Reginaldo Faria
Birthday: Born in 1937-06-11 in Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Deathday: Alive
Reginaldo Figueira de Faria (Nova Friburgo, June 11, 1937) is a Brazilian actor and director. He has appeared in more than 60 films and television shows since 1952. Faria's brother Roberto Farias (the 's' was added to his surname due to an error at the registry) is also a film director and screenwriter.
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Sinhá Moça
Character: Dr. Geraldo Fontes
Monarchists and republicans meet in Araruna, a small fictional town in the interior of São Paulo, in 1886. The novel portrays the love story of the beautiful and wealthy Sinhá Moça - daughter of the slave, Barão Ferreira de Araruna, and sweet and submissive Mother Candida - , with the young abolitionist lawyer Dr. Rodolfo Fontes - son of Dr. Fontes, and the housewife Inêz. Together, they face the difficulties in the campaign for the abolition of slaves....
Cabocla
Character: Joaquim Vieira Pires
Brasil República, 1918. Luís Jerônimo is a rich young man. Womanizer, spends all night on the street drinking and having fun with prostitutes, the boy finds out that he has an injury to his right lung. Advised by Edmundo Esteves, his doctor, he decides to spend a season at a cousin's farm in the small town of Vila da Mata in Espírito Santo, in search of fresh air, to prevent the disease from developing into tuberculosis....
Paraíso
Character: Eleutério Ferrabraz
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Baila Comigo
Character: Saulo Martins
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Império
Character: Sebastião Ferreira
Heartbreak forever changed the fate of the young and humble José Alfredo. Years later, he became the Lord Alfredo, a successful owner of a jewelry empire and a man obsessed with power. Temperamental and cunning, he tries to balance his turbulent marriage, an extramarital love affair, and the dispute between his children over succession in his business. One day, however, the unexpected appearance of a possible daughter, of whom he was unaware, causes upheaval in his life and takes his familial co...
Paraíso Tropical
Character: Clemente Vilela
The search for a successor provokes the beginning of a clash between two young and talented executives of his group: Daniel Bastos, a lad of simple origins and excellent character, who is not only handsome and charming, but also intelligent and skilled, and Olavo Novaes, an ambitious and unscrupulous man who is ready to fight for the position, at any cost. To fight against Olavo‘s treacherous plans, Daniel will have the help of the sweet and sensitive Paula, a young lady raised as an only child ...
Pega Pega
Character: Athaíde Camargo Neves e Silva
In this romantic police comedy, after a luxury hotel is robbed by four of its employees, the lives of all people involved are turned upside down. With different motivations, they will do all they can not to be discovered, bringing all sorts of conflicts into the hotel. The confusion escalates when the detective trying to solve the case falls in love with one of the robbers, unaware he is one....
Louco Amor
Character: Guilherme
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Um Lugar ao Sol
Character: Aníbal
Christian and Renato are identical twins who have opposite lives: Christian grew up in an orphanage and is underemployed, struggling to survive. Renato was adopted by a rich family and had everything that money can buy. When they meet again as adults, a tragedy happens: Renato is murdered and identified as Christian who, in turn, takes the place of his brother. However, to this end, he must leave behind his identity and his great love....
Água Viva
Character: Nelson Fragonard
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Fuzuê
Character: Abílio
The department store Fuzue, specialized in popular items, is a success led by Nero Braga e Silva. Little does he know that the store's grounds have hidden relics for over 300 years....
Elas por Elas
Character: Jacques Leclair
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....
Ti Ti Ti
Character: André Spina / Jacques Leclair
Brazilian telenovela....
Beleza Pura
Character: Olavo Pederneiras
Beleza Pura is a Brazilian soap opera produced and broadcast by Rede Globo from February, 18 to September 12, 2007, with a total of 179 chapters. It replaced Sete Pecados, by Walcyr Carrasco at the 19h timeslot. It was written by the newcomer Andrea Maltarolli and co-written by Emanoel Jacobina, Ricardo Hoffstetter, Daisy Chaves, Flávia Bessone, and João Brandão, with text supervision by Silvio de Abreu, and general direction by Rogério Gomes....
Vale Tudo
Character: Marco Aurélio Cantanhede
Fátima Accioly is a young, callous woman who wants to be rich and successful at any price. After selling her family's house in the country, she heads to Rio and gets to know dress man César who is unscrupulous himself. Meanwhile, her mother Raquel stays behind without home and money, but finally tries to find her daughter in the big city. Both women come in contact with the rich Roitman family which changes their lives forever....
Tieta
Character: Ascânio Trindade
Inspired on Jorge Amado's romance "Tieta do Agreste", the plot is set on the fictional city of Santana do Agreste, at Brazil's northwest, and has as main theme Tieta's life turnarounds. Twenty-five years after being chased out of town by her father Zé Esteves, she returns to her home town seeking revenge against everyone who mistreated her and laugh at her face in the past....
Vamp
Character: Capitão Rocha / Felipe Rocha
Vamp is a Brazilian telenovela produced and displayed at the time of 19 hours by Rede Globo, July 15, 1991 to February 8, 1992 in 179 chapters....
Joia Rara
Character: Venceslau López
In 1934 two supposed brothers survived an avalanche in the Himalayas: the millionaire Franz Hauser (Bruno Gagliasso), who is saved by Buddhist monks, and Manfred (Carmo Dalla Vecchia), rescued by a team of climbers. Manfred returns to Brazil with a terrible secret: he sabotaged Franz’s equipment in order to take his place in the family business. After an exhaustive search, Ernest Hauser gives his son up for dead and appoints his bastard son as the director of the Hauser Group. ...
Totalmente Demais
Character: Maurice de Alcântara
This modern fairy tale tells the story of a homeless girl who dreams of helping out her family and finds her big chance of turning her life around in a fashion modeling contest - but the way to winning it and becoming a star will be a lot harder than she originally envisioned. A captivating romantic comedy about overcoming obstacles, Total Dreamer wins its audience’s heart right from the first episode....
Força de um Desejo
Character: Barão Henrique de Sampaio Sobral
Força de um Desejo is a Brazilian telenovela produced by Globo TV and was shown in the schedule of 18 hours between May 10, 1999 and January 29, 2000, in 226 chapters. It was written by Gilberto Braga and as collaborators with Alcides Nogueira Marques, Lilian Garcia, Eliane Garcia, Philip Miguez and Mark Silver and directed by Mauro Mendonça Filho, Carlos Araújo, Fabricio Mamberti and João Camargo, with production of the core Marcos Paulo. Featured Malu Mader, Fábio Assunção, Cláudia Abreu, Mar...
Zazá
Character: Roberto
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As Noivas de Copacabana
Character: Detetive Jorge França
Donato Menezes, a renowned art restorer from Copacabana is also a serial killer obsessed with women in their bridal gowns. His crimes follows the same pattern: he seduces and then kills the victim during the sexual act, always when they're wearing the gown....
Explode Coração
Character: César Lemos
Explode Coração is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced by Rede Globo and aired between November 6, 1995 and May 4, 1996, with a total of 155 chapters. Written entirely by Glória Perez and directed by Ary Coslov, Gracie and Carlos Araújo Júnior, production had general direction and core Dennis Carvalho, and was the 51st "of eight novel" the state broadcaster. Ricardo Macchi, Edson Celulari and Teresa Seiblitz play the leading roles in a plot centered on the love triangle formed by the prota...
Olho no Olho
Character: Cézar Zapata
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Contos de Verão
Character: Alberto Cabral (Cabral)
Cabral is a writer who decides to spend his summer writing a series about love stories. It is then that he begins to look back over his life and his works. He is married to Glorinha, a woman twenty years younger than him, with whom he has a daughter, the young Samanta. Glorinha dreams of having a second child, but Cabral rejects the woman's desire, creating a stalemate between the two....
Pai Herói
Character: Raul
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Elas por Elas
Character: Renê de Sousa
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O Clone
Character: Leônidas Ferraz (Leãozinho)
Human cloning. The Islamic world. Two young people, two different cultures, two different beliefs. An impossible love story that not even time could erase. During a trip to Morocco, Lucas has a forbidden romance with Jade. He returns to Brazil after the death of his twin brother Diogo. A close family friend, scientist Albieri uses this situation to produce the first human clone using cells taken from Lucas. Twenty years later, Jade, Lucas and his clone form an odd love triangle....
Espelho da Vida
Character: Vicente Dutra / Augusto Breton
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O Astro
Character: Adolfo Mello Assunção
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....
Celebridade
Character: Evaldo Correia
A successful businesswoman in the music industry sees her life fall apart after a young and mysterious woman starts work as her secretary. The scheming girl is totally obsessed by the famous businesswoman and she tries to steal everything from her, including her career....
Ilusões Perdidas
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Conversa com Bial
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Journalist Pedro Bial discusses the most important current news in Brazil and in the rest of the world....
Dancin' Days
Character: Hélio Castro Ferreira
A down-on-her-luck former inmate tries to reconnect with her daughter--to the objections of her sister who raised the girl, meets a millionaire, and transforms into a strong woman, returning to society at Dancin' Days nightclub's opening....
Boca do Lixo
Character: Henrique Ribeiro
Cláudia Toledo, a former sex symbol and a struggling actress, sees a chance to transform her life when a wealthy businessman proposes to her. What initially seemed like a dream marriage quickly unravels into a deceptive scheme, as Cláudia discovers the union is a sham to maintain appearances. She ends up falling for Tomás, a seductive construction worker, who convinces Cláudia to plot a murder to inherit her husband's fortune....
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Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Character: Self
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."...
Posthumous Memories
Character: Brás Cubas
Free adaptation of Machado de Assis' classic. The narrator is a rich dead man, who tells us about his life and times, making fun of both....
Cazuza: Time Doesn't Stop
Character: João Araújo
Inspired by the moving book “Só as Mães São Felizes”, by Lucinha Araújo, Cazuza's mother, the film covers a little more than 10 years of the singer’s crazy and brief life – from the beginning of his career in the Circo Voador venue, in 1981, to the huge success and the apotheosis of his shows with the Barão Vermelho band, his solo career, his relations with his parents, friends, lovers and passions, and the courage he had to face his final years, with HIV, until his death, in 1990....
Assault on the Pay Train
Character: Grilo Peru
Based on true events in Rio de Janeiro, in 1960, when a gang having the infamous outlaw Tião Medonho as a leader performed a sensational railroad hold-up on a train carrying a small fortune....
Go Ahead, Brazil!
Character: Jofre Godói
Mid-1970s. When the military regime's "economic miracle" and the victory of the Brazilian football team on the World Cup serve as a distraction for the persecution of opposition leaders by the political police of the dictatorship. Under this context, Jofre Godoi da Fonseca, an alienated middle-class man, is mistaken for Sarmento, a political activist he met at an airport prior to his assassination. He is then arrested for being "subversive"....
Roberto Carlos em Ritmo de Aventura
Character: Director
While making a movie in Rio de Janeiro, the singer Roberto Carlos is kidnapped by an international gang that wants to make money with his songs in a computer, together with Pierre (José Lewgoy) , the villain of the movie, and sent to New York....
Porto das Caixas
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In the city of Porto das Caixas, a woman seeks help from multiple lovers to murder her dirty husband. Desperate to free herself, she decides to put her plan into practice alone....
Lucio Flavio
Character: Lúcio Flávio
The story of a famous Brazilian bandit in the early 1970s and his fight against a paramilitary organization known as the Death Squad....
Lance Maior
Character: Mário
University student who works in a bank experiences a personal crisis: he is torn between his ambitions and the temptation to engage in the armed movement against the military dictatorship of the time, in Brazil. At the same time, his love life is also confusing: he is unable to choose between two girls: an apolitical rich one, whose main interest is her own sexual liberation; and a working girl with family problems....
Os Machões
Character: Didi
Three young men from the beach neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro lead a carefree life, in spite of having no money. After meeting Denise, who presently turns out to be Dênis (a man), they start to learn some tricks and their lives begin to change....
Tragic Jungle
Character: Pablito
In a company trading maté, workers are treated as slaves. Some of them try to escape, but those who are caught suffer severe punishments....
The Girl Next Door
Character: Mauro
Middle-aged married journalist goes to the beach resort of Búzios, in Brazil, to write a book. Gradually, he falls in love with his neighbor's daughter, a beautiful teenager much younger than he, ignoring the social implications....
Roberto Carlos a 300 Quilômetros por Hora
Character: Playboy
A mechanic who wants to become a race car pilot has his great opportunity when he has to take the place of another pilot who had suffered an accident....
O Flagrante
Character: Paulão
Five friends decide to enjoy Mardi Gras without their wives, leaving them home. But one of the wives doesn't accept this arrangement and tries to get even....
Os Paqueras
Character: Nonô
Two ladykillers living in Rio de Janeiro know no limits when courting a beautiful woman. A problem arises when one of them starts coming on to a girl, not knowing she's his buddy's daughter....
Pra Quem Fica, Tchau
Character: Didi
Pra Quem Fica, Tchau tells the story of a teenager from the interior who comes to Rio, financed by an uncle, and goes to live with a womanizer cousin....
No Mundo da Lua
Character: Mário
For a long time a couple exchanged love letters, he living in the Northeast and she in Rio de Janeiro. One day he goes to the wonderful city together with a colleague, but he soon faces a problem: since he has sent the girl a photo of someone else, he is afraid to approach and reveal who he really is. At the same time, the colleague has a falling out with a girl who defends rock 'n' roll tooth and nail....
Lili Carabina
Character: Renato
When her husband dies, Elisa asks Guerreiro if she can join his gang of bank robbers. She soon gains notoriety in the press with the nickname Lili Carabina, but is relentlessly pursued by an honest police officer....
Com Licença, Eu Vou à Luta
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In Nilópolis, Eliane, a 15-year-old girl, who is the daughter of a lower-middle-class couple, falls in love with Otávio, a 33-year-old divorcee. Upon learning of the relationship, Eliane's parents forbid her to meet her lover....
Aguenta, Coração
Character: João
The relationship among three friendly couples turns upside down when two of the men get a job on TV. Their girlfriends leave them, looking for more action in their lives....
Parceiros da Aventura
Character: Motorista da greve
Rio de Janeiro crooks rove about, performing petty tricks to survive, and get involved with a woman who steals cars....
Toda Donzela Tem Um Pai Que é Uma Fera
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General's daughter, who lives with her boyfriend without being married, gets in trouble when her conservative father decides to visit her. A friend decides to help them, but things only get worse....
Cidade Ameaçada
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Based on true events, the film tells the story of Brazilian outlaw Promessinha, one of the most famous and feared criminals of his time, depicting his crimes and cruelty, until his death confronting the police....
Fish in a Barrel
Character: Cafetão da mãe de Queró
Young robber, son of a prostitute who had killed herself, gets involved with two police informers, who force him to share the loot he gets....
Who's Afraid of Werewolves?
Character: Lula
Two young men in search of adventure meet Iracema, a bride who's been left waiting at the church. They give her a ride on their jeep, until they find the most strange family: a couple with seven girls and a son. According to popular tradition, a man born after seven girls is bound to become a werewolf....
Roberto Farias - Memórias de um Cineasta
Character: Narrator
Filmmaker Roberto Farias' passion for cinema is revealed by his daughter Marise Farias through an intimate look, from childhood to his political, economic and cultural role in Brazilian Cinema. Through Roberto Farias himself and friends such as Luís Carlos Barreto, Cacá Diegues and Zelito Viana, the film tells the stories of the director who achieved a direct dialogue with the public through successes such as O Assalto ao Trem Pagador (1962), the trilogy with singer Roberto Carlos (1968 to 1971)...
Favorite Son
Character: Detective
Claudia Maccari, an Italian doctor who has a Brazilian adopted son suffering from leukemia, goes to Rio de Janeiro to find the child's biological mother for a transplant. She is reluctantly helped by a Detective....
Papai Noel Existe
Character: Jonas
A tender story, in which Santa Claus helps to preserve a family. Dudu (David Lucas), a very naughty boy, makes a wish full of hope on Christmas Eve, seeking the reconciliation of his parents, Luciana (Carolina Kasting) and Roberto (Daniel Boaventura), who are determined to separate. Dudu looks for a Santa Claus in a store and insists that his order be fulfilled. However, the good old man, who in fact is Jonas (Reginaldo Farias), who lives making beaks to survive, at first does not take the boy v...
The ABC of Love
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Film that includes three short films by different authors about love: "O pacto" by Eduardo Coutinho, "Terrible Night" by Rodolfo Kuhn, and "Magic World" by Helvio Soto....
Leonardo Pareja
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The Kiss
Character: Arandir
When a dying man receives a kiss from a bereaved man who tries to save him, the man is jailed as a homosexual. He is released from jail, but his life has been ruined by the incident -- and the man eventually is killed by his own father-in-law. The kiss that resulted in the eventual persecution and death of the man is never shown in this plodding, downbeat drama....
Morte Para Um Covarde
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Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: As Noivas de Copacabana - O Filme
Character: Detetive Jorge França
Adaptation of the series shown in 1992. A sequence of crimes in the same style intrigue: a man walks with a woman on the beach; she dresses as a bride and is brutally strangled in the middle of the act of love. To prove the authorship of the crimes is the great challenge of detective França....