Acting
Luiz Serra
Born
1937-05-09 (89)
Place of birth
Dois Córregos, São Paulo, Brazil
Known for
Acting
Credits
35 titles
Luiz Serra (born May 9, 1937) is a Brazilian actor.
Known for
8.1The search for a successor provokes the beginning of a clash between two young and talented executives of his group: Daniel Bastos, a lad of simple origins and excellent character, who is not only handsome and charming, but also intelligent and skilled, and Olavo Novaes, an ambitious and unscrupulous man who is ready to fight for the position, at any cost. To fight against Olavo‘s treacherous plans, Daniel will have the help of the sweet and sensitive Paula, a young lady raised as an only child who founds, on the eve of her mother‘s death, that she is adopted and has a family. What Paula does not know is that she has an identical twin sister, the wicked Taís, who is as ambitious and unscrupulous as the man who becomes her main ally, Olavo Novaes. Antenor, for his part, decides on having an heir when he meets the headstrong and honest Lúcia, a woman who will make this cold businessman find true love is and a real reason to live.
Tropical Paradise
2007
6.8An ambitious young woman with a traumatizing past targets an Italian man, the distant son of a wealthy Brazilian family.
Passione
2010
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Sangue do Meu Sangue
1995
8.2This moving telenovela tells the story of an unconditional love that overcomes life’s unexpected turnarounds. Ana is a promising tennis player who counts on best friend and sister Manuela for support. After a terrible car accident, Ana goes into a deep coma and only emerges from it five years later. Now, she must struggle to recover the life that went on without her and that she no longer recognizes as her own.
The Life We Lead
2011
No synopsis available yet.
Telerromance
1981
No synopsis available yet.
Tchan, a Grande Sacada
1976
Film credits
2010s · 5 titles
7.5Each citizen of Jotuomba plays an integral role in village life. Madalena is responsible for baking bread; each morning she stacks her rolls as Antonio prepares the coffee. The two share a morning ritual of arguments and insults, followed by an amicable cup of coffee on the bench outside Antonio's shop. At midday the church bells ring, summoning the villagers to mass. In the early evening, they all share a meal together. And so life proceeds in Jotuomba, the days languidly drifting into one another; the only variations seem to be in the weather. But, one day Rita arrives looking for a place to stay.
Found Memories
2012
6.4After her husband loses his job, Helena opens her own grocery store. Soon, increasingly strange events begin to plague her store, making her question her sanity.
Hard Labor
2011
7.1A biography of spiritual medium and author Francisco Candido Xavier.
Chico Xavier
2010
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Causa & Efeito
2014
6.0Bruno is a young men from São Paulo who is proud of his growing beard. When his grandfather can no longer go to his usual barber, Bruno has to learn to shave with a straight razor in order to help his grandfather stay 'sharp'.
A Navalha do Avô
2013
2000s · 2 titles
6.7In the periphery of São Paulo, the pregnant single mother Cleuza works as maid in the apartment of a middle-class family. Each of her sons has a different unknown father: the oldest, Dênis, has a baby son that lives with his mother and he works as motorcycle courier.
Linha de Passe
2008
6.0An evening in an old time dance hall in Sao Paulo introduces us to local characters who reminisce about the past, wonder about the future, have fun, flirt, fight and, of course, dance. Its earthy humour and eternal themes of ageing, loneliness and desire is an antidote to grumpy old men and women everywhere.
The Ballroom
2007
1990s · 2 titles
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Adágio ao Sol
1996
7.0A group of friends in Sao Paulo see each other regularly in different venues of this huge metropolis, and act as their own de-facto family. They are similar in many ways, all upper middle class professionals between 28 and 32 years of age, and very conscious of their psyche and lives. The diversity within the group however, is also remarkable. It's made up about half men and half women. The men are the most diverse, ranging from your average guy looking for love to an Afro-Brazilian womanizing rich playboy, to a conflicted homosexual, heir to a business empire. It is the friendship (Amizade) and bond between these people that the film exposes, and at the same time it explores the different personalities of this apparently homogeneous, but actually psychologically diverse group of Sao Paulo yuppies. They stick together "'til friendship should ever separate them"
Até Que a Vida nos Separe
1999
1980s · 4 titles
7.910-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old trans hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three other boys escape and they start to make their living by a life of crime which only escalates to more violence and death.
Pixote
1980
After a heavy rain storm, several vehicles get stuck on a muddy road. Soon hunger and fatigue change people's manners, making them behave in a very noncivilized way.
Sete Dias de Agonia
1982
4.0Antônio Nunes is sentenced to 30 years in jail, after having killed a woman, and becomes known as ripper of women. Infatuated Tânia begins to visit him frequently and hires a lawyer to try to take him out.
Act of Violence
1981
5.0Based on a book by Machado de Assis (1839-1908) and adapted to the present time. After the death of the philosopher Quincas Borba, his friend and disciple Rubiao inherits all he possessed: his fortune, his dog, his philosophy and the germ of his madness. Rubiao's passion for Sofia, a friend's wife, places him at the center of a game in which she is the main piece while he is the only one who ignores the rules. The story of a dreamer and delirious man facing a reality to which he is not prepared.
Quincas Borba
1988
Series credits
8.1The search for a successor provokes the beginning of a clash between two young and talented executives of his group: Daniel Bastos, a lad of simple origins and excellent character, who is not only handsome and charming, but also intelligent and skilled, and Olavo Novaes, an ambitious and unscrupulous man who is ready to fight for the position, at any cost. To fight against Olavo‘s treacherous plans, Daniel will have the help of the sweet and sensitive Paula, a young lady raised as an only child who founds, on the eve of her mother‘s death, that she is adopted and has a family. What Paula does not know is that she has an identical twin sister, the wicked Taís, who is as ambitious and unscrupulous as the man who becomes her main ally, Olavo Novaes. Antenor, for his part, decides on having an heir when he meets the headstrong and honest Lúcia, a woman who will make this cold businessman find true love is and a real reason to live.
Tropical Paradise
2007
6.8An ambitious young woman with a traumatizing past targets an Italian man, the distant son of a wealthy Brazilian family.
Passione
2010
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Sangue do Meu Sangue
1995
8.2This moving telenovela tells the story of an unconditional love that overcomes life’s unexpected turnarounds. Ana is a promising tennis player who counts on best friend and sister Manuela for support. After a terrible car accident, Ana goes into a deep coma and only emerges from it five years later. Now, she must struggle to recover the life that went on without her and that she no longer recognizes as her own.
The Life We Lead
2011
No synopsis available yet.
Telerromance
1981
No synopsis available yet.
Telerromance
1981
No synopsis available yet.
Tchan, a Grande Sacada
1976
No synopsis available yet.
Signo da Esperança
1972
NRFour teenagers, each facing a major conflict. Majô, the daughter of separated parents, has fallen in love with her mother Raquel’s husband, the teacher Túlio. Caíto, who is gay, lives in a dysfunctional home where his parents' marriage—Dirceu and Marilu’s—is going from bad to worse. Doca is a drug addict, and his sister Bia has become pregnant by her boyfriend, Michel. Their parents, Odilon and Paula, are deeply unhappy as well. Interwoven with their stories is that of Túlio—a former addict turned upstanding teacher—who encounters a haunting figure from his past: his ex-sister-in-law, Fernanda.
The Teenagers
1981
6.8Seven siblings search for the same biological father and discover their lives are linked to Miguel, a solitary oceanographer presumed dead during an expedition in Antarctica.
Parts of Me
2015
No synopsis available yet.
Dinheiro Vivo
1979
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Sabor de Mel
1983
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Toninho on the Rocks
1970
No synopsis available yet.
Vila do Arco
1975
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Jogo do Amor
1985
No synopsis available yet.
Canção para Isabel
1976
5.8Christian and Renato are identical twins who have opposite lives: Christian grew up in an orphanage and is underemployed, struggling to survive. Renato was adopted by a rich family and had everything that money can buy. When they meet again as adults, a tragedy happens: Renato is murdered and identified as Christian who, in turn, takes the place of his brother. However, to this end, he must leave behind his identity and his great love.
In Your Place
2021
8.5Nine different women, their achievements, frustrations and conflicts, all played by Regina Duarte. At the beginning of each episode, the actress introduces the character she will play.
Retrato de Mulher
1993
4.7An original comic-drama fiction series that portrays the routine of a Brazilian soccer referee in the pursuit of his biggest dream: to blow the whistle at a World Cup final.
(fdp)
2012
9.0Carlinhos and his friends are guided by a group of ghost scientists and dive into the search for a secret stored in a mysterious pyramid built below the area that houses the Butantan Institute.
Boo! A Call for Adventure
2015
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Fernando da Gata
1983