Irandhir Santos
Birthday: Born in 1978-08-22 in Barreiros, Pernambuco, Brazil
Deathday: Alive
Irandhir Santos Pinto (Barreiros, August 22, 1978) is a Brazilian actor. He has received several awards throughout his career, including an APCA Award, five Guarani Awards, and an Extra Award, in addition to receiving nominations for seven Grande Otelo Awards, an ACIE Award, and a Quality Brazil Award. Santos is revered for his work in cinema, which earned him awards at the most important festivals, including a Kikito Trophy for Best Actor at the Gramado Festival. Recently he has stood out for his performances on television.
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A Pedra do Reino
Character: Quaderna
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Dois Irmãos
Character: Nael
Between the 1920s and 1980s, the plot narrates the trajectory of a Lebanese family focusing on the conflicted relationship of the twin brothers Omar and Yaqub....
Pantanal
Character: Joventino Leôncio / Zé Lucas de Nada (José Lucas Leôncio)
After the mysterious disappearance of his father, Joventino, the cowboy José Leôncio becomes a wealthy farm owner in Pantanal. Over twenty years have passed and, bitter-hearted because of his father vanishing and the escape of his wife to Rio de Janeiro with his baby, José Leôncio has the chance to make amends with the boy, now a young man raised in the big city with very different values and habits than his own....
Renascer
Character: Sebastião de Pádua (Tião Galinha)
After making a pact with Jequitibá, José Inocêncio becomes a mythical figure, known as the most successful cocoa farmer in the region. While still young, he wins the heart of Maria Santa. Their intense passion results in four children: José Augusto, José Bento, José Venâncio, and the youngest, João Pedro, who never had the opportunity to know his mother, as she dies while giving birth to him. This tragedy fuels José Inocêncio’s anger, blaming João Pedro for the loss of his great love. Throughout...
Meu Pedacinho de Chão
Character: José Aparecido Menezes (Zelão)
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Velho Chico
Character: Bento dos Anjos
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Amor de Mãe
Character: Álvaro
Lurdes is a mother of five who tirelessly seeks for Domenico, a child of hers who was sold by his own father 26 years ago; Thelma is an overprotective mother who finds out she has a terminal illness, and must race against time to make her dreams come true and prepare her son for a life without her presence; Vitória is a successful lawyer who sees the end of her marriage after countless failed attempts to have a baby and decides for adoption, but finds out she is pregnant during the process. In "...
Onde Nascem os Fortes
Character: Samir
When an adventurous young man goes missing after a fight, his mother Cassia and his twin sister Maria begin a dangerous journey in search of answers in a town where brute force overcomes the law....
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The Assailant
Character: Noca de Antônia
Based on the life of a legendary capoeira fighter from Bahia, "Besouro" spins a fantastic tale of a young Brazilian man of African descent in search of his mission....
Recife, Cidade Roubada
Character: ele mesmo
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Carnival is Over
Character: Valerio
Regina and Valerio are a happy and sexy couple, casually enjoying their fortune from their luxurious villa on top of the Rio de Janeiro’s hills. Since the death of Valerio’s father, the biggest mobster in town, they desperately seek a way out of this criminal hornets’ nest. But Valerio’s uncle, Linduarte, insists on him assuming his responsibilities. One night, attempting to reason with Linduarte, the couple accidentally kills him. They then fall into a spiral of violence, leading them onto the ...
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
Character: Diogo Fraga
After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human Right Aids member Diogo Fraga of execution of prisoners. Matias is transferred to the corrupted Military Police and Nascimento is exonerated from the BOPE by the Governor....
Blue Eyes
Character: Nonato
Before his compulsory retirement, on his last day of work, Marshall, JFK airport's chief Immigration officer, detains a group of Latin Americans and expose them to a series of humiliating situations. Blinded by prejudice, Marshall ends up by causing the death of a young Brazilian. After a period in prison, Marshall goes to Brazil, deadly ill and in a desperate search in order to purge his guilt. In his quest, he is guided by Bia, a young prostitute....
I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You
Character: José Renato
José Renato, a 35-year-old geologist, is sent out on a solitary expedition to the hinterlands of northeastern Brazil. The purpose of the trip is to assess possible routes for a canal that will connect the area with the only major river in the region. As the field trip progresses, it becomes clear that Renato shares with those places the same emptiness, sense of abandonment and isolation....
Neighboring Sounds
Character: Clodoaldo
An independent private security firm arrives at a middle-class neighborhood in Recife, Brazil....
Rat Fever
Character: Zizo
Zizo, a radical and anarchist poet living in a marginal quarter of Recife in the north eastern state of Pernambuco, distributes his social angst-filled thoughts through a publication named Febre do Rato, and spews poetry to anyone who’d listen. Our character always revolves within the universe that he has created around himself. A very particular world, in which satisfying the unfortunate is a mixture of a kind of benefit with high dose of malice....
Tattoo
Character: Clécio
Paulete, the star of a daring theater group, is visited by his military brother-in-law, the young Fininha. A torrid relationship arises between the two, and now the soldier must deal with the prevailing repression during the Brazilian military dictatorship....
The History of Eternity
Character: Joo
In a small village in the hinterland, three stories of love and desire are changing the emotional landscape of its residents. Characters of a romanesque world in which their conceptions of life are limited on one side by human instincts, on the other by a blind and fatalist fate....
The Eye of the Beholder
Character: João Carlos
A young architect embarking upon his first major project is unexpectedly brought face to face with dark secrets from his ancestral past....
Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures
Character: Manoel
1942, in the middle of Northeastern Brazil, two very different men meet along the road: Johan, an aspirin salesman avoiding the German draft, and Ranulpho, a rural Brazilian seeking escape from the drought....
Bog of Beasts
Character: Maninho
A man falls in love with a teenage girl, who is exploited by her own grandfather, who sometimes takes her to a gas station to show her naked to whomever pays him some money....
O Senhor do Labirinto
Character: Wanderley
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Coffee Stains
Character: Ivo
A photographer travels to São Paulo for his first solo exhibition and decides to stay in his now married, ex-girlfriend’s house....
Absence
Character: Ney
Serginho has a hard time finding his place in the world as he works with his uncle at the market, supports his depressed mother, and takes care of his little brother....
The Telescope of Time
Character: Lampião
Musical drama that uses popular myths of Brazilian culture to narrate a story full of meetings and misunderstandings, betrayals and loves, crimes and punishments. Against the backdrop of the Pernambuco backlands – its people and its culture, the cordel, the bandits, the cinema and the circus – the film is a universal drama, laden with unique poetry, where reality and the dreamworld mingle....
Deixem Diana em Paz
Character: Narrador
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The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga
Character: Quim
Based on Guimarães Rosa's (classic Brazilian author) short story, the movie tells the story of Augusto Matraga, a bankrupt and violent farmer who lives above the Law in Minas Gerais' hinterland. During a difficult time, he finds himself in the middle of a trap that nearly kills him. Born again, Matraga resorts to faith and hard work in the pursuit of redemption. Years later, he arrives at the village reigned by the hinterland's ruler and his thugs. This new friendship will challenge his destiny....
The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell
Character: Cabo Martim
Friends of the recently deceased Quincas take their pal's body on one last tour of his favorite spots in Brazil's Bahia....
Amigos de Risco
Character:
After years on the run, Joca is back again in town. And, to commemorate, nothing better than a night on the tiles with his good friends Nelsão and Benito. However, the happy occasion turns to a nightmare when Joca is suddenly taken ill. With no money, no transportation or communication, his friends now have to carry him through the deserted town to the closest hospital. A race against the clock is about to begin, with umpteen surprises and enough to shake the firmest of bonds of friendship....
Aquarius
Character: Roberval
Clara, a vibrant former music critic and widow with flowing tresses is the only remaining apartment owner in a beautiful older building targeted for demolition by ruthless luxury high-rise developers. Clara proves to be a force to be reckoned with as she thwarts the builders plans to kick her out of the apartment....
Whirlpool
Character: Luzimar
Luzimar cycles each day to and from work at the local cotton mill in his hometown of Cataguases, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He is a hard-working man, trying to make the most of what he has. One day, his childhood friend Gildo reappears, driving a fancy car and boasting of his successful life in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo. As the two sit down for a beer, memories, regrets and old resentments slowly resurface....
Mercy
Character: Omar
The quiet life of the small town Piedade's inhabitants is shaken up by the arrival of a big oil company, which barges in taking over houses and local businesses, throwing everyone out, to better reach and use the area's natural resources....
Décimo Segundo
Character:
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Friendly Beast
Character: Djair
A restaurant owner going over the edge when an armed robbery is attempted at his establishment. He holds everyone captive at gunpoint – criminals and customers alike – and situations corrode into a nightmare state, guided by manipulation and raw compulsion....
Iran
Character: Self
An account on the immersion process of Brazilian method actor Irandhir Santos, while building up his character for "Redemoinho" (Whirlpool, 2017), captured on set by director of photography Walter Carvalho....
Party Over
Character: Breno
Returning early from his vacation after the Carnival period to investigate the murder of a young French tourist, Breno Wanderley is faced with possible reflections of his own history from which he cannot escape. Between Ash Wednesday and post-Carnival Sunday, Breno tries to unravel the crime and sees in his son, also called Breno, a chance to reinvent himself in a broken and sullen city....
Remains of a Man
Character: Luís
Renata lives isolated in the countryside with her teenage daughter and her husband, conceiving fear as a common feeling. The arrival of a stranger awakens in her the desire for all that was asleep....
Enquanto o Céu Não Me Espera
Character: Vincente
A simple farmer, attached to the memories of his father, struggles to stay with his family on their small farm, despite the difficulties imposed by the flooding of the Amazon rivers....