Acting
David Pinheiro
Born
1950-04-17 (76)
Place of birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Known for
Acting
Credits
37 titles
Known for
6.2Malhação 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
5.7Zorra Total is a Brazilian television comedy broadcast by Globo Network. It was launched on March 25, 1999 and has aired on Saturdays, at 10p.m., ever since May 1999. The show is a sketch comedy show. It is the audience leader on its slot.
Zorra Total
1999
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Chico Anysio Show
1982
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Caça Talentos
1996
8.1After getting lost on a sea excursion, Jô Penteado and Fábio Coutinho develop mutual feelings during the two months they spend stranded on a deserted island.
A Gata Comeu
1985
7.3After becoming a widower, businessman Aparício Varela takes over as president of Tecelagem Abdala and decides to win back the great love of his life, Rebeca.
Sassaricando
1987
Film credits
2010s · 3 titles
NRA screenwriter facing a creative crisis is pestered by a TV journalist. She arrives at an inopportune moment, but he invites her to his home to have a cheese soufflé.
O Roteirista
2014
5.5A rescue of the history of Ipanema beach in the 1970s, when the construction of a pier changed the landscape and created fertile soil for a generation of artists and sportsmen.
Dunas do Barato
2017
NRValdusa and her husband Geraldo arrive home and decide to watch TV. The question is what to watch: soccer or a soap opera? That is where the chaos begins.
A TV Quebrou
2012
1990s · 3 titles
5.3Policarpo is a chauvinistic patriot, a major who tries to find solutions for Brazilian problems using only the resources of his own country. His visionary and idealistic temperament is behind his strange ideas about how to build a great nation.
The Patriot
1998
4.2Grieved over the loss of their daughter, an elderly couple has decided do spend their vacation travelling around Europe. The cab driver who takes them to the airport, Leo, overhears their conversation and decides to profit from their situation: Leo convinces the couple's staff he's their nephew, and invites his friends and girlfriend over for a special summer. Things go awry when his friend Marcelo arrives with a bus full of teenagers, who believe the mansion is actually a summer camp.
Summer Dream
1990
5.6Writer Sílvio Proença needs to travel to São Paulo in order to promote his new book. At the airport, he meets a group of old mates. With the boarding canceled due to a strong storm, the group goes to the apartment of Marialva, daughter of one of Proença's friends. Seduced by Marialva's music and charms, Proença spends the night there, where he wakes up the next day, completely naked. Still groggy from his hangover, he goes to pick up the bread left outside the apartment; that's when the wind closes the door and leaves him naked outside.
The Naked Man
1997
1980s · 9 titles
6.8In the 1930s, novelist and politician Graciliano Ramos is accused of being a communist sympathizer. He is then arrested and sent to the Ilha Grande prison, where he experiences the disturbing treatment reserved for common prisoners.
Memories of Prison
1984
4.8Follows the decadence of an incestuous oligarch family in a rural Brazilian household through the years during the early 20th century.
Family Album
1981
7.5When her husband dies, Elisa asks Guerreiro if she can join his gang of bank robbers. She soon gains notoriety in the press with the nickname Lili Carabina, but is relentlessly pursued by an honest police officer.
Lili Carabina
1988
7.1Biography of one of the legendary names in the Samba genre of Brazilian music. Although he could hardly dance or play an instrument, he became one of the main composers of Portela, an important Samba "school" in Rio de Janeiro.
Natal da Portela
1988
6.5An unhappily married cleaning woman in the slums of Rio entices all the money and gifts she can out of an elderly widower.
The Story of Fausta
1988
No synopsis available yet.
Heleno e Garrincha
1987
A man who works at a nuclear plant is contaminated by radioactivity. On the way to the hospital, the ambulance has an accident, and the man's head disappears. Lost and free from its body, the head goes through many adventures.
Por Incrível que Pareça
1986
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Rehearsal Time
1986
7.5The story of Domitila de Castro Canto e Melo, the Marquise of Santos, the most famous of the mistresses of Dom Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil.
Marquesa de Santos
1984
Series credits
6.2Malhação 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
5.7Zorra Total is a Brazilian television comedy broadcast by Globo Network. It was launched on March 25, 1999 and has aired on Saturdays, at 10p.m., ever since May 1999. The show is a sketch comedy show. It is the audience leader on its slot.
Zorra Total
1999
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Chico Anysio Show
1982
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Caça Talentos
1996
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Caça Talentos
1996
8.1After getting lost on a sea excursion, Jô Penteado and Fábio Coutinho develop mutual feelings during the two months they spend stranded on a deserted island.
A Gata Comeu
1985
7.3After becoming a widower, businessman Aparício Varela takes over as president of Tecelagem Abdala and decides to win back the great love of his life, Rebeca.
Sassaricando
1987
7.3The story begins with the arrival of millionaire Antônio Carlos Volpone in Brazil. After living in Cairo for 18 years, he returns to his homeland for two reasons: first, to clarify the murder of his father-in-law, Dr. Telles, of which he was accused; second, to get closer to his ex-wife Estela, now married to Orlando Aranha. The millionaire also attracts media attention, and reporter Amélia Bicudo decides to investigate his life. To mislead his enemies and move freely, Volpone uses numerous disguises: the executive Anabela Freire, the doctor Nilo Peixe, the industrialist Augusto Melo Sampaio, and the driver André Silva. With the help of his loyal secretary and friend, Mosca, he confronts his main rival, Orlando Aranha, and Renata, Orlando's sister, who holds secrets about the murder of Estela's father.
Um Sonho a Mais
1985
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Sétimo Sentido
1982
8.6Set in Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, the story shows how Pardal and Bebel, young people newly arrived in the city, fall in love. However, each hides their true identity from the other.
Livre Para Voar
1984
9.4Romantic and dreamy, Eliana works at a five-star hotel and becomes involved with unrequited love, a bumbling gang, and a complex police story.
Feijão Maravilha
1979
7.7A hardworking market vendor, Mrs. Xepa faces many sacrifices to raise her children alone. However, as they achieve social advancement, they begin to feel ashamed of their mother.
Dona Xepa
1977
7.5No synopsis available yet.
Chico Total
1981
8.5The story of Domitila de Castro Canto e Melo, the Marquise of Santos, the most famous of the mistresses of Dom Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil.
Marquesa de Santos
1984
7.8It tells the story of the Camabará family for many generations, which were fundamental to the social and political formation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The stories are remembered by Dona Bibiana, who remembers the life of her grandmother Ana, her husband, the Captain Rodrigo, his son Bolivar and his daughter-in-law Luzia.
O Tempo e o Vento
1985
6.0In love since childhood, Flô and Arnaldo join forces in the fight for the abolition of slavery. They will have to face challenges and prejudices to be able to live their love.
Sinhazinha Flô
1977
No synopsis available yet.
Estados Anysios de Chico City
1991
NRThe series Companhias do Teatro Brasileiro (Brazilian Theater Companies) offers a documentary overview of the evolution of theatrical art in Brazil. The history of Brazilian theater is told through the testimonies of artists, historians, and researchers. Drawing on extensive archival material—including photographs, as well as audiovisual and audio recordings—the series revisits influential companies and groups such as Cia. João Caetano, Teatro Brasileiro de Comédia, Teatro Experimental do Negro, Teatro Oficina, and Grupo Galpão. Across 15 episodes, the series showcases these iconic groups, highlighting their artistic styles, repertoires, and the work of their actors and directors.
Companhias do Teatro Brasileiro
2023
NR"E Aí - Comeu?" is a brazilian serie about the movie with the same name. The plot shows the story of love lives of three best friends Fernando (Bruno Mazzeo), Honório (Marcos Palmeira) and Afonsinho (Emilio Orciollo) who live different phases of their lives.
E Aí... Comeu?
2016
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
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Chico Anysio: Um Homem à Procura de Um Personagem
2025

