Chico Diaz
Acting
Biography
Francisco Díaz Rocha, known as Chico Díaz (Mexico City, February 16, 1959), is a Peruvian-Brazilian actor born in Mexico. Graduated in architecture and urban planning, he worked in theater from the age of fourteen. His first work in his artistic life was in 1982 on the big screen in O Sonho não Acabou. With all the main awards in Brazilian cinema, namely Gramado Brasília, Recife and Rio de Janeiro, he is one of the most versatile and present actors on Brazilian screens with more than 80 films made in Brazil and abroad.
Born: February 16, 1959
Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico
Known For
The Inventor of Dreams
Mixed with fiction and documentary, the film relives the interviews conducted by the writer Clarice Lispector published in the magazines "Manchete" and "Fatos and Fotos" in the 1970s.
A Grande Família
The daily lives of a typical Brazilian middle-class family, that are always very close and tries, in their way, to survive the financial and relationship difficulties.
Cine Holliúdy: A Série
The Power of Desire
Força de um Desejo is a Brazilian telenovela produced by Globo TV and was shown in the schedule of 18 hours between May 10, 1999 and January 29, 2000, in 226 chapters. It was written by Gilberto Braga and as collaborators with Alcides Nogueira Marques, Lilian Garcia, Eliane Garcia, Philip Miguez and Mark Silver and directed by Mauro Mendonça Filho, Carlos Araújo, Fabricio Mamberti and João Camargo, with production of the core Marcos Paulo. Featured Malu Mader, Fábio Assunção, Cláudia Abreu, Marcelo Serrado, Selton Mello, Nathália Timberg, Lavínia Vlasak, Isabel Fillardis and Denise Del Vecchio in leading roles.
Paraíso Tropical
The search for a successor provokes the beginning of a clash between two young and talented executives of his group: Daniel Bastos, a lad of simple origins and excellent character, who is not only handsome and charming, but also intelligent and skilled, and Olavo Novaes, an ambitious and unscrupulous man who is ready to fight for the position, at any cost. To fight against Olavo‘s treacherous plans, Daniel will have the help of the sweet and sensitive Paula, a young lady raised as an only child who founds, on the eve of her mother‘s death, that she is adopted and has a family. What Paula does not know is that she has an identical twin sister, the wicked Taís, who is as ambitious and unscrupulous as the man who becomes her main ally, Olavo Novaes. Antenor, for his part, decides on having an heir when he meets the headstrong and honest Lúcia, a woman who will make this cold businessman find true love is and a real reason to live.
Celebridade
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.
A Favorita
Donatela and Flora, two friends who became rivals. One of them committed a homicide and pretends to be innocent. There are two versions for the same story. Who, after all, is telling the truth? Donatela or Flora?
Memorial de Maria Moura
Adapted from the homonymous work by Rachel de Queiroz, it presents the saga of a woman against female submission in nineteenth-century patriarchal society.
Velho Chico
The Trapalhões
Os Trapalhões was a Brazilian comedy group and also a Brazilian television series created by Wilton Franco. Its members were Dedé Santana, Zacarias, Mussum and their leader Didi Mocó, that was played by Renato Aragão. The name Trapalhões is derived from the Portuguese verb atrapalhar, which means the opposite of helping, to do something the wrong way or to Those that confuse. The name is translated "Tramps" in English DVD subtitles. It was aired by Rede Globo from 1977 to 1999. On March 18, 1990, Zacarias died due to respiratory failure, but the group and the series didn't come to an end until July 29, 1994, when Mussum died due to an unsuccessful heart transplant.
Filmography
as Comandante Queiroz
as Galego
as Romeu
as Hélio Melo (Voice)
as Johannes Van Almeida
as Padre Santo
as Alê
as Cônsul Yodogawa
as Ricardo Reis
as Rivaldo
as Cândido Rondon
as Pedro
as Banquet Attendee
as Self (archive footage)
as Reading
as Ricardo Reis
as Coronel Pandolfo
as Vei Góis
as Arlindo
as Roberto
as Augusto
as Gomez
as Belmiro dos Anjos
as Darek
as The Man (ep. "The Man Who Stole a Duck")
as João
as Narrator
as Zé dos Patos
as Coronel Melk Tavares
as Hélio Pellegrino
as Zanata
as Vicente Camargo
as Camelô
as Paulo
as Átila Mendonça
as Dr. Ribeiro
as Jáder
as Tadeu
as Alyandro
as Jairo Cardoso
as Sobral
as Gringo
as Dr. Caius
as Dudu
as Firmino
as Wellington Cannibal
as Pedrada
as Lilico
as José da Silva
as Zé
as Dudu
as Gomulka
as Catulino
as Clemente
as Orlando Bonfim
as Felizardo
as Jornalista de Rondônia
as Múcio
as Zé de Zito
as Carlos
as Ramiro Morales
as Corisco
as (segment "Samba do Grande Amor")
as Duarte
as Sentinela
as Durval
as Marido de Fulvia
as Bahia
as Olegário
as Torquato
as Paco - Pilot - Additional Cast (as Chico Dias)
as Orlando
as Man with green eyes (Diadorim)
as Raimundo
as Manezinho
as Louco do Juqueri
as Anunciação
as Gabriel
as Juca
as Severino
as Chico Moleza
as Danilo 'Biela'