Dan Ferreira
Acting
Biography
Danilo Santos Ferreira (Salvador, December 2, 1991), better known as Dan Ferreira, is a Brazilian actor, singer and composer. In his first works, he was credited as Danilo Ferreira. He gained notoriety in 2018 when he played capoeira teacher Acácio in Segundo Sol, a soap opera by João Emanuel Carneiro for Rede Globo. He is also known for Wounded Past (2016), Executive Order (2020) and Alemão 2 (2022).
Born: December 2, 1991
Place of Birth: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Known For
Capoeiras
Veneno and Noivo are capoeiristas who grew up as brothers, but a brutal crime separated them. Years later, their paths cross: Veneno lives in the underworld of clandestine fights while Noivo protects Ventania, the daughter of his murdered master, and tries to recover what was lost between him and his friend. In the ring and in life, they'll have to decide how far they're willing to go to settle the past.
How To Be a Carioca
An American writer has to learn the quirks of Rio de Janeiro’s people after moving to the Brazilian city.
Maria: The Outlaw Legend
Maria de Déa, Lampião's companion and first woman in the Cangaço, is a fearless young woman who dares to have a voice in a group of outlaws. In a life of escapes and armed disputes, Maria faces a pregnancy and is subdued to the harshest law of the Cangaço: handing over her baby to be raised by someone else. She begins to live between life in the group and the hopeless desire to raise her daughter.
Vicky e a Musa
Que História é Essa, Porchat?
Pixinguinha, an Affectionate Man
The life of legendary Brazilian musician Alfredo da Rocha Vianna Filho, better known as Pixinguinha.
Traição Entre Amigas
Two best friends since childhood radically change their life plans after an episode of betrayal.
Executive Order
In a dystopian future, the Brazilian government decrees a measure that forces black citizens to migrate to Africa in an attempt to return to their origins. Seeing themselves in the center of terror, two cousins take refuge in an apartment, where they debate social and racial issues, and share the same yearning for the change of country.
Meu Nome é Gal
Film about the Bahian singer dives into the moment when shy Gracinha becomes Gal Costa, during the violent, innovative and mind-blowing years that helped shape Brazil's greatest singer.
A Mother's Love
Lurdes is a mother of five who tirelessly seeks for Domenico, a child of hers who was sold by his own father 26 years ago; Thelma is an overprotective mother who finds out she has a terminal illness, and must race against time to make her dreams come true and prepare her son for a life without her presence; Vitória is a successful lawyer who sees the end of her marriage after countless failed attempts to have a baby and decides for adoption, but finds out she is pregnant during the process. In "A Mother's Love", the lives of these women are intertwined while they recognize themselves in the unconditional love provided by motherhood.
Filmography
as Jonas
as Vicente
as Vendaval
as Curió
as Alex
as Estacio
as Gilberto Gil
as Pedro
as Jê
as Rafa
as Estudante
as Bento
as Pixinguinha Jovem
as Cícero
as Wesley
as Acácio Pereira
as Zelito
as Iraque
as Matias Ferreira