Leonardo Medeiros

Acting

Leonardo Medeiros

Born 1964-11-20 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Leonardo Wilson de Medeiros (Rio de Janeiro, November 20, 1964) is a Brazilian actor, winner of three best actor awards at the Brasília Festival. Medeiros also accumulates nominations for a Grande Otelo, two Guarani Awards, an ACIE Award, and a Quality Brazil Award. He is known for his work on television and his dramatic roles in independent films.

Acting credits

Body poster
4.3

São Paulo, today. Bones are found in an anonymous grave and sent to the morgue. The coroner Artur deals with actresses and extremists. A body gets preserved for more than thirty years. An identity is searched...

Body

2007

To the Left of the Father poster
7.1

In 1940s São Paulo, Pedro’s tasked to retrieve his estranged brother André. André’s departure stems from a domineering father, an overly affectionate mother, and Pedro’s jealousy over the father’s favoritism. Further complicating matters is André’s unconventional relationship with their sister, Ana.

To the Left of the Father

2001

No artwork available
NR

The film tells the story of a key figure associated with the Brazilian medium Chico Xavier: the spirit Emmanuel, also known as his mentor.

Emmanuel

Entre Nós poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Entre Nós

2015

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Corações Naufragados

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

The Dreamseller poster
6.7

A disillusioned psychologist tries to commit suicide until he strikes up a friendship with an unlikely saviour who teaches him a new way of living.

The Dreamseller

2016

Kardec poster
6.6

The story of Allan Kardec, from his days as an educator to his contribution to the spiritist codification.

Kardec

2019

Nove Crônicas para um Coração aos Berros poster
2.8

In a mosaic of human relationships and day-to-day situations, men and women of different ages feel a pressing need to reinvent themselves. As they cross each other's paths, they all are at a turning point in their lives.

Nove Crônicas para um Coração aos Berros

2012

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

The Boy Who Killed My Parents poster
6.3

Based on one of the most shocking and gruesome murder cases in Brazil, the film presents de Suzane von Richthofen's point of view of the events that led to the death of her parents.

The Boy Who Killed My Parents

2021

The Girl Who Killed Her Parents poster
6.3

Based on one of the most shocking and gruesome murder cases in Brazil, the film presents Daniel Cravinhos's point of view of the events that led to the death of Marísia and Manfred von Richthofen, his girlfriend’s parents.

The Girl Who Killed Her Parents

2021

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Simples Mortais

2011

Anita & Garibaldi poster
5.0

Giuseppe Garibaldi (Gabriel Braga Nunes), 32 years old, commander of the republican rebels that invade Laguna, Santa Catarina, during the Farrapos War (1835 - 1845), finds his soul mate in Anita (Ana Paula Arósio), 18 years old, wife of local shoemaker. Between passion and battles, they will define the course of their lives and influence the course of the revolution.

Anita & Garibaldi

2013

Birdwatchers poster
6.1

Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, the present. When a young Guarani-Kaiowá woman commits suicide, Nádio leads his community to form a protest camp on the borders of a local farm that sits on their ancestral burial ground.

Birdwatchers

2008

Time and the Wind poster
7.1

Based on Érico Verissimo's literary trilogy, Time and the Wind follows 150 years of the Terra Cambará family and their opponents, the Amaral family. The struggles between the two families begin in the missions and lasts until the end of the 19th century. The film also features the period of formation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul and the dispute of territory between the Portuguese and Spanish crowns.

Time and the Wind

2013

December poster
7.0

Caio is 40 years old and lives in the Rio de Janeiro's countryside, where he owns a scrap-metal yard. On Christmas' Eve, he goes to the capital to visit his family and friends. Finally he will be able to meet a man he has not seen for a long time: himself.

December

2008

Getulio poster
6.7

The movie depicts the political crisis that led to the suicide of president Getúlio Vargas, in the 19 days that preceded August 24, 1954. The crisis began with the attempted assassination of journalist and politician Carlos Lacerda in August 5, 1954, at rua Toneleros, Rio de Janeiro, in which Major Vaz was assassinated instead. Investigations pointed to Gregório Fortunato, chief of Vargas' personal guard, as the orderer of the frustrated assassination. This incident was one of the most importants in the history of Brazil.

Getulio

2014

In Evil Hour poster
5.7

The old servant and chronicler Dom Sabas tells how his desolate South American town is the scene of a ruthless power struggle. The landowning Assis family, reduced to a widow and son, tries to hold out against the young, despotic mayor. No less effective then actions are anonymous rumors and accusations, which often stir the inhabitants' moves.

In Evil Hour

2006

Ensaiar é Preciso... poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ensaiar é Preciso...

2025

Budapeste poster
5.0

José Costa is a Brazilian ghost writer. Returning from a ghost writers convention his airplane is rerouted to Budapest. His life is also rerouted when he meets Krista and with her help, learns "the only language in the world which, according to the tongue-wagers, the devil respects.

Budapeste

2009

Not by Chance poster
6.9

Enio is a middle-aged man who lives in solitude after a failed relationship. Pedro, 30, dates Teresa, who is moving to her home. He inherited a carpentry from his father and a taste for the pool. When a traffic accident crosses the parallel trajectories of the two, the imponderable imposes itself and the uncontrol begins.

Not by Chance

2007

A Violent Dose of Anything poster
4.5

Pedro has taken the road and he does not know where he is going. Lucas does not know it either. After meeting at a roadside café, they travel through the Brazilian Savannah seeking for a violent dose of anything.

A Violent Dose of Anything

2013

Operation Carwash: A Worldwide Corruption Scandal Made in Brazil poster
7.1

2013. During Operation Bidone, the Federal Police seized a truck loaded with palm heart, which contained 697 kg of cocaine. The investigation falls on the team assembled by Ivan Romano, based in Curitiba and composed by Beatriz, Júlio and Ítalo. The traffic connections lead them to the dower Alberto Youssef and later to the former Petrobras director Paulo Roberto Costa, who reveals an immense structure involving builders and the government, in order to divert public money. As the investigation progresses, the group led by Ivan is increasingly approaching some of the country's most influential politicians.

Operation Carwash: A Worldwide Corruption Scandal Made in Brazil

2017