Joaquim Nicolau
Birthday: Born in 1964-07-25 in Castelo Branco, Portugal
Deathday: Alive
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Fábrica de Anedotas
Character: Mendonça
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O Crime do Padre Amaro
Character: Padre Natário
Based on Eça de Queiroz's 1875 novel, the plot takes place in Leiria, Portugal, at the end of the 1860s, and follows the story of the forbidden passion between Amaro, a young priest, and Amélia, "the most beautiful girl in Leiria". Tense, emotional and rooted in personality conflicts, the series takes a critical look at society and the church in Portugal, in Leiria in the 19th century....
Aposta que Amas
Character: Sr. Duarte
On her birthday, Lara discovers that her boyfriend Miguel has an affair with her best friend Anna. Her world collapses and moved by an act of rage and spite, she decides to post a video online shouting to the world how she is feeling. At the same time Simão and Salvador are at home with some friends and watch Lara’s video. Recognizing such vehemence and despite within her broken heart, Simão challenges Salvador to a bet: he has 13 days to conquer Lara’s heart. 13 days to make her fall in love wi...
À Conversa com Ana Rita Clara
Character: Self
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O Nosso Cônsul em Havana
Character: Esteves
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Donos Disto Tudo
Character:
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Cuidado com as Aparências
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A snobbish housewife is determined to climb the social ladder, in spite of her family's working class connections and the constant chagrin of her long suffering husband. Portuguese remake of the British classic Keeping Up Appearances....
Pôr do Sol
Character: Produtor Acácio
Love, passion, mystery, betrayal makes the days of the Pôr do Sol estate. The Bourbon de Linhaça family owns the Pôr do Sol estate, but not everything is rosy......
O Sábio
Character: Raúl Mendes
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Amar Demais
Character: Pedro Benvindo
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Poderosas
Character: Alfredo Dias
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Filha do Mar
Character:
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I Love It
Character: Pai de Cristina
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Saber Amar
Character: José Lima
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Taskmaster
Character: self
Five public figures are challenged by “Taskmaster” Vasco Palmeirim and his assistant Nuno Markl to overcome a series of fun tests with a small dose of madness....
Espírito Indomável
Character: Doutor
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Depois do Adeus
Character: Carlos Costa
A series that portrays Portugal in the aftermath of April 25th....
Cidade Despida
Character: Jacinto
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Os Nossos Dias
Character: Valdemar Damásio
Os Nossos Dias follows the daily lives of its many characters. Among the typical soap opera-esque romances featured in the show, significant social-awareness issues have also been featured, i.e., domestic violence, living with HIV, and homophobia....
Bem-Vindos a Beirais
Character: Presidente da Câmara
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Camilo na Prisão
Character: Mariano
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Sentimentos
Character: Padre Valente
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A Outra
Character: Zé Bento
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Olhos de Água
Character: Zé Maria
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Não Há Duas Sem Três
Character: Fotógrafo
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A Casa é Minha
Character: Júlio Coelho
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Super Pai
Character: Pai de Nico
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Sr. Rui
Character: Zé de Palha
The story chronicles the life of Portuguese entrepreneur Rui Nabeiro, founder of Delta Cafés, set against the backdrop of his hometown, Campo Maior....
Salto de Fé
Character: Bispo
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Cinzas
Character: Agente da PJ
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Pensão Estrela
Character:
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Terra Mãe
Character: Taxista
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Capitão Roby
Character: Ernesto
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Filhos do Vento
Character: Homem na Taberna
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A Banqueira do Povo
Character: Apresentador
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Diário de Maria
Character: Zé Manel Ramos
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Alhos e Bugalhos
Character: Palhaço
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Os Malucos do Riso
Character: Vários Papéis
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Uma Casa em Fanicos
Character: Jorge
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Hotel Cinco Estrelas
Character: Lázaro
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Alguém Perdeu
Character: Júlio
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Mulheres Assim
Character: Homem Câmara Municipal
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Abandonados
Character: Moura Gomes
Based on real facts, recalls the alliance between Portuguese, Timorese and Australians against a common enemy that did not hesitate to commit the greatest atrocities against the local populations and against all those who opposed him....
Bons Vizinhos
Character: Paulo Ferreira
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Camilo Em Sarilhos
Character: Agente
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O Dia do Regicídio
Character: João Chagas
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A Espia
Character: Ribeiro Casais
The story of Shell, one of several spy networks operating in Portugal during the Second World War. Directed by the British who operated in Portugal between 1941 and 1942, it had a plan to destroy infrastructures and act as a counterintelligence unit in case the country was invaded by the Germans....
Aqui Tão Longe
Character: Fernandes
A Portuguese series, dealing with terrorism, crime, and the economical crises in Portugal....
Quando os Lobos Uivam
Character: Pirraça
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Rosa Fogo
Character: Agostinho Nunes
Rosa Fogo is a Portuguese soap opera that aired on SIC from September 2011 to June 2012....
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The Art of Stealing
Character: a client
Two amateur thieves are hired to steal an extremely valuable Van Gogh painting from the abandoned farm of an Argentinian countess....
Contrato
Character: Dr. Machado
Peter McShade is a hitman. A job goes wrong when he kills the nephew of a Mafia Boss in Morocco....
Filme da Treta
Character: Ramalho
After having an "apocalyptic vision" in a peep-show cabin, Zezé decides to enter in the Order of the Caracolários Descalços. Tóni visits his friend, that is in a monastery. The reencounter of these old friends makes them go back in time and remember their adventures......
A Shot in the Dark
Character: PJ expert
A baby is kidnapped in a Brazilian airport. Years later, the mother lives in Lisbon and works in a strip-tease bar so she can survive. When she is fired, she joins a gang of bank robbers......
The Immortals
Character: Sérgio Mano
Every year, four ex-soldiers who call themselves "Os Imortais" ("The Immortals"), get together with four women to celebrate their war deeds and remember the old days, back in the war. On the summer of 1985, tired of their monotonous lives, they decide to rob a bank. Joaquim Malarranha, a chief inspector from the local police force who is about to retire, crosses their path and chooses to spend his last days of duty trying to solve the robbery. But as he carries on with his investigation, he disc...
Um Pequeno Desvio
Character: Duarte
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Trial
Character: Marcelino
In 1970, a man is tortured and murdered by the regime's secret police. Now nearly 40 years later, his friend, who had also been tortured, recognizes the man he deems responsible for the murder of his friend. Along with three old friends and the victim's daughter, they kidnap the man and take him to an isolated house. Once there, the concepts of justice and revenge begin to mix dangerously in a private trial with irreversible consequences....
Zona J
Character: worker
Tó, a black boy from Zona J, a tough neighborhood in Lisbon, falls in love with a white girl, Carla. Tó dreams of living in Angola and taking Carla with him. However, the reality the two teens are in complicates their plans......
Três Crimes, Três Curtas
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S.Ó.S.”, by Bruno Soares, “Céu Aberto ou Espaço Limitado”, by José António Loureiro, and “Para Cá do Marão”, by José Mazeda, are three short films, all first works by their directors , shown as if they were a single film. What they have in common is the fact that they deal with crimes. Bruno Soares' film, with Marco Costa, Joel Branco and Carmen Santos, deals with a robbery in Lisbon, with the owner of the house confusing the robber with his son. The one by José António Loureiro, with Joaquim Ni...
A Bomba
Character: Terrorist 4
A group of innocent hostages is left to their own deaths facing a clockwork bomb, while the whole country watches them on the TV....
Your Face Will be the Last
Character: Boca Linda
Adaptation of the novel of the same name, by João Ricardo Pedro....
The Fortunate Ones
Character: Dr. Seabra
Algarve, late 90s. Following the death of her grandmother, Milene - a strong young woman full of life despite a slight mental handicap - divides her life between her family of notables and a Cape Verdean family that keeps her going, whom she met when her grandmother died. The wind that whistles in the cranes plunges us into the world of two families against the backdrop of Portugal's recent past....
The Curse of Romanova
Character: Agente Polícia
Four pre-teenagers investigate the kidnapping of a schoolmate until they reach a witch, Romanova, who takes another friend before disappearing. Fifteen years later, Romanova reappears and one of the survivors must rally the rest to put an end to her....
O Ralo
Character: Polícia
After a sink full of soapy water empties through a gurgling drain, a finger appears from underneath: Zé, a plumber, is at work. Eva, the lady of the house, interrupts him wearing little but a smile. She coaxes him out and seduction begins, interrupted by the surprise arrival of her lover, Carlão, a gun-toting criminal. Zé hides under the sink, watching through the drain hole as Carlão gives Eva a valuable necklace and makes love to her. Carlão is called away abruptly on business only to have his...
Cats Don't Have Vertigo
Character: Serralheiro
Jô is kicked out of home by his father on his birthday. Having no place to go, he takes refuge in the terrace of Rose, who just lost her husband....
Zeus
Character: Osório
Manuel Teixeira Gomes the Portuguese President who left everything behind with only one premise: become who he really wanted to be...
Mustang
Character: Chico
Two sons dream of the return of their father who left fifteen years earlier, and all this time without any sign of life......
Branco
Character: Isaías
Portugal, 2013, election day. The 'Troika' and the IMF have ruined the country. A patriot man will make a difference. Even if against...everyone....
A Noiva
Character: Sargeant Costa
A portuguese officer, supposedly dead in a mine explosion, is captured by the african guerrilla in Guiné (former portuguese colony) while his beloved wife Laura remain inconsolable in Portugal trying to believe that Jorge is still alive. Meanwhile an old Laura friend, a lieutenant, tries to convince Laura that Jorge is dead. Eduardo has always been a secret Laura lover. The romance between them is however darkened with the phantom shadow of Jorge hanging over them.....
Nzinga, Queen of Angola
Character: Capitão Português
In the 17th century a warrior woman fights for the independence of Angola. After witnessing the murder of her son and watching her people being humiliated by Portuguese colonizers, Njinga will become a Queen and struggle for their liberation embodying the motto: those who stay fight to win....
The Last Nazi Hunter 2
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After a hard life of chasing nazis, Jacob Cohn is on his death bed. Recently, he found that one of the most bloodiest nazis, who almost killed him in a concentration camp, is hiding in Portugal. Friederich Haas was known also as the Dachau Dentist for pulling the teeth of the prisoners mouth, one by one, just for fun. Without alternatives, being to weak to go after him, Jacob sends his pacifist and shy grandson, Jean Luc to finish his last mission. Jean Luc has to go to Portugal and bring Friede...
Five Days, Five Nights
Character: Armando
Portugal, late 1940's. André must leave the country after running away from prison. In Oporto some friends get him a guide, Lambaça, a smuggler who knows very well the Trás-os-Montes border from Portugal to Spain....
Variações: Guardian Angel
Character: Tenório
Film biography dwelling on the hectic artistic life of António Variações, a famous Portuguese pop rock singer from the 80s, who died from AIDS-related complications in 1984....
Our Consul in Havana
Character: Esteves
The film is liberally inspired by the period when Eça de Queiroz was Portuguese Consul in Cuba, when still a Spanish colony. Eça de Queiroz struggles against local authorities in his defense of Chinese workers, brought to the sugar plantations by greedy middlemen and exploited as slaves. Two parallel stories unfold, that of a Chinese girl which Eça de Queiroz saves from the clutches of one of the island’s most powerful slave owners, and the other of a romance involving a young American woman on ...
Grey and Black
Character: 2º Colega PJ
The story of Maria, a woman betrayed by his companion, David, when he steals a sack of money and flees, taking refuge in the island of Pico. Furious and determined to avenge herself, she proposes to an Police Inspector, Lucas, to chase and to find David. However, David, on a visit to the island of Faial, falls in love with a local, Marina. Maria and Lucas look for David in the Azores, they cross with Mariana in Faial and the three will discover David in his house of the mountain, at the top of t...
The Courtyard of the Ballads
Character: Inspector Machado
A New age remake of a portguese classic, Pátio das Cantigas shows the lives of a neighbourhood in the Old Lisbon, including their desires, happiness and sadness, always with a good humour....
Part-Time-Queen
Character: Chantel
When the fate of small Julinho crosses with Chantel, a transvestite who prostitutes herself, begins a tour on the history of a prince who was a queen in part-time. But to what extent can the fantasy prevail when confronted with reality?...
Um Funeral à Chuva
Character: Taxista
A group of former university college students reunites in the city where they graduated at, to attend the funeral of one from their group. In fulfilling his last dying wish, the group goes on a journey of self discovery about the true essence of friendship and life. However they haven't been together in 10 years......
O Leão da Estrela
Character: GNR
The story revolves around Anastácio, a supporter of Leões de Alcochete and Mr. Barata, a supporter of Inferno Futebol Clube. One day, the two teams face each other. Which team will win?...
O Cônsul de Bordéus
Character: José Seabra
This is the story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a man of conviction who saved 30,000 lives during WWII, in June 1940. Among them were10,000 Jews. As the Portuguese General Consul stationed in Bordeaux, France, he issued 30,000 visas for safe passage to Portugal. He defied the direct orders of his government and exhibited courage, moral rectitude, unselfishness, and self-sacrifice by issuing visas to all refugees regardless of nationality, race, religion or political opinions.This narrative fi...
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
Character: Forgeron 2
France, 17th century, during the reign of Louis XIII. When a dear friend, the Duke of Nevers, is treacherously assassinated by a powerful relative, a skilled swordsman, the noble Henri de Lagardère, seeks his rightful vengeance as he tries to protect the innocent life of the duke's last heir....
Eclipse em Portugal
Character: Alfredo Piçabarro
Tó-Quim is a seemingly ordinary teenager, until the day he joins a band of black metal, the hand of a friend and Anita knows the drummer for who ends up falling in love....
Do outro lado do mundo
Character: Highway Mechanic
Anna is a famous striptease dancer who falls for her body without shame. She is accused of theft and questioned the commissioner Lourenço, being dazzled by their strength, independence and freedom. The man will be caught by the passionate desire and the fatal attraction that she causes....
Mausolée pour une garce
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Adapted from a best-selling novel by Frédéric Dard. Agnès Taride has a closet full of skeletons. A beautiful woman, accustomed to using her body to get what she wants, she persuades her lover to murder her ex-husband for the life insurance money that will otherwise go to her daughter when she reaches her upcoming 18th birthday. The murder attempt goes awry, and not only does the ex survive, but a witness calls on his underworld connections to avenge the attack on his friend. From here, the plot ...
Les Frangines
Character: Routier sympa
After the death of her father, the model Alix Castelac discovers that she must share the will, and the family property, with a half-sister hidden by the name of Noémie Boileau, a truck driver....
April Captains
Character: Man in Crowd - Caxias
Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salazar--and of two young army captains who were involved in it....
The Garden of Redemption
Character: Partisan
A priest struggles with his religious beliefs as he sees his countrymen murdered in Nazi occupied Italy and as he becomes attracted to a woman operating in the resistance....