Acting
Dalton Vigh
Born
1964-07-10 (62)
Place of birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Known for
Acting
Credits
43 titles
Dalton Vigh de Souza Varela (Rio de Janeiro, July 10, 1964) is a prominent Brazilian actor known for his extensive work in television, film, and theater. He gained national recognition for his role as Said Rachid in the acclaimed telenovela The Clone (2001), and later as Marconi Ferraço in Duas Caras (2007), both of which solidified his status as a leading man in Brazilian drama. Over the years, Dalton has appeared in more than 30 productions, including Looks & Essence, Brave Woman, Kardec, and Nothing to Lose. He also starred in long-running series such as Poliana Moça and The Adventures of Pollyanna, portraying the character Otto Monteiro.
Known for
6.3Malhação is a Brazilian television series for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remains the same, it is now set in the Múltipla Escolha High School.
Young Hearts
1995
8.0After her father's death, Pollyanna is sent to live with her rich and authoritative aunt, Pollyanna now has to adapt to a new life by playing the glad game and venturing into new experiences
The Adventures of Pollyanna
2018
8.1Human cloning. The Islamic world. Two young people, two different cultures, two different beliefs. An impossible love story that not even time could erase. During a trip to Morocco, Lucas has a forbidden romance with Jade. He returns to Brazil after the death of his twin brother Diogo. A close family friend, scientist Albieri uses this situation to produce the first human clone using cells taken from Lucas. Twenty years later, Jade, Lucas and his clone form an odd love triangle.
The Clone
2001
8.4The adventures of a man with amnesia who struggles to rediscover his past while learning to live in the present.
Walking the Clouds
1999
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Большая засада
1995
6.5Griselda is a tough, hard-working handywoman who managed to raise her three children on her own. She struggles to make ends meet but after winning the lottery tensions rise as people inevitably show their true value. With plenty of romance and intrigue this incredibly rich and fun telenovela brings together the true values of friendship, love, and family.
Looks & Essence
2011
Film credits
2020s · 3 titles
5.7Poliana and her friends will need to decide what they will do now that they have graduated from high school. The young woman wants to attend college abroad, but Otto does not allow his daughter to study abroad because he does not think she is mature enough. To try to make her dream come true, Poliana has an idea: work at the Maya Palace, a paradisiacal seaside resort, to prove her independence. She takes her boyfriend, João, and her friends Kessya and Luigi, who agree to go along. However, nothing in the hotel is what it seems, and Poliana and her friends will experience many adventures on a journey of self-discovery and maturity.
As Aventuras de Poliana: O Filme
2023
6.2In the 90s, Rio de Janeiro was shaken by a wave of kidnappings. Security forces call controversial agents to help save the city from thugs and also from the police itself.
The Division
2020
NRArtur is a stand-up comedian who plans to turn his life around and write a book about the story of a female guerrilla fighter from the 1970s. He gets mugged and his computer containing his drafts is stolen, but an app takes photos of the people using the stolen computer and emails them to him.
The Lost Plot
2026
2010s · 7 titles
5.2Authorized biopic of Brazilian evangelical bishop Edir Macedo, founder of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God and owner of Record TV network. Based on a book trilogy of the same name, the movie tells the story of the self-made man who faced several moments of turbulence while pursuing his conviction.
Nothing to Lose
2018
6.1The Devil himself comes to Earth to open his own church and the world becomes a pandemonium of delights and confusions. Based on a short story by Machado de Assis, the most famous realistic Brazilian writer of the XIX century.
A Comédia Divina
2017
4.1Diego is a film director who, when he is told that he has a malignant disease which could be fatal, marries his girlfriend of many years, says goodbye to his friends and begins a routine of long days of treatment in hospital. While learning to live with the pain and also conversing with death, he meets a Hindu boy who is a fellow patient and who becomes his friend. But one day the boy disappears. Diego is discharged, but his life has changed forever. His marriage fails and, living alone, he begins to wonder whether he may in fact be dying and no one has told him. He tries to find out what happened to his Hindu friend, and eventually meets another woman.
My Hindu Friend
2016
6.6The story of Allan Kardec, from his days as an educator to his contribution to the spiritist codification.
Kardec
2019
4.9After leaving prison in 1992, Edir Macedo goes through a series of trials: the inappropriate conduct of other bishops of the Church, the attack of politicians and Catholics, his mother's illness and the tragedy of the collapse of the roof of a Church in São Paulo .
Nothing to Lose 2
2019
NRAn astronomer is forced to leave the city where he lives in order to save his relationship. He ends up returning to the place he never intended to come back: The small town where he was born, stage of a great childhood trauma. Once there, he will discover the truth that will change his life forever.
Corpos Celestes
2011
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Jogo da Memória
2014
2000s · 3 titles
6.8The day-to-day life of a young girl in the town of Diamantina, Brazil, on the end of 19th Century, based on real life diaries.
Diary of a Provincial Girl
2003
5.4In Rio de Janeiro, the teenagers Lia and Rodrigo have opposite behaviors and personalities. The clumsy Rodrigo is responsible and good student, while the emancipated Lia is totally irresponsible. They have their first sexual intercourse together on April 23rd, and they schedule to meet each other every year in the same date. Along the years, Rodrigo graduates in engineering and gets married with Clara (Christine Fernandes), having a son. The single mother Lia has a life without any commitment, moves to Paris and comes back to Brazil later. After a comedown, Rodrigo leaves his family and quits his job to live with Lia. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mais uma Vez Amor
2005
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Mulheres do Brasil
2006
Undated · 1 titles
Series credits
6.3Malhação is a Brazilian television series for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remains the same, it is now set in the Múltipla Escolha High School.
Young Hearts
1995
8.0After her father's death, Pollyanna is sent to live with her rich and authoritative aunt, Pollyanna now has to adapt to a new life by playing the glad game and venturing into new experiences
The Adventures of Pollyanna
2018
8.1Human cloning. The Islamic world. Two young people, two different cultures, two different beliefs. An impossible love story that not even time could erase. During a trip to Morocco, Lucas has a forbidden romance with Jade. He returns to Brazil after the death of his twin brother Diogo. A close family friend, scientist Albieri uses this situation to produce the first human clone using cells taken from Lucas. Twenty years later, Jade, Lucas and his clone form an odd love triangle.
The Clone
2001
8.4The adventures of a man with amnesia who struggles to rediscover his past while learning to live in the present.
Walking the Clouds
1999
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Большая засада
1995
6.5Griselda is a tough, hard-working handywoman who managed to raise her three children on her own. She struggles to make ends meet but after winning the lottery tensions rise as people inevitably show their true value. With plenty of romance and intrigue this incredibly rich and fun telenovela brings together the true values of friendship, love, and family.
Looks & Essence
2011
5.8In 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
7.2No synopsis available yet.
I Love Paraisópolis
2015
6.5From a young age, Marcos has the gift of premonition and, in his future, he will have to choose between the path of light and the path of vanity. As an adult, Marcos meets Sônia, and the two fall in love.
The Prophet
2006
7.0In the interior of southeastern Brazil, a powerful race horse explorer deals with his dysfunctional family while competing against one of his former employees - now a wealthy man.
Estrela de Fogo
1998
6.4Poliana Moça is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by SBT from March 21, 2022, to May 24, 2023. Based on the novel Pollyanna Moça (1915) by Eleanor H. Porter, it is a sequel to As Aventuras de Poliana (2018–2020). Adapted by Íris Abravanel, with collaboration from Carlos Marques, Denise Barbosa, Danilo Castro, Fernando Pripas, Grace Iwashita, Gustavo Braga, and Marcela Arantes, and directed by Ricardo Mantoanelli, the telenovela stars Sophia Valverde, Igor Jansen, Dalton Vigh, Thaís Melchior, and Otávio Martins. The story follows Poliana D’Ávila Monteiro, now a teenager, as she faces the challenges of growing up. While continuing to practice the “jogo do contente”, she discovers that adolescence brings new responsibilities, friendships, romances, and conflicts. Alongside her family and friends, Poliana must deal with personal challenges, secrets, and unexpected situations while learning important lessons about maturity, love, and resilience.
Poliana Moça
2022
7.8Karin, Magali and Luna are three call girls, who decide to apply some marketing knowledge on the world's oldest profession.
O Negocio
2013
7.8Karin, Magali and Luna are three call girls, who decide to apply some marketing knowledge on the world's oldest profession.
O Negocio
2013
7.2A moving tale of courage and resilience in the struggle for freedom – this is the role that life has cast for headstrong Morena in Brave Woman. Raised in a poor neighborhood in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, this tough and humble woman will spare no effort to protect her family and gain her independence.
Brave Woman
2012
9.5Os Ossos do Barão is a Brazilian telenovela produced by SBT and originally broadcast from April 28 to September 8, 1997. It is an adaptation of Jorge Andrade's 1963 play of the same name, adapted for television by Walter George Durst, with collaboration from Duca Rachid, Mário Teixeira, and Marcos Lazarini. The telenovela stars Ana Paula Arósio, Tarcísio Filho, Juca de Oliveira, Othon Bastos, and Leonardo Villar. Set in São Paulo in 1948, the story follows Egisto Ghirotto, the wealthy son of Italian immigrants who dreams of gaining social prestige by marrying his son, Martino, to Isabel, the great-granddaughter of the late Baron of Jaraguá. Their romance sparks a bitter conflict between a rising immigrant family and a declining aristocratic dynasty, exposing themes of class, ambition, tradition, and the social transformation of Brazil.
Os Ossos do Barão
1997
8.7When the men go to war, the women also battle. This tale takes place in the XIX century, during a terrible civil war. Italy’s revolutionary leader Garibaldi must choose between two loves: a sweet aristocratic lady or a brave woman who leaves her husband to accompany him into battle. This super-production recounts the saga of women who do not go to war but must bear pain, solitude and new passions while their husbands and fathers fight the battles.
Seven Women
2003
7.8Pérola Negra is a Brazilian telenovela produced by SBT and originally broadcast from November 9, 1998, to June 22, 1999. It is an adaptation of the Argentine telenovela Perla Negra (1994), created by Enrique Torres, adapted for Brazilian television by Henrique Zambelli and Clayton Sarzy. The telenovela stars Patrícia de Sabrit and Dalton Vigh. The story follows Pérola Marques, a young woman abandoned as a baby at a boarding school with a necklace of twenty-two black pearls, each intended to pay for one year of her education. After her best friend Eva dies shortly after giving birth, Pérola assumes Eva's identity to care for her son and fulfill her final wish. As she enters the wealthy Pacheco Oliveira family, she becomes entangled in secrets, betrayals, and a passionate romance with Tomás Álvares Toledo while uncovering the truth about her own past.
Pérola Negra
1998
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Vidas Cruzadas
2000
5.4No synopsis available yet.
Lady Revolution
2016
8.3After the breakthrough success of 'The Cariocas', the spin-off 'The Brazilians - The Women' embraces all the diversity of Brazil and its women. Powerful, fragile, funny, protective, beautiful, talented, insightful, and especially unique; they all have a certain charm. No matter what their birthplace, age, lifestyle or preference, these remarkable women have one thing in common: they are Brazilian. Brilliantly witty and entertaining, every independent episode provides an exclusive look at the life experiences of the women who inspire everyone.
The Brazilians
2012
NRNo synopsis available yet.
A Divisão
2019
7.8"The Cariocas", a series in ten stand-alone episodes, tells the story of ten modern-day women against the beautiful backdrop of Rio de Janeiro and its stunning urban landscapes. Our protagonists are uninhibited, adulterous, vindictive, suicidal, envious, brides, betrayed, deluded. Women with distinct beauty and quaint peculiarities, each one has a particular way of life.
The Cariocas
2010
3.3No synopsis available yet.
Lara com Z
2011
3.8A millionaire's death leaves behind a nearly impossible mission: uniting three ex-wives. Sworn enemies, they must manage the business to secure the inheritance.
Cinquentinha
2009
7.8A "normal" couple are living a "normal" life together, but they have many complaints about themselves and each other.
Os Normais
2001
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Amor em Ruínas
2026
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Bake Off Brasil: Celebridades
2021
8.0Love stories unfold, based on songs by Chico Buarque.
Amor em Quatro Atos
2011