Roberto Bonfim

Acting

Roberto Bonfim

Born March 12, 1945 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (age 81)

Roberto Bomfim de Andrade (Rio de Janeiro, March 12, 1945) is a Brazilian actor. Recognized for his wide-ranging career in television and cinema, he twice won the APCA Award for best television actor and once the Candango Trophy for best supporting actor at the Brasília Festival.

Known For

O Caçador de EsmeraldasO Caçador de Esmeraldas · 1979
O Caçador de Esmeraldas
8.01979
MovieAdventureHistory
The life of Fernão Dias, a 17th century Brazilian frontiersman known as "the Emerald Hunter".
Double DadDouble Dad · 2021
Double Dad
6.62021
MovieComedyDrama
While her mom is away, a teen sneaks out of the hippie commune where she lives and embarks on a life-changing adventure to discover who her father is.
Lady on the BusLady on the Bus · 1978
Lady on the Bus
5.51978
MovieDrama
Solange is a recently married young woman whose wedding night did not end well. After constant fights with her husband, she decides to live through her sexual frustration by sleeping with strangers she picks up on crowded buses in Rio de Janeiro.
A Difícil ViagemA Difícil Viagem · 1983
A Difícil Viagem
8.01983
MovieDramaCrime
Evandro Souza is an engineer and travels for the first time to the interior of the country, in the village of Barreira Pequé, on the banks of the Araguaia River. He begins to make friends with the natives of the region, like Marão, but what he did not expect was to be involved in a murder. Evandro was the only witness to the crime committed by Marão, however, when questioned, he does not know what to say. Until there is a meeting between Evandro, Marão and the local corporal.
Mão na CabeçaMão na Cabeça · 2019
Mão na Cabeça
2019
MovieCrimeDrama
KuarupKuarup · 1989
Kuarup
4.61989
Movie
This epic Brazilian film was based on the equally epic novel by Antonio Callado. Set between 1954 and 1964, the film's focus is the saga of Jesuit priest Nando. Fed up with civilization, he ventures deep into Amazon country to live with and work among the Xingu Indians.
Jorge, um BrasileiroJorge, um Brasileiro · 1988
Jorge, um Brasileiro
5.81988
MovieDramaAdventure
After arguing with his ex-girlfriend, truck driver Jorge hits the road again, while remembering the past and questioning his friendship with his manipulative boss.
Who Killed Pacifico?Who Killed Pacifico? · 1977
Who Killed Pacifico?
8.01977
MovieCrime
Roberto, Pierre and Pedro are very different men, with very different life paths; However, one thing unites them: the three are suspected of having murdered Colonel Pacífico, the rich and powerful owner of the city of Parada de Deus, in the interior of the state of Minas Gerais. However, jail may be the least of his problems, as the colonel's brother is a bloodthirsty gunslinger looking for revenge.

Filmography

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Hilda HurricaneHilda Hurricane · 1998
Hilda Hurricane
8.11998
SeriesDramaWar & Politics
After breaking off her engagement on her wedding day and going directly to a prostitution house, a young model becomes the city's most famous harlot, known as "Hilda Hurricane", in the 50's Brazil. She could do fine if it wasn't for Malthus, a young novice said to be a saint, for whom she falls in love. However, the boy is kept under the strict, severe doctrine of Father Nelson, a conservative priest intolerant even to every minor sin. Things start getting harder when Roberto, Malthus' old friend and a communist reporter (the actual author of the story), tries to interview Hilda and disclosure the real reasons behind her radical change of mind. In the meantime, the middle-classes are terrified by the "leftist threat" in Brazilian politics.

Coronel Filogônio Flores

In the Emperor's TimesIn the Emperor's Times · 2021
In the Emperor's Times
7.52021
SeriesSoapDrama
In 1856, the emperor Dom Pedro II lived a marriage of appearances with Teresa Cristina, with whom he was forced to marry at a young age by his parents' political alliance, having two daughters with her: Isabel and Leopoldina. He truly loves Countess Luisa, a cultured and time-ahead woman who fights for the abolitionist cause and women's rights, married to Eugenio, the emperor Napoleon's cousin. At the same time there are sisters Pilar and Dolores: the first went to a convent after her mother's death in childhood, growing up among books and dreaming of studying medicine - inspired by the story of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first doctor in the world -, while the second stayed at home to take care of her father, Colonel Eudoro, growing up repressed, illiterate and without vanity.

Coronel Ambrósio Rocha

CaboclaCabocla · 1979
Cabocla
9.01979
SeriesDrama
The soap opera critiques the power struggles among rural politicians in the 1920s. Joaquim is shocked when a doctor reveals that his son, Luís Jerônimo, has a lung lesion. To recover his health, the young man leaves Rio de Janeiro for Colonel Boanerges's farm in Vila da Mata, Espírito Santo. There, he meets Zuca, and the two fall in love. Zuca is the colonel's goddaughter and the fiancée of the fearless cowboy Tobias, who refuses to accept the possibility of losing her to the outsider. Zuca and Luís Jerônimo face numerous obstacles in pursuing their love. Their romance is also threatened by the arrival of Pepa in Vila da Mata; having been in love with Luís Jerônimo back when he lived in Rio, she tries by every means possible to drive the couple apart.

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