Marcello Escorel

Acting

Marcello Escorel

Born 1960-09-13 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Acting credits

Elite Squad poster
8.1

In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.

Elite Squad

2007

Carandiru poster
7.6

When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo – Carandiru, he meets the future victims of one of the darkest days in Brazilian history.

Carandiru

2003

The Son of a Thousand Men poster
7.5

In a small village, a lonely fisherman yearning for a son is drawn to an ethereal light that links him to others and their long-buried secrets.

The Son of a Thousand Men

2025

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

Flowers poster
NR

A married man and his lover, a mother and a daughter and a teenage couple are having troubles in their relationships until all of them cross paths in an exotic flower shop. From then on, as if by magic, their lives will be changed forever.

Flowers

2017

D.P.A. 4: O Fantástico Reino de Ondion poster
7.0

Mel and Zeca face a dangerous mission to find Max, who has mysteriously disappeared. In search of their friend, they end up in the kingdom of Ondion, a colorful magical world, where they will have to face the villains Rumorum and Juks.

D.P.A. 4: O Fantástico Reino de Ondion

2025

Bufo & Spallanzani poster
5.0

Ivan Canabrava is a writer, turned insurance ivestigator who investigates mysterious deaths involving Bufo Marinus. Bufo Marinus is a frog poison causing catalepsy in humans, simulating death, enabling grand insurance fraud and other crimes. Ten years later, now as a successful writer, similar characters possibly using Bufo Marinus reappear and create an intricate plot full of surprises.

Bufo & Spallanzani

2001

Papagaios poster
7.0

Tunico is the most famous “Pirate Parrot” of Rio de Janeiro and is always chasing reporters to appear on TV. After a serious accident at an amusement park, Tunico meets Beto, a mysterious young man who becomes his apprentice. This encounter will reveal the dark side of the relentless pursuit of fame at any cost, in a Brazil with more than 70 million televisions turned on every day.

Papagaios

2026

O Vendedor de Passados poster
5.9

A man, who creates pasts for a living, struggles to find his own past while a mysterious woman takes a dangerous step.

O Vendedor de Passados

2014

No artwork available
5.3

The dictator of a small Caribbean island receives the New York Times daily, sent by a nephew. Through the newspaper, he gets in touch with the world. Guerrilla groups try to neutralize this information system.

Tanga (Deu no New York Times?)

1987

The Xango from Baker Street poster
6.4

Rio de Janeiro, 1886. A precious Stradivarius violin presented to Emperor Dom Pedro II is stolen. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called to solve the case.

The Xango from Baker Street

2001

Any Stray Cat 2 poster
6.2

Tati and Conrado travel to Cancún, where he's attending a conference to launch his new book. But for Tati, the trip has an extra purpose: she plans to propose to him. During this special moment, with family and friends watching live online, Conrado responds by saying he'd "like to think about it". Tati's disappointment opens the door for renewed hope in her ex, Marcelo, who shows up to find her. To complicate matters further, Conrado's ex, Ângela, is also in Cancún, attending the same event.

Any Stray Cat 2

2015

How Angels are Born poster
7.2

Two children flee together with a grown up from a slum in Rio because this man had problems with the local drug lord. They end up in the house where a rich American citizen lives with his daughter.

How Angels are Born

1996

Meus Dois Amores poster
4.5

Manuel is a crafty cowboy and swindler who lives to serve his two great loves – his fiancée Das Dô, and his mule Beija-fulô – and his business of selling unsound horses to suckers. The killer Targino arrives in town looking for a horse. Thinking that he is being clever, Manuel sells a sick horse to the assassin. Targino swears that he is going to kill Manuel, and dishonor Das Dô’s reputation after he’s dead. Under pressure, Manuel calls on the magic of Toniquinho das Pedras to protect his body. However, the witchdoctor demands the mule Beija-fulô as payment. Manuel, sees himself in the dilemma between having to choose between his fiancée Das Dô, and the mule, Beija-fulô.

Meus Dois Amores

2015

It's a Fairy! poster
5.7

Geraldine is a fairy who lost their wings by using unconventional methods in their missions. Her last chance to retrieve them will be the mission "Julia".

It's a Fairy!

2016

As Alegres Comadres poster
8.5

Scoundrel João Fausto, a former Portuguese officer, arrives in Tiradentes,in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Using his status of former Imperial Court member, he tries to become lover of both ms. Lima and ms. Rocha, with the intention of taking their money.

As Alegres Comadres

2003

No Meio da Rua poster
4.8

Leonardo, an upper-middle class boy from the south of Rio de Janeiro, befriends Kiko, a boy who lives on the street and who juggles balls at a traffic light. The rich kid decides to lend Kiko his handheld video game – but it is stolen by hill boys. This is just the beginning of a great friendship between the two. They begin a great adventure that takes Leonardo to the favela, where he knows a reality entirely different from his own.

No Meio da Rua

2006

Biu, a Vida Real Não Tem Retake poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Biu, a Vida Real Não Tem Retake

1995

Lamarca poster
6.1

The real story of Carlos Lamarca, a captain who, during the military dictatorship in Brazil, deserted Brazilian Army and got involved in left-wing guerilla groups, becoming one of their most prominent leaders.

Lamarca

1994

Domingos poster
2.0

A look into the life and mind of Brazilian playwright and filmmaker Domingos Oliveira through his daily activities and artistic deeds.

Domingos

2009