Jesuíta Barbosa

Acting

Jesuíta Barbosa

Born

1991-07-26 (35)

Place of birth

Salgueiro, Pernambuco, Brazil

Known for

Acting

Credits

37 titles

José Jesuíta Barbosa Neto (Salgueiro, June 26, 1991) is a Brazilian actor. Considered an important talent in Brazilian cinema, his performance in feature films was acclaimed by critics and also by renowned actors in the country.

Known for

Pantanal poster
6.5

After the mysterious disappearance of his father, Joventino, the cowboy José Leôncio becomes a wealthy farm owner in Pantanal. Over twenty years have passed and, bitter-hearted because of his father vanishing and the escape of his wife to Rio de Janeiro with his baby, José Leôncio has the chance to make amends with the boy, now a young man raised in the big city with very different values and habits than his own.

Pantanal

2022

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

The Incredible '90s poster
7.4

A romantic comedy revolving around the life of three former child stars that wish to relive their fame after the end of their childhood musical group, Magic Bunch. Now in the fun-filled 90's, fate reunites the trio formed by Manu and the brothers João and Jerônimo. It also brings back the love between the aspiring young actress and João, as well as the rivalry between their disagreeing mothers. At the same time, fueled by his dubious character and jealousy towards the new couple, Jerônimo will do anything to bring back his days of glory, even if it means jeopardizing his own family.

The Incredible '90s

2019

O País do Cinema poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

O País do Cinema

2016

Above Justice poster
7.1

In this realistic and touching series told in an innovative format, seemingly independent plots intertwine to show how justice can sometimes be a personal matter.

Above Justice

2016

Land of the Strong poster
6.8

When an adventurous young man goes missing after a fight, his mother Cassia and his twin sister Maria begin a dangerous journey in search of answers in a town where brute force overcomes the law.

Land of the Strong

2018

Film credits

2020s · 5 titles

Latin Blood – The Ballad of Ney Matogrosso poster
8.0

From a repressive childhood to artistic revolution, Ney Matogrosso transforms Brazil's stages — and himself — through music, creativity and inner fire.

Latin Blood – The Ballad of Ney Matogrosso

2025

Sweet Water poster
4.8

João and Pedro are cousins who meet for the first time since their childhood. They're dealing with the inheritance of their grandfather's farm, which is about to be sold to an industrial sugar mill. While they sort out the matter, forces of nature beyond their control will unravel unfinished issues between the pair.

Sweet Water

2023

The Clown's Daughter poster
7.2

Joana, a 14-year-old teenage girl, shows up to spend a week with her father, Renato, a comedian who performs his shows in steak houses, bars and nightclubs in Fortaleza dressed as Silvanelly. Despite barely knowing each other, having had little contact so far, and leading very different lifestyles, father and daughter need to live together during this period of time. Together they will meet the young actor Marlon, live new experiences and try new feelings. This week together will profoundly transform their lives.

The Clown's Daughter

2024

O Auto da Boa Mentira poster
5.6

In four stories inspired by humorous tales by Ariano Suassuna, each created based on phrases by the poet from Paraíba, we meet Helder, Fabiano, Pierce and Lorena, living different situations where, ironically, the lie is always the protagonist.

O Auto da Boa Mentira

2021

The Male Gaze: Bitter Sweet poster
NR

Take a trip on the wild side with these six daring short films from Mexico, Portugal, Brazil, Spain and France that uncover the power of nature and mysticism, family ties that bond yet suffocate, the vagaries of same sex attraction, the pain of memory, the thrill of what's to come. The 6 short films are: Memory of An Afternoon On the Roof [Recuerdo de una tarde en la azotea] (2022); Afternoon Sun [À Tarde, Sob o Sol] (2020); Sweet Water [Água Doce] (2023); Cor Petit (2023); Haiku (2022); The Boy Who Wanted to Fly [El niño que quería volar] (2018).

The Male Gaze: Bitter Sweet

2024

2010s · 14 titles

Trash poster
7.1

Set in Brazil, three kids who make a discovery in a garbage dump soon find themselves running from the cops and trying to right a terrible wrong.

Trash

2014

Futuro Beach poster
6.5

Donato fails in his attempt to save a drowning man, and meets one of the man's friends. He decides to start his life over, but pieces of his past keep coming after him.

Futuro Beach

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

Jonah poster
6.1

During Carnival in São Paulo, a young man and young woman who knew each other as children meet again after many years and the social barriers that have kept them apart. Bad decisions lead the boy to hide with the girl inside a whale float.

Jonah

2016

Holy Biker poster
5.4

In an arid and poor region of Brazil, bikers search for a miracle to make it rain and save the land, risking their lives.

Holy Biker

2016

Tattoo poster
7.5

Paulete, the star of a daring theater group, is visited by his military brother-in-law, the young Fininha. A torrid relationship arises between the two, and now the soldier must deal with the prevailing repression during the Brazilian military dictatorship.

Tattoo

2013

Cine Holliúdy poster
6.4

During the seventies, the massive arrival of television in the Brazilian countryside puts in jeopardy the business of running small movie theaters. Francisgleydisson is the owner of Cine Holliudy, and he must be extremely creative to keep his passion for cinema alive.

Cine Holliúdy

2013

Bald Mountain poster
7.0

In 1980, best friends Juliano and Joaquin join the gold rush at Serra Pelada, Bald Mountain, a mountain town near the mighty Amazon river. As the town grows in numbers, it also sees an explosion in violent crime and pollution. Soon the friends' dreams of hitting the jack pot are shattered. Winner of the 2014 Cinema Brazil Grand Prize.

Bald Mountain

2013

Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte poster
6.4

Small-town trickster Pedro Malasartes has to face two great enemies: Próspero, who will do anything to impede such a lazy, cowardly person like Malasartes from dating his sister, Áurea; and Death incarnated, who wants to take a vacation after two thousand years collecting lives and intends on tricking Malasartes into assuming his tedious job.

Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte

2017

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Flutua

2017

Story of a Feather poster
NR

A teacher awaits the arrival of his late students. Far away, a young couple wakes up surrounded by trees. It’s ten-fifteen in the morning.

Story of a Feather

2015

The Best Friend poster
5.2

Lucas and Felipe spend their first day of vacation together wearing out jokes and hanging out. But beneath this apparent normality, Lucas’ heart is burning in fire.

The Best Friend

2013

Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End poster
8.0

The story of Brazilian poet Torquato Neto, who lived passionately through fracturous times and worked in several fields, including music, journalism, and cinema. He was an active participant in the revolution of Tropicália and marginal art, which changed the course of Brazilian culture in the 1960s and 1970s, until he committed suicide on his 28th birthday.

Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End

2017

Unremember poster
6.2

Teenager Joana feeds her soul with literature and rock. In 1979, when amnesty is granted in Brazil, she's forced to move with her family from Paris back to the country she barely remembers. Back in the city she was born in, and where her father was forcedly disappeared, she recovers pieces of memory from a fragmented childhood in Rio de Janeiro. Not everything is real, not everything is imagination. And as she remembers, Joana must write her own story in the present tense.

Unremember

2019

Series credits

Pantanal poster
6.5

After the mysterious disappearance of his father, Joventino, the cowboy José Leôncio becomes a wealthy farm owner in Pantanal. Over twenty years have passed and, bitter-hearted because of his father vanishing and the escape of his wife to Rio de Janeiro with his baby, José Leôncio has the chance to make amends with the boy, now a young man raised in the big city with very different values and habits than his own.

Pantanal

2022

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

The Incredible '90s poster
7.4

A romantic comedy revolving around the life of three former child stars that wish to relive their fame after the end of their childhood musical group, Magic Bunch. Now in the fun-filled 90's, fate reunites the trio formed by Manu and the brothers João and Jerônimo. It also brings back the love between the aspiring young actress and João, as well as the rivalry between their disagreeing mothers. At the same time, fueled by his dubious character and jealousy towards the new couple, Jerônimo will do anything to bring back his days of glory, even if it means jeopardizing his own family.

The Incredible '90s

2019

O País do Cinema poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

O País do Cinema

2016

Above Justice poster
7.1

In this realistic and touching series told in an innovative format, seemingly independent plots intertwine to show how justice can sometimes be a personal matter.

Above Justice

2016

Land of the Strong poster
6.8

When an adventurous young man goes missing after a fight, his mother Cassia and his twin sister Maria begin a dangerous journey in search of answers in a town where brute force overcomes the law.

Land of the Strong

2018

The Party poster
8.8

A glamorous reception at businesswoman Angela Mahler's mansion attracts high society: businessmen, powerful women, and bons vivants looking for some fun. Unexpectedly, a body is found in the pool and what was a party, becomes a crime scene. Thus begins a frantic hunt for the murderer. Trapped inside the house and in the investigators' crosshairs, all the guests are suspects. The story occurs over a 24-hour period in a web of suspense, ambition, ulterior motive and uncontrollable passion.

The Party

2014

Dangerous Liaisons poster
6.5

Isabel and Augusto are casual lovers and accomplices in dangerous games of seduction. A series inspired by the 1782 French classic *Les Liaisons dangereuses*.

Dangerous Liaisons

2016

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Lá na Minha Terra

2026

Nothing Remains the Same poster
4.5

Set in the 1950s, the plot follows the fictional creation of the first Brazilian TV station.

Nothing Remains the Same

2016

Histórias Quase Verdadeiras poster
2.7

They say lies have short legs. If that’s true, the little thing sure runs fast! You’re guaranteed plenty of laughs and fun with this adaptation of the film *O Auto da Boa Mentira*, based on humorous short stories by Ariano Suassuna.

Histórias Quase Verdadeiras

2023

World’s End poster
5.5

Vitória and her son, Cristiano come back to their hometown Desterro, running away from a troubled life in the city. She asks her brother Balbino for shelter. The arrival of mother and son brings the town’s secrets and forgotten stories back to light, in strange, mysterious ways. Cristiano’s journey of self-discovery through the town’s ghostly entrails sets him in a collision course with the most powerful man in town: his uncle.

World’s End

2016

Malasartes poster
7.0

Pedro Malasartes is an original character from Ibero-American culture who spends all his time trying to escape the duty of taking Death's place.

Malasartes

2017

Serra Pelada: A Saga do Ouro poster
10.0

The miniseries tells the story of two childhood friends. Juliano and Joaquim leave their lives in São Paulo behind to pursue a dream: finding gold in the interior of Pará. The plot is set against the backdrop of the true story of the modern world's largest open-pit gold mine. More than 100,000 workers were drawn to Serra Pelada in the 1980s.

Serra Pelada: A Saga do Ouro

2014

Behind the camera