Chico Diaz

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1959-02-16

Place of Birth

Mexico City, Mexico
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Chico Diaz

Biography

Francisco Díaz Rocha, known as Chico Díaz (Mexico City, February 16, 1959), is a Peruvian-Brazilian actor born in Mexico. Graduated in architecture and urban planning, he worked in theater from the age of fourteen. His first work in his artistic life was in 1982 on the big screen in O Sonho não Acabou. With all the main awards in Brazilian cinema, namely Gramado Brasília, Recife and Rio de Janeiro, he is one of the most versatile and present actors on Brazilian screens with more than 80 films made in Brazil and abroad.

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Acting History

2026
Special Agents as Comandante Queiroz
2025
Rulers of Fortune as Galego
2025
Girassol Vermelho as Romeu
2024
Hélio Melo as Hélio Melo (Voice)
2024
Vermelho Monet as Johannes Van Almeida
2024
Rebirth as Padre Santo
2023
O Humanismo de Frei Betto
2023
Alien Nights as Alê
2022
Abandonados as Cônsul Yodogawa
2022
1936 - O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis as Ricardo Reis
2022
All the Flowers as Rivaldo
2022
Diário Dentro da Noite
2021
The American Guest as Cândido Rondon
2021
Jaguar Man as Pedro
2020
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die as Banquet Attendee
2020
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival as Self (archive footage)
2020
Em Busca de Carlos Zéfiro as Reading
2020
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis as Ricardo Reis
2019
Santiago das Américas ou o Olho do Terceiro Mundo as narração
2019
Cine Holliúdy: A Série as Coronel Pandolfo
2019
Cine Holliúdy 2: A Chibata Sideral as Vei Góis
2018
Happy Hour: Verdades e Consequências as Arlindo
2017
Travessia as Roberto
2017
Going to Brazil as Augusto
2016
Guerra do Paraguay
2016
Em Nome da Lei as Gomez
2016
Velho Chico as Belmiro dos Anjos
2015
Oração do Amor Selvagem
2015
El Hipnotizador as Darek
2015
Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Dona Flor e Seus 2 Maridos - O Filme as Mirandão
2014
Words with Gods as The Man (ep. "The Man Who Stole a Duck")
2014
The Ardor as João
2013
Blue Desert
2013
Os Pobres Diabos
2013
Dossiê 50: Comício a Favor dos Náufragos as Narrator
2012
Jonathas' Forest as Zé dos Patos
2012
Gabriela as Coronel Melk Tavares
2010
The Midday Sun
2010
The Inventor of Dreams as Hélio Pellegrino
2009
Dó-Ré-Mi-Fábrica as Zanata
2009
Ouro Negro as Vicente Camargo
2009
The Story of Me as Camelô
2008
Praça Saens Peña as Paulo
2008
A Favorita as Átila Mendonça
2007
O Magnata as Dr. Ribeiro
2007
O Afeto Que Se Encerra Em Nosso Peito Juvenil
2007
Paraíso Tropical as Jáder
2006
Angels of the Sun as Tadeu
2006
The Invisible Friend as Guilhermino
2005
Quem Você Mais Deseja
2003
Benjamim as Alyandro
2003
Celebridade as Jairo Cardoso
2003
Garrincha: Lonely Star as Sobral
2003
Carga Pesada as Gringo
2003
As Alegres Comadres as Dr. Caius
2003
The Egg
2002
Pastores da Noite as Dudu
2002
Lua Cambará - Nas Escadarias do Palácio
2002
The Forest as Firmino
2002
Mango Yellow as Wellington Cannibal
2001
Favorite Son
2001
A Grande Família as Pedrada
2000
Brava Gente as Lilico
2000
Brava Gente as José da Silva
2000
Brava Gente as Zé
2000
Brava Gente as Dudu
1999
Luna Caliente as Gomulka
1999
O Tronco as Catulino
1999
The Power of Desire as Clemente
1999
O Belo e as Feras
1998
Hilda Hurricane as Orlando Bonfim
1998
The Patriot as Felizardo
1997
Doces Poderes as Jornalista de Rondônia
1997
Cachaça
1997
Belly Up as Múcio
1997
Perfumed Ball as Zé de Zito
1997
Napomuceno's Will as Carlos
1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self
1996
Salsa e Merengue as Ramiro Morales
1996
Corisco & Dadá as Corisco
1996
O Campeão as Humberto
1994
Rio's Love Song as (segment "Samba do Grande Amor")
1994
Memorial de Maria Moura as Duarte
1994
The Third Bank of the River
1993
De Sentinela as Sentinela
1993
Nightly Diary
1991
O Dono do Mundo as Durval
1990
Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier as Marido de Fulvia
1990
Barrela: Escola de Crimes as Bahia
1989
Kananga do Japão as Olegário
1989
1º de Abril, Brasil
1988
Luzia Homem as Torquato
1987
The Colour of His Destiny
1987
Fonte da Saudade
1987
Corpo Santo as Orlando
1986
Talking Cinema as Man with green eyes (Diadorim)
1986
Where the River Runs Black as Raimundo
1986
The Man in the Black Cape as Manezinho
1985
Avaete, Seed of Revenge as Louco do Juqueri
1985
Chico Rei
1984
Quilombo as Anunciação
1984
Águia na Cabeça as Gabriel
1983
Innocence as Juca
1983
Parahyba Mulher Macho as Severino
1983
Gabriela as Chico Moleza
1982
The Dream's Not Over as Danilo 'Biela'
1982
The Adventures of a Paraíba
1982
Don't Play with Tigers
1977
The Bunglers