Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 25, 1954
Place of Birth
Umbuzeiro, Paraíba, Brazil
Credits
54 titles
Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos
Biography
Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos is a Brazilian actor and director whose career spans film, television, theater, and circus. He gained international recognition for his performance as physician Drauzio Varella in Hector Babenco’s acclaimed Carandiru (2003), for which he received an acting award at the Cartagena International Film Festival. He made his feature-film debut as the legendary Brazilian outlaw Lampião in Perfumed Ball (O Baile Perfumado, 1996), and subsequently worked with acclaimed directors including Walter Salles and Andrucha Waddington. A prominent figure in Brazilian theater and circus, Vasconcelos is also known for creating the iconic clown character Xuxu, whom he has performed since 1978. His television credits include A Pedra do Reino and Queridos Amigos. He studied performing arts in Denmark and at Brazil’s National Circus School.
Known For
Filmography
Viver é Melhor Que Sonhar
Belchior
Time, Knifed
Juvenal
Heart of Darkness
Alucinação
Belchior
Luiz Gonzaga - Tyrant League
Guerreiros do Sol
Bosco
A Arte de Morrer ou Marta Diptero Braquícero
Son of Ox
Pai
Cangaço Novo
Deocleciano
Marighella
Branco
Aluísio, the Silence and the Sea
Director
Menino Azul
Anselmo
Marighella
Branco
Under the Heavens
Vilmar
A Mother's Love
Januário Silva
Aruanas
Miguel Kiriakos
Sweet Diva
Miroel Matheus
A Family Submerged
Titán
Above Justice
Euclydes Menezes
O País do Cinema
Self
Time After Time
Bento Silvino / Bento Ventura
Irmã Dulce
Dom Eugênio Sales
Now Generation
Frederico Yanes (Fred)
O Tempo e o Vento
Manoel Terra (Maneco Terra)
Fragma
Homem 1 Mais Velho
The Inventor of Dreams
Timóteo
Time and the Wind
Maneco
Acalanto
Chico
Caribbean Flower
Donato Silva
The Life We Lead
Renato Nogueira Martins
The Midday Sun
Artur
O Homem Mau Dorme Bem
Caburé
O Natal do Menino Imperador
Zampano
Queridos Amigos
Ivan
Mutum
Aristeu
Stone of the Kingdom
Arésio
Romance do Vaqueiro Voador
Vaqueiro Voador
Carandiru: The Series
Drauzio Varella
Dry Movie
Jurandir
Sousândrade - O Guesa Errante
Sousândrade
Her Own Destiny
Sebastião
Cena Aberta
Simão
Carandiru
Doutor (Physician)
Pastores da Noite
Pé de Vento
How to Die in Cinema
Papagaio
Behind the Sun
Salustiano
Brava Gente
Pé de Vento
Me, You, Them
Ciro
Midnight
João
Perfumed Ball
Lampião