Ênio Gonçalves

Biography

Ênio Gonçalves (Porto Alegre, August 28, 1938 — São Paulo, October 5, 2013) was a Brazilian actor, director and playwright. He majored in journalism and worked in over 30 films, starred in 20 telenovelas, and performed in numerous plays, starting with "Auto de Natal" in 1959. He studied film directing at the "Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia" in Rome, Italy, and became popular after his performance in Nelson Rodrigues's "Toda Nudez Será Castigada" in 1965, directed by Zbigniew Ziembinski. He would write some 20 plays, including "2 ou 3 Buracos" (1976), "Dia Torto" (1976), "Vem Contudo" (1977) and "Até as Orelhas" (2004), and adapt literary works such as J. Guimarães Rosa's Sorôco, Sua Mãe, Sua Filha (1975) for the screen and Erico Verissimo's "Sonata".

Known For

Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury

as Regente (voice)

ABCs of Death 2 1/2

as The Father (segment "Mail is for Mailbox")

The Boy and the Wind

as José Roberto Nery

What Is It Worth?

as Dom Elísio

Garotas do ABC

as Nelson Torres

Movie Dementia

as Fausto

Promiscuity, the Street Kids of Katia

as Mauro

Pages of Life

as Oscar

The Peephole of Love

as Átila

New Wave

as Cido