Manuel Cavaco
Acting
Biography
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Born: June 14, 1944
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...
Goodbye Princess
Mitó lives in a small village and is the son of the local Comunist Party leader, she is 18 years-old and is about to graduate from the high-school she must attend at Beja - the nearest town. News that she killed her German boyfriend, at 4 a.m. on a desert road, do not excite much the editor of a Lisbon newspaper. He sends in a tyro reporter, Joaquim Peixoto, just in case. The young man, already considered hopless in his profession, will uncover more than a sex scandal to be used for political purposes. Written by Artemis-9
Mother Knows Best
The family of Ana Luisa meets at home to celebrate her father's birthday. As the guests sit around the table they will share memories of the past, in which all have a common denominator: the late Josefa, Ana Luisa's mother. Hearing the stories, Ana Luisa realizes the impact that his late mother had on their life choices and imagines what would have happened if she had followed other paths, taken other options and said what was unsaid. At the same time, an event of unknown origin causes a change in space and time, enabling people all over the world the access to parallel universes. Ana Luisa will thus have the opportunity to change the past...
País Irmão
Reality is much stranger than fiction. There is a scandal that could be revealed and the Portuguese Government is nervous. The Minister of Culture and her team have a crazy idea that, for that reason, can work: to produce, together with Brazil, the biggest and most spectacular telenovela of all time: "Corte Tropical".
Could Have Waited For August
Xavier, a village boy, falls for Laura, neighbor's granddaughter who visits her grandfather annually. Despite flirting at summer dances, Xavier believes he has no chance with her.
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.
Os Abismos da Meia-Noite
Irene is an agent for an insurance company. She is given the job of investigating the disappearance of an elderly librarian in a provincial town. During her investigations she meets a history teacher - Ricardo - who knew the librarian and is interested in local legends. Irene happens to hear about a very old medieval castle which, according to legend, has a secret entrance that opens mysteriously on Christmas night as the clock strikes twelve.
Neighbors Forever
The Home Fairy
Vera, a single mother with two small children, is forced to have two jobs to survive after her children's father has disappeared. She works as a cashier at a supermarket by day and at night works in a strip club, trying not only to raise her children but also to pay off the debts that her ex-partner left her. Harassed in both jobs, one day she reacts violently when a nightclub client is more daring, being sentenced in court to perform community service in a nursing home, where her irreverence and youth will clash with the authoritarianism and inhumanity of the director. For the elderly who live in the nursing home, Vera is a breath of fresh air that little by little will change their lives, becoming the true home fairy…
Filmography
as Jaime
as Armindo
as António Paulino
as Álvaro
as António Paulino
as Nestor Macedo
as Cliente Tasca
as Orlando
as Adelino
as Júlio
as Heitor
as António Sousa
as Coronel Saraiva
as Júlio Fragoso
as Self
as Joaquim Mestre
as Justino Santos
as Luciano
as Bicas
as Moretti Rudolfo
as Ifigénio
as Manuel Cauteleiro
as Taverner
as Ricardo
as Augusto Chaves
as Potenkine
as Júlio Romero
as Cabo Raimundo
as Inspector
as Marques da Costa
as Adozindo's father
as Rogério
as Santa Comba
as Moura
as Inspector Rincão
as Próprio
as Actor na TV (uncredited)
as Crispim Saraiva
as Alberto
as Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage
as Guerreiro
as Contreiras
as Saraiva
as Comandante Alves Teodósio
as Adolfo Casais Monteiro
as Joãozinho
as Vasco
as Clemente
as Dramatização
as Tramp
as Clerk
as António
as Criado
as Prison Guard