Roberto Bonfim

Acting

Roberto Bonfim

Born 1945-03-12 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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.

Acting credits

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

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Retratos Rasgados

1988

Lady on the Bus poster
5.5

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

Double Dad poster
6.6

While her mom is away, a teen sneaks out of the hippie commune where she lives and embarks on a life-changing adventure to discover who her father is.

Double Dad

2021

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

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

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

Cartas de Amor são Ridículas poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Cartas de Amor são Ridículas

2019

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

Mão na Cabeça poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mão na Cabeça

2019

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

The Inventor of Dreams poster
NR

Centered on two young boys, an aristocrat and a native, chronicles the period in which Brazil went from colony to the center of the Portuguese Empire.

The Inventor of Dreams

2013

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

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

No artwork available
6.1

No synopsis available yet.

O Homem do Corpo Fechado

1972

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

Crazy and Saints poster
4.9

Beatriz is a famous psychoanalyst who teaches others to be happy, but isn't able to be happy herself. Things take a turn when her mother's death takes her traveling with her sister to Buenos Aires to comply with the unusual directives she left in her will.

Crazy and Saints

2017

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

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

Soledade - A Bagaceira poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Soledade - A Bagaceira

1976

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

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

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

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