
Acting
José de Abreu
Born
1946-05-24 (80)
Place of birth
Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, São Paulo, Brazil
Known for
Acting
Credits
83 titles
José Pereira de Abreu Júnior (Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, May 24, 1946) is a Brazilian actor, director and producer.
Known for
6.3Malhação 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
7.2In Alta Definição, Daniel Oliveira interviews one guest every week with an intimate approach.
Alta Definição
2009
8.1Brazil Avenue is a dynamic, lifelike, and modern telenovela that reveals how unrelenting ambition and inflicted cruelty can change a young girl’s destiny and lead her to seek revenge.
Brazil Avenue
2012
7.8A story about people who succeed in life thanks to nothing but their own efforts. Maria do Carmo is the main character of the telenovela; a mother of five who struggle to be successful in life, but whose most important will be recovering the love of her daughter who was kidnapped when she was just months old.
Her Own Destiny
2004
8.0Helena is a sweet, honest, sensitive and a warrior woman who faces the premature pregnancy of her daughter Joyce, who in turn is abandoned by her boyfriend, the irresponsible Caio. The biggest problem is the girl's father, Assunção, Helena's ex-husband, who does not accept the situation. Lonely and alone, Helena awakens a passion for the endocrinologist Carlos Alberto, and has her feelings matched. But Carlos is committed to the possessive Paula. The girl's parents, Zuleika and Rômulo, anxiously await their daughter's wedding with Carlos, who will save the family from financial decay. But Carlos is the type of man that women don't really forget. Even married to Paula and in love with Helena, he is still harassed by ex-wife Sheyla, who is not satisfied with having lost him and dreams of a rapprochement.
História de Amor
1995
7.8Jose Inocencio had innocence only as part of his name, but only those who new him well could notice this. But nobody knew him. He was a storyteller, and he was always the main character in the stories he told. He managed not only to create stories about himself, he managed to create a legend. The story of this powerful cacao farmer; Maria Santa, the beloved wife who died; and their four children is the main theme of 'Renascer'.
Jequitibá
1993
Film credits
2020s · 4 titles
4.2Bob is seeking new experiences. Levi is your perfect boyfriend.
Boyfriend
2021
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Olhos Livres
2021
NR[EN] When his estranged father is hospitalized near the end of his life, a son ends up caring for the man who never cared for him, forcing them into an intimacy they have never known. [PT] Depois de uma vida inteira distante, um filho se vê, de repente, responsável por cuidar do pai, já nos últimos meses de vida. Na rotina de um quarto de hospital, o cuidado aproxima dois homens que nunca aprenderam a ser pai e filho.
Encounter and Farewell
2027
Brazilian TV and Film legend José de Abreu was at the end of his vacation in NZ, as the COVID-19 pandemic exploded around the world. Well known for his outspoken political views, José is extremely vocal against the far right government currently in charge of Brazil. He is persona non grata for a few and loved by others. As he decided to stay in NZ for an undetermined time, he sat down for an intimate conversation to reflect on life, career, political views and future plans.
Persona Non Grata
2021
2010s · 8 titles
5.5Vera, who fought in the armed left-wing movements against the Brazilian military dictatorship, has lived in multiple South American countries. Her daughter Tânica has been married to another woman for fifteen years, and they're about to have their first child.
Our Children
2019
7.4Zezé is an 8 year old boy who, although a naughty boy, has a good heart. He leads a very modest life, due to the fact that his father has been unemployed for a long time, and has the habit of having long conversations with a sweet orange tree which is in his backyard. Until one day he meets Portuga, a man who begins to help him and soon becomes his best friend.
My Sweet Orange Tree
2012
5.8Three male friends navigate different stages of romantic relationships: One is starting to date; another fears infidelity; the third is divorcing.
Hey, Did You Score?
2012
7.1Based on Érico Verissimo's literary trilogy, Time and the Wind follows 150 years of the Terra Cambará family and their opponents, the Amaral family. The struggles between the two families begin in the missions and lasts until the end of the 19th century. The film also features the period of formation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul and the dispute of territory between the Portuguese and Spanish crowns.
Time and the Wind
2013
7.0At 80, Polidoro decides to demolish the stability of his comfortable life as a retired judge and become owner of a strip club.
Before I Forget
2017
The life of Italian Brazilian ethnographic and stage photographer Emidio Luisi, through testimonies of friends and colleagues, and the showing of his works.
Emidio Luisi, 40 Anos de Luz
2015
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Aconteceu, virou Manchete! A História da Rede Manchete
2013
6.0Documentary on the history of syndicalism in Brazil.
Chão de Fábrica
2018
2000s · 7 titles
6.0In a small country town in the south of Brazil, the daughter of a wealthy farmer is brutally raped and left for dead near a river. Miguel arrives in Rio and starts following Carol, an upper-class young girl, while himself is being followed by Luciano. When Miguel starts going out with Carol, his purpose becomes more clear, putting in motion events which relate to the rape.
Vingança
2008
8.5At the end of the 19th century, an influential man diplomatically defended the city of Curitiba against the action of revolutionaries in the south of Brazil to depose the country's president.
The Price of Peace
2003
6.3Diogo, a cowboy, meets Rodrigo, a boy who dreams of becoming a cattle herder, when he drives a large herd of cattle to the Ouro Fino farm. They become friends and witness the injustices that occur in the region due to the greed of Major Batista, the owner of the property where they take the cattle.
O Menino da Porteira
2009
7.9A day in the life of Brazilian president Juscelino Kubitschek, in a troubled period of his term, while he maintains a secret love affair.
Bela Noite Para Voar
2009
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Topografia de um Desnudo
2009
6.9A group of students in the senior year of high school who have to face to choices of the everyday life. The problems within groups in the school and with having to face the future.
Podecrer!
2007
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Dias e Noites
2008
1990s · 8 titles
5.3The forbidden love affair between Peri, an Indian, and the beautiful Ceci, a Portuguese white girl, in the 17th century Brazil.
O Guarani
1996
7.7A movie about a Brazilian entrepreneur who rivalled American's richest man at his time, well-known Rockfeller. Irineu Evangelista de Souza in 1867 had $155.000 contos de reis, meanwhile the Brazilian Governement annual budget was 97.000 contos de reis. The movie shows his life from poverty to riches and back to poverty again, as is common in Brazil, rich people die poor.
Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei
1999
6.9At the end of the 19th century, a poor family comes to the rural Canudos, a community led by Antônio Conselheiro, seen by many as a holy prophet. Their ways bother the powerful people of the region, and the newly founded Republic sends their army to destroy the settlement, which culminates in one of the bloodiest wars in the history of Brazil.
The Battle of Canudos
1997
7.0On the eve of an important surfing championship, a group of young friends travels along the Brazilian coast with the intention of training hard and having a chance to become professional in the sport. However, along the way, Guel, a surfer bum, falls in love with a rich girl.
Manobra Radical
1991
9.0Collective film with five segments around the works and life of brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade.
Oswaldianas
1992
6.2A journalist is placed upon the management of a large broadcasting company to the capital of Brazil at the time of local elections. She must now face ideological and ethical questions, brought back by a left-wing former boyfriend and her own colleagues. At the same time, a free-lancer spy is sent by an obscure figure in politics to manipulate the elections and its media coverage.
Doces Poderes
1997
Documentary about the life of Silvino Santos (1886-1970) pioneer of cinema in Brazil.
O Cineasta da Selva
1997
6.1The real story of Carlos Lamarca, a captain who, during the military dictatorship in Brazil, deserted Brazilian Army and got involved in left-wing guerilla groups, becoming one of their most prominent leaders.
Lamarca
1994
1980s · 11 titles
8.0The friendship between four men is at stake when one of them is invited to work in another city. But the other three decide to go along.
O Mentiroso
1988
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Os Campeões
1983
4.7After witnessing the assassination of her parents, Luzia is raised by a cowboy and starts behaving like the men of Brazilian "Sertão". As a grown-up, she sets out to find her parent's murderer, but ends up discovering love.
Luzia Homem
1988
5.3A couple is charged with murdering a friend after discovering a fraud scheme at a data-processing center. They hide in a van, where they set up a clandestine station, so they start to report the fact, seeking to mobilize public opinion until it becomes a national scandal.
Rádio Pirata
1987
6.3Two students make a date in a secluded cave behind their school, where they could be undisturbed. But on arrival they see a corpse. They run to inform the authorities, but when they arrive the corpse has mysteriously disappeared.
O Mistério no Colégio Brasil
1988
6.0Paulo is a rich lawyer who has a happy and comfortable family life, with his kid and very loyal to his wife. But when he finds out that the woman is cheating on him with his business partner and best friend, he decides to execute a perfect plan that involves murdering both and easily getting away with murder. However, Paulo's plans are about to be ruined due to some unpredictable factors involving powerful people, plenty of money, the kidnap of his son and a tenacious inspector following his steps.
Two-Edged Knife
1989
5.1Biography of a Brazilian dancer who lived on an island and practiced nudism when it was forbidden by law.
Luz Del Fuego
1982
6.0A misogynist and shabby farmer, brother of other three goofy hillbillies leaves to the big city searching for a wife and wins the heart of a hot tempered woman.
O Casamento dos Trapalhões
1988
8.5The documentary recalls the political reopening of the country, and narrates in detail the events that culminated in the election of Tancredo Neves as the first civilian president after 20 years of military dictatorship.
Muda Brasil
1985
5.1Movie director in his forties and in existential crisis falls in love with an unknown teen girl he sees walking down the streets, without knowing she's the daughter of the woman he's having a relationship with.
Fulaninha
1986
5.2The lives of three teachers in the outskirts of São Paulo, their love lives, their interaction with the poor surroundings, their family problems.
Suburban Angels
1987
Undated · 1 titles
Series credits
6.3Malhação 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
6.3Malhação 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
7.2In Alta Definição, Daniel Oliveira interviews one guest every week with an intimate approach.
Alta Definição
2009
8.1Brazil Avenue is a dynamic, lifelike, and modern telenovela that reveals how unrelenting ambition and inflicted cruelty can change a young girl’s destiny and lead her to seek revenge.
Brazil Avenue
2012
7.8A story about people who succeed in life thanks to nothing but their own efforts. Maria do Carmo is the main character of the telenovela; a mother of five who struggle to be successful in life, but whose most important will be recovering the love of her daughter who was kidnapped when she was just months old.
Her Own Destiny
2004
8.0Helena is a sweet, honest, sensitive and a warrior woman who faces the premature pregnancy of her daughter Joyce, who in turn is abandoned by her boyfriend, the irresponsible Caio. The biggest problem is the girl's father, Assunção, Helena's ex-husband, who does not accept the situation. Lonely and alone, Helena awakens a passion for the endocrinologist Carlos Alberto, and has her feelings matched. But Carlos is committed to the possessive Paula. The girl's parents, Zuleika and Rômulo, anxiously await their daughter's wedding with Carlos, who will save the family from financial decay. But Carlos is the type of man that women don't really forget. Even married to Paula and in love with Helena, he is still harassed by ex-wife Sheyla, who is not satisfied with having lost him and dreams of a rapprochement.
História de Amor
1995
7.8Jose Inocencio had innocence only as part of his name, but only those who new him well could notice this. But nobody knew him. He was a storyteller, and he was always the main character in the stories he told. He managed not only to create stories about himself, he managed to create a legend. The story of this powerful cacao farmer; Maria Santa, the beloved wife who died; and their four children is the main theme of 'Renascer'.
Jequitibá
1993
8.0Set in the 19th century, the novel tells the story of an impossible romance. Inácio, a young man from a traditional family, falls in love with Esther, the owner of the most famous brothel in the Court.
Força de um Desejo
1999
7.4The daughter of a traditional, rich Indian family falls in love for a Dalit, and "untouchable" man.
India: A Love Story
2009
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Chico Anysio Show
1982
7.5Fashion designer Andréa Vargas finds out the hard way she is adopted. The relationship with her sister Júlia had always been difficult, since childhood, and the antagonism grew when Júlia came between Andréa and her first true love, Diogo. But the worst is still to come: her first assistant in her atelier, Selma, is having an affair with her husband Bruno.
Desejos de Mulher
2002
7.3Maria da Paz is a committed baker who becomes a wealthy businesswoman twenty years after a tragedy strikes on the day of her wedding to Amadeu. From this broken union a baby is born, Jô, who seeks power and despises her mother’s humble origins. Afraid that her parents’ reunion might spoil her plans, Jô starts an alliance with the charming Régis to convince Maria to marry him and, together, they plan to steal all of Maria’s fortune. In this exciting telenovela written by Emmy Awards winner Walcyr Carrasco, Maria’s optimism must be stronger than Jô’s ambition when the baker finds out about the betrayal and her own daughter’s dangerous secrets.
Sweet Diva
2019
6.1Through the stories of Madá, Jão and Osmar, the work talks about achievements and the price we are willing to pay for them.
Volta por Cima
2024
8.2Inspired on Jorge Amado's romance "Tieta do Agreste", the plot is set on the fictional city of Santana do Agreste, at Brazil's northwest, and has as main theme Tieta's life turnarounds. Twenty-five years after being chased out of town by her father Zé Esteves, she returns to her home town seeking revenge against everyone who mistreated her and laugh at her face in the past.
Tieta
1989
5.5Leo's envy of his brother Pedro will cause much pain and suffering, beginning with the death of Luciana, Pedro's fiancée.
Irrational Heart
2011
6.6No synopsis available yet.
Pantanal
1990
5.6Discussing the limits between good and bad, the plot is set in Rio de Janeiro and tells the story of Romero Rômulo (Alexandre Nero), an ex-politician that has a life less obvious then it seems.
Rules of the Game
2015
9.0No synopsis available yet.
A História de Ana Raio e Zé Trovão
1990
9.3Eloá and Osmar's marriage is thrown into crisis when a mysterious man crosses their path. With a thirst for prestige and power, Eloá will face the consequences of her ambition.
Power Play
1984
8.0In 1934 two supposed brothers survived an avalanche in the Himalayas: the millionaire Franz Hauser (Bruno Gagliasso), who is saved by Buddhist monks, and Manfred (Carmo Dalla Vecchia), rescued by a team of climbers. Manfred returns to Brazil with a terrible secret: he sabotaged Franz’s equipment in order to take his place in the family business. After an exhaustive search, Ernest Hauser gives his son up for dead and appoints his bastard son as the director of the Hauser Group.
Precious Pearl
2013
6.3Porto dos Milagres is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from 5 February to 29 September 2001, totaling 203 chapters. It was written by Aguinaldo Silva and Ricardo Linhares and loosely based on two works written by Jorge Amado - The Dead Sea and the discovery of America by the Turks. Had Philip collaboration Miguez, Maria Elisa Berredo, Nadotti Nelson and Gloria Baker, directed by Fabricio Mamberti and Luciano Sabino. Director general Mark and Robert Paul Naar, co-directed by Fabricio Mamberti and Luciano Sabino. Had the direction of core Marcos Paulo.
Port of Miracles
2001
7.4Golden Dream is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Rede Globo. It ran from September 27, 1993 to May 14, 1994. It was written by Marcílio Moraes and directed by Reynaldo Boury, with co-direction by Roberto Naar. The action takes place in the city of Curitiba. It was also broadcast in Portugal.
Golden Dream
1993
8.3Renato Villar is an ambitious businessman. After discovering a brain tumor, his life takes a turn, and he decides to settle his debts and live his true love.
Roda de Fogo
1986
7.2In Greenville, some families never lose their composure. This is the case with the Mendonça and Albuquerque families, who would never allow a "noble" member of their family to become involved with a sugarcane cutter.
A Indomada
1997
6.5In the 1930s, in Passaperto, the powerful Cândida controls the family until the arrival of Laura, considered a miracle, who awakens passions and rivalries that will change everyone's destinies.
Forbidden Desire
2007
6.2In an action-packed plot set in São Paulo, Ana gives birth to a child in Tonico's car, but abandons the baby to escape the police after becoming involved in a robbery.
Bebê a Bordo
1988
8.2Seven high school friends reunite after 20 years. Memories of the past and coincidences of the present reveal the secrets and affections that bind the women and their families.
Elas por Elas
1982
7.0Farmer 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
8.3It 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
9.0The telenovela tells the story of Francisca Moura Imperial, a wealthy businesswoman, and her two sons: Jordão and Tiago, who show little interest in the family business. Jordão is the product of a whirlwind romance in Francisca's youth, while Tiago was born from her marriage to Roberto, a seductive man who moves in high society but is penniless. Francisca is preoccupied with her sons but cannot interfere in their lives as much as she would like. Eccentric and full of outlandish ideas, she decides to undergo plastic surgery, which makes her look 20 years younger, believing that this will bring her closer to Jordão and Tiago. Francisca's greatest concern is that at least one of her sons will marry and give her a grandchild, thus ensuring the continuation of the family name.
Transas e Caretas
1984
8.0No synopsis available yet.
O Outro
1987
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Sétimo Sentido
1982
4.4No synopsis available yet.
Amazônia
1991
7.5Two couples have their destinies intertwined after their happiness is unexpectedly interrupted. This is the starting point of the telenovela, which shares the same name as the São Paulo neighborhood where the story takes place. Solano Xavier is a man of humble origins who never had the chance to obtain a formal education. Unemployed for months, he celebrates with his wife Eugênia the fact that he has landed a temporary job as a truck driver. She reciprocates the good news by telling him she is pregnant. Solano, however, falls victim to a trap: unknowingly, he is transporting contraband goods on one of his trips. Detained by the police, he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to 17 years in prison. Throughout the telenovela, Solano discovers that Arthur is the main person responsible for the scheme that led to his imprisonment.
Vila Madalena
1999
8.0'Ti-Ti-Ti' presents a humorous plot, set in São Paulo, whose central theme is the professional, familial, and romantic rivalry between André Spina and Ariclenes Martins, or Ari, as he is known to those closest to him. The two were childhood friends and always fought a lot, engaging in tireless disputes over the same girlfriends.
Ti Ti Ti
1985
7.0In 1970, with the conflicts in Brazil due to political repression from the military dictatorship as a background, the inquisitive student Alice and the idealistic doctor Renato fall deeply in love. Their worlds are joined by passion, but they are kept apart for many years by family feuds and a country facing a turmoil that affects lives and dreams.
Dark Days
2017
5.2No synopsis available yet.
Mar do Sertão
2022
7.0Maria Augusta, Maria José, and Maria da Glória reunite in Rio after studying together in Switzerland and prove their friendship despite many twists and turns, crimes, and romances.
As Três Marias
1980
NRNo synopsis available yet.
O País do Cinema
2016
8.0Juscelino Kubitschek was born in Diamantina. Rising from a humble childhood to become a respected physician, he married Sarah and began the journey that would lead him to the presidency of Brazil.
JK
2006
Behind the camera
Brazilian TV and Film legend José de Abreu was at the end of his vacation in NZ, as the COVID-19 pandemic exploded around the world. Well known for his outspoken political views, José is extremely vocal against the far right government currently in charge of Brazil. He is persona non grata for a few and loved by others. As he decided to stay in NZ for an undetermined time, he sat down for an intimate conversation to reflect on life, career, political views and future plans.
Persona Non Grata
2021
Brazilian TV and Film legend José de Abreu was at the end of his vacation in NZ, as the COVID-19 pandemic exploded around the world. Well known for his outspoken political views, José is extremely vocal against the far right government currently in charge of Brazil. He is persona non grata for a few and loved by others. As he decided to stay in NZ for an undetermined time, he sat down for an intimate conversation to reflect on life, career, political views and future plans.
Persona Non Grata
2021



