Cast & creator
Carloto Cotta
Best known for Elite, Santa Bárbara, Ilha dos Amores
Carloto Cotta is a Portuguese actor, born in Paris on January 31, 1984. He grew up in Lisbon, and at the age of 15 he started his acting training at the Escola Profissional de Teatro de Cascais. He made his film debut in Miguel Gomes' 31 (2003). Since then, Cotta has been a regular presence in the Portuguese cinema. He got the attention of the critics and audiences with his lead role in the short film Arena (2009), that won the Palme d'Or at the Festival de Cannes. Carloto Cotta got international recognition with his performance in Tabu (2012).
53
film credits
10
television credits
63
1991–2026 · acting roles
5.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (63)
Showing 63 of 63 credits
Elite
Cruz Carvalho
2018
Santa Bárbara
Fernando Beltrão
2015
Ilha dos Amores
Miguel Valente
2007
A Teia
Jaime Rosa Neto
2018
Prisioneira
Omar Maluf
2019
You Won't Be Alone
Boris
2022
Mysteries of Lisbon
D. Álvaro de Albuquerque
2011
The Cowboy
Tonton
2024
Glória
2021
Amelia’s Children
Ed / Manuel / Artur
2024
O Jacaré
2026
O Bairro
Batman
2014
Tabu
Young Gian Luca Ventura
2012
O Espião Que Veio do Futebol
Gaspar
2026
Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One
Tradutor
2015
Two Drifters
Alberto
2005
Lines of Wellington
Tenente Pedro de Alencar
2012
Arena
Mauro
2009
How to Draw a Perfect Circle
Boy at the party (uncredited)
2009
Moço
Zé
2020
Mountain
Gustavo
2015
Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One
Careto
2015
This Night
Mobile guard
2009
Frankie
Tiago
2019
Mysteries of Lisbon
D. Álvaro de Albuquerque
2010
The Hunchback
Timmy
2016
Nobody
@_santo84
2023
Fratelli
2012
The Flesh
Jesus Christ
2010
The Face You Deserve
Texas
2005
Light in the Tropics
2020
Arabian Nights: Volume 3, The Enchanted One
Paddleman
2015
Arabian Nights
2015
Here in Lisbon
(segment "Los Barcos") / (segment "Freud and Friends")
2015
Les fleurs du mal
Young Baudelaire
1991
To Die Like a Man
Carlos
2009
Diamantino
Diamantino Matamouros
2018
Los Barcos
2016
Forgotten
Marco
2014
Passion
João Lucas
2012
Fin de curso
2005
How Fernando Pessoa Saved Portugal
Fernando Pessoa / Álvaro de Campos
2018
L'arc-en-ciel
2009
The Tsugua Diaries
Carloto
2021
Freud und Friends
2015
Field of Blood
Ele
2022
We Are on Air
Vítor
2024
Night for Day
Man at Home
2021
Delírio em Las Vedras
2016
Colo
Homem na Estufa
2017
The Portuguese Nun
D. Sebastiao
2009
Demain?
Angel Falco
2011
Banzo
Afonso
2024
In Every Dream Home a Heartache
2014
31 Means Trouble
2003
Cândido
Agente Gaspar
2024
Bairro
Batman
2013
O Dez
João (segment "Cara ou Coroa")
2010
Hotel Royal
2021
Zeus
Norberto Lopes
2017
4 Hearts
Centro Comercial: Ricardo
2009
O Capacete Dourado
Megalopes
2007
Senhor X
Colega
2010