Roberto Bonfim

Acting

Roberto Bonfim

Born

1945-03-12 (81)

Place of birth

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Known for

Acting

Credits

88 titles

Roberto Bomfim de Andrade (Rio de Janeiro, March 12, 1945) is a Brazilian actor. Recognized for his wide-ranging career in television and cinema, he twice won the APCA Award for best television actor and once the Candango Trophy for best supporting actor at the Brasília Festival.

Known for

Celebrity poster
7.7

A successful businesswoman in the music industry sees her life fall apart after a young and mysterious woman starts work as her secretary. The scheming girl is totally obsessed by the famous businesswoman and she tries to steal everything from her, including her career.

Celebrity

2003

The Clone poster
8.1

Human cloning. The Islamic world. Two young people, two different cultures, two different beliefs. An impossible love story that not even time could erase. During a trip to Morocco, Lucas has a forbidden romance with Jade. He returns to Brazil after the death of his twin brother Diogo. A close family friend, scientist Albieri uses this situation to produce the first human clone using cells taken from Lucas. Twenty years later, Jade, Lucas and his clone form an odd love triangle.

The Clone

2001

Jequitibá poster
7.8

Jose 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

Большая засада poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Большая засада

1995

América poster
6.5

Sol and Tião are born to different social backgrounds—she to a poor suburban family in Rio, and him to an even poorer family who raised cattle in West São Paulo State. They eventually meet, due to unlikely circumstances, but part again, as she has set as her ultimate priority to reach the United States or bust. While she comes to the U.S. to live as an illegal immigrant, he remains in Brazil and, despite many trials and tribulations, he becomes a successful rodeo cowboy.

América

2005

Chico Anysio Show poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Chico Anysio Show

1982

Film credits

2010s · 8 titles

1990s · 7 titles

Traveller poster
6.5

Fortune takes four human beings to the last frontier of passion. There, where love becomes almost inhuman and divine. As if he was a comet, Rafael, the traveler, appears at the party for the cities patron saint, in a small town in the interior of Minas Gerais. He is the one who brings passion and crime, vanishing afterwards, leaving a poetic feeling in the air, which is always deadly to the ones who stay. Mrs. Ana de Lara, the proud rich widow, and Missy, still a child, whose beauty and innocence are like the Tiê-Sangue, a red bird, are the travelers victims. There is also Master Juca do Vale, a criminal, whose passion turns him incredibly human, in this story of love, death, forgiveness and resurrection.

Traveller

1998

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

O Círculo de Fogo poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Círculo de Fogo

1990

No Coração dos Deuses poster
6.2

Following the clues of a map, a boy and some adventurers go into the forest in search of treasure from the pioneers, and end up going back two centuries in time, in search of the legendary Minas dos Martírios.

No Coração dos Deuses

1999

No artwork available
7.0

Ceará, 1889. Father Cícero Romão Batista ministers to the faithful in the parish of Juazeiro do Norte. Among them is Maria de Araújo, a simple and religious woman who, on receiving communion from the hands of father Cícero, transforms it into blood.

Milagre em Juazeiro

1999

Os Homens Querem Paz poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Os Homens Querem Paz

1991

Louco por Cinema poster
7.0

Movie director gets crazy while shooting a film, and goes to a mental institution. There, he leads a revolt, kidnapping a group of Human Rights activists and demanding a camera as ransom.

Louco por Cinema

1994

1980s · 7 titles

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

Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor poster
4.7

Pedro, a poor Portuguese immigrant, comes to Brazil to try to change his life, but ends up getting in trouble. He falls in love with the wife of one of his best friends and marries her; soon after, she cheats on him.

Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor

1989

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Retratos Rasgados

1988

Kuarup poster
4.6

This epic Brazilian film was based on the equally epic novel by Antonio Callado. Set between 1954 and 1964, the film's focus is the saga of Jesuit priest Nando. Fed up with civilization, he ventures deep into Amazon country to live with and work among the Xingu Indians.

Kuarup

1989

O Rei da Boca poster
8.0

A humble farmer aspiring for richness leaves his land to become a prospector. He finds a precious gem and hides it from his employer, for which he ends up beaten and tortured. After being released, he kills the perpetrators and flees to the big city. There he finds some criminals who will end up transforming him into the most powerful drug dealer and pimp of the underworld.

O Rei da Boca

1982

A Difícil Viagem poster
8.0

Evandro Souza is an engineer and travels for the first time to the interior of the country, in the village of Barreira Pequé, on the banks of the Araguaia River. He begins to make friends with the natives of the region, like Marão, but what he did not expect was to be involved in a murder. Evandro was the only witness to the crime committed by Marão, however, when questioned, he does not know what to say. Until there is a meeting between Evandro, Marão and the local corporal.

A Difícil Viagem

1983

Fulaninha poster
5.1

Movie 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

1970s · 21 titles

Lady on the Bus poster
5.6

Solange is a recently married young woman whose wedding night did not end well. After constant fights with her husband, she decides to live through her sexual frustration by sleeping with strangers she picks up on crowded buses in Rio de Janeiro.

Lady on the Bus

1978

O Caçador de Esmeraldas poster
8.0

The life of Fernão Dias, a 17th century Brazilian frontiersman known as "the Emerald Hunter".

O Caçador de Esmeraldas

1979

Nos Embalos de Ipanema poster
4.8

Toquinho is a young man living in Marechal Hermes, a poor neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, together with his widow mother and a younger sister. Although he is poor, he is also ambitious, and wants to change his life. He spends all his time on the beach, at Arpoador, Ipanema, where he dreams to become a famous surfer. Besides, he usually finds Patricia there, a rich and liberated young woman, whom he likes a lot. To impress Patricia and satisfy some of her wishes, he lets himself be seduced by André, a gay guy who, in return for his sexual favors, promises him a trip to Hawaii for a surf championship.

Nos Embalos de Ipanema

1978

The Legend of Ubirajara poster
9.0

In order to earn a warrior name, the son of Araguaia chief wanders the forest, falls in love with a girl from the Tocantins tribe, and defeats their bravest warrior. When his true identity is discovered, he makes a deal: promises to fight the Tapuias, another tribe which threatens the Tocantins, marries the Indian girl, and establishes the Ubirajara nation.

The Legend of Ubirajara

1975

A Extorsão poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Extorsão

1975

No artwork available
6.1

No synopsis available yet.

O Homem do Corpo Fechado

1972

Os Senhores da Terra poster
7.0

Famous gunman Judas is hired to avenge the death of the city mayor, but his plans take an unexpected turn when he falls in love with the daughter of the colonel he is supposed to assassinate. Amidst the unfolding drama, the police attempt to broker a deal with those involved, but the arrival of the colonel’s nephew, an engineer with plans to build a dam in Degredo, disrupts the delicate balance.

Os Senhores da Terra

1970

Batalha dos Guararapes poster
9.0

In the early 17th century, the Dutch have occupied Bom Jesus village, the last native stronghold in the Pernambuco captaincy. An adventurer, João Fernandes Vieira, sees himself in the middle of a conflict, torn between joining his friend Mauricio de Nassau alongside the ruling Dutch and siding with his lover Ana Paes in the fight to free his homeland.

Batalha dos Guararapes

1978

O Sol dos Amantes poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Sol dos Amantes

1979

The Claudia Case poster
4.3

Based on the true events that took place in the 70s, in Rio de Janeiro. The body of beautiful girl Cláudia Lessin Rodrigues, actress Márcia Rodrigues's sister, was found in the seashore. After Police investigation, it was found she had been murdered on a party by a rich industrialist's son and his socialite hairdresser buddy, after much sex, alcohol and drugs, specially Mandrax (methaqualone). She'd probably resisted being raped and the killers threw away the body in the water. One of the guys tried to escape flying to Switzerland.

The Claudia Case

1979

Anchieta, José do Brasil poster
6.1

Life and death of the jesuit who fought for the peaceful relationship between colonists and the indigenous peoples of Brazil.

Anchieta, José do Brasil

1977

Lucia McCartney, Call Girl poster
4.7

In the 60's Lúcia McCartney is a call girl who is a fan of the Beatles. A diplomat tries to get her out of prostitution by falling in love with her.

Lucia McCartney, Call Girl

1971

República da Traição poster
6.3

European couple arrive at the Republic of Maraguaya with a strange mission. But the involvement with a local man, whom they hire as an employee, will change their plans.

República da Traição

1970

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

Ana, a Libertina poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ana, a Libertina

1975

The Men I Had poster
4.9

Married woman only feels well when she's in love. In search of a ravishing love, she has many love affairs, with her husband's consent.

The Men I Had

1973

Who Killed Pacifico? poster
8.0

Roberto, Pierre and Pedro are very different men, with very different life paths; However, one thing unites them: the three are suspected of having murdered Colonel Pacífico, the rich and powerful owner of the city of Parada de Deus, in the interior of the state of Minas Gerais. However, jail may be the least of his problems, as the colonel's brother is a bloodthirsty gunslinger looking for revenge.

Who Killed Pacifico?

1977

Soledade - A Bagaceira poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Soledade - A Bagaceira

1976

Summer Showers poster
5.7

70-year-old widower living in a poor Rio de Janeiro suburb falls in love again when he finds a woman of approximately the same age.

Summer Showers

1978

Pecado na Sacristia poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pecado na Sacristia

1975

No artwork available
6.0

A veteran popular singer remembers her early days before fame as a humble woman who faced many obstacles in order to achieve fame, notoriety and make her dreams come true. Her life, the songs, the men she knew and helped her on her ladder to success all have a big influence on her life.

The Star Rises

1974

Series credits

Celebrity poster
7.7

A successful businesswoman in the music industry sees her life fall apart after a young and mysterious woman starts work as her secretary. The scheming girl is totally obsessed by the famous businesswoman and she tries to steal everything from her, including her career.

Celebrity

2003

The Clone poster
8.1

Human cloning. The Islamic world. Two young people, two different cultures, two different beliefs. An impossible love story that not even time could erase. During a trip to Morocco, Lucas has a forbidden romance with Jade. He returns to Brazil after the death of his twin brother Diogo. A close family friend, scientist Albieri uses this situation to produce the first human clone using cells taken from Lucas. Twenty years later, Jade, Lucas and his clone form an odd love triangle.

The Clone

2001

Jequitibá poster
7.8

Jose 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

Большая засада poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Большая засада

1995

América poster
6.5

Sol and Tião are born to different social backgrounds—she to a poor suburban family in Rio, and him to an even poorer family who raised cattle in West São Paulo State. They eventually meet, due to unlikely circumstances, but part again, as she has set as her ultimate priority to reach the United States or bust. While she comes to the U.S. to live as an illegal immigrant, he remains in Brazil and, despite many trials and tribulations, he becomes a successful rodeo cowboy.

América

2005

Chico Anysio Show poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Chico Anysio Show

1982

Uga-Uga poster
6.7

An orphaned young man raised in the wild by an indigenous shaman is found by his grandfather and returned to his estranged family, where he finds himself as heir to their wealth.

Uga-Uga

2000

Tieta poster
8.2

Inspired 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

Empire poster
6.2

Heartbreak forever changed the fate of the young and humble José Alfredo. Years later, he became the Lord Alfredo, a successful owner of a jewelry empire and a man obsessed with power. Temperamental and cunning, he tries to balance his turbulent marriage, an extramarital love affair, and the dispute between his children over succession in his business. One day, however, the unexpected appearance of a possible daughter, of whom he was unaware, causes upheaval in his life and takes his familial conflicts to a whole new level.

Empire

2014

Selva de Pedra poster
9.1

Amidst an unresolved crime, Simone protects Cristiano and falls in love with him. However, the couple faces ambition and betrayals that tear them apart. Presumed dead, she returns under a new identity seeking revenge.

Selva de Pedra

1972

O Semideus poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Semideus

1973

The Three Sisters poster
5.8

In the coastal city of Caramirim, the three surfing sisters from the Jequitibá family fight for environmental protection in the region. But Violeta wants to build a hotel complex on the site.

The Three Sisters

2008

Ambitious Women poster
5.9

In Ambitious Women, all levels of ambition are revealed in a plot full of greed, revenge and struggle for power, through the conflicts of three strong women with very different personalities.

Ambitious Women

2015

Maria, Maria poster
8.0

In the backlands, the drover Ricardo marks the destiny of young Maria. Years later, in Xique-Xique, a mistake between two identical women rekindles passions, separations, and an impossible love.

Maria, Maria

1978

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

Brava Gente poster
8.3

Brava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially as a special year-end. The program was adapted from stories and national stories, and plays by famous playwrights, screenwriters and signed by a number represented by several actors and actresses. The genres of the stories varied each week with the style of each director or author. Brava Gente in the stories ranged from comedies and dramas. In all 53 episodes were shown, broadcast on Tuesday nights.

Brava Gente

2000

In the Emperor's Times poster
7.5

In 1856, the emperor Dom Pedro II lived a marriage of appearances with Teresa Cristina, with whom he was forced to marry at a young age by his parents' political alliance, having two daughters with her: Isabel and Leopoldina. He truly loves Countess Luisa, a cultured and time-ahead woman who fights for the abolitionist cause and women's rights, married to Eugenio, the emperor Napoleon's cousin. At the same time there are sisters Pilar and Dolores: the first went to a convent after her mother's death in childhood, growing up among books and dreaming of studying medicine - inspired by the story of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first doctor in the world -, while the second stayed at home to take care of her father, Colonel Eudoro, growing up repressed, illiterate and without vanity.

In the Emperor's Times

2021

Pecado Capital poster
6.0

Carlão is an honest but hot-tempered taxi driver who discovers a suitcase containing two million reais in his car, the proceeds of a bank robbery. This is the second version of the telenovela, originally aired in 1975.

Pecado Capital

1998

Carmem poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Carmem

1987

Forbidden Desire poster
6.5

In 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

Amazônia poster
4.4

No synopsis available yet.

Amazônia

1991

Paraíso poster
7.0

Marked by the reputation of “son of the devil”, Zeca sees his life change when he falls in love with Maria Rita, Santinha. But the young woman's devotion and expectations about her destiny put the romance to the test.

Paraíso

1982

Champagne poster
7.0

In 1970, during a glittering New Year's Eve party attended by the aristocracy, a young pantry maid named Zaíra is mysteriously murdered. Thirteen years later, the prime suspect—Gastão, a humble waiter and former colleague of the victim—seeks to prove his innocence with the help of his son, Nil, becoming entangled in the lives of the other party guests. The story also follows a cunning pair of jewel thieves: the sophisticated Antônia Regina and João Maria—a criminal lawyer and member of the declining aristocracy who takes up the cause of Nil's father.

Champagne

1983

Fogo Sobre Terra poster
9.0

The plot takes place in a fictional city called Vale do Café, where two powerful families, the Toledo and Fontes, are locked in an intense dispute for power and land ownership. Conflicts are marked by betrayals, forbidden loves and dark secrets. The soap opera addresses themes such as ambition, revenge, romance and conflicts between families, showing the fire that consumes the land and human relationships.

Fogo Sobre Terra

1974

Partido Alto poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

Partido Alto

1984

Cabocla poster
9.0

The soap opera critiques the power struggles among rural politicians in the 1920s. Joaquim is shocked when a doctor reveals that his son, Luís Jerônimo, has a lung lesion. To recover his health, the young man leaves Rio de Janeiro for Colonel Boanerges's farm in Vila da Mata, Espírito Santo. There, he meets Zuca, and the two fall in love. Zuca is the colonel's goddaughter and the fiancée of the fearless cowboy Tobias, who refuses to accept the possibility of losing her to the outsider. Zuca and Luís Jerônimo face numerous obstacles in pursuing their love. Their romance is also threatened by the arrival of Pepa in Vila da Mata; having been in love with Luís Jerônimo back when he lived in Rio, she tries by every means possible to drive the couple apart.

Cabocla

1979

Bandeira 2 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bandeira 2

1971

O Cafona poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

O Cafona

1971

Gabriela poster
9.5

No synopsis available yet.

Gabriela

1975

Cambalacho poster
8.4

The story follows the lives of Naná and Gegê, a pair of con artists. Gegê is the uncle of Tina Pepper, a Tina Turner fan who dreams of becoming a famous singer.

Cambalacho

1986

Helena poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Helena

1987

Chega Mais poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Chega Mais

1980

Vida Nova poster
8.3

São Paulo, 1945. A tenement in the Bixiga neighborhood centralizes the plots and characters. The cheerful Lalá is a former prostitute who got along with a senator of the Republic, her lover, who, when he died, left her in an excellent financial situation, since she had a daughter with him, Marialina. Lalá is courted by the simple Italian Antônio Sapateiro, a mature man in love with her. The Portuguese Manoel Vitor loves the Jewish Ruth, but her parents forbid dating because of religion.

Vida Nova

1988

Ripped Sin poster
7.7

The famous psychologist Teca falls in love with the widower Renato, father of one of her patients. The romance awakens the jealousy of Stela, who harbors an unhealthy passion for Renato, her brother-in-law.

Ripped Sin

1978

Selva de Pedra poster
NR

Amidst an unresolved crime, Simone protects Cristiano and falls in love with him. However, the couple faces ambition and betrayals that tear them apart. Presumed dead, she returns under a new identity seeking revenge.

Selva de Pedra

1975

O Feijão e o Sonho poster
7.0

Juca Campos Lara dreams of poetry, but pressured by reality, he trades art for the sake of supporting his family. The struggle between making ends meet and his dream unfolds in four significant phases.

O Feijão e o Sonho

1976

Cuca Legal poster
8.0

'Cuca Legal' tells the story of Mário Barroso, a single aviator involved with three women at the same time: Virgínia, Irene, and Fátima. Virgínia is a wealthy businesswoman obsessed with the direction of her late father's business; Irene is a middle-class young woman who gives private piano lessons; and Fátima is a poor widow. Mário can't decide which of them is the ideal woman to give him a child with a "cool head" (cuca legal). Things get even more complicated when Maria Joaquina, nicknamed Kinu, Virgínia's mother, also catches the aviator's attention. To escape the troubles he constantly gets into, Mário relies on the help of his mother, Dalva, and Jacaré, his great friend.

Cuca Legal

1975

Obrigado, Doutor poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Obrigado, Doutor

1981

Bandidos da Falange poster
8.0

The plot begins in 1975 with the death of Paulo Alberto, a criminal who leaves his mistress Marluce a watch containing diamonds from his last robbery. Corrupt police officer Tito Lívio and serious Lucena are tasked with finding the jewels. Meanwhile, at Ilha Grande Prison, Jorge Fernando, Paulo Alberto's cousin, is detained. He wants to recover the diamonds and now commands the faction. While searching for Marluce, Tito Lívio is investigated by prosecutor Álvaro and later arrested in Ilha Grande. There, he kills Jorge Fernando and takes command of the Falange. Junior, son of Pinheiro de Melo, owner of a front car dealership and arms dealer, is appointed the new head of the already weakened organization.

Bandidos da Falange

1983

Avenida Brasil 2 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Avenida Brasil 2

2027