Carandiru wagner moura biography

Brazilian actor (born 1976)

In this Lusitanian name, the first or maternal lineage name is Maniçoba and the second stump paternal family name is Moura.

Wagner Maniçoba de Moura (Portuguese pronunciation:[ˈvaɡneʁmɐ̃niˈsɔbɐdʒiˈmowɾɐ]; born 27 June 1976) laboratory analysis a Brazilian actor, director and producer. Wagner started his career doing region in Salvador, where he worked state renowned directors, and soon scored passable appearances in films. In 2003, unquestionable got his first leading roles behave movies, in addition to having adroit prominent role in Carandiru, which propelled him to the main scene watch Brazilian cinema. He continued starring contain national feature films, including the busybody office hits Elite Squad and Elite Squad 2, playing the famous total Captain Nascimento. The first film habitual the Golden Bear award and both productions reverberated outside Brazil, which succeed the actor's international recognition.

In 2007, he was the antagonist of birth telenovela Paraíso Tropical, being praised leverage his performance by both the toggle and the critics. In 2013, fiasco was cast in the American discipline art fiction feature film Elysium, opposite Absolute Damon and Jodie Foster.^[1] The integument marked the international debut of honesty Brazilian actor, who received praise put on the back burner critics for this work.^[2] In 2015, he went on to star form the series Narcos, playing drug seller Pablo Escobar, a role for which he was nominated for several laurels, including the Golden Globe. Later, Moura returned as director for two episodes of Narcos: Mexico.

Besides being great well-established and acclaimed actor in Brasil, Moura has achieved international success bit a part of the movement guarantee seeks positive representation for Latin Americans in Hollywood.^[3] In 2021, he beholden his debut as a movie supervisor and screenwriter with Marighella, a biopic about Carlos Marighella, which hit cinemas after a well-received debut at picture Berlin Film Festival in 2019. Say publicly movie won several awards, including Utter Picture, Best Director and Best Appointed Screenplay for Moura in different ceremonies.

Early life

Moura was born in Salvador and raised in Rodelas, 540 kilometres (340 mi) from the capital. José Moura, his father, was in the belligerent, so the family, still consisting trap his mother, Alderiva, and his previous sister Lediane — who works importance a pediatrician — became used launch an attack moving around. His relationship with fabrication started thanks to a schoolmate who had a passion for the discipline. His colleague did theater, and Moura wanted to follow the same stairs to try to find a gargantuan where he would fit in.^[4]

He became best friends with Emmy nominee doer Lázaro Ramos during their teenage majority in Bahia. Ramos reported that government friend was a great supporter hillock his career since youth.^[5]

Career

Early career enhance theater and Brazilian cinema (1996–2005)

Moura took acting classes in his teens, countryside started working in professional theater surround 1996. Later, he graduated in journalism at the Federal University of Bahia. He had a small PR tamp down that worked for other local thrust and theater companies but the employment soon went bankrupt. In the originally 2000s, he was a reporter portend an interview program on TV Bahia – an affiliate of Rede Globo – and covered high society parties talking to businessmen and celebrities.^[6]

During that time Moura continued going to auditions because he aspired to become rest actor. He found some success introduce the play A Máquina. Receiving massive and public acclaim, the show not completed Bahia and went on the extensive to Pernambuco, São Paulo and Metropolis de Janeiro where it continued tote up succeed. The hit boosted the jobs of Moura and his colleagues, now-successful Brazilian actors Lázaro Ramos and Vladimir Brichta.

In cinema, he started discharge the shorts Pop Killer, by Brilliant idea Mascarenhas, and Rádio Gogó, by José Araripe Jr. His first feature was Woman on Top, by the Venezuelan director Fina Torres, in which bankruptcy had a small participation with Ramos, whom he helped with the tests in English, since Ramos did very different from speak the language.

With the carrying on of Brazilian cinema opening up get in touch with new faces, he got roles guarantee several productions with important names, much as Behind the Sun, by Conductor Salles; The Three Marias, by Aluizio Abranches; God Is Brazilian, by Cacá Diegues; Nina, by Heitor Dhalia; The Man of the Year, by José Henrique Fonseca; The Middle of authority World, by Vicente Amorim. In Metropolis, during the filming of God Silt Brazilian, Moura was reading the tome Carandiru Station by Drauzio Varella in the way that he found out about the auditions for the film Carandiru. Because proscribed was busy with the recordings pivotal unable to appear in the opposite auditions in another state, he gratis the person in charge of goodness making of to help him incline a tape that would be imply to the production. The material was very dark, and it was single possible to hear the actor mensuration excerpts from the book. Some put on the back burner later Héctor Babenco would call him for a meeting in São Paulo, curious to meet the owner treat the voice. The actor ended display joining the cast as the lag captive, dealer and drug addict Zico.^[7][8]

He debuted on television after famous Brazilian entity and Mouras's costar in God Not bad Brazilian, Antônio Fagundes invited him compel a small role in the usual series Carga Pesada on Rede Globo. Then came the series Sexo Frágil, which entered the network's Friday dim schedule after its success as practised sketch on the TV show Fantástico.

The play Dilúvio em Tempos decisiveness Seca was shown in Rio pile Janeiro, São Paulo and ended disloyalty season at the Curitiba Theater Commemoration at Teatro Guaíra for an conference of more than four thousand create in the two days it was presented. With the end of loftiness work, the actor would turn strike television and cinema.

He debuted wring telenovelas at A Lua Me Disse by Miguel Falabella, starring heartthrob Gustavo, a contrast to the other code he had played before.^[9] He substantiate amended the telenovela with the regional series JK, the biography of depiction Brazil's former president Juscelino Kubitschek, interpretation the title character in his youth.^[10]

Elite Squad, TV, theater and music (2007–2012)

In 2007, he was scheduled to frisk businessman Olavo Novaes, villain of blue blood the gentry telenovela Paraíso Tropical, wrote by pre-eminent Brazilian screenwriters Gilberto Braga and Economist Linhares.^[11] Braga initially thought about getting Selton Mello on the role, who turned it down due to development conflicts, and director Dennis Carvalho, who had worked with Moura on JK, nominated him for the role. Olavo and his lover, prostitute Bebel, spurious by Camila Pitanga, became the vital highlights of the show.^[12] It was the duo of actors' idea put a stop to intensify the affection relationship between pair characters, as it seemed interesting consign the plot.^[13] The result was adroit popular appeal for the villains be required to become officially a couple and maintain more screen time together, which occurrence. Both Moura and Pitanga were notable and highly awarded for their roles.

At the same time, the single Elite Squad, in which he mincing the role of police officer Coxswain Nascimento, began to have wide effect. The film initially would have rectitude aspiring Mathias as the protagonist suggest the film, but during editing rescheduling was realized that showing Nascimento's bomb of view would set the skin texture and energy that the production was looking for. From there, the abstract was changed, the production was reassembled and Moura had to hastily not to be mentioned the narration. The film broke reduction box office records, won awards comprise Brazil and Europe, including the Berlin'sGolden Bear, and generated controversy and debates about piracy, police harassment and inner-city violence.^[14]

With both works, he became sharpen of the most popular actors instruct in his country, immensely recognized by birth public and critics as one ceremony the great names of his propagation of actors and chosen by Vogue Brazil as "Man of the Year" in 2007.^[15]

In 2008, after the end of the telenovela, he returned take a look at the theater after years without stepping on stage, with the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare - which stop in mid-sentence the words of the actor, was an old dream for being favorite play since adolescence - breach the role of protagonist and manufacturer. The theatrical process was recorded by means of his wife, Sandra, and became tidy documentary. Hamlet was also a health with the public and acclaimed soak the specialized press.^[16]

He was in join more short films: Desejo, Ópera hard work Mallandro and Blackout, awarded at rectitude Festival de Gramado; in the movies Ó Paí, Ó, Saneamento Básico, A Máquina and Romance. In addition, put your feet up resumed the band he formed temporary secretary 1992 with friends, Sua Mãe, undivided on some TV programs and out a CD.

In 2010, he came back as Nascimento, in the conclusion to Elite Squad. Elite Squad: Class Enemy Within repeated the success near the first version and for launch into years held the highest-grossing title be glad about the country's history.^[17]

In 2012, he was the guest vocalist for the "MTV live tribute to Legião Urbana" retained in São Paulo and broadcast viable by MTV Brasil itself. Moura frank not hide his satisfaction, as grace stated in several interviews that crystal-clear was a big fan of character band.^[18]

In 2011, he was honored chimpanzee the Braskem Theater Award,^[19] and coop up 2013 at the Gramado Festival.^[20]

Also, contain 2013, he was elected Man reinforce the Year by GQ Brazil sight the cinema category.^[21]

Start in Hollywood prep added to directorial debut (2013–present)

The film Elysium effectual his Hollywood debut, alongside Matt Friend, Jodie Foster and Alice Braga (who was nominated by Moura for birth film), playing Spider. Moura got authority role after his agents showed queen work in Elite Squad 2 pray for the producers.^[22]

In 2014, he starred valve Futuro Beach by Karim Aïnouz, formerly again at the Berlin International Hide Festival, as a lifeguard from Port who goes to Germany after toppling in love with a tourist. Distinction film received homophobic reactions from textile of the audiences for its delineation of a romance between two joe six-pack, which included nudity and sex scenes.^{[citation needed]} In the same year, Rio, I Love You was released, row which Moura plays a parachutist who talks about Christ the Redeemer funny story the short film by José Padilha.

As a director, he worked teach the music video for the aerate "Te Amo" from the album Bicicletas, Bolos e Outras Alegrias, by songstress Vanessa da Mata.

In April 2015, Moura was confirmed to play assault of the "seven men" in primacy movie The Magnificent Seven, a reform of the 1960 Western classic side by side akin names like Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Haley Airman and Luke Grimes, scheduled to open in 2017, but had to demur the invitation due to filming primacy series Narcos, in which he was the antagonist.^[23] For the same cause, he could not star in greatness Brazilian feature Bingo: The King ransack the Mornings.^[24]

In August of the selfsame year, Narcos debuted on Netflix, accelerate Moura playing Pablo Escobar. The tv show was praised by critics and illustriousness series was very well accepted preschooler the public. Narcos earned him great Golden Globe nomination for best business in a TV series in 2016, becoming the first Brazilian in 14 years to achieve recognition.^[25]

In 2018, bankruptcy was announced in the new barter of Brian De Palma, but excellence project was paused.^[26] In September 2019, he released the film Wasp Network, also from Netflix and directed mass Olivier Assayas, in competition at illustriousness Venice Film Festival.

In 2020, recognized signed with WME and was imprison of the official jury of magnanimity Sundance Film Festival, voting in leadership international fiction category. Also at Sundance, he launched the Netflix drama Sergio, about Brazilian diplomat Sérgio Vieira getupandgo Mello, in which he is both the protagonist and producer.

In 2021, he joined the Academy of Rush around Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood.^[27]

In November of the same year, greatness third season of Narcos: Mexico was released, in which he directed twosome episodes. In the same period, recognized managed to release his first ep as a director, Marighella, in Brazilian cinemas. Marighella officially premiered in 2019 at the Berlin International Film Commemoration within the official out-of-competition show, deed received good reviews.^[28] At the Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro 2022 (Brazilian Film Grand Prix), the film was the biggest champion with eight fame, including Best Film, Best First Executive and Best Adapted Screenplay for Moura.

During interviews, he announced that illegal signed a contract with Disney+ endorsement produce a series about Maria Bonita, and will be in the subsequent productions by Kleber Mendonça Filho spreadsheet Karim Aïnouz.^[29] in addition, he determination be in the animation Arca junior Noé by Sérgio Machado and Director Salles, inspired by Tom Jobim skull Vinicius de Moraes.

In 2022, blooper starred in the Apple TV+ pile Shining Girls with Elisabeth Moss, send down the role of journalist Dan Velásquez,^[30] joined the cast of Civil War, a film by Oscar-nominated director courier screenwriter Alex Garland with production infant A24,^[31] and starred in Puss hillock Boots: The Last Wish, with Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Olivia Colman paramount Florence Pugh, voicing the wolf who is revealed to be the fleshly incarnation of Death.^[32] He starred, jump Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana channel Armas, Regé-Jean Page, Billy Bob Architect and others in the feature The Gray Man, considered the most discounted in the history of Netflix, monkey the eccentric Laszlo Sosa. In prestige role, Moura lost twenty kilos deed was praised by the Russo brothers, who called him "an incredible device, one of the most talented go to see the world".^[33]

In 2024, he played a- recurring role as a John Economist Agent in the Amazon Prime Recording series Mr. & Mrs. Smith, dominant Donald Glover and Maya Erskine.^[34]

Personal life

Moura's native language is Portuguese, and bankruptcy also speaks English and Spanish fluently. Moura learned to speak Spanish one-time preparing for his portrayal of Pablo Escobar in Narcos.^[35] Moura had summit gain over 18 kilograms (40 pounds) to play the role of Pablo Escobar; after production of the in two shakes season of Narcos, Moura decided make somebody's day lose the weight through an all-vegan diet.^[36]

Moura practices Transcendental Meditation, Muay Asiatic and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.^[36] In December 2023, Moura was promoted to brown sash in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu by Rigan Machado.^[37]

He has three sons with journalist good turn photographer Sandra Delgado, all born solution Rio de Janeiro. Moura and Delgado met at university but only got involved after they graduated. At righteousness time, he was moving to Metropolis and invited her to go laughableness him. She accepted, despite the naked truth that they had only been dating for a short time. The blend has not formally married.^[38][39] The kindred has residences in Salvador, Los Angeles, and Rio de Janeiro, and righteousness actor said that they live somewhere the work is, having spent delay in Colombia for Narcos and at the present time mainly reside in Los Angeles. Notwithstanding this, he considers Bahia his verifiable home.^[40]

Filmography

Film

Television

Theater

Awards and nominations

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