Cast & creator
António Fonseca
Best known for Alta Definição, Sítio do Picapau Amarelo, Wild Land
Portuguese actor. Born in 1953 in Santo Tirso, Portugal, Fonseca studied Theatre and Philosophy. THEATRE: Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists (National Theatre, UK and international tours from Festival d’Avignon); other theatre includes: Sandro W. Junqueira's Those who go to the sea don't return to land (directed by Giacomo Scalisi); Pedro Mexia's Sweden (directed by Nuno Cardoso); Federico Fellini's Orchestra Rehearsal (directed by Tónan Quito); Pedro Gil's The Unforgettable Teacher; The Lusiadas as You've Never Heard Them (based on Luís de Camões); and Dennis Kelly's The Ritual Slaughter of George Mastromas (directed by Tiago Guedes). TV: Wild Land, Salty Sea, Odyssey, The Boys, and Personal Cause. FILM: You Could Have Waited for August (César Mourão), First Work (Rui Simões), White Shadows (Fernando Vendrell), and Invisible Life (Karim Aïnouz). AUDIO: Os Lusíadas in the audiobook Os Lusíadas As You’ve Never Heard Them (a full version of Luís de Camões’s epic).
41
film credits
28
television credits
68
1968–2024 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (69)
Showing 69 of 69 credits
Alta Definição
Self
2009
Sítio do Picapau Amarelo
1977
Wild Land
Raúl Santinho
2019
Leading Role
Júlio Guerra
2023
Winter Sun
Médico
2013
Water Mirror
Danilo
2017
Salty Sea
João Pimenta
2014
Perfect Heart
Artur
2009
A Muralha
1968
The Fire of the Rose
Ambrósio Conde
2011
A Outra
2008
And the World May End
2008
Lifeline
Fernando Coelho
2013
Passerelle
Cândido
1988
A Festa é Nossa
Writer
1983
Naked City
Alberto
2010
Maternidade
Filipe
2011
Natural Law
Judge Luciano
2022
Invisible Life
Manoel
2019
Odisseia
Balhelhas
2013
South
Médico Legista
2019
New Beginning
Casimiro Marques
2013
Quando os Lobos Uivam
Police Inspector
2006
The Uncertainty Principle
Policeman
2002
My Name Is Bernadette
Committee Member
2011
Lusitânia
Tomás Menezes
2023
Star Crossed
José Carlos Silva, Invicta President
2009
Os Boys
Ministro
2016
Salgueiro Maia - The Implicated: The Series
Marcelo Caetano
2023
Por Mares Nunca Dantes Navegados
1991
Cobardias
Jovem
1988
Crónica Parisiense
Émile Vuillermoz
2011
Dialogues After the End
Oedipus
2023
Nzinga, Queen of Angola
Bento Banha Cardoso
2013
Could Have Waited For August
Padre Benedito
2024
Querença
Brito
2004
8816 Versos
Himself
2013
Salgueiro Maia - The Implicated
Marcello Caetano
2022
O Último Condenado à Morte
Pai de Francisco
2009
Snu
António Ferreira Gomes
2019
The Mutants
Man at Service Station
1998
Blind Man's Bluff
Man
1994
O Segredo de Miguel Zuzarte
Lobão
2010
Gigola
Jose
2010Era Uma Vez Um Alferes
O que a mãe fez uma promessa
1987
Blood Lines
Mordomo
2018
John From
Vizinho
2016
The Dead Queen
Bispo da Guarda
2009
Light Drops
César
2002
Jogos de Enganos
Dr. Álvaro
2023
The Great Kilapy
Homem do Restaurante de Luxo
2012
Cinerama
2010
Submission
2020Cães Raivosos
2000
The Lone Wolf
Raul Oliveira
2021
Sombras Brancas
Major Santos
2023
Brother and Sister
Disertante Embajada
2010
Pê
Médico
2022
Anita Garibaldi
2012
A Matança Ritual de Gorge Mastromas
2019
Histórias de Alice
2016
Primeira Obra
Simão
2023
Florbela
João Espanca
2012
The City and The Sun
2011
Maria
José
2018
O Capacete Dourado
Pai de Jota
2007
A Imitação
2003
Wolf Child
Tomás Menezes
2022
Perdidamente Florbela
João Espanca (1923)
2012