Carlos Alberto Riccelli

Acting

Carlos Alberto Riccelli

Born 1946-07-03 · São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Carlos Alberto Riccelli (São Paulo, July 3, 1946) is a Brazilian actor and director. In 1990 he moved to the United States, returning to Brazil only to work in cinema and short television projects. On TV, he played some important characters in television drama, such as the Indian Aritana in the soap opera Aritana (1978) on the now extinct TV Tupi, Rudy in Sétimo Sentido (1982) and the fisherman Nô in the miniseries Riacho Doce (1990). His most famous work was the former model and prostitute César Ribeiro in Vale Tudo (1988).

Acting credits

Bring It Inside poster
6.2

Telmo is a retired theater director that realizes he doesn't remember the time he spent kept in jail during the military dictatorship in Brazil. He decides to stage a play and, with threads of memory, he improvises the lines with his young cast. Telmo dives into his own history and ends up revealing for himself what, being so painful, he'd rather forget.

Bring It Inside

2016

Para Sempre Teu, Caio F. poster
7.8

Inspired by the book of the same name by Paula Dip, this is a biography of the Brazilian writer Caio Fernando Abreu. With a mixture of languages inherent to Caio F.'s work - cinema, theater, music and literature -, the narrative line is conducted through testimonies from family, friends, editors and scholars who maintained a relationship with the author. And actors who interpret their texts.

Para Sempre Teu, Caio F.

2014

The Dolphin poster
6.2

According to an amazonian legend, every month, during the full moon, a brazilian fishing village receives a mysterious guest: the Dolphin, who transforms into a human to seduce and be loved by women and hated by men. One of her conquests is the daughter of a fisherman, who has a son with the Dolphin. He constantly reappears to seduce her, and even when she marries, he continues to look for her. This provokes the ire of the husband, who wants to kill him anyway.

The Dolphin

1987

Love in Sampa poster
5.9

Cosmo is a taxi driver who loves traveling around São Paulo. One day, when he meets Mauro in a bar, he receives an unusual proposal: to record testimonials from passengers in his taxi, in which people would talk about what they like in São Paulo.

Love in Sampa

2016

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

Jorge, um Brasileiro poster
5.8

After arguing with his ex-girlfriend, truck driver Jorge hits the road again, while remembering the past and questioning his friendship with his manipulative boss.

Jorge, um Brasileiro

1988

Sonho Sem Fim poster
7.0

The story of one of Brazilian cinema's pioneers, Eduardo Abelim, from the start of his career, in Rio de Janeiro, until his filming of the 1930 Revolution. To promote his films, Abelim would even perform car stunts, give classes on the occult and offer guidance on mystical matters.

Sonho Sem Fim

1986

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional poster
NR

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

1997

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

No artwork available
7.0

Count Dracula, taking on the new identity of Vladimir, leaves Transylvania and goes to Brazil in search of his son Rafael. This vampire romance was conceived to be a potential telenovela, but only ended up running as a TV miniseries with four installments because the network that financed it went under.

Dracula, a Love Story

1980

A Moreninha poster
4.8

Carolina gathers some old friends in her house on Paquetá Island, in Rio de Janeiro. She will find, among them, the boyfriend she had during her childhood and with whom she had exchanged vows of eternal love.

A Moreninha

1970

The Pleasure Principle poster
4.7

In a financially troubled farm in the 1930's, its depraved owners become attracted to their new handsome and young handyman.

The Pleasure Principle

1979

Federal poster
4.4

Brasília. Vital is a Brazilian federal police deputy who leads a special investigation group that aims to capture the international drug trafficker Beque Batista. Three other officers make up the group: Dani, Rock and Lua. In parallel, Vital need to take care of Leila, his pregnant wife, and does everything so she does not participate in the violent world in which he lives.

Federal

2010

Mandrake poster
3.8

An intriguing case lands on Mandrake's desk. Just when he thinks he has it solved, some unexpected news changes the course of events.

Mandrake

2012

Leila Diniz poster
5.7

The life of Brazilian actress Leila Diniz.

Leila Diniz

1987

Eles Não Usam Black-Tie - Conversando com o Elenco poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Eles Não Usam Black-Tie - Conversando com o Elenco

2007

The Best Revenge poster
6.5

Deception. Torture. Murder. Brazilian actor Carlos Riccelli stars in this suspenseful tale of revenge. After his wife is tortured and killed in El Salvador, Carlos vows to inflict revenge on the man responsible for her murder. Upon arriving in Los Angeles, Carlos thinks he has found that man: an American CIA advisor (Robert Pine of "CHiPs"). Soon, Carlos puts his perverse plan in motion. He breaks into the agent's home and just as he is about to exact his revenge, begins to question whether he, in fact, has the right man. As Carlos unravels the answer to this question, a surprise twist surfaces that will allow Carlos to exact the ultimate best revenge.

The Best Revenge

1996

Two Streams poster
6.2

Young executive woman returns to small town of Dois Córregos and remembers the time, in the late 1960s, when she met her uncle there, a man who was running away from the military dictatorship ruling Brazil at the time.

Two Streams

1999

O Homem que Sabia Javanês poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

O Homem que Sabia Javanês

2004

Behind the camera

Love in Sampa poster
5.9

Cosmo is a taxi driver who loves traveling around São Paulo. One day, when he meets Mauro in a bar, he receives an unusual proposal: to record testimonials from passengers in his taxi, in which people would talk about what they like in São Paulo.

Love in Sampa

2016

Love in Sampa poster
5.9

Cosmo is a taxi driver who loves traveling around São Paulo. One day, when he meets Mauro in a bar, he receives an unusual proposal: to record testimonials from passengers in his taxi, in which people would talk about what they like in São Paulo.

Love in Sampa

2016

The Sign of the City poster
6.4

Teca, a late-night radio show host, uses her astrological skills to help listeners who call in for advice. But her own life feels empty and lonely. One day she makes the acquaintance of her handsome new neighbour, Gil, only to find out he is married.

The Sign of the City

2007

The Sign of the City poster
6.4

Teca, a late-night radio show host, uses her astrological skills to help listeners who call in for advice. But her own life feels empty and lonely. One day she makes the acquaintance of her handsome new neighbour, Gil, only to find out he is married.

The Sign of the City

2007

Onde Está a Felicidade? poster
5.5

Teodora discovers that her husband was having a virtual relationship and enters a crisis, which results in the loss of her job as a presenter of a culinary program. Disillusioned, she decides to hit the road and sets out on a journey of self-discovery, walking the Way of Santiago de Compostela, in Spain.

Onde Está a Felicidade?

2011

Onde Está a Felicidade? poster
5.5

Teodora discovers that her husband was having a virtual relationship and enters a crisis, which results in the loss of her job as a presenter of a culinary program. Disillusioned, she decides to hit the road and sets out on a journey of self-discovery, walking the Way of Santiago de Compostela, in Spain.

Onde Está a Felicidade?

2011