Roney Villela

Acting

Roney Villela

Born 1961-05-09 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Roney Villela (Rio de Janeiro, May 9, 1961) is a Brazilian actor and theater director.

Acting credits

The Secret Agent poster
7.2

Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is not the safe haven he was expecting.

The Secret Agent

2025

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within poster
7.9

After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human Right Aids member Diogo Fraga of execution of prisoners. Matias is transferred to the corrupted Military Police and Nascimento is exonerated from the BOPE by the Governor.

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within

2010

Home Team poster
6.5

Tito is 13 years old and extremely gifted at soccer, his genius brings him a contract that lifts him and his family out of poverty. He shines with his goals, but turns into a petty player, drops out of school, and has no friends. Tito becomes the breadwinner of the family and his father no longer has the authority to force him to finish school. When Tito is one step away from consecrating himself, something unexpected will make his dream disappear. Having lost everything he must return to his village. Tito will have to face the most difficult challenge of his life: to stand up and keep going.

Home Team

2017

Rio, I Love You poster
4.8

The third episode of the Cities of Love franchise, Rio, I Love You is an anthology, created by 10 visionary directors from across the globe. The story line of each segment focuses on an encounter of love in a different neighborhood of the city, demonstrating the distinctive qualities and character of that location. The film serves to bridge gaps between cultures, educating and entertaining the audience, while celebrating unique and universal expressions of love.

Rio, I Love You

2014

No artwork available
NR

“The Caretaker” follows Eliseu, a caretaker who, after 30 years working in an upper-middle-class apartment building, discovers that Santi, the building’s new superintendent, wants to replace him with a swimming pool. Now, he’ll have to use his knowledge of the residents’ lives to find a “way around” the situation and turn the tables in his favor.

The Caretaker

Quando Morremos à Noite poster
2.0

Raúl meets the most spirited girl he ever met.

Quando Morremos à Noite

2011

George Of Cappadocia poster
6.7

After winning yet another battle, Jorge is decorated as the new captain of the army, and now finds himself faced with his greatest challenge, whether to be faithful to his faith or succumb to the excesses of Emperor Diocletian.

George Of Cappadocia

2024

Artificial Paradises poster
6.2

Nando and Erika, two young people in their twenties, meet several times without noticing. The story of the subculture of electronic music and rave parties and drugs like MDMA.

Artificial Paradises

2012

Papagaios poster
7.0

Tunico is the most famous “Pirate Parrot” of Rio de Janeiro and is always chasing reporters to appear on TV. After a serious accident at an amusement park, Tunico meets Beto, a mysterious young man who becomes his apprentice. This encounter will reveal the dark side of the relentless pursuit of fame at any cost, in a Brazil with more than 70 million televisions turned on every day.

Papagaios

2026

Rich in Love 2 poster
6.8

When the idealistic Paula resumes her work as a volunteer doctor in the Amazon, Teto convinces his partners to establish their tomato cooperative in a village in the region. But to win back Paula's heart and save the company from bankruptcy, Teto must definitely overcome his spoiled playboy habits and face the interests of a powerful farmer, who stands in his way.

Rich in Love 2

2023

Alvorada poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Alvorada

DAY 7 poster
NR

After a police officer is murdered at home, Detective Rocha, who was no longer on active duty, is called in to solve the case. Rocha discovers that the officer's death is just a small point close to the great mystery that surrounds this death.

DAY 7

2022

Death Inhabits at Night poster
7.0

Greasy hair; grooved and unshaven face; emanating alcohol fumes. Raúl just doesn't care anymore. In the opening scene of Death Inhabits at Night, the unemployed writer pours himself another glass of cheap wine as an upstairs neighbour leaps to his death. His girlfriend is clearly more upset by the incident. A little later, she finds a letter by the door reminding them to pay the rent or be evicted. Raúl shrugs and suggests going back to bed. But all of this dismissiveness changes following a meeting with a troubled young girl.

Death Inhabits at Night

2022

The Girl Next Door poster
5.6

Middle-aged married journalist goes to the beach resort of Búzios, in Brazil, to write a book. Gradually, he falls in love with his neighbor's daughter, a beautiful teenager much younger than he, ignoring the social implications.

The Girl Next Door

1987

Wedding Games poster
4.9

When Alex and Eva choose to exchange vows at the very spot they first crossed paths, a series of hilarious missteps derails their journey to the altar.

Wedding Games

2023

December poster
7.0

Caio is 40 years old and lives in the Rio de Janeiro's countryside, where he owns a scrap-metal yard. On Christmas' Eve, he goes to the capital to visit his family and friends. Finally he will be able to meet a man he has not seen for a long time: himself.

December

2008

Nise: The Heart of Madness poster
8.1

After being released from prison, Dr. Nise da Silveira is back at work in a psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro where she refuses to employ the new and violent electroshock in the treatment of schizophrenics. Ridiculed by doctors, she is forced to take on the abandoned Sector for Occupational Therapy, where she would start a revolution through paintings, animals and love.

Nise: The Heart of Madness

2016

My Name Ain't Johnny poster
7.1

The true story of João Guilherme Estrella ("Johnny"), a young middle-class bon vivant who became a big-time cocaine dealer in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1990s.

My Name Ain't Johnny

2008

Em Nome da Lei poster
6.1

The journey of idealistic Vitor, a young federal judge who decides to dismantle the mafia that dominates the border between Brazil and Paraguay. Inspired by true events.

Em Nome da Lei

2016

Achados Não Procurados poster
NR

An exemplary citizen leaves as a legacy, in addition to his vast predicates, something totally unexpected: photos and compromised documents of his clandestine love life and political conspiracies.

Achados Não Procurados

2021

Tainá 2 - A New Amazon Adventure poster
5.5

The young warrior indian Tainá must now battle against biopirates, and is joined by a new boy from the big city and an indian little girl who wants to follow her steps as a protector of the jungle.

Tainá 2 - A New Amazon Adventure

2004

EAS poster
5.9

A group of terrorists kidnaps a soccer player's daughter and plans to blow up the Maracanã in the middle of the World Cup. Rafael, a former member of the Anti-Kidnapping Squad, has a mission to save the girl and prevent this disaster.

EAS

2017

Lençol de Inverno poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Lençol de Inverno

2018

O Vestido poster
5.8

Ulisses has failed in his professional life, but leads a happy life with his wife Ângela and their two daughters. Until the day he is introduced to Bárbara, a very beautiful woman living in Rio de Janeiro. Ângela becomes her friend and gives her the dress Ulisses had given her. From then on, marital problems arise, and he becomes increasingly attracted to Bárbara.

O Vestido

2004