Leonardo Villar
Leonardo Villar (born as Leonardo Motta in Piracicaba, São Paulo, on July 25, 1923 - São Paulo, July 3, 2020) was a Brazilian actor. He became internationally known for his performance as Zé do Burro in Anselmo Duarte's O Pagador de Promessas, the only Brazilian film so far awarded with a Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
He started his career at the theater, but later also started acting in film and television. Villar debuted at the theater on the 1950 play Os Pássaros. His first film role only came in 1962 as Zé do Burro in Anselmo Duarte's O Pagador de Promessas. He received international exposure for the role after the film won the Palme d'Or and became the first Brazilian and South American feature nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 1965 he debuted on television in the TV Tupi telenovela A Cor de Sua Pele, which tells the story of an interracial relationship. In 1972, he moved to Rede Globo, where he starred in successful shows such as Escalada and Estúpido Cupido.
In 2001, after almost 20 years without acting in the theater, he starred in the play A Moratória. In 2008, after eight years without acting in a film, he starred in the critically acclaimed Chega de Saudade.
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Known for
Passione
Antero Gouveia / Giovanni Melatto
Family Ties
Pascoal Gomes
Coração Alado
Marcelo França
Barriga de Aluguel
Ezequiel Ribeiro
O Grito
Edgard
Pé na Jaca
José Fortuna (Tio Zé)
Caso Especial
inspetor
The Ballroom
Álvaro
Escalada
Alberto Silveira
Os Ossos do Barão
Antenor Camargo Parente de Rendon Pompeo e Taques
Coração de Estudante
Ronaldo Rosa
Telerromance
Mania de Querer
Professor João
O Primeiro Amor
Luciano (2ª versão)
Dangerous Game
Homero Olmos
The Given Word
Zé do Burro
Uma Rosa com Amor
Frazão
O Homem Proibido
Darío Rodrigues
The Big City
Jasão
Estúpido Cupido
Alcides Guimarães Filho (Guima)
Os Ossos do Barão
Miguel
H.O.
Homero Olmos / Homero de Tal
Voltei pra Você
Delegado Rubens
Amor de Perversão
Os Acorrentados
Rodrigo
O Santo Milagroso
Pastor Raimundo
Plantão de Polícia
Brave New Land
Comandante
Tocaia Grande
Coronel Elias Daltro
Os Miseráveis
Jean Valjean
Desejo
Dr. Rodrigues
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Self (archive footage
Amazônia
Coronel Peçanha
Leonardo Villar - Um Homem Só
Serras Azuis
Ignácio Paiva
Marquesa de Santos
José Bonifácio
Friendly Fire
Correia
A Madona de Cedro
Delfino Montiel
Lampião, King of the Badlands
Lampião
A Cor da Sua Pele
Dudu
Amor e Desamor
Alberto
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Self
Samba
Procura-se Uma Rosa
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga
Augusto Matraga
Marquesa de Santos
José Bonifácio