luzia is a hard working mother whose life is turned upside down when she falls in love with Beto Falcão, a declining singer who regains his fame after taken for dead. But this romance jeopardizes the ambitious plans of Beto's ex-girlfriend and a devious bawd who will do anything to put an end to the musician's infatuation. In order to save her life, Luiza leaves her little children behind, flees the country and becomes DJ Ariella. Years later she comes back to fight fiercely for a second chance ...
Pecado Capital
Character: Salviano Lisboa
Carlão is an honest but hot-tempered taxi driver who discovers a suitcase containing two million reais in his car, the proceeds of a bank robbery. This is the second version of the telenovela, originally aired in 1975....
Sol Nascente
Character: Gaetano
Alice is an independent woman, raised in a Japanese family; Mario is an immature guy of Italian origins. Two childhood friends from very distinct families, bond together by a complicity which spans generations. When Alice decides to live abroad, Mario begins to see in her more than just a friend. Now he will go out of his way to make this unlikely love story come to life in this romantic comedy tied by friendship....
Da Cor do Pecado
Character: Pai Gaudêncio
A Maranhense young woman and a carioca tourist photographer fall for each other and get separated by destiny and a woman obsessed with his family's fortune....
Cobras & Lagartos
Character: Omar Pasquim / Vicentino Pereira
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....
Tropicaliente
Character: Gaspar Velasquez
The plot revolves around the youthful romance and subsequent reunion years later between Ramiro, the leader of a fishing village in Fortaleza, and the businesswoman Letícia....
A Vida da Gente
Character: Mariano Villaça
This moving telenovela tells the story of an unconditional love that overcomes life’s unexpected turnarounds. Ana is a promising tennis player who counts on best friend and sister Manuela for support. After a terrible car accident, Ana goes into a deep coma and only emerges from it five years later. Now, she must struggle to recover the life that went on without her and that she no longer recognizes as her own....
Boogie Oogie
Character: Vicente Santos
In the swing of the 70s, two women fight for the love of the same man without knowing their fates were already intertwined....
Passione
Character: Olavo da Silva (Rei do Lixo)
An ambitious young woman with a traumatizing past targets an Italian man, the distant son of a wealthy Brazilian family....
Negócio da China
Character: Evandro Fontanera
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Deus Nos Acuda
Character: Otto Bismark
The plot tells the story of Celestina, an angel responsible for Brazil. When threatened by God with being sent to the country she was supposed to help grow, she despairs and seeks out her friend, the angel Gabriel. To help Celestina, Gabriel asks the Almighty to let her stay in heaven for another six months. God, however, imposes a condition: Celestina must make a Brazilian citizen more honest, dignified, and compassionate, without disrespecting the free will that every human being should have. ...
América
Character: José Higino "Zé Higino"
Sol and Tião are born to different social backgrounds—she to a poor suburban family in Rio, and him to an even poorer family who raised cattle in West São Paulo State. They eventually meet, due to unlikely circumstances, but part again, as she has set as her ultimate priority to reach the United States or bust. While she comes to the U.S. to live as an illegal immigrant, he remains in Brazil and, despite many trials and tribulations, he becomes a successful rodeo cowboy....
O Astro
Character: Ferragus
The illusionist is mysterious, captivating and mesmerizes all those around him. But is he really a swindler or a man with extraordinary powers? This fascinating telenovela tells the story of seductive Herculano Quintanilha, who exerts significant influence over his great love Amanda, the Hayalla family and his friends. These and other enigmas can be found in The Illusionist, a telenovela where seduction is the great secret....
Obrigado, Doutor
Character: Dr. Rodrigo Murtinho Junqueira
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Selva de Pedra
Character: Cristiano Soares Vilhena
Amidst an unresolved crime, Simone protects Cristiano and falls in love with him. However, the couple faces ambition and betrayals that tear them apart. Presumed dead, she returns under a new identity seeking revenge....
O Outro
Character: Paulo Della Santa / Denizard de Matos
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Saramandaia
Character: Tiradentes
Saramandaia is a Brazilian telenovela originally written by Dias Gomes in 1976. It's considered remarkable because of the Magic Realism (used by the author to subtly criticize the Military Regime of the time) and had 160 chapters. The story centers on the name change that the city undergoes, promoted by the younger citizens and reviled by the older ones. It also focuses on the lives of the city's quirky residents....
Cuca Legal
Character: Mário Barroso
'Cuca Legal' tells the story of Mário Barroso, a single aviator involved with three women at the same time: Virgínia, Irene, and Fátima. Virgínia is a wealthy businesswoman obsessed with the direction of her late father's business; Irene is a middle-class young woman who gives private piano lessons; and Fátima is a poor widow. Mário can't decide which of them is the ideal woman to give him a child with a "cool head" (cuca legal). Things get even more complicated when Maria Joaquina, nicknamed Ki...
O Cafona
Character: Gilberto Athayde
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Eu Prometo
Character: Lucas Cantomaia
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Assim na Terra Como no Céu
Character: Vitor Mariano
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Duas Vidas
Character: Dr. Victor Amadeu
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Brava Gente
Character: Almeida Guimarães
Brava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially as a special year-end. The program was adapted from stories and national stories, and plays by famous playwrights, screenwriters and signed by a number represented by several actors and actresses. The genres of the stories varied each week with the style of each director or author. Brava Gente in the stories ranged from comedies and dramas. In all 53 episodes were shown, broadcast on Tuesday nights....
Brava Gente
Character: Santos
Brava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially as a special year-end. The program was adapted from stories and national stories, and plays by famous playwrights, screenwriters and signed by a number represented by several actors and actresses. The genres of the stories varied each week with the style of each director or author. Brava Gente in the stories ranged from comedies and dramas. In all 53 episodes were shown, broadcast on Tuesday nights....
Brava Gente
Character: Tom
Brava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially as a special year-end. The program was adapted from stories and national stories, and plays by famous playwrights, screenwriters and signed by a number represented by several actors and actresses. The genres of the stories varied each week with the style of each director or author. Brava Gente in the stories ranged from comedies and dramas. In all 53 episodes were shown, broadcast on Tuesday nights....
Amazônia: De Galvez a Chico Mendes
Character: Augusto Rocha
The miniseries chronicles the history of Acre, the last region to be annexed into Brazilian territory. For many years, the state—formerly part of Bolivia—attracted people from Brazil's Northeast and from abroad who left their hometowns in search of a better life through latex extraction. The relentless pursuit of new extraction sites took a toll on the natural environment, which was increasingly exploited in a predatory manner, and brought poverty to the region. The miniseries depicts this entir...
A Justiceira
Character: Ivan Maciek
Diana is woman who lost her child for her Husband. A evil man behind a series of crime operations. Searching for her son, Diana is hired for a underground organization to fight crimes all over Brazil. Now, Diana has the meanings to locate her former husband and search for her son....
Caso Especial
Character: filho do prefeito
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Caso Especial
Character: Maurício Freitas
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Caso Especial
Character: Luciano
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Sai de Baixo
Character: Lindovando Batista
It follows the lives of the members of a dysfunctional family, their maid and the doorman of the apartment building in which they lived....
Sai de Baixo
Character: Justo Antibes
It follows the lives of the members of a dysfunctional family, their maid and the doorman of the apartment building in which they lived....
Sangue do Meu Sangue
Character: Carlos Rezende / Lúcio Rezende
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Salve-se Quem Puder
Character: Self
In this romantic comedy, life links together the fate of three completely different women, after witnessing the murder of a judge during a hurricane in Cancun. To stay safe, Kyra, Alexia and Luna have to give up their lives and start over with new identities on a witness protection program. Packed with romance and new experiences, the struggle for survival will make them question their dreams and loves they had until that point....
Toma Lá, Dá Cá
Character: Dr. Pauleta
Brazilian comedy about two couples living next to each other in the same building. This show explores the antics between the two couples....
A Próxima Vítima
Character: Hélio Ribeiro
A young law student starts to work as a detective, decided to uncover the identity behind a series of murders, as well as who is next....
Os Trapalhões
Character:
Os Trapalhões was a Brazilian comedy group and also a Brazilian television series created by Wilton Franco. Its members were Dedé Santana, Zacarias, Mussum and their leader Didi Mocó, that was played by Renato Aragão. The name Trapalhões is derived from the Portuguese verb atrapalhar, which means the opposite of helping, to do something the wrong way or to Those that confuse. The name is translated "Tramps" in English DVD subtitles. It was aired by Rede Globo from 1977 to 1999. On March 18, 199...
No Corre: Partiu Entrega
Character: Seu Lauro
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Feijão Maravilha
Character: dono do galinheiro
Romantic and dreamy, Eliana works at a five-star hotel and becomes involved with unrequited love, a bumbling gang, and a complex police story....
A Grande Família
Character: Oduvaldo Carrara
The daily lives of a typical Brazilian middle-class family, that are always very close and tries, in their way, to survive the financial and relationship difficulties....
Chico Total
Character:
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Garotas do Programa
Character: Prato do Dia
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Selva de Pedra
Character: Cristiano Vilhena
Amidst an unresolved crime, Simone protects Cristiano and falls in love with him. However, the couple faces ambition and betrayals that tear them apart. Presumed dead, she returns under a new identity seeking revenge....
Movie Credits
70 Anos Esta Noite
Character:
With the participation of great stars of television drama, the documentary promotes an emotional journey through the great moments of soap operas, celebrating its seven decades on Brazilian TV....
Pedro and Pablo
Character:
In the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, the work of two young priests....
Anuska, Manequim e Mulher
Character:
An aspiring model leaves her wealthy middle-aged lover for a handsome young writer. But as her career takes off, their relationship gets worse....
Didi - The Treasure Raider
Character: Guardião
Didi works as a butler at Pedro's father's house. While browsing an old photograph album, he and 10-year-old Pedro find an ancient map with the route to a treasure. They decide to search for it. But the treasure carries a curse cast by the three thieves who had stolen it first, during WW2....
Twins
Character: Pai
Identical twins Iara and Marilena like to play games and deceive men by pretending to be each other. But when they fall in love with the same man, a rivalry with devastating and horrifying consequences begins....
Treason
Character: Argemiro Santos
Three stories of infidelity unfold: a man falls for a married woman, a young girl draws the gaze of her sister’s fiancé, and a husband takes his unfaithful wife hostage after discovering her affair with his best friend....
Os Vencedores 1952-1965
Character: Narrator
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Cafundó
Character: Bishop
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....
True Beauty
Character: Pedro
A photographer gets involved with a family as he seeks for a new model in a small town....
A Goofy Angel
Character: homem cansado
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The Inheritance
Character: Ator no Funeral
Reunited for their mother’s funeral, four sisters – Selma, Regina, Laura and Lúcia – find themselves forced to divide much more than an apartment in Copacabana. While dividing the articles, the sisters compare options, destinies, lifestyles, and expectations. The turbulent sale of the apartment represents a turning point in their lives: they know they have never been so deeply involved as accomplices, or as sisters....
Juntos a Magia Acontece
Character: Padre
The death of the matriarch on Christmas eve provokes a crisis that makes the family review attitudes and give a new meaning to the date....
Show Globo 50 Anos
Character: Herculano Quintanilha
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Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Dona Flor e Seus 2 Maridos - O Filme
Character: Delegado Garcia
The beautiful Flor marries Vadinho -- and soon finds out he's spending all their money on gambles and has mistresses all over the city. Vadinho suddenly dies while partying during Carnival, and Flor, left helpless and full of debts, ends up marrying Teodoro, who's the exact opposite of her late husband....
Tributo: Francisco Cuoco
Character: Self
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Cena Secreta
Character:
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The Princess and the Vagabond
Character: Germain
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Meu Primeiro Baile
Character: Luciano
Marina is in her late thirties and has recently become a widow. After finding an old photo album from her fifteenth birthday, she becomes curious about the men she danced with that night and decides to track them down, one by one....