Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos

Known for ActingBorn 1954-06-25 (age 72)Umbuzeiro, Paraíba, Brazil

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Alucinação

Cena Aberta

Pastores da Noite

Carandiru: The Series

O Tempo e o Vento

Guerreiros do Sol

Marighella

Time After Time

Brava Gente

The Life We Lead

Queridos Amigos

Luiz Gonzaga - Tyrant League

Her Own Destiny

Cangaço Novo

Irmã Dulce

Marighella

Aruanas

Carandiru

Mutum

Sweet Diva

Behind the Sun

A Mother's Love

Perfumed Ball

Above Justice

Time and the Wind

Under the Heavens

Caribbean Flower

O Natal do Menino Imperador

Me, You, Them

Dry Movie

A Family Submerged

How to Die in Cinema

Fragma

Midnight

Now Generation

Heart of Darkness

Viver é Melhor Que Sonhar

Son of Ox

A Arte de Morrer ou Marta Diptero Braquícero

Aluísio, the Silence and the Sea

Menino Azul

The Inventor of Dreams

Acalanto

The Midday Sun

O Homem Mau Dorme Bem

Romance do Vaqueiro Voador

Stone of the Kingdom

Sousândrade - O Guesa Errante