Costinha

Acting

Costinha

Born — Died

1923-03-25 — 1995-09-15

Place of birth

Rio de Janeiro , Brasil

Known for

Acting

Credits

43 titles

Lírio Mário da Costa nasceu em 24 de março de 1923, no bairro carioca de Vila Isabel. Seu pai abandonou a família quando Lírio tinha 13 anos, mas não sem antes ensinar ao filho os segredos da profissão de palhaço de circo. Sem o pai, Costinha começou a trabalhar para ajudar nas despesas de casa. Foi boy, garçom de botequim e funcionário da loterial federal, mas nunca abandonou os picadeiros. Em 1942, aos 19 anos, foi empregado como faxineiro na Rádio Tomoio, onde divertia os colegas imitando homossexuais. Ainda foi radioator em diversos e importantes programas da época, como “Cadeira de Barbeiro”, “Recruta 23” e na primeira versão radiofônica da “Escolinha do Professor Raimundo”. Sua grande …

Known for

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

Balança Mas Não Cai poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Balança Mas Não Cai

1968

Planeta dos Homens poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Planeta dos Homens

1976

A Festa é Nossa poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Festa é Nossa

1983

Escolinha do Professor Raimundo poster
8.6

'Escolinha do Professor Raimundo' was a comedy program starring Chico Anysio, the unforgettable Professor Raimundo Nonato, and which brought together some of the biggest names in Brazilian comedy. Marked by informality and improvisation, the School was a landmark, immortalized catchphrases like "And the salary, huh?" and paved the way for new and established talents. Created in 1952 by radio host and comedian Haroldo Barbosa for Rádio Mayrink Veiga, the School arrived on TV five years later as a segment of the program Noites Cariocas, on TV Rio. For 38 years, the School was a segment hosted by Chico Anysio in various comedy programs. In 1990, it premiered as an independent program on Globo and became a classic of Brazilian television.

Escolinha do Professor Raimundo

1990

Humor Livre poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Humor Livre

1984

Film credits

1970s · 12 titles

Stories Our Nannies Don't Tell poster
5.5

Erotic spoof of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Stories Our Nannies Don't Tell

1979

Costinha, o Rei da Selva poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Costinha, o Rei da Selva

1975

Tô na Tua, Ô Bicho poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tô na Tua, Ô Bicho

1971

Como Ganhar na Loteria Sem Perder a Esportiva poster
7.0

A comedy about the happiness of several people who won the number 12 of Sports Lottery, thinking they are the only winner. Among them, one priest seduced by the devil disguised as a sacristan, one taxi driver who is planning to buy an entire fleet of cars, and prostitutes who leave their brothel, only to return again later.

Como Ganhar na Loteria Sem Perder a Esportiva

1971

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Agência Lig-Pag

1974

O Homem de Seis Milhões de Cruzeiros Contra as Panteras poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Homem de Seis Milhões de Cruzeiros Contra as Panteras

1978

Jesus Cristo, Eu Estou Aqui poster
9.0

Low-budget comedy of errors about false miracles, Catholic priests, greedy politicians and a prostitute in a small Brazilian town, with popular Brazilian comedy stars of the time.

Jesus Cristo, Eu Estou Aqui

1971

Costinha e o King Mong poster
9.0

A band of criminals attempt to capture King Mong, a giant gorilla who lives in the jungle, where a tribe worships him as a god. The criminals offer Costinha, the king of the jungle, as a gift to please the god. A mess ensues and all of the inhabitants of the jungle end up in a Brazilian circus. A parody of the 1976 King Kong remake.

Costinha e o King Mong

1977

O Libertino poster
7.0

Commander Emanuel is a man who dedicates his life to fighting pornography. Going through financial difficulties, he finds himself obliged to rent his house to a college of girls. Over time he will find out that college is actually a house of meetings.

O Libertino

1973

As Aventuras de Robinson Crusoé poster
7.5

Robinson Crusoe spoof, with touches of Peter Pan. Shipwreck victim lands on a desert island, finds a friendly native and has to fight pirates whose leader is Captain Hook himself.

As Aventuras de Robinson Crusoé

1978

Cômicos... + Cômicos... poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Cômicos... + Cômicos...

1971

Salário Mínimo poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Salário Mínimo

1970

1960s · 7 titles

1950s · 15 titles

Com Água na Boca poster
10.0

Simple-minded young woman cherishes the dream of becoming a TV star. But during the tests she gets inhibited, being helped backstage by a couple of clowns and her boyfriend, who trust her potential.

Com Água na Boca

1956

De Pernas Pro Ar poster
8.0

A street vendor and a servant theater, newly unemployed, accidentally swap their briefcases trinkets for one of three bandits who just rob a bank. The chase, which also involves two "rapas" only ends when, aided by a chorus girl, unwittingly participating in a musical number of the show's theater company.

De Pernas Pro Ar

1957

O Rei do Samba poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Rei do Samba

1952

...E o Bicho Não Deu poster
6.0

While trying to break an "animal game" gambling scheme, Det. Bartolomeu hits his head, and the gamblers convince him that he is one of them. But everytime he hears a whistle, he changes between gambler and policeman.

...E o Bicho Não Deu

1958

O Rei do Movimento poster
5.6

Clementino is a postman who doesn't have much talent for the job and is six months behind in the payment of his apartment. While delivering a correspondence, he is kidnapped by a masked bandit, but manages to escape, and ends up helping the police in the capture of the whole gang, getting a lot of money as reward.

O Rei do Movimento

1955

Minha Sogra é da Polícia poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Minha Sogra é da Polícia

1958

Sai de Baixo poster
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

Sai de Baixo

1956

Sherlock de Araque poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sherlock de Araque

1957

Angu de Caroço poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Angu de Caroço

1955

Com Jeito Vai poster
8.0

Two new recruits at a fire station headquarter engage in a competition between two sergeants in personal rivalry

Com Jeito Vai

1957

Mud Angel poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mud Angel

1951

Entrei de Gaiato poster
6.0

Januário is a con man who, with the help of his equally con-artist friends, stays at the luxurious Hotel Palácio, posing as a rich cocoa farmer in order to rob and deceive tourists. Ananásia is a widow who also becomes a guest at the same hotel, with almost the same plan: to pretend to be a millionaire in order to marry some wealthy "old man". Januário and Ananásia immediately begin dating. However, their lies about their wealth make them targets of international jewel thieves who were among the guests.

Entrei de Gaiato

1959

O Diamante poster
3.3

Disagreements between brothers and marital infidelity are just some of the consequences that the discovery of a valuable diamond causes.

O Diamante

1955

Marujo Por Acaso poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Marujo Por Acaso

1954

É de Chuá! poster
6.5

The film narrates the adventures of the trickster Juca Moleza in the carnival while he has to deal with the consequences of the scams he applied to people of high society.

É de Chuá!

1958

Series credits

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

Balança Mas Não Cai poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Balança Mas Não Cai

1968

Planeta dos Homens poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Planeta dos Homens

1976

A Festa é Nossa poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Festa é Nossa

1983

Escolinha do Professor Raimundo poster
8.6

'Escolinha do Professor Raimundo' was a comedy program starring Chico Anysio, the unforgettable Professor Raimundo Nonato, and which brought together some of the biggest names in Brazilian comedy. Marked by informality and improvisation, the School was a landmark, immortalized catchphrases like "And the salary, huh?" and paved the way for new and established talents. Created in 1952 by radio host and comedian Haroldo Barbosa for Rádio Mayrink Veiga, the School arrived on TV five years later as a segment of the program Noites Cariocas, on TV Rio. For 38 years, the School was a segment hosted by Chico Anysio in various comedy programs. In 1990, it premiered as an independent program on Globo and became a classic of Brazilian television.

Escolinha do Professor Raimundo

1990

Humor Livre poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Humor Livre

1984