Tarcísio Meira

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1935-10-05

Place of Birth

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Tarcísio Meira

Biography

Tarcísio Pereira de Magalhães Sobrinho, better known as Tarcísio Meira (São Paulo, October 5, 1935 — São Paulo, August 12, 2021), was an award-winning Brazilian actor. Considered one of the greatest actors and heartthrobs of his generation, he marked an era with strong characters, in cinema, theater and television. For decades he immortalized television with good guys and villains who marked national television drama.

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Acting History

2025
Tributo: Glória Menezes as Self (archive footage)
2018
Pride and Passion as Lorde Williamson
2016
Wounded Past as Fausto Leitão
2016
Velho Chico as Jacinto de Sá Ribeiro (Coronel Saruê)
2013
Saramandaia as Tibério Vilar
2013
Mario Wallace Simonsen, Entre a Memória e a História as Self
2012
Gabriela as Juíz Felismino
2011
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro as Self (archive footage)
2011
Não Se Preocupe, Nada Vai Dar Certo! as Ramon Velasco
2011
Boca do Lixo: A Bollywood Brasileira
2011
Antonio Meliande - Pau pra toda obra as Himself
2009
Cat's Cradle as Self
2008
A Favorita as Frederico Copola
2007
Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha
2006
Pages of Life as Tide (Aristides Martins de Andrade)
2005
Bang Bang as John McGold
2004
Her Own Destiny as José Carlos Tedesco
2004
Um Só Coração as Coronel Totonho
2002
O Beijo do Vampiro as Duque Bóris Vladescu / Igor Pivomar
2001
Um Anjo Caiu do Céu as João Medeiros
2000
Programa do Jô
2000
A Muralha as Dom Jerônimo Taveira
1998
Hilda Hurricane as Coronel Pocidônio
1998
Torre de Babel as César Toledo
1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self
1996
The King of The Cattle as Giuseppe Berdinazzi
1996
A Vida Como Ela É... as Jacinto
1994
Boca as Boca
1994
Pátria Minha as Raul Pellegrini
1992
De Corpo e Alma as Diogo Santos Varela
1990
Araponga as Araponga (Aristênio Catanduva)
1990
Desejo as Euclides da Cunha
1990
Boca de Ouro as Boca de Ouro
1989
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
1989
Tieta as Self
1988
Tarcísio & Glória as Bruno Lazzarini
1987
I as Marcelo
1987
No Tempo de Glauber
1986
Roda de Fogo as Renato Villar
1985
Grande Sertão: Veredas as Hermógenes
1985
O Tempo e o Vento as Capitão Rodrigo Cambará
1984
Meu Destino É Pecar as Paulo Avelar
1983
O Cangaceiro Trapalhão as Namorado de Aninha (não creditado)
1983
Guerra dos Sexos as Felipe de Alcântara Pereira Barreto
1982
Love Strange Love as Dr. Osmar
1981
Brilhante as Paulo César Carvalho
1981
The Kiss as Aprígio
1981
I Love You as Ulisses
1981
Viva o Gordo as Self
1980
The Age of the Earth as Military Christ
1980
Coração Alado as Juca Pitanga
1979
República dos Assassinos as Mateus
1979
Os Gigantes as Fernando Lucas
1979
O Caçador de Esmeraldas as Capitão-Mor
1977
Espelho Mágico as Diogo Maia / Diogo Moreira (Ciro)
1977
The Bunglers as Ele mesmo (em Brasília)
1977
The Bunglers
1976
Saramandaia as Dom Pedro I
1975
Escalada as Antônio Dias
1974
O Marginal as Osvaldo
1973
O Semideus as Hugo Leonardo Filho / Raul de Paula
1973
Cavalo de Aço as Rodrigo Soares
1972
Independência ou Morte as Dom Pedro I
1972
Missão: Matar! as José da Silva
1971
Caso Especial
1971
Caso Especial as Frei Mariano
1971
Caso Especial as Epitácio, o matador
1971
As Confissões de Frei Abóbora as Mauro / Frei Abóbora
1971
O Homem Que Deve Morrer as Cyro Valdez
1970
Irmãos Coragem as João Coragem
1970
OSS 117 Takes a Vacation as Assassin
1969
Máscara da Traição as Carlos Almeida
1969
Quelé do Pajeú as Clemente Celidônio / Quelé
1969
Rosa Rebelde as Capitão Sandro de Aragão / Fernando de Aragão
1968
A Gata de Vison as Bob Ferguson
1967
Sangue e Areia as Juan Gallardo
1967
O Grande Segredo as Celso
1966
Almas de Pedra as Danilo
1965
A Deusa Vencida as Edmundo Amarante
1965
Pedra Redonda, 39
1964
Uma Sombra em Minha Vida as Eduardo
1964
Mãe as Betinho
1964
Ambição as Miguel
1963
2-5499 Ocupado as Larry
1963
Casinha Pequenina as Nestor