Jonas Bloch

Acting

Jonas Bloch

Born 1939-02-08 · Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Jonas Bloch (Belo Horizonte, February 8, 1939) is a Brazilian actor. He is the father of actress Debora Bloch and great-nephew of businessman Adolpho Bloch. Of Jewish and Ukrainian origin, he began his artistic career in 1958 but later graduated from the School of Fine Arts at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He also graduated in cinema and studied visual arts and interior design.

Acting credits

Doce Delírio poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Doce Delírio

1983

The Traitor poster
7.6

Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of the criminal organization. But when, after living several misfortunes, he is forced to return to Italy, he makes a bold decision that will change his life and the destiny of Cosa Nostra forever.

The Traitor

2019

Woman on Top poster
6.1

Set to the intoxicating rhythms of Brazil, "Woman on Top" is a spicy, sexy comedy about the magic of food, love and music. Meet Isabella, a sultry enchantress born with the special gift of melting the palates and hearts of men everywhere. When she decides to break free from her rocky marriage and the stifling kitchen of her husband's restaurant in Brazil, she spirits off to San Francisco in pursuit of her dreams of a real culinary career.

Woman on Top

2000

A Terceira Morte de Joaquim Bolívar poster
8.0

The ideological conflict between Joaquim Bolívar, a young barber member of the Communist Party and the powerful Coronel Gaudêncio, a typical province political leader.

A Terceira Morte de Joaquim Bolívar

2000

The Patriot poster
4.8

Policarpo is a chauvinistic patriot, a major who tries to find solutions for Brazilian problems using only the resources of his own country. His visionary and idealistic temperament is behind his strange ideas about how to build a great nation.

The Patriot

1998

Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala poster
5.0

The father of a family of lower middle class of São Paulo dies. But he did not realize this and starts to watch the reactions of his children and the collapse of the fragile family structure. Based on a novel of Mário Bortolotto.

Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala

2008

Harsh Couture poster
6.5

In the campaign that could change her career as fashion influencer, Paula Pratta only needs one essential item: her son. But he trades his business school in California for a permaculture institute in Amazon. With assistant Taylor, she sets off in search of the boy and finds a world without filters and much more than she expected, including the chance to reconsider what really matters in her life.

Harsh Couture

2025

The Other Side of Paradise poster
7.6

Nando, a 12 year old boy, narrates the adventures of his father Antonio, during the 60s in Brazil, who leaves the inland of the state of Minas to go to Brasília, a recently inaugurated city, but still with construction works in progress.

The Other Side of Paradise

2014

A Tragédia da Rua das Flores poster
4.3

No synopsis available yet.

A Tragédia da Rua das Flores

2012

Proof of Love poster
7.0

Alicia is a rich young woman who loves to party, travel and is very close to her grandfather. The protagonist runs away from responsibilities and tries to make the most of the benefits of being the heir to an immense estate. When her grandfather dies, she discovers that she has been excluded from the will and will only be able to get her hands on the family business and money when she is mature enough and married.

Proof of Love

2022

Apaixonada poster
6.5

Based on the book by Cris Souza Fontes, Apaixonada tells the story of a woman who realizes how monotonous her life is. She finds herself desperate and facing an identity crisis. From then on, she is forced to begin an exciting journey of self-discovery that takes her close to all the passions that life has to offer.

Apaixonada

2024

Playing in the Dark poster
6.7

A revolutionary, fighting against dictatorship in Brazil, is wounded in a gun-fight with the police, and is isolated in another man's apartment, where he meets a young woman who will change his life.

Playing in the Dark

2004

Discretion Assured poster
4.5

Three American businessmen have a problem with their Brazilian company: someone is embezzling millions of dollars. Michael is having an affair with Frank's wife Paige, but wants to end it. Paige is not so accommodating, and causes trouble with Michael's wife Kitty and his new interest, local artist Miranda. When someone is murdered Michael becomes a suspect, and must try to find the murderer and catch the embezzler while sorting out the wreckage of his personal life.

Discretion Assured

1994

The Trace We Leave Behind poster
4.8

A young physician coordinating the transfer of patients between state-run hospitals in the city of Rio de Janeiro struggles with a mystery: a patient goes missing one night and completely disappears from the system. As the doctor attempts to find out the truth, he slowly loses his sense of reality.

The Trace We Leave Behind

2017

Cheer to Life poster
6.8

Jéssica is a simple young woman, dedicated to her job at an antique shop in Rio de Janeiro, but she feels her life lacks purpose. Everything changes when she finds a mysterious locket identical to an item she inherited from her late mother. Driven by the desire to understand the connection between the locket and her family history, Jéssica teams up with Gabriel, a distant relative who appears unexpectedly.

Cheer to Life

2025

Ecce Homo poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ecce Homo

2025

Kenoma poster
6.5

In the village of Kenoma, inside Brazil, the artisan Linnaeus tries to make a big and quixotic dream: to build a perpetual motion machine. His contract is opposed by Jerome, powerful local landowner, but he wins the aid of mysterious drifter who decides to stay in town after charmed with the beauty of the young Tari.

Kenoma

1998

Rota de Fuga poster
7.8

Manuela reports her husband to the federal police and enters the witness protection program. When he goes to prison, she leaves everything and tries to escape to Europe before he is released.

Rota de Fuga

2017

The Devil's Scarab poster
5.0

A series of crimes against redheads scares the people from a little town. After the death of his brother, the 13 year old Alberto decides to investigate what is happening and is helped by the experienced but forgetful Inspector Pimentel.

The Devil's Scarab

2016

Daughters of the Wind poster
6.4

In a small town in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, two sisters meet again after years apart.

Daughters of the Wind

2005

Bloody Gold poster
10.0

The son of a millionaire who owns gold mines in Transopia, Africa, Antoine Leblanc, who lives in a mansion in Rio, one day receives a letter from his father asking him for help against the gold smugglers from Transopia to Brazil.

Bloody Gold

1978

The Claudia Case poster
4.3

Based on the true events that took place in the 70s, in Rio de Janeiro. The body of beautiful girl Cláudia Lessin Rodrigues, actress Márcia Rodrigues's sister, was found in the seashore. After Police investigation, it was found she had been murdered on a party by a rich industrialist's son and his socialite hairdresser buddy, after much sex, alcohol and drugs, specially Mandrax (methaqualone). She'd probably resisted being raped and the killers threw away the body in the water. One of the guys tried to escape flying to Switzerland.

The Claudia Case

1979

A Santa Donzela poster
5.3

Jordão Magalhães, a young plastic artist from a small inland city, is hired to sculpt the statue of the local virgin patron. The model that inspires her is Verinha, with whom she maintains a loving relationship.

A Santa Donzela

1978

Amigos em Fuga poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Amigos em Fuga

2027