
Lima Duarte
Biography
Lima Duarte, artistic name of Ariclenes Venâncio Martins (Sacramento, March 29, 1930), is a Brazilian actor, soap opera director, broadcaster, voice actor and presenter. In addition to being a television pioneer, being present at the time of its inauguration, he is considered one of the most important actors in Brazil, becoming famous through several memorable roles throughout the history of Brazilian telenovela.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
Ary as Narrator (voice)
2025Fernando Collor: The Maharajah Hunter as Self (archive footage)
2025The Life of Mirrors
2025Show 60 Anos as Self
2024The Rogue's Trial as Bispo (uncredited)
2024A Fúria
2024Tributo: Lima Duarte as Self
2022Brasileiríssima - A história da telenovela
2022A Trick of Fate as Afonso Camargo
202170 Anos Esta Noite
2021Golpe de Ouro as Self
2020Sandy & Junior: A História as Self
2019O Juízo as Costa Breves
2019Way Back Home as Plínio
2019Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos as Self
2019Aruanas as Mauro
2017Treze Dias Longe do Sol as Dr. Augusto Rupp
2017The Other Side of Paradise as Josafá Tavares
2017Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte as Narração
2016Deserto as Dom Aleixo
2015O Crime da Cabra as Coronel Térso
2015I Love Paraisópolis as Giussepe Sarti (Dom Peppino)
2015Show 50 Anos as Sinhozinho Malta
2015Meus Dois Amores as Nhô Peixoto
2014Didi e o Segredo dos Anjos as Sábio
2013Vazio Coração as Jorge Gusmão
2013Mário Lago as Self
2013If I Were a Thief... I'd Steal
2013Buddies as Arlindo
2012E a Vida Continua... as Instrutor Ribas
2012Father’s Chair as Sal Gadelha
2011Love is All as Ariclenes
2011Federal Bank Heist as Chico Amorim
2010Destiny River as Max Martinez
2009Chico e Amigos
2009Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado as Self
2009Topografia De Um Desnudo
2009Alta Definição as Self
2009India: A Love Story as Shankar Sundrani
2007Desejo Proibido as Viriato
2007Person as Self
2007Amazônia: De Galvez a Chico Mendes as Bento dos Anjos
2006After That Party as Freitas
2006Magic Mirror
2006Boleiros 2 - Vencedores e Vencidos as Edil
2006A Ilha do Terrível Rapaterra as Rapaterra
2005Belíssima as Murat Güney
2005Two Sons of Francisco as Benedito
2004Her Own Destiny as Senador Victório Vianna
2004O Pequeno Alquimista as Filolal
2004Shades of Sin as Afonso Lambertini
2003The Price of Peace as Gumercindo Saraiva
2003As Tranças de Maria
2002Sabor da Paixão as Miguel Maria Coelho
2002The Fifth of Hell as Marcos de Noronha e Brito, Conde dos Arcos
2001Porto dos Milagres as Victório Vianna
2000Brava Gente as Washington
2000Brava Gente as Dagoberto
2000Brava Gente as Ramón
2000Word and Utopia as Padre António Vieira (old)
2000A Dog's Will as Bispo
2000Me, You, Them as Osias
2000TV Ano 50/Globo Ano 35
2000Uga-Uga as Nikolaos Karabastos (Nikos)
2000Making of O Auto da Compadecida
1999Walking on Clouds as Self
1999O Auto da Compadecida as Bispo
1998Novembrada
1998Pecado Capital as Tonho
1998Boleiros: Era uma Vez o Futebol... as Técnico
1998River of Gold as António
1998Corpo Dourado as José Paulo Moreira de Barros (Zé Paulo)
1997The Oyster and the Wind as José
1997Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self
1997O Arremate as Credor, fazendeiro
1996O Fim do Mundo as Coronel Hildásio Junqueira
1996Sai de Baixo
1995A Próxima Vítima as José Mestieri (Zé Bolacha)
1993Fera Ferida as Major Emiliano Cerqueira Bentes (Major Bentes)
1993Black August as Turco Velho (Ibrahim Assad)
1992Giras e Pirosas
1992Você Decide as Himself
1992Pedra Sobre Pedra as Murilo Pontes
1990My Love, My Torment as Dom Lázaro Venturini
1990Rainha da Sucata as Onofre Pereira
1990Corpo em Delito as Dr. Athos Moreira Brasil
1989O Salvador da Pátria as Sassá Mutema (Salvador da Silva)
1988Lua Cheia
1988Tarcísio & Glória as Deputado Pedro Pinto Canabrava
1987Impressões do Brasil as Apresentador
1985Tenda dos Milagres as Contador de Milagres
1985Roque Santeiro as Francisco Malta ("Sinhozinho Malta")
1985O Tempo e o Vento as General Rafael Pinto Bandeira
1983Sargento Getúlio as Getúlio
1983O Menino Arco-Íris
1982Paraíso as Zé das Mortes
1981Som Brasil as Self - Host
1980O Bem-Amado as Zeca Diabo
1980The Seven Kittens as Noronha
1980Erotic Stories
1980The Killers as Major
1979Marron Glacé as Oscar
1979Pai Herói as Malta Cajarana
1977O Jogo da Vida as Malagueta
1977Espelho Mágico as Carijó / Bartolomeu Esperança
1977The Bunglers as Ele mesmo (em Belo Horizonte)
1977The Bunglers
1977The Bunglers as Ele mesmo
1977O Crime do Zé Bigorna as Zé Bigorna
1976The Fall as Salatiel
1976Planeta dos Homens
1975Pecado Capital as Salviano Lisboa
1975Conjugal Warfare as Dr. Osíris
1975Corpo Fechado
1974O Rebu as Boneco
1973Os Ossos do Barão as Egisto Ghirotto
1973O Bem-Amado as José Tranquilino da Anunciação (Zeca Diabo)
1971A Fábrica as Pepê
1970As Bruxas as Michel Martin
1968Albert, the Rockefeller as Duarte / Manoel Maria / Conde Wladimir
1968Antônio Maria as padre que casa Antônio Maria e Heloísa
1968Trilogy of Terror as Procession of the Dead
1968O Décimo Mandamento as Salvador
1966Os Irmãos Corsos as Lorenzo
1966Calúnia as Moreira
1964Gutierritos, o Drama dos Humildes as Gutierritos
1964A Gata as Barrabal
1962O Rei Pelé
1958Chão Bruto
1957Paixão de Gaúcho
1956O Sobrado as Gervásio
1952O Amanhã Será Melhor
1951Sua Vida Me Pertence as Nestor
1949Almost in Heaven






