
Leonardo Villar
Acting
🎂 1923-07-25
Leonardo Villar (born as Leonardo Motta in Piracicaba, São Paulo, on July 25, 1923 - São Paulo, July 3, 2020) was a Brazilian actor. He became internationally known for his performance as Zé do Burro in Anselmo Duarte's O Pagador de Promessas, the only Brazilian film so far awarded with a Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He started his career at the theater, but later also started acting in film and television. Villar debuted at the theater on the 1950 play Os Pássaros. His first film role only came in 1962 as Zé do Burro in Anselmo Duarte's O Pagador de Promessas. He received international exposure for the role after the film won the Palme d'Or and became the first Brazilian and South American feature nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 1965 he debuted on television in the TV Tupi telenovela A Cor de Sua Pele, which tells the story of an interracial relationship. In 1972, he moved to Rede Globo, where he starred in successful shows such as Escalada and Estúpido Cupido. In 2001, after almost 20 years without acting in the theater, he starred in the play A Moratória. In 2008, after eight years without acting in a film, he starred in the critically acclaimed Chega de Saudade. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cast credits(46)

Antero Gouveia / Giovanni Melatto
2010

Correia
1998

Ezequiel Ribeiro
1990

Alberto Silveira
1975
Homero Olmos / Homero de Tal
1967

Pascoal Gomes
2000

1982

Delfino Montiel
1968

1965
1981

José Bonifácio
1984

Pastor Raimundo
1966

Álvaro
2007

Self (archive footage
1967

Lampião
1963

inspetor
1971
Darío Rodrigues
1982
Edgard
1975

José Fortuna (Tio Zé)
2006

Ronaldo Rosa
2002

Self
1997

Homero Olmos
1967

1964
Miguel
1973

Alcides Guimarães Filho (Guima)
1976
Professor João
1986

Augusto Matraga
1965
Luciano (2ª versão)
1972

Dr. Rodrigues
1990
Frazão
1972

Comandante
2000

Jasão
1966

Marcelo França
1980

Zé do Burro
1962
Coronel Peçanha
1991
Antenor Camargo Parente de Rendon Pompeo e Taques
1997
Jean Valjean
1967

Delegado Rubens
1983
Dudu
1965

2001
Ignácio Paiva
1998
Rodrigo
1969
Coronel Elias Daltro
1995
1996

1981
1966