Antônio Fagundes

Acting

Antônio Fagundes

Born

1949-04-18 (77)

Place of birth

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Known for

Acting

Credits

101 titles

Antônio da Silva Fagundes Filho (Rio de Janeiro, April 18, 1949), better known as Antônio Fagundes, is a Brazilian actor, director, producer, screenwriter and voice actor. Considered one of the most recognized and prolific actors in Brazil, Fagundes gained notoriety for his performances on screen and stage. Fagundes has received numerous awards throughout his career spanning more than five decades, including four APCA Awards, two Molière Awards, two Quality Brazil Awards, and two Press Trophies, in addition to receiving nominations for two Grande Otelo Awards and four Guarani Awards.

Known for

Alta Definição poster
7.2

In Alta Definição, Daniel Oliveira interviews one guest every week with an intimate approach.

Alta Definição

2009

The Trapalhões poster
8.0

Os Trapalhões was a Brazilian comedy group and also a Brazilian television series created by Wilton Franco. Its members were Dedé Santana, Zacarias, Mussum and their leader Didi Mocó, that was played by Renato Aragão. The name Trapalhões is derived from the Portuguese verb atrapalhar, which means the opposite of helping, to do something the wrong way or to Those that confuse. The name is translated "Tramps" in English DVD subtitles. It was aired by Rede Globo from 1977 to 1999. On March 18, 1990, Zacarias died due to respiratory failure, but the group and the series didn't come to an end until July 29, 1994, when Mussum died due to an unsuccessful heart transplant.

The Trapalhões

1977

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Machão

1974

Jequitibá poster
7.8

Jose Inocencio had innocence only as part of his name, but only those who new him well could notice this. But nobody knew him. He was a storyteller, and he was always the main character in the stories he told. He managed not only to create stories about himself, he managed to create a legend. The story of this powerful cacao farmer; Maria Santa, the beloved wife who died; and their four children is the main theme of 'Renascer'.

Jequitibá

1993

The Next Victim poster
7.4

A young law student starts to work as a detective, decided to uncover the identity behind a series of murders, as well as who is next.

The Next Victim

1995

Trail of Lies poster
6.1

Paloma is a willful woman whose newborn baby is kidnapped by her own brother, Félix, who plans to become sole heir to the family’s fortune. Bruno is an honest man who, during the same night, loses his wife and son in childbirth and miraculously finds Paloma’s child in a dumpster. Destiny will unite their lives in a plot of secrets, revelations, and disputes, with the unpredictable consequences of lives based on a dangerous and surprising network of lies.

Trail of Lies

2013

Film credits

2020s · 8 titles

2010s · 9 titles

The Clove and The Rose poster
NR

Documentary on Rosamaria Murtinho and Mauro Mendonça’s 60-year long career in Brazilian theater, film and television. The film not only runs through the career of these artists, but also paints a portrait of a generation that rose alongside them and that works with art till this day.

The Clove and The Rose

2017

When I Was Alive poster
5.5

After losing his job and the end of his marriage, Júnior returns to his father's house. But that is not his childhood house anymore. His old room has been rented by a young woman and the place feels unwelcome and oppressive. Júnior develops and obsession for his family history, as strange things start happening in the house.

When I Was Alive

2014

The Great Mystical Circus poster
4.4

The story of five generations of the Austrian-Brazilian Knieps family, from the inauguration of their family-owned Great Mystical Circus in the 1910s up to the early 21st century, following both the family and the circus from their prime through to their decadence.

The Great Mystical Circus

2018

Contra a Parede poster
7.0

Less than three months before the presidential elections in Brazil, a renowned newscaster faces an explosive ethical conflict that involves his work at the head of his program and his personal relationship with two presidential candidates named as favorites in the polls.

Contra a Parede

2018

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Carga Pesada: A Grande Viagem - O Filme poster
8.0

Bino advises Pedro to get married, but he is reluctant until Rosa calls him and arranges a meeting in Fortaleza. Along the way, adventures chase truck drivers.

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Carga Pesada: A Grande Viagem - O Filme

2015

Diário de Bordo de uma Viagem à Infância: Mundo da Lua, o Documentário poster
8.2

The series “Mundo da Lua”, produced by TV Cultura in the 90s in Brazil, returns in another logbook by Lucas Silva e Silva. The documentary “Diário de Bordo de uma Viagem à Infância” is the meeting of those who were in front of and behind the cameras, telling the backstage of the series, and also the fans who followed on TV.

Diário de Bordo de uma Viagem à Infância: Mundo da Lua, o Documentário

2014

Alemão poster
6.2

Five undercover cops at Complexo do Alemão, one of Rio de Janeiro's most dangerous areas, have their covers blown by drug dealers. Arrested, they wait execution or to be rescued by police forces that would risk expose a larger operation.

Alemão

2014

Antonio Meliande: Pau pra Toda Obra poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Antonio Meliande: Pau pra Toda Obra

2011

Boca do Lixo: A Bollywood Brasileira poster
10.0

A documentary on Boca do Lixo, a dowtown São Paulo square that became a tentpole for film distribution on the early 20th century, becoming, from the 1960s on, a production district for popular eroctic films and for avant-garde directors.

Boca do Lixo: A Bollywood Brasileira

2011

2000s · 8 titles

A Mulher do Meu Amigo poster
5.2

Thales, a successful businessman, is in crisis with his profession. He is married to the rich and spoiled Renata, and works with her father, the powerful businessman Augusto. One day, while on vacations at the home of his friends Rui and Pamela, Thales decides that will stop working. This unusual decision affects the lives of everyone around him.

A Mulher do Meu Amigo

2008

Sete Minutos poster
NR

One night, a phone call interrupts a stage production of Macbeth. Furious, the lead actor decides to confront the audience.

Sete Minutos

2003

Bossa Nova poster
5.5

After a chance encounter on the elevator, the lives of Mary Ann, a widowed English teacher, and Pedro, a recently divorced man, intersect against the hot backdrop of Rio de Janeiro.

Bossa Nova

2000

God Is Brazilian poster
6.2

God decides to take a vacation, but first He has to find a saint who can rule the universe while He's away. So He goes to the Northeast of Brazil, where He believes there's a very good man for the job. As soon as He comes down to Earth, a young man comes along to help on His quest.

God Is Brazilian

2003

Owner of the Story poster
6.4

A 50 year-old woman who analyses her past. She pictures herself when she was 20 years old and she re-creates the story of her life through a game of innumerous possibilities. What if she wouldn't have gone to that ball? What if... instead of meeting the man of her life, with whom she married and had kids, she would have called a girlfriend and they went to the theater? What would be her destiny? What would have happened? In the plot the present talks to the past. A young woman projects her future in a fascinating game between memories and desires.

Owner of the Story

2004

Lost and Found poster
4.9

A retired cop becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a prostitute.

Lost and Found

2007

Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion poster
6.0

The film tells the story of an intuitive, adventurous man who loved his country and being Brazilian. This man fought to be loyal to himself. His music is a transparent portrait of his genius, intuition, freedom, adventure and passion for Brazil.

Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion

2000

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Flávio Rangel - O Teatro na Palma da Mão

2009

1990s · 8 titles

1980s · 17 titles

The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema poster
5.5

After meeting a beguiling woman in a movie theater, a realtor becomes embroiled in a mysterious plot involving murder, double identities and movies.

The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema

1987

Tchau, Amor poster
8.0

An unemployed radio worker obsessed with suicide meets a rich brat.

Tchau, Amor

1983

Barbosa poster
6.4

Thirty-eight years after the 1950 World Cup, a man went back in time to prevent the goal that defeated Brazil, destroyed his childhood dreams and ended goalkeeper Barbosa's career.

Barbosa

1988

Jogo Duro poster
4.0

A former boxer is hired to take care of an empty house in the Pacaembu neighborhood in São Paulo. The property is for sale and its function is received when purchased. On the first night on the job, he discovers that a woman and a daughter are living clandestinely in one of the mansion's rooms.

Jogo Duro

1986

Leila Diniz poster
5.7

The life of Brazilian actress Leila Diniz.

Leila Diniz

1987

Gaijin: A Brazilian Odyssey poster
6.2

Based on fact, this is the story of the struggles of Japanese immigrants who traveled to and settled in Brazil looking for a better life.

Gaijin: A Brazilian Odyssey

1980

The Seven Kittens poster
6.1

Noronha is a low middle-class civil servant who lives with his frustrated wife Gorda and their four eldest daughters. The youngest one, virginal Silene, is unexpectedly sent back from boarding school after killing a female cat and her seven newborns in a hysterical fit. Many dark family secrets will emerge from that episode leading to tragic events.

The Seven Kittens

1980

Um Casal de 3 poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Um Casal de 3

1984

Angels of the Night poster
6.0

Many exotic characters meet in São Paulo night, looking for love and adventure: Malu, a model; Mauro, a drag queen; Teddy, a hustler; Guto, a gay reporter; and Marta, an actress.

Angels of the Night

1987

Go Ahead, Brazil! poster
7.3

Mid-1970s. When the military regime's "economic miracle" and the victory of the Brazilian football team on the World Cup serve as a distraction for the persecution of opposition leaders by the political police of the dictatorship. Under this context, Jofre Godoi da Fonseca, an alienated middle-class man, is mistaken for Sarmento, a political activist he met at an airport prior to his assassination. He is then arrested for being "subversive".

Go Ahead, Brazil!

1982

Eternamente Pagu poster
7.2

Eternamente Pagu is a biographical film about Patrícia Galvão, best known as Pagu, a Brazilian political, literary and artistic activist. An important figure of the Brazilian Modernism, Pagu was also a militant for the Brazilian Communist Party after she married writer Oswald de Andrade. She broke up with Andrade and, as a journalist was arrested by the Dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas. After she left prison, she abandoned Communism in favor of Trotskyist Socialism, married Geraldo Ferraz, and started a career as theatre director.

Eternamente Pagu

1987

The Adventures of Mario Fofoca poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Adventures of Mario Fofoca

1983

Heart and Guts poster
6.4

Financial problems in a religious school for girls force the government to interfere. While waiting in the conference hall to communicate the fact to the school administrators, the intervenor falls asleep and a crazy dream begins, involving teachers, students and strange characters.

Heart and Guts

1982

Em Nome da Segurança Nacional poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Em Nome da Segurança Nacional

1985

O Menino Arco-Íris poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Menino Arco-Íris

1983

Besame Mucho poster
4.8

The story of two couples - Xico and Olga, Tuca and Dina - through 20 years of friendship, from adolescent dreams to maturity frustrations. They meet in a small town in the State of São Paulo, but one of the couples decides to try their luck in the big city. As background, the political events in the 60's and 70's, and how they affect their lives.

Besame Mucho

1987

The Next Victim poster
4.8

A TV reporter tries to find out who is killing prostitutes in a São Paulo neighbourhood.

The Next Victim

1983

1970s · 6 titles

Series credits

Alta Definição poster
7.2

In Alta Definição, Daniel Oliveira interviews one guest every week with an intimate approach.

Alta Definição

2009

The Trapalhões poster
8.0

Os Trapalhões was a Brazilian comedy group and also a Brazilian television series created by Wilton Franco. Its members were Dedé Santana, Zacarias, Mussum and their leader Didi Mocó, that was played by Renato Aragão. The name Trapalhões is derived from the Portuguese verb atrapalhar, which means the opposite of helping, to do something the wrong way or to Those that confuse. The name is translated "Tramps" in English DVD subtitles. It was aired by Rede Globo from 1977 to 1999. On March 18, 1990, Zacarias died due to respiratory failure, but the group and the series didn't come to an end until July 29, 1994, when Mussum died due to an unsuccessful heart transplant.

The Trapalhões

1977

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Machão

1974

Jequitibá poster
7.8

Jose Inocencio had innocence only as part of his name, but only those who new him well could notice this. But nobody knew him. He was a storyteller, and he was always the main character in the stories he told. He managed not only to create stories about himself, he managed to create a legend. The story of this powerful cacao farmer; Maria Santa, the beloved wife who died; and their four children is the main theme of 'Renascer'.

Jequitibá

1993

The Next Victim poster
7.4

A young law student starts to work as a detective, decided to uncover the identity behind a series of murders, as well as who is next.

The Next Victim

1995

Trail of Lies poster
6.1

Paloma is a willful woman whose newborn baby is kidnapped by her own brother, Félix, who plans to become sole heir to the family’s fortune. Bruno is an honest man who, during the same night, loses his wife and son in childbirth and miraculously finds Paloma’s child in a dumpster. Destiny will unite their lives in a plot of secrets, revelations, and disputes, with the unpredictable consequences of lives based on a dangerous and surprising network of lies.

Trail of Lies

2013

Dancin' Days poster
7.8

A down-on-her-luck former inmate tries to reconnect with her daughter--to the objections of her sister who raised the girl, meets a millionaire, and transforms into a strong woman, returning to society at Dancin' Days nightclub's opening.

Dancin' Days

1978

Que História é Essa, Porchat? poster
7.4

No synopsis available yet.

Que História é Essa, Porchat?

2019

The King of The Cattle poster
7.5

In the struggle for land a vicious feud erupts between two men, who commit their families to a war without truce. Over two generations they are moved by love and by hatred in this epic saga of love for the land.

The King of The Cattle

1996

Terra Nostra poster
6.9

This top-seller recounts the saga of Italians who immigrated to Brazil during the XIX century, seeking their fortunes in America. The forbidden love between Giulliana and Matteo flowers in the midst of the sweeping changes ushered in by the arrival of these Europeans in Brazilian towns. This great epic has thrilled viewers in more than eighty countries.

Terra Nostra

1999

Vale Tudo poster
8.3

Fátima Accioly is a young, callous woman who wants to be rich and successful at any price. After selling her family's house in the country, she heads to Rio and gets to know dress man César who is unscrupulous himself. Meanwhile, her mother Raquel stays behind without home and money, but finally tries to find her daughter in the big city. Both women come in contact with the rich Roitman family which changes their lives forever.

Vale Tudo

1988

Rainha da Sucata poster
7.8

Maria do Carmo becomes wealthy through her father's business dealings and becomes a successful businesswoman, but she retains the habits of her humble past.

Rainha da Sucata

1990

Irrational Heart poster
5.5

Leo's envy of his brother Pedro will cause much pain and suffering, beginning with the death of Luciana, Pedro's fiancée.

Irrational Heart

2011

O Dono do Mundo poster
7.4

Felipe Barreto, a renowned plastic surgeon, makes a wager and gets involved with his employee's fiancée; from that moment on, the lives of those involved were never the same.

O Dono do Mundo

1991

Anything for Love poster
7.0

Helena is an independendent woman with strong emotions. More than a dedicated mother, she is also a friend to her daughter. Her daughter is experiencing difficulties in her marriage with Marcelo because of his renewed interest in a formoe girlfriend. Marcelo‘s mother deslikes Helena and would like nothing better to see her son‘s marriage destroyed. Helena starts her life over again when she falls in love at first sight with Atilio, whom she marries. Although of poor health, her daughter wants to have a baby, believing that by fulfiling her husband‘s dream, she can save her marriage. As fate would have it, mother and daughter fall pregnant at the same time, each giving birth to a boy.

Anything for Love

1997

No artwork available
8.0

Twin sisters with contrasting personalities, Ruth and Raquel, rival in the fictional Pontal D'Areia, on the coast of Rio de Janeiro.

Secrets of Sand

1973

Power Play poster
9.3

Eloá and Osmar's marriage is thrown into crisis when a mysterious man crosses their path. With a thirst for prestige and power, Eloá will face the consequences of her ambition.

Power Play

1984

Two Faces poster
5.8

In the past, as Adalberto Rangel, he met and seduced Maria Paula. With a calculated coldheart, he married her, stole her fortune, then abandoned her, unaware she was pregnant at the time. Ten years later, accompanied by her son Renato, Maria Paula plots to recover her dignity and to find justice by getting revenge against the indignities done to her.

Two Faces

2007

Port of Miracles poster
6.3

Porto dos Milagres is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from 5 February to 29 September 2001, totaling 203 chapters. It was written by Aguinaldo Silva and Ricardo Linhares and loosely based on two works written by Jorge Amado - The Dead Sea and the discovery of America by the Turks. Had Philip collaboration Miguez, Maria Elisa Berredo, Nadotti Nelson and Gloria Baker, directed by Fabricio Mamberti and Luciano Sabino. Director general Mark and Robert Paul Naar, co-directed by Fabricio Mamberti and Luciano Sabino. Had the direction of core Marcos Paulo.

Port of Miracles

2001

Brava Gente poster
8.3

Brava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially as a special year-end. The program was adapted from stories and national stories, and plays by famous playwrights, screenwriters and signed by a number represented by several actors and actresses. The genres of the stories varied each week with the style of each director or author. Brava Gente in the stories ranged from comedies and dramas. In all 53 episodes were shown, broadcast on Tuesday nights.

Brava Gente

2000

A Viagem poster
8.4

The soap opera's central theme is life after death, inspired by the philosophy of Allan Kardec, the codifier of Spiritism. The character who drives the plot is Alexandre, a delinquent who kills himself in prison after being convicted of robbery followed by homicide and goes on to torment the lives of all those he considers responsible for his tragic fate.

A Viagem

1994

Quem Ama Cuida poster
8.1

A hardworking physical therapist, Adriana is facing multiple challenges at once. After being fired from the clinic where she works, her house is hit by a flood that ends up killing her husband, Carlos. Now homeless and struggling to support her family, Adriana starts working for the Brandãos, a traditional wealthy family from São Paulo, as the caregiver for Artur, the grumpy patriarch. The millionaire jeweler, known for driving away every employee, gradually forms a genuine bond with Adriana, who must also deal with the distrust of the rest of the family.

Quem Ama Cuida

2026

Old River poster
7.9

A great love story, a family rivalry that spans generations: the telenovela narrates the love for the São Francisco River, which is revealed in the feelings between Maria Tereza and Santo.

Old River

2016

The Return Of The Rockefeller poster
9.0

The big shot Albert returns after three years, reuniting with his family — his parents and his sister. And he gets in touch with some acquaintances, such as his old friend Vitório and a decadent high society woman. And once again Albert, the Rockefeller gets involved with millionaires and opportunists.

The Return Of The Rockefeller

1973

Lady Night poster
8.3

Lady Night

2017

Champagne poster
7.0

In 1970, during a glittering New Year's Eve party attended by the aristocracy, a young pantry maid named Zaíra is mysteriously murdered. Thirteen years later, the prime suspect—Gastão, a humble waiter and former colleague of the victim—seeks to prove his innocence with the help of his son, Nil, becoming entangled in the lives of the other party guests. The story also follows a cunning pair of jewel thieves: the sophisticated Antônia Regina and João Maria—a criminal lawyer and member of the declining aristocracy who takes up the cause of Nil's father.

Champagne

1983

Saramandaia poster
8.3

Saramandaia is a Brazilian telenovela originally written by Dias Gomes in 1976. It's considered remarkable because of the Magic Realism (used by the author to subtly criticize the Military Regime of the time) and had 160 chapters. The story centers on the name change that the city undergoes, promoted by the younger citizens and reviled by the older ones. It also focuses on the lives of the city's quirky residents.

Saramandaia

1976

Antônio Maria poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Antônio Maria

1968

Mad Love poster
7.0

The young and rich Patricia, daughter of Ambassador André Dumont's first marriage, is in love with and reciprocated by Luiz Carlos, a poor boy, son of the family's maid, Isolda. Whoever doesn't like to see her with the maid's son is her stepmother, Renata Dumont, André's wife. Renata is an ambitious woman who hides her humble origins and a secret from the past that unites her with Isolda. Career, she married the diplomat André, from a traditional family, with whom she had a son, Lipe.

Mad Love

1983

Você Decide poster
5.3

No synopsis available yet.

Você Decide

1992

Modern Times poster
5.9

The story revolves around Leal, an executive who built the largest smart building in the city. The soap opera discusses the relationship between man and technology.

Modern Times

2010

Nina poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Nina

1977

A Life Worth Living poster
7.5

A dreamy seamstress and mother of three's life is turned upside down when she's wrongly diagnosed with a terminal disease along with an actually terminally ill wealthy book publisher.

A Life Worth Living

2019

Gabriela poster
8.2

Naïve and provocative Gabriela is a raggedy migrant worker who arrives in town to mesmerize all with her playful and simple, yet raw sensuality. Set in 1925, the story unravels in Ilhéus, a quiet northeastern coastal city thriving with cocoa crops and aspirations for progress, even though the traditional ways still rule.

Gabriela

2012

Meu Pedacinho de Chão poster
7.0

The colorful village of Santa Fé frequently has its peace disturbed by the conflicts between Colonel Epa and Pedro Falcão, an honest man involved in the city's politics.

Meu Pedacinho de Chão

2014

Carga Pesada poster
7.6

No synopsis available yet.

Carga Pesada

2003

No artwork available
8.3

No synopsis available yet.

Bel-Ami

1972

Caso Especial poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Caso Especial

1971

Tá no Ar: A TV na TV poster
6.7

A sketch show satirizing Brazilian television programs.

Tá no Ar: A TV na TV

2014

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Nenhum Homem é Deus

1969

Behind the camera