Leonardo Villar (born as Leonardo Motta in Piracicaba, São Paulo, on July 25, 1924) is a Brazilian actor. He became internationally known for his performance as Zé do Burro in Anselmo Duarte's O Pagador de Promessas, the only Brazilian film so far awarded with a Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
He started his career at the theater, but later also started acting in film and television. Villar debuted at the theater on the 1950 play Os Pássaros. His first film role only came in 1962 as Zé
Gender: Male
Born On: 25-Jul-1924
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Leonardo Villar's Filmography on TV
List of programs starring Leonardo Villar on tv. Programs are sorted in order of last seen on tv. Last updated: Oct 31, 2024 12:13 AM
A Friendly Fire (1998)
Brazil in the early 70s. Miguel, Eloi, Osvaldo and Paolo take part in armed attacks against the military dictatorship. They pay a heavy price with torture and arrest. Today the four friends still see each other. Only Miguel is politically active. On a photograph from a political meeting in Sao Paolo he recognises the policeman who tortured them 25 years ago and who was responsible for the death of Miguel's girlfriend. The policeman has been officially dead for a few years. On one of their fishin