Maurício Gonçalves
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Maurício Gonçalves.
Born: August 20, 1966
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Known For
Carandiru: The Series
O Auto da Compadecida 2
After 20 years missing, João Grilo returns to Taperoá to join his old friend Chicó and, after his story of resurrection spreads, he is disputed as an electoral candidate by the two most powerful politicians in the city. The four-chapter miniseries original version of O Auto da Compadecida 2.
O Auto da Compadecida
The (mis)adventures of João Grilo and Chicó in Brazil's Northeastern region. The four-chapter miniseries original version of O Auto da Compadecida.
Seven Women
When the men go to war, the women also battle. This tale takes place in the XIX century, during a terrible civil war. Italy’s revolutionary leader Garibaldi must choose between two loves: a sweet aristocratic lady or a brave woman who leaves her husband to accompany him into battle. This super-production recounts the saga of women who do not go to war but must bear pain, solitude and new passions while their husbands and fathers fight the battles.
O Aleijadinho - Paixão, Glória e Suplício
A Dog's Will
The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small town in Northeastern Brazil. When they die, they have to be judged by Christ, the Devil and the Virgin Mary before they are admitted to paradise.
Denying Brazil
A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian television "soaps". Based on his own memories and on a sturdy body of research evidence, the director analyses race relations in Brazilian soap operas, calling attention to their likely influence on Brazilian African-Americans' identity-forming processes.
Irmãos Coragem
Dias Gomes and Marcílio Moraes' version of the soap opera of the same name by Janete Clair shown in 1970, Irmãos Coragem features as central characters João, Jerônimo and Duda, three brothers who threaten the dominance of the powerful farmer Pedro Barros, the highest authority in the fictional Coroado, in the interior of Minas Gerais, where the story is set.
Xica da Silva
Four Days in September
Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. César, however, is wounded and captured during a bank hold up. Fernando then decides to kidnap the American ambassador in Brazil and ask for the release of fifteen political prisoners in exchange for his life.
Filmography
as Jesus (uncredited)
as Jesus (uncredited)
as Jerônimo
as Plínio
as Lima Barreto
as Nestor
as José Antônio (Padre Zuza)
as Justo de Sá Filho, o Capitão do Mato
as Public Health agent
as Narrator
as Tatu Pituna (Voice)
as Jairo Souza
as Detective Max
as Terêncio Zimbué
as José do Patrocínio
as Michael Brooks
as Negão
as Valdir
as Himself
as Jesus Cristo / Emanuel
as Aleijadinho
as Pecé
as Jesus Cristo
as Brandão
as Quilôa
as Braz Canoeiro
as Aristides (Tide)
as Zico