João Baptista
Acting
Biography
No biography available for João Baptista.
Born: October 27, 1984
Place of Birth: Lisbon, Portugal
Known For
Alta Definição
In Alta Definição, Daniel Oliveira interviews one guest every week with an intimate approach.
Pôr do Sol
Love, passion, mystery, betrayal makes the days of the Pôr do Sol estate. The Bourbon de Linhaça family owns the Pôr do Sol estate, but not everything is rosy...
New Beginning
Álvaro and Maria do Carmo lived happily in Angola. He was a successful businessman and she was a mild mannered housewife. They have two children together, Ana and João, who were studying and living their teenage years in Luanda... Until the day the civil war broke out and everything fell apart. Amidst declarations of independence, a wave of violence breaks out and the established peace and order fades away. In July, 1975, the Mendonça family, along with over five hundred thousand people, leave their belongings behind and embark on an air convoy that would become the biggest exodus in the history of the Portuguese people to a homeland that most only knew from photos and dubbed it Metropolis. In Lisbon, Joaquim and Natália, Álvaro’s brother-in-law and sister, take the Mendonça family in their small apartment, where they will try to get their lives back in order. However, over that hot summer of 1975, the integration seemed to be far from easy.
Wild Land
To avenge his dead parents, Diogo will have to destroy his lover's mom and face his younger brother. Diogo, a decorated military officer, finds out that Eduarda is responsible for the destruction of his family. He returns to his homeland to take revenge, but falls in love with her daughter, Beatriz, who is married to Tiago, his biological brother.
Mysteries of Lisbon
The tragic story of the many lives of Father Dinis, his dark origins and his pious works, and the different fates of all those who, trapped in a sinister web of love, hate and crime, cross paths with him through years of adventure.
Vanda
In the middle of the 2008 global financial crisis, Vanda finds herself alone and broke, with two children to raise. She embarks on a string of bank heists using a blonde wig and a toy gun and, in the process, becomes a folk hero.
Sunset: The Mystery of the Necklace of São Cajó
Follows the Bourbon de Linhaça family and their precious Necklace of São Cajó, that's been in the family for over 3500 years and hides secrets, curses and a mythical cod recipe.
Destinos Cruzados
Lent
David has a wife and young daughter. In a few days he will be moving abroad with his family. The death of his grandfather obliges him to return to the village of his birth and a family he hasn’t seen in years. There he meets his cousin's wife Ana, who intrigues him, and this trip, which should have ended with the funeral, turns into a long stay.
Mysteries of Lisbon
The tragic story of the many lives of Father Dinis, his dark origins and his pious works, and the different fates of all those who, trapped in a sinister web of love, hate and crime, cross paths with him through years of adventure and misfortune in the convulsed Europe of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. (A longer television version of the film of the same name, released in 2010.)
Filmography
as Toni
as Mário
as Tó Calhau
as Nando
as Marco
as Padre Ricardo Janeiro
as Bento Gomes
as Mercúrio
as Vasco Vaz
as Santos
as Ruben Silva
as Tozé
as PSP
as Fábio
as Edgar
as António Dias
as Palmeirão
as Raptor
as Jorge Moreira
as Francisco
as Stripper
as D. Pedro da Silva
as Sebastião
as D. Pedro da Silva
as Nuno
as Self
as Agente Meireles
as Juan
as Tozé
as Passebite
as young Tiago
as a soldier
as Rapaz na Discoteca (uncredited)
as Homem nas traseiras do café