Paulo Villaça

Known for ActingBorn 1933-01-01Died 1992-01-24Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil

Paulo Barbosa Villaça (Bauru, São Paulo, 1933 — Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 1992) was a Brazilian actor and theatre director. Villaça worked as a Literature professor, journalist and advertising manager before his breakthrough as an actor in the 1960s. He achieved success by playing the main role in Rogério Sganzerla's "The Red Light Bandit" (1968). During the 1970s, Villaça was married to famous Brazilian actress Marília Pêra. He played parts in over 20 films, being a reconizable figure in productions from the Brazilian Cinema Marginal movement during the 1960s and 1970s. He also had a solid career at the theatre, where he acted in the Teatro Oficina company and played roles in many important plays, such as "Navalha na Carne", "Fala Baixo Senão eu Grito" and "Grande e Pequeno". In TV, he appeared in shows such as Rede Globo's "O Bofe" and Rede Bandeirante's "Os Adolescentes", limited series like "Quem Ama Não Mata" and "Chapadão do Bugre" and soap operas such as "Helena" and "Vale Tudo". His last film was 1992's "Perfume de Gardênia", which paid homage to his iconic role of The Red Light Bandit. He died in Rio de Janeiro from HIV-related health problems, and was buried in São Paulo.Read more

Movies & web series

Um Pistoleiro Chamado Caviúna

Ana

The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus

Super Plá

The Fifth Monkey

Colônia Cecília

Ajuricaba, o Rebelde da Amazônia

O Bofe

O Matador

Tudo em Cima

Vale Tudo

Prisoner of Rio

Helena

The Woman of Everyone

The Red Light Bandit

The Man in the Black Cape

Eternamente Pagu

Copacabana Mon Amour

A Máfia no Brasil

Quem Ama Não Mata

Garden of War

O Forte

Paranóia

Os Senhores da Terra

O Jardineiro Espanhol

Golden Years

The Monsters of Babaloo

Scent of Gardenias

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Anos Dourados - O Filme

Sagarana: O Duelo

Albert, the Rockefeller

Os Trombadinhas

B2

Travel and Description of the Guanabara River on the Occasion of Antarctic France

The Werewolf: A Midnight Terror

O Gigante da América

The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema

Perdidos e Malditos

Killed the Family and Went to the Movies

Lady on the Bus

Rio Babilonia

Fulaninha

Mangúe-Bangúe

Quincas Borba

República dos Assassinos

Razor in the Flesh

Nos Embalos de Ipanema

The Pleasure Principle