Lázaro Ramos

Acting

Lázaro Ramos

Born 1978-11-01 · Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Luís Lázaro Sacramento Ramos (born November 1, 1978) is a Brazilian actor, presenter, director, writer and voice actor. He started his acting career with the Flock of Olodum Theater group, in Salvador, and is best known for his portrayal of João Francisco dos Santos in the 2002 film Madame Satã (film). Lázaro is married to Brazilian actress Taís Araújo. In 2007, he was nominated for the 35th International Emmy Awards for Best Actor for his role in Cobras & Lagartos.

Acting credits

Noah's Ark poster
7.0

A pair of mice attempt to board Noah's Ark: Vini, a charismatic poet with terrible stage fright, and Tito, a talented and charming guitarist. When the rains come, only one male and one female of each species is allowed on Noah's Ark. With the help of an ingenious cockroach and fate's good luck, Vini and Tito sneak their way onto the Ark and together avert a showdown among the ships carnivores and plant eaters. All the while, the animals perform a series of classic songs inspired by world renowned poet, Vinicius de Moraes. Can these talented stowaways use music to break the tension and help these cooped up creatures survive the 40 days and 40 nights together?

Noah's Ark

2024

Old Bandits poster
6.9

An elderly retired couple teams up with young partners to plan a daring bank robbery, while trying to outwit a detective determined to stop them.

Old Bandits

2026

The Man of the Year poster
6.7

Maiquél has lost a bet and dyed his hair blond. This seemingly innocuous event triggers a head-on collision with destiny in which he goes from nobody to hero to outlaw — all in 24 hours.

The Man of the Year

2003

Carandiru poster
7.6

When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo – Carandiru, he meets the future victims of one of the darkest days in Brazilian history.

Carandiru

2003

Woman on Top poster
6.1

Set to the intoxicating rhythms of Brazil, "Woman on Top" is a spicy, sexy comedy about the magic of food, love and music. Meet Isabella, a sultry enchantress born with the special gift of melting the palates and hearts of men everywhere. When she decides to break free from her rocky marriage and the stifling kitchen of her husband's restaurant in Brazil, she spirits off to San Francisco in pursuit of her dreams of a real culinary career.

Woman on Top

2000

Amanhã Nunca Mais poster
6.4

Walter is an absent father and husband who works in a hospital without time for his family. His redemption happens when his wife sends him to the birthday cake for her daughter, but she does not know is that during the return trip home, the impossible will happen so that everything goes wrong.

Amanhã Nunca Mais

2011

As Verdades poster
6.6

A police officer tries to find out who is to blame for a crime committed against a candidate for mayor of a small town. He hears versions of a hired killer, the victim's fiancée, and the candidate himself.

As Verdades

2022

Cinderella Baiana poster
1.7

A poor family, lives in a city near Salvador. The father is cleaner and, mother and daughter help making small services. Until they decide to try the luck in the big city and the father, João, get a job near Pelourinho, next to a dance academy. The daughter, Carla, in contacting music, discovers her true vocation and becomes a very successful dancer. But she does not let himself take away from fame and back to his origins, meets with poor children and teaches them to dance.

Cinderella Baiana

1998

Abdias Nascimento poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Abdias Nascimento

2011

Nina poster
5.7

After losing her job, an unstable woman sinks further and further into a violent fantasy world.

Nina

2004

Lower City poster
6.5

Best friends Deco and Naldinho co-own a cargo boat in Brazil's Salvador da Bahia. They give a ride to a sultry prostitute named Karinna, and soon both men fall prey to her considerable sexual charms, pushing the bounds of their friendship to the limit.

Lower City

2005

Basic Sanitation, the Movie poster
7.2

When they discover their town lacks funding for a sewage system, but does have a federal grant to make a movie, a group of villagers decide to make a sci-fi joint about a monster who lives in the building site of a septic tank.

Basic Sanitation, the Movie

2007

Gugu's World poster
7.0

Gugu, a black boy living with his grandmother, experiences memories and revelations when the old city where she lived returns.

Gugu's World

2026

Levando a Vida poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Levando a Vida

2005

Desejo poster
7.5

A journey into the psyche of Atanásio, a doorman in Copacabana, confused while attempting to understand his desires and aspirations.

Desejo

2005

Dad Rocks poster
5.7

Tom has just become a father and, along with his wife Elisa, he will learn firsthand how to take care of his daughter. Amid fun and exciting everyday situations, Tom discovers the real meaning of fatherhood. Loosely inspired by the bestseller Dad is Cool, by Marcos Piangers.

Dad Rocks

2022

Ayô poster
NR

Ayô is a young, gay, Black actor from Bahia, living in São Paulo, and dissatisfied with his love life. After some emotional disagreements with Manu, Ayô turns to dating apps, where he meets João, with whom he forms an instant connection. Professionally, Ayô also finds himself reflecting after Carla, his agent, makes him realize the harsh reality of being a Black artist in an inherently racist society.

Ayô

Antarctic poster
NR

A brutal crime shocks an isolated Brazilian research station in Antarctica, transforming the enviroment filled with scientists and military personnel into a veritable pressure cooker. The men at the station become suspects, and a female deputy commander takes on the mission of investigating what happened and, with the support of the women at the base, faces silence and violence in her search for justice.

Antarctic

2026

Ecos do Teatro Experimental do Negro poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ecos do Teatro Experimental do Negro

2026

O Menino e o Velho poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

O Menino e o Velho

1988

The Violin Teacher poster
6.7

After failing to be admitted into the OSESP Orchestra, a talented violinist is forced to give music classes to teenagers in a public school. He soon finds his world transformed by the power of music and friendships formed with his pupils.

The Violin Teacher

2015

Marighella poster
6.4

This communist and parliamentarian leader was arrested and tortured, and became famous for having written the "Minimanual of the Urban Guerrilla". Greatest name of the left-wing militancy in Brazil in the 1960s, Carlos Marighella acted in the main political events of Brazil between the 1930s and 1969 and was considered enemy number one of the Brazilian military dictatorship. His life was a great act of resistance and courage.

Marighella

2012

Ó Paí, Ó: Look at This poster
7.0

During the Carnival in the historical site of Pelourinho, Salvador da Bahia, we follow the lives of the tenants of a falling-to-pieces tenement house who try to get by using creativity, irony, humor, and music.

Ó Paí, Ó: Look at This

2007

New Year's Special poster
3.8

Ingrid Guimarães and Lázaro Ramos hit the ground running on Prime Video. The two Brazilian stars are joined by Juliette, Tia Má, Luana Martau, Lindsay Paulino, Pablo Sanábio and other special guests to talk about CHANGE with a lot of humor and irony. In a sequence of comic sketches, they reflect on struggles and lessons that brought us all to 2023.

New Year's Special

2023

Behind the camera

Executive Order poster
6.9

In a dystopian future, the Brazilian government decrees a measure that forces black citizens to migrate to Africa in an attempt to return to their origins. Seeing themselves in the center of terror, two cousins take refuge in an apartment, where they debate social and racial issues, and share the same yearning for the change of country.

Executive Order

2022

Executive Order poster
6.9

In a dystopian future, the Brazilian government decrees a measure that forces black citizens to migrate to Africa in an attempt to return to their origins. Seeing themselves in the center of terror, two cousins take refuge in an apartment, where they debate social and racial issues, and share the same yearning for the change of country.

Executive Order

2022

Tudo ou Nada em Soterópolis poster
NR

After the World Cup match schedule was drawn and the holidays were added, Salvador was left with only four working days. In other words, a big “holiday in Salvador” during a World Cup. Given this unusual situation, the film portrays those who are excited about the World Cup, fans and soccer fanatics, and also those for whom the World Cup does not arrive with the same fervor. We will experience important moments during the World Cup with them, looking at the same fact from different perspectives: soccer. The film presents the viewer with a Bahia that fans, but a real Bahia with its coastal areas, suburbs, commerce, historical and tourist areas. A real Bahia in its diversity and, of course, in its good humor.

Tudo ou Nada em Soterópolis

2015

An Unforgettable Year - Autumn poster
6.5

An ambitious law student who hates music needs to make a perfect plan to get hired at the office she interns at – until she meets a charming singer who shakes her life. While she's living her first love, she needs to face her own past and decide what's more important: do what she loves or learn to love what she does.

An Unforgettable Year - Autumn

2023

Bando, um Filme de poster
NR

The 28-year history of the Olodum Theater Band, Latin America's longest-running black theater company. Created in Salvador in 1990, in partnership with the Olodum Cultural Group, the company was responsible for launching names such as Lázaro Ramos and Érico Brás. Gathering archive images and interviews with Bando members, collaborators and other guests, the group's trajectory is built.

Bando, um Filme de

2018

Bando, um Filme de poster
NR

The 28-year history of the Olodum Theater Band, Latin America's longest-running black theater company. Created in Salvador in 1990, in partnership with the Olodum Cultural Group, the company was responsible for launching names such as Lázaro Ramos and Érico Brás. Gathering archive images and interviews with Bando members, collaborators and other guests, the group's trajectory is built.

Bando, um Filme de

2018

Bando, um Filme de poster
NR

The 28-year history of the Olodum Theater Band, Latin America's longest-running black theater company. Created in Salvador in 1990, in partnership with the Olodum Cultural Group, the company was responsible for launching names such as Lázaro Ramos and Érico Brás. Gathering archive images and interviews with Bando members, collaborators and other guests, the group's trajectory is built.

Bando, um Filme de

2018

Necklace poster
NR

Fernando Grostein Andrade and Fernando Siqueira, an LGBTQIA+ couple, embark on a transformative road trip across Brazil and the United States, traveling through Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, and Utah. Fernando Grostein Andrade confronts complex trauma, while Fernando Siqueira uses music, nature, and eco-therapy to support his healing. Along the journey, they face challenges and intimate moments that test their bond, exploring resilience, connection, and personal growth as they move toward emotional recovery and self-discovery.

Necklace

2024

Falas Negras poster
9.8

The special features 22 real testimonials from people like Mandela, Martin Luther King and Marielle Franco, who fought racism and freedom in favor of justice.

Falas Negras

2020

No artwork available
NR

In a decisive moment of their lives and careers, two longtime friends decide to embark on a journey of political, musical and existential reflection.

More Than Friends

No artwork available
NR

In a decisive moment of their lives and careers, two longtime friends decide to embark on a journey of political, musical and existential reflection.

More Than Friends