Leandro Firmino

Acting

Leandro Firmino

Born 1978-06-24 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Leandro Firmino da Hora (Rio de Janeiro, June 24, 1978) is a Brazilian actor best known for playing the role of Zé Pequeno in the Brazilian film City of God.

Acting credits

City of God poster
8.4

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.

City of God

2002

Beast Race poster
7.0

In future Rio de Janeiro, a young leader of the resistance must enter a deadly parkour-inspired competition in order to save his sister's life.

Beast Race

2026

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

Totally Innocent poster
4.8

Da Fé is hopelessly in love with Gildinha, sister of Bracinho, his best friend. He dreams of winning it, despite competition with Do Morro, the new owner of the DDC, who took over the post after handing the Diaba Loura to the police. To impress Gildinha, Da Fé decides to enter the world of crime. At the same time, she tries to get an exclusive interview with Do Morro for Wanderlei, who works with her in Taras & Tiros magazine.

Totally Innocent

2012

Julio Sumiu poster
5.5

Rio de Janeiro, in the period in which the Police Pacification Units (PPUs) were beginning to be deployed in the city. Edna (Lilia Cabral) is the mother of Julio (Pedro Nercessian) and Silvio (Fiuk). One day she wakes up desperate to see that Julio just disappeared!

Julio Sumiu

2014

City of God: 10 Years Later poster
6.8

City of God – 10 Years Later investigates what happened to the actors who took part in the award-winning film directed by Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund. This documentary shows what City of God’s worldwide success meant to their lives. Were the actors prepared for the film’s success? Did the social background of some of them prove stronger than the opportunity that came their way?

City of God: 10 Years Later

2013

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NR

In the short end of pregnancy, a samba singer sees herself shared between two men that believes to be the father of her baby. Duelling men: a militiaman, a hacker and Shirley, a cross-dresser, best friend of the singer, who really plays the role of head on that family. Dreams, love, jealousy, life and death. Like in our songs.

Lyrics

2015

Goitaca poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Goitaca

2018

You Gotta Have Faith poster
10.0

After twenty years running a parish with more debt than parishioners, Father Steve ends up officiating the wedding of his high school sweetheart, Isabel. But when the groom bolts, Isabel is left homeless – and Steve takes her in, with one catch: only nuns are allowed to live in the church. What starts as a holy disguise soon stirs up old feelings, and Steve must choose between his vows to God… and his heart.

You Gotta Have Faith

2025

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

MC Estrela

2027

The Man Who Challenged the Devil poster
6.9

After being forced into a marriage and enduring a humiliating work routine in the hands of his father-in-law, Zé Araújo becomes the mythical Ojuara, an unconventional hero devoted to debauchery.

The Man Who Challenged the Devil

2007

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Minha Primeira Namorada

Jules and Dolores poster
6.4

On December 19th, 1983, the dream was taken away. The most coveted trophy of all time, the Jules Rimet Cup disappeared from the headquarters of CBF, the Brazilian Football Association. Let me explain: every 4 years FIFA holds a Football World Cup. Back then, only a country that won the Cup three times could keep the trophy for good. This privilege was reserved to Brazil when they won for the 3rd time in 1970. The beautiful trophy was kept as a symbol of superiority in the headquarters of CBF, in Rio de Janeiro. “Jules and Dolores” is a pop comedy that tell us the real, preposterous and unusual story behind this theft.

Jules and Dolores

2016

Falas Negras: Histórias (Im)possíveis poster
8.0

Janaína is a black screenwriter embarking on a new audiovisual project. She meets the rest of the team, where all of whom are white, on a farm. Pedro, the leader of the script room, disappears. Janaína investigates and makes unimaginable discoveries.

Falas Negras: Histórias (Im)possíveis

2023

No artwork available
8.0

"O Corneteiro Lopes" is a story of love and courage. The city of Salvador is under siege by Brazilian troops, however, they lose strength in the course of battles. The Portuguese Luiz Lopes, alongside the Brazilian army, contrary to the orders of General Labatut, changes the fortunes of the Battle of Pirajá.

O Corneteiro Lopes

2003

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Verão da Lata

2026

Cheating in Chains poster
6.3

Olímpia loves her bosses, Inês and Eduardo. Eduardo loves Inês, his wife, who loves Eduardo, her husband. Inês is a friend of Lígia´s, who loves her husband Cristiano. Cristiano loves Lígia, his wife. Vera loves Cláudio, her husband, who doesnt love Vera. Inês thinks that Eduardo is having an affair with Salete, Cristiano thinks that Lígia is having an affair with Ricco, Vera thinks that Cláudio has an affair with Inês and Eduardo thinks that Inês has an affair with Cláudio. The action takes place in a middle class condo where Olímpia, a clumsy maid, carries out the most unbelievable confusions, making everybody believes that love is a game in which one always cheats.

Cheating in Chains

2006

Corpo Presente poster
NR

Three desperate stories about working life in São Paulo.

Corpo Presente

2011

Cafundó poster
5.5

Cafundó is a 35 mm color film which blends fact with fiction in the life of João de Camargo, a former black slave (1858-1942, Sorocaba, Brazil) who, in his old age, works miracles and devotes himself to assisting others in order to attain his freedom. João de Camargo represents the genesis of religious and cultural syncretism in Brazil.

Cafundó

2005

Agamenon: The Film poster
2.3

The trajectory of the clumsy reporter Agamenon Mendes Pereira, always present in key events of history, his biggest scoops and his eternal love for Isaura, who survives his unexpected travels around the world, in search of news and fame.

Agamenon: The Film

2012

Cidade de Deus: Oficina dos Atores poster
6.0

Documentary on the preparation of actors for "City of God".

Cidade de Deus: Oficina dos Atores

2003

Palace II poster
6.8

Two young boys, Laranjinha and Acerola, living in Cidade de Deus, one of the most violent neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro, need some money to go to a concert. The "easiest" (and most dangerous) way to get it is working for some drug-dealers.

Palace II

2000

No artwork available
NR

Othniel Badaró (Murilo Rosa) is a metallurgist who, after working in a factory for 20 years, is fired. The situation is further complicated because Camila (Gabriela Flores), his wife is pregnant. Disgusted, Othniel decides to cut his own arm and signs his resignation with his own blood. From then it becomes next to Cotton reels (Leandro Firmino da Hora), a film student who lives in the slum and maintains a pirate TV channel. It gets even worse when Othniel have your car stolen.

No Olho da Rua

2010

São  Gonçalo 50°C poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

São Gonçalo 50°C

2024