Acting

Paulo César Grande

Born February 11, 1958 · Rinópolis, São Paulo, Brazil (age 68)

No biography available.

Known For

Federal Bank Heist

Federal Bank Heist · 2011

Federal Bank Heist

MovieCrimeDrama

"The Baron" wanted to commit the perfect heist involving 3 tons of money and no violence. For this he would need the right people willing to get 1 million dollars to take part in this job. Based on true events, in 2005, 168,000,000 Brazilian Real (almost 80,000,000 US dollars) were stolen from a Brazilian Central Bank (Federal Reserve), making it the biggest peace-time robbery in history. It was perhaps the most audacious bank heist ever.

Quatro Por Quatro

Quatro Por Quatro · 1994

Quatro Por Quatro

MovieComedyDrama

1 Contra Todos: O Filme 2

1 Contra Todos: O Filme 2 · 2017

1 Contra Todos: O Filme 2

Two years after leaving prison, Cadu sets out to fight corruption and pursue a political career, but dangerous ties to the past haunt him.

Leila Diniz

Leila Diniz · 1987

The life of Brazilian actress Leila Diniz.

Once Upon a Time in Rio

Once Upon a Time in Rio · 2008

Once Upon a Time in Rio

Situated just above the awe-inspiring Ipanema beach in Rio is the Cantagalo slum. Every day, floods of Cantagalo residents make their way down the mountain, only to disappear into their surroundings as part of the invisible working-class that cleans apartments, works in restaurants, and sells food along the scenic, sun-drenched shores. Young Dé (Thiago Martins) is just such a man. Dé lives with his mother Bernadette (Cyria Coentro) in a cramped Cantagalo apartment, selling hot dogs on the beach in order to make the rent. His brother Beto was killed when Dé was just a young boy, and his adopted brother Carlão (Rocco Pitanga) has been jailed for a robbery that he didn't commit. One day, while working on the beach, Dé meets Nina (Vitória Frate). Nina is the only child of a successful lawyer named Evandro (Paulo César Grande), who's none to happy to discover that his daughter is dating a member of the lower class. How...

The Good Times Are Here: Let It All Hang Out

The Good Times Are Here: Let It All Hang Out · 1985

The Good Times Are Here: Let It All Hang Out

Two stories chronicle the days of the bohemian, libertine youth of 1960s Rio de Janeiro.

For All - O Trampolim da Vitória

For All - O Trampolim da Vitória · 1998

For All - O Trampolim da Vitória

MovieComedyRomance

1943, World War II. The northeastern coast of Brazil is an strategic region for the Allies. Giancarlo, an Italian immigrant married to a Brazilian woman, lives nearby the Parnamirin Field, the largest military base built by the USA outside of their territory. In this new base, Brazilian recruits who speak English suddenly find themselves reaching privileged positions.

Doce Delírio

Doce Delírio · 1983

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Federal Bank Heist

Federal Bank Heist · 2011

Federal Bank Heist

MovieCrimeDrama

"The Baron" wanted to commit the perfect heist involving 3 tons of money and no violence. For this he would need the right people willing to get 1 million dollars to take part in this job. Based on true events, in 2005, 168,000,000 Brazilian Real (almost 80,000,000 US dollars) were stolen from a Brazilian Central Bank (Federal Reserve), making it the biggest peace-time robbery in history. It was perhaps the most audacious bank heist ever.

Pimentel

Quatro Por Quatro

Quatro Por Quatro · 1994

Quatro Por Quatro

MovieComedyDrama

Tiago

1 Contra Todos: O Filme 2

1 Contra Todos: O Filme 2 · 2017

1 Contra Todos: O Filme 2

Two years after leaving prison, Cadu sets out to fight corruption and pursue a political career, but dangerous ties to the past haunt him.

Leila Diniz

Leila Diniz · 1987

The life of Brazilian actress Leila Diniz.

Jece Valadão

Once Upon a Time in Rio

Once Upon a Time in Rio · 2008

Once Upon a Time in Rio

Situated just above the awe-inspiring Ipanema beach in Rio is the Cantagalo slum. Every day, floods of Cantagalo residents make their way down the mountain, only to disappear into their surroundings as part of the invisible working-class that cleans apartments, works in restaurants, and sells food along the scenic, sun-drenched shores. Young Dé (Thiago Martins) is just such a man. Dé lives with his mother Bernadette (Cyria Coentro) in a cramped Cantagalo apartment, selling hot dogs on the beach in order to make the rent. His brother Beto was killed when Dé was just a young boy, and his adopted brother Carlão (Rocco Pitanga) has been jailed for a robbery that he didn't commit. One day, while working on the beach, Dé meets Nina (Vitória Frate). Nina is the only child of a successful lawyer named Evandro (Paulo César Grande), who's none to happy to discover that his daughter is dating a member of the lower class. How...

Evandro

The Good Times Are Here: Let It All Hang Out

The Good Times Are Here: Let It All Hang Out · 1985

The Good Times Are Here: Let It All Hang Out

Two stories chronicle the days of the bohemian, libertine youth of 1960s Rio de Janeiro.

Mário

For All - O Trampolim da Vitória

For All - O Trampolim da Vitória · 1998

For All - O Trampolim da Vitória

MovieComedyRomance

1943, World War II. The northeastern coast of Brazil is an strategic region for the Allies. Giancarlo, an Italian immigrant married to a Brazilian woman, lives nearby the Parnamirin Field, the largest military base built by the USA outside of their territory. In this new base, Brazilian recruits who speak English suddenly find themselves reaching privileged positions.

Doce Delírio

Doce Delírio · 1983

Otávio

Brasa Adormecida

Brasa Adormecida · 1986

Brasa Adormecida

Rich girl travels with her fiancé (a cousin) to the family farm, where they're going to marry. But finds another cousin in love with her who does everything to hamper the wedding.

Minha Vida em Suas Mãos

Minha Vida em Suas Mãos · 2001

Minha Vida em Suas Mãos

MovieDramaThriller

After being fired from his job and have his unemployment insurance money robbed, a young man decides to become a robber himself. While escaping authorities, he meets a female teacher of whom he takes hostage. Things get complicated when they fall in love with each other.

Simon

Viva Sapato!

Viva Sapato! · 2003

A light-hearted and high-spirited story, full of spice, sensuality and romance, Viva Zapato tells the tale of Dolores, a beautiful Cuban dancer who decides to leave her failing marriage and open a restaurant by the beach with her aunt from Brazil. When her aunt sends her a pair of shoes instead of the money to start up the restaurant, she angrily sells the useless gift for spare change. Her dream fades away - until she discovers that the money was hidden in the heel. The zany search for the shoes begins, as she follows the footsteps through the lively streets of Havana, running into the quirky, colorful characters that bring Viva Zapato and Dolores' dream.

Marido de Dra. Máxima

The Invisible Friend

The Invisible Friend · 2006

The Invisible Friend

Antônio

Os Suburbanos: O Filme

Os Suburbanos: O Filme · 2022

Os Suburbanos: O Filme

Driver Jeferson is the biggest fan of pagode and is willing to do anything to make his dream of being a singer come true, even cleaning the pool of the owner of the record label. After a premonition, he composes a song and sets up his plans for future internet success. However, he ends up getting involved with his boss's wife, at the same time that he discovers that he will be a father for the first time.

J.P.

Official Exterminator 3: Joy for Living Dead

Official Exterminator 3: Joy for Living Dead · 1987

Official Exterminator 3: Joy for Living Dead

Yet another Godfrey Ho-scripted / Joseph Lai-produced / IFD-distributed "cut-and-paste" job. This one takes much of its footage from the 1983 Brazilian movie Doce Delirio and adds new and unrelated martial arts footage shot by Phillip Ko.

(archive footage)

Young Hearts

Young Hearts · 1995

SeriesSoapComedy

Malhação is a Brazilian television series for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remains the same, it is now set in the Múltipla Escolha High School.

Profª. Heitor

Three Graces

Three Graces · 2025

SeriesSoapDrama

Gerluce became pregnant as a teenager and, just like her mother, Lígia, she raised her child alone. Now, Gerluce watches her daughter Joélly become the third generation of the family to go through the same situation. Besides the impact that teenage pregnancy brings to the whole family, the three Marias das Graças must deal with Lígia’s worsening health.

Delegado Fausto

Pages of Life

Pages of Life · 2006

SeriesSoapDrama

Nanda must rethink her plansof studying in Amsterdam when she discovers she is pregnant. After losing the support of her boyfriend Léo, the young girl decides to return home, where she suffers a serious accident and dies.However, Helena, her doctor, is able to save her new-born twins: Francisco and Clara. Unfortunately, Clara suffers from Downs Syndrome. Helena feels a strong emotional tie to Clara and adopts her.Years later, the twins’father Léo, a young and wealthy businessman, returns to the scene, wanting to gain custody of the children.However, Helena and Alex fight to the end to retain guardianship of the twins, whom they have raised with such love.

Lucas Azevedo

Four Lives, Four Loves

Four Lives, Four Loves · 1994

Four Lives, Four Loves

SeriesSoapComedy

A traffic accident causes four women's destinies to intertwine. In the series, the four enter a pact of revenge against the men who hit them and caused them to suffer. Auxiliadora struggled to help her husband Alcebíades prosper, but when he leaves her for a younger woman, is thrown out of the house. The shy Tatiana was engaged to Fortunato, who failed to show up at their wedding. The Babalu hurricane caught mechanic Raí in bed with another woman. Abigail, a preppy psychologist who is struggling in a failing marriage, decides superficially to continue it but revolts against her husband, Gustavo, who humiliates her in public at a congress. Gustavo has custody of Ângela, a girl who longs to know her true father, Bruno. Her mother died in the childbirth, traumatizing him.

Thiago

Guerra dos Sexos

Guerra dos Sexos · 1983

Guerra dos Sexos

SeriesSoapComedy

Cousins Charlô and Otávio once had a romance, but today they detest each other. However, fate plays a trick on them: they will receive a large inheritance, on the condition that they live together.

Ronaldo

Barriga de Aluguel

Barriga de Aluguel · 1990

Barriga de Aluguel

SeriesSoapDrama

Ana and Zeca have a happy marriage, but they can't have children. To fulfill their dream, the couple hires the young Clara as a surrogate mother, which leads them into a legal dispute.

Eduardo (Dudu)

Desejos de Mulher

Desejos de Mulher · 2002

Desejos de Mulher

SeriesSoapDrama

Fashion designer Andréa Vargas finds out the hard way she is adopted. The relationship with her sister Júlia had always been difficult, since childhood, and the antagonism grew when Júlia came between Andréa and her first true love, Diogo. But the worst is still to come: her first assistant in her atelier, Selma, is having an affair with her husband Bruno.

Bob Machado

Vale Tudo

Vale Tudo · 1988

SeriesSoapDrama

Fátima Accioly is a young, callous woman who wants to be rich and successful at any price. After selling her family's house in the country, she heads to Rio and gets to know dress man César who is unscrupulous himself. Meanwhile, her mother Raquel stays behind without home and money, but finally tries to find her daughter in the big city. Both women come in contact with the rich Roitman family which changes their lives forever.

Franklin

Tieta

SeriesSoapDrama

Inspired on Jorge Amado's romance "Tieta do Agreste", the plot is set on the fictional city of Santana do Agreste, at Brazil's northwest, and has as main theme Tieta's life turnarounds. Twenty-five years after being chased out of town by her father Zé Esteves, she returns to her home town seeking revenge against everyone who mistreated her and laugh at her face in the past.

Rosalvo

Anything for Love

Anything for Love · 1997

Anything for Love

SeriesSoapDrama

Helena is an independendent woman with strong emotions. More than a dedicated mother, she is also a friend to her daughter. Her daughter is experiencing difficulties in her marriage with Marcelo because of his renewed interest in a formoe girlfriend. Marcelo‘s mother deslikes Helena and would like nothing better to see her son‘s marriage destroyed. Helena starts her life over again when she falls in love at first sight with Atilio, whom she marries. Although of poor health, her daughter wants to have a baby, believing that by fulfiling her husband‘s dream, she can save her marriage. As fate would have it, mother and daughter fall pregnant at the same time, each giving birth to a boy.

Wilson

Brega & Chique

Brega & Chique · 1987

SeriesSoapComedy

The plot revolves around a love triangle between Rosemere, Rafaela, and Herbet Alvaray. They are unaware of the same man's presence in their lives and, due to fate, become friends.

Pedro Bistefani

Que Rei Sou Eu?

Que Rei Sou Eu? · 1989

Que Rei Sou Eu?

SeriesSoapComedy

In the imaginary king of Avilan, the bastard prince Jean Pierre leads a popular group against councilors who will invade Rainha Valentine's palace and take away the power.

Bertrand

Sai de Baixo

Sai de Baixo · 1996

It follows the lives of the members of a dysfunctional family, their maid and the doorman of the apartment building in which they lived.

Forbidden Desire

Forbidden Desire · 2007

Forbidden Desire

SeriesSoapDrama

In the 1930s, in Passaperto, the powerful Cândida controls the family until the arrival of Laura, considered a miracle, who awakens passions and rivalries that will change everyone's destinies.

Valdenor

Sassaricando

Sassaricando · 1987

SeriesSoapComedy

After becoming a widower, businessman Aparício Varela takes over as president of Tecelagem Abdala and decides to win back the great love of his life, Rebeca.

Luís Alberto

Vidas em Jogo

Vidas em Jogo · 2011

SeriesSoapDrama

Severino Ramos Bandeira

Deus Nos Acuda

Deus Nos Acuda · 1992

SeriesSoapDrama

The plot tells the story of Celestina, an angel responsible for Brazil. When threatened by God with being sent to the country she was supposed to help grow, she despairs and seeks out her friend, the angel Gabriel. To help Celestina, Gabriel asks the Almighty to let her stay in heaven for another six months. God, however, imposes a condition: Celestina must make a Brazilian citizen more honest, dignified, and compassionate, without disrespecting the free will that every human being should have. To fulfill her mission, Celestina chooses the swindler Maria Escandalosa, a charismatic, beautiful, and kind-hearted young woman, daughter of the equally swindler Tomás Euclides. Convinced that she will transform the girl's character, Celestina disobeys divine laws and saves her from an explosion, then begins to watch over the young woman's life on Earth.

Wagner

Vitória

Vitória · 2014

SeriesDramaSoap

Bernardo Ramos

Amor com Amor Se Paga

Amor com Amor Se Paga · 1984

Amor com Amor Se Paga

SeriesComedySoap

Nonô Corrêa, a character inspired by Molière's "The Miser", is the story's protagonist. The orphan Zezinho crosses paths with Nonô and wins the neurotic gentleman's heart.

Sérgio

Tiro e Queda

Tiro e Queda · 1999

SeriesSoapCrime

Millionaire Raul Amarante organizes a dinner to announce his will – where his wife Isabel, children Daniela, Renato and Marcelo, sister Cláudia with her husband Vítor and partner Júlio with his wife Vanessa are present – but the content is surprising: the document can only be opened 7 years after his death and no one will be able to touch the money or the company until then. After a power outage, a shot kills Raul and everyone in the room is a suspect.

Júlio Bellini

Livre Para Voar

Livre Para Voar · 1984

Livre Para Voar

SeriesSoapDrama

Set in Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, the story shows how Pardal and Bebel, young people newly arrived in the city, fall in love. However, each hides their true identity from the other.

Calio

Cambalacho

Cambalacho · 1986

SeriesSoapComedy

The story follows the lives of Naná and Gegê, a pair of con artists. Gegê is the uncle of Tina Pepper, a Tina Turner fan who dreams of becoming a famous singer.

Aramis Trancoso

Esmeralda

Esmeralda · 2004

SeriesSoapDrama

Esmeralda is a Brazilian telenovela produced by SBT in association with Televisa and originally broadcast from December 6, 2004, to July 19, 2005. It is a Brazilian adaptation of the Mexican telenovela Esmeralda (1997), itself based on the original story by Delia Fiallo. Adapted by Henrique Zambelli and Rogério Garcia, the telenovela stars Bianca Castanho and Cláudio Lins. The story follows Esmeralda, a young woman who has been blind since birth after being accidentally switched with another baby shortly after her birth. Raised by a humble family in the countryside, she grows up unaware of her true identity. When she falls in love with José Armando, the son of a wealthy landowner, their romance is threatened by family secrets, prejudice, social differences, and the revelation of the truth about her origins.

Rodolfo

Topíssima

Topíssima · 2019

SeriesAction & AdventureComedy

José Carlos Oliveira Soares (Zeca)