Anselmo Vasconcelos

Acting

Anselmo Vasconcelos

Born

1953-12-01 (72)

Place of birth

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Known for

Acting

Credits

92 titles

Anselmo Carneiro Almeida Vasconcelos (Rio de Janeiro, December 1, 1953) is a Brazilian film, theater and television actor.

Known for

Zorra Total poster
5.7

Zorra 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

Kings poster
9.2

Kings will tell the story of the nation of Israel, from the moment when the last judge, the prophet Samuel, is used by God to guide His people, to the sad fall of Jerusalem, caused by the armies of Babylon.

Kings

2022

Hilda Hurricane poster
8.1

After breaking off her engagement on her wedding day and going directly to a prostitution house, a young model becomes the city's most famous harlot, known as "Hilda Hurricane", in the 50's Brazil. She could do fine if it wasn't for Malthus, a young novice said to be a saint, for whom she falls in love. However, the boy is kept under the strict, severe doctrine of Father Nelson, a conservative priest intolerant even to every minor sin. Things start getting harder when Roberto, Malthus' old friend and a communist reporter (the actual author of the story), tries to interview Hilda and disclosure the real reasons behind her radical change of mind. In the meantime, the middle-classes are terrified by the "leftist threat" in Brazilian politics.

Hilda Hurricane

1998

Mandacaru poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mandacaru

1997

Summer Affair poster
7.0

Farmer Selena is a strong-willed young woman who won't rest until she uncovers a secret kept by her mother Camila: the identity of her father.

Summer Affair

1998

Cara e Coragem poster
5.5

The soap opera addresses the world of stuntmen with Pat and Moa. They investigate Clarice's death and try to protect the secret of Jonathan's magnesium formula.

Cara e Coragem

2022

Film credits

2020s · 5 titles

2010s · 13 titles

A Noite da Virada poster
5.4

Ana and Duda, a couple who's in the verge of taking a break from their marriage, throw a New Year's party at their house. The party gets overcrowded with all kinds of people, and it's in the bathroom that most things will happen between them both and many other guests.

A Noite da Virada

2014

O Amor Dá Trabalho poster
6.2

The selfish Ancelmo dies and ends up trapped in limbo. To secure his place in heaven, he must practice a good deed and play cupid, as he is tasked with uniting a man and a woman with widely differing personalities.

O Amor Dá Trabalho

2019

Four-Colored Banner poster
NR

Uirá is a Brazilian indigenous man who will undergo a journey that address the greed and exploitation caused by money, coming in collision with the transformed legends that bring back the rites of his ancestry.

Four-Colored Banner

2016

Golden Oldies 2 poster
5.2

The heroes of Golden Oldies 1— Juca, PR, and Montanha — are back, following different routes. Montanha lives in an old mansion and gets ready to reunite with his friends. Once together again, the three friends get into hilarious situations.

Golden Oldies 2

2013

Réquiem para Laura Martin poster
1.0

No synopsis available yet.

Réquiem para Laura Martin

2011

Chico Xavier poster
7.1

A biography of spiritual medium and author Francisco Candido Xavier.

Chico Xavier

2010

No artwork available
NR

Victor is postman in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul and has a habit of violating the correspondence of its residents. One day, to his surprise, falls into his own trap to fall in love with a new resident of the city, the young Marli, exchanging letters with her boyfriend. Victor begins to control the cards between them and ends up interfering in the couple's relationship.

The Postman

2013

Detours poster
NR

After embezzling 15 million reais with the help of his cousin, Daniel goes into hiding. Waiting for forged documents to escape Brazil, he rents an old apartment and starts a paranoid journey that may put his new found fortunes and sanity at risk.

Detours

2016

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Anos Dourados - O Filme poster
6.3

Adaptation of the series shown in 1986. Marcos and Lurdinha live in love in the 1950s. The young man is the son of separated parents and his mother, Glória, works as a cashier in a nightclub. The conservatism of the girl's family and the sexual repression of the time are factors that affect the couple's relationship.

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Anos Dourados - O Filme

2015

Golden Mouth poster
6.2

After his death, infamous Rio de Janeiro mob boss Golden Mouth (named after his all-golden teeth) gets multiple accounts of his life told to the press by his former lover.

Golden Mouth

2019

Ninguém Entra, Ninguém Sai poster
4.1

At a Rio de Janeiro motel, an unexpected emergency places all the guests under quarantine. The problem? Not everyone is supposed to be there.

Ninguém Entra, Ninguém Sai

2017

New Amsterdam poster
9.5

The arrival of the West Indian Companies to Natal in the XVII century is just the beginning of this violent story that pushes Bernarda and her family to run away from the city and from the invasion. In the Potengi Mill she meets the foreman's son Rafael and they immediately discover a passionate love. It will give them the force to try to survive during those violent years triggered by Jacob Rabbí, a German assigned by Prince John Maurice of Nassau to command the conquest.

New Amsterdam

2017

Anita poster
NR

The youth of Anita Garibaldi, portrayed in her humanity, with the simple life of an ordinary and very poor citizen. From a young age, the girl already showed courage. Over the years, she becomes a brave and libertarian warrior who overthrew paradigms of her time.

Anita

2016

2000s · 8 titles

Primo Basílio poster
5.2

Luísa is a romantic, dreamy and delicate young woman married to Jorge, an engineer, a man of good habits and good economic conditions. They didn't know each other well, but got married and Luísa was a good wife, "she was clean and happy as a bird". Everything get changed when she meets a childhood love, her cousin Basílio. What seemed to be a great adventure will became a nightmare and Luísa will discover the price of her infidelity.

Primo Basílio

2007

Brasília 18% poster
4.8

A star medical examiner is called to Brasília, the administrative capital of Brazil, to confirm the identity of a beautiful, young congressional aide's dead body. But his scientific rigor soon leads him to details of a multi-layered political scandal.

Brasília 18%

2006

Peacetime poster
7.3

Rio de Janeiro, April 18, 1945. Brazil's foreign policy aligns closely with that of the United States and opens a brief period of democratic rule after the end of World War 2. For years, hundreds of people were arrested and tortured by the Vargas regime. But with the external pressure, several political prisoners gain freedom.

Peacetime

2009

Apolônio Brasil, Campeão da Alegria poster
7.3

Apolônio Brasil was a pianist at a famous nightclub in Rio de Janeiro, from the 1950s until his untimely death. Quite a character, Apolônio was loved by women and idolized by his audience and friends. His contagious joy attracts the attention of American scientist Dr. Boris Lewitsky, who comes to Brazil in order to interview Apolônio's close friends and make them a most unusual offer concerning the remains of the late musician.

Apolônio Brasil, Campeão da Alegria

2003

O Xadrez das Cores poster
6.0

Cida is black, is 40 years old and works for Maria, an 80 year old woman, widow and childless, who is extremely racist. The mistress gloats about the maid, who puts up with being mistreated in silence, but finds a form of revenge in a game of chess.

O Xadrez das Cores

2004

Condenado à Liberdade poster
4.0

The murder of a wealthy couple shocks public opinion, with the eldest son accused of killing his parents. Condemned beforehand by the press, he needs to prove his innocence.

Condenado à Liberdade

2001

Cinema in 7 Colors poster
3.0

Cinema in 7 Colors traces an historical panorama of how the queer people were portrayed in the Brazilian silver screens, from its origin in the chanchadas of the 1950s up to the present day. The film investigates the origins of the prejudices, stereotypes, as well as the importance of the identification with constructive representations of these characters.

Cinema in 7 Colors

2008

In the Dead of Winter Night poster
8.0

Somewhere between reality and fantasy, Jonas plunges into a world where the impossible is absorbed in desires and consciousness is lost in the darkness of the cold dawn.

In the Dead of Winter Night

2007

1990s · 9 titles

Boca poster
3.6

A photo-journalist goes to Brazil to investigate a savage crime boss. She becomes infatuated with the story.

Boca

1994

The Naked Man poster
5.6

Writer 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

Daughters of Yemanjá poster
5.7

A woman named Sini travels to Brazil to meet her sister Sissi, who previously broke off Sin's marriage. Sini meets Sissi's husband, Jorge, who tells her that she has disappeared. Sini sets out to find Sissi together with Jorge's servant Tiago.

Daughters of Yemanjá

1995

A Maldição do Sanpaku poster
5.6

Gafanhoto is a smuggler who tries to take a hit by stealing a valuable stone. He awakens the fury of the old boss of the gang, and ends up involving in the plot a former colleague, Poeta and his girlfriend Cris, a beautiful woman who brings in the eyes the mark of the tragedy.

A Maldição do Sanpaku

1991

Who Killed Pixote? poster
6.0

The true story of the boy who became famous when he was cast for the main part on the Brazilian film Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1981). After the film was over, he tried to work as an actor on other projects, with little success. As time went by, he got involved with crime.

Who Killed Pixote?

1996

A Rota do Brilho poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Rota do Brilho

1990

A Viagem de Volta poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Viagem de Volta

1990

Sambolico poster
5.2

Eric, a successful Finnish conductor, has time to relax by the ocean after work in Rio de Janeiro. He finds it hard to forget an encounter with an extraordinary woman at the hotel.

Sambolico

1996

Vox Populi poster
5.0

A man is accused of shooting his wife and her lover but as we find out. It wasn't her lover...

Vox Populi

1997

1980s · 11 titles

They Don't Wear Black Tie poster
8.3

Otavio is an idealistic union leader trying to organize workers at a factory to resist the company's exploitative practices. His son, Tião, one of the employees, is more of a realist and doesn't want to risk losing his job by striking. This clash of perspectives puts the father and son at odds. Fortunately, Tião's mother, Romana, is on hand to act as a moderator between the two opinionated men.

They Don't Wear Black Tie

1981

The Secret of the Mummy poster
4.6

A mad scientist attempts to bring an ancient Egyptian mummy back to life.

The Secret of the Mummy

1982

The Torturer poster
4.6

Zionists hire a hitman to kill a Nazi war criminal exiled in a Latin American country, where he's being protected by the local dictator. Get ready for gunshots; sex scenes; strange form of tortures; a cocaine-addict priest who helps the dictatorship; contemptous remarks and behavior from the main "hero"; amusing sequences of Chuchu having fun with beautiful women pretending to be James Bond; and the wimp colonel who is in love with a male prostitute. It's all good and fun to watch but remember that this is a product of its era, so it's quite possible to see some objectionable things. But for the most part it's never crass or insanely offensive.

The Torturer

1980

Para Viver Um Grande Amor poster
6.3

Poor people who live in the slums in Rio de Janeiro decide to occupy an empty apartment building in the rich part of the city. Meanwhile, a rich girl falls in love with a poor composer. Based on the musical play "Pobre Menina Rica", by Vinícius de Moraes and Carlos Lyra.

Para Viver Um Grande Amor

1984

Perdoa-Me Por Me Traíres poster
5.7

Glorinha, a middle-class 15 year old girl, always thought her mother Judite had killed herself, and that her father Gilberto has gone crazy as result. Her friend Nair takes her to a high-class bordello, where she wants to work. When uncle Raul, who raised her, discovers her prostitution, he decides to finally tell her all the truth about her parents' story.

Perdoa-Me Por Me Traíres

1983

Consórcio de Sexo poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Consórcio de Sexo

1981

O Bom Burguês poster
4.2

True story of Brazilian bank clerk who supplied money for the guerrilla fighting against the military dictatorship of the 70s. When he changes his disguise, he gets involved with high society, and with industrialists who were financing repression to the groups he stood for.

O Bom Burguês

1983

Bar Esperanza poster
6.2

A group of eccentric people gather at a popular bar in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro.

Bar Esperanza

1983

Tropclip poster
10.0

Enterprising youths live many adventures when they decide to start a business specializing in making video clips for rock groups.

Tropclip

1985

Urubus e Papagaios poster
4.2

High Court judge returns to the small town where he was born, bringing along his beautiful and young wife. The local men get aroused and start looking for young lovers at the local bordello. Their wives even make promises and novenas asking the disappearance of the new couple. One day, the judge dies, leaving his wife unsatisfied. The corpse, as if wanting revenge, keeps an erection on.

Urubus e Papagaios

1987

Chico Rei poster
10.0

Galanga, king of Congo brought to Brazil as a slave, finds gold in Vila Rica, in the State of Minas Gerais, and buys his enfranchisement, the properties of his former owner, and his companions' freedom, becoming Chico Rei, the first black man to own lands in Brazil.

Chico Rei

1985

1970s · 11 titles

I Killed Lucio Flavio poster
4.4

In the early seventies in Rio de Janeiro, detective Mariel Moryscötte de Mattos belonged to a special police force called "The Golden Men". This powerful group of the elite of the police was created with the intention of eliminate crime from Rio de Janeiro, and they had privileges above law to expedite their action against the outlaws. However, absolute power in wrong hands corrupts, and this group formed the "Death Squad", executing criminals without the conventional trial from the justice.

I Killed Lucio Flavio

1979

Amante Latino poster
6.5

Upon learning that the school where he learned music is going to be expropriated, a famous singer decides to do a show for the benefit of the institution.

Amante Latino

1979

J.J.J., o Amigo do Super-Homem poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

J.J.J., o Amigo do Super-Homem

1978

Fim de Festa poster
7.0

Marcelo and Márcia, a successful couple, have different social backgrounds. She's always been rich and attached to tradition, while her husband hasn't. One day he leaves for another city, Angra dos Reis, where he meets two girls, Lena and Tânia. Marcelo and Lena get involved, while Tânia is jealous. One night the three go to a party, where a tragic accident happens.

Fim de Festa

1978

Everything's Alright poster
5.4

Middle-class family reform their apartment, and the noise, the contact with the workers and strange occurrences turn what was supposed to be a trivial matter into a trip to hell.

Everything's Alright

1978

O Escolhido de Iemanjá poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Escolhido de Iemanjá

1978

Horror and Ecstasy poster
4.5

Girl and her boyfriend are kidnapped. She develops a strange attraction to her kidnapper and the two get involved.

Horror and Ecstasy

1979

Galeria Alaska poster
1.0

No synopsis available yet.

Galeria Alaska

1979

República dos Assassinos poster
5.0

In 1970, the Esquadrão da Morte (Death Squad)' crimes for the refinement of violence provoked a wave of reactions throughout the country. The photos of the victims, adorned by the skull, symbol of the group, caused an uncomfortable indignation. This is the story of Mateus Romeiro, the most famous of the policemen, who was part of the Homens de Aço (Steelmen) group, one of the factions in which the squadron was divided.

República dos Assassinos

1979

Se Segura, Malandro! poster
4.5

Paulo Otávio is the host of a pirate radio station on the slums of Rio de Janeiro. He struggles to mantain the station working, since the only help he's got comes from news reporter Calói. Their story goes beyond as the city starts to face a crime wave.

Se Segura, Malandro!

1978

Alô Tetéia poster
5.0

In a humorous way, the film narrates the adventures - or misadventures - of a typical girl from the south of Rio de Janeiro who decides to go to the beach, but her car won't start. Having decided, she goes on the bus and gets into a thousand messes.

Alô Tetéia

1978

Series credits

Zorra Total poster
5.7

Zorra 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

Kings poster
9.2

Kings will tell the story of the nation of Israel, from the moment when the last judge, the prophet Samuel, is used by God to guide His people, to the sad fall of Jerusalem, caused by the armies of Babylon.

Kings

2022

Hilda Hurricane poster
8.1

After breaking off her engagement on her wedding day and going directly to a prostitution house, a young model becomes the city's most famous harlot, known as "Hilda Hurricane", in the 50's Brazil. She could do fine if it wasn't for Malthus, a young novice said to be a saint, for whom she falls in love. However, the boy is kept under the strict, severe doctrine of Father Nelson, a conservative priest intolerant even to every minor sin. Things start getting harder when Roberto, Malthus' old friend and a communist reporter (the actual author of the story), tries to interview Hilda and disclosure the real reasons behind her radical change of mind. In the meantime, the middle-classes are terrified by the "leftist threat" in Brazilian politics.

Hilda Hurricane

1998

Mandacaru poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mandacaru

1997

Summer Affair poster
7.0

Farmer Selena is a strong-willed young woman who won't rest until she uncovers a secret kept by her mother Camila: the identity of her father.

Summer Affair

1998

Cara e Coragem poster
5.5

The soap opera addresses the world of stuntmen with Pat and Moa. They investigate Clarice's death and try to protect the secret of Jonathan's magnesium formula.

Cara e Coragem

2022

Sai de Baixo poster
8.3

It follows the lives of the members of a dysfunctional family, their maid and the doorman of the apartment building in which they lived.

Sai de Baixo

1996

Amazônia poster
4.4

No synopsis available yet.

Amazônia

1991

Você Decide poster
5.3

No synopsis available yet.

Você Decide

1992

Um Sonho a Mais poster
7.3

The 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

Araponga poster
7.2

The cunning Senator Petrônio Paranhos gives an interview to the beautiful journalist Magali Santanna, who is interested only in his affair with Arlete—an ambitious young woman intent on conceiving the older man's child via in vitro fertilization. To land this scoop, Magali agreed to interview the politician in a motel room, a condition he had insisted upon. However, Paranhos suffers a sudden collapse and dies during the interview. Detective Aristênio Catanduva, who had been keeping the senator under surveillance, investigates the case. Known by the codename "Araponga," he is a bumbling figure working for the Federal Police following his long service to the military regime.

Araponga

1990

Esplendor poster
8.0

Millionaire Frederico Berger grapples with the trauma of a tragedy. The arrival of his housekeeper, Flávia Cristina, unjustly accused of a crime, transforms everyone's lives.

Esplendor

2000

Brilhante poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Brilhante

1981

A Vida Como Ela É... poster
5.9

Adaptations of 40 short stories of brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues, written between 1951 and 1961. The stories were considered scandalous at the time as Rodrigues used immoral characters and black humor to satirize the hypocrisy and repression in people's daily lives.

A Vida Como Ela É...

1996

Eu Prometo poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Eu Prometo

1983

Salomé poster
7.0

Salome returns to Sao Paulo from Paris to scandalize a conservative society and her own family with desire to be free. She meets Duda, who is already involved romantically with Salome's mother, Santa

Salomé

1991

As Canalhas poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

As Canalhas

2013

Ben-Hur: A Série poster
NR

Judah Ben-Hur’s destiny is shaped by a complex friendship with the Roman Messala. Years later, a reunion with his childhood friend deals a blow capable of destroying him and tearing him away from the man he once was. Hollow inside, he is driven by only one thing: an unrelenting quest for justice. Or is it revenge?

Ben-Hur: A Série

2026

Tremembé poster
7.5

The arrival of Suzane Von Richthofen shakes Tremembé's order, sparking a power struggle with Elize Matsunaga. Jatobá seeks protection, while Nardoni, the Cravinhos brothers, Roger A. and others face internal clashes and defy the system.

Tremembé

2025

Zorra poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Zorra

2015

Brida poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Brida

1998

Golden Years poster
6.8

In the 1950s, Lurdinha and Marcos fall in love at the first sight. She studies at the Institute of Education, and he studies at the Military College. Two traditional educational institutions in 'Tijuca', in the North Zone of 'Rio de Janeiro'. But Lurdinha's conservative parents reject Marcos because he is son of separated parents and try, in every way, to keep him away from her.

Golden Years

1986

Mário Fofoca poster
7.0

Mário Fofoca, a bungling detective, moves to Rio and, with the help of a friend, investigates cases—starting with a wife's suspected infidelity.

Mário Fofoca

1983

Mário Fofoca poster
7.0

Mário Fofoca, a bungling detective, moves to Rio and, with the help of a friend, investigates cases—starting with a wife's suspected infidelity.

Mário Fofoca

1983

E Aí... Comeu? poster
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

A Justiceira poster
8.0

Diana is woman who lost her child for her Husband. A evil man behind a series of crime operations. Searching for her son, Diana is hired for a underground organization to fight crimes all over Brazil. Now, Diana has the meanings to locate her former husband and search for her son.

A Justiceira

1997

Saideira poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Saideira

2017

Humor Livre poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Humor Livre

1984

A Festa é Nossa poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Festa é Nossa

1983

A(u)tores poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A(u)tores

2021

República do Peru poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

República do Peru

2015

Sombras de Julho poster
8.0

A tragedy happens when a cruel farmer forces his son to kill his best friend, son of a rival farmer's, in ambush. The crime brings about serious consequences for the two families, involved in a land dispute in Minas Gerais, a Brazilian state.

Sombras de Julho

1995

Behind the camera