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person_profile-Luís Miguel Cintra

Luís Miguel Cintra Age: 76

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Apr 29, 1949

Country of birth:

Spain

Biography of

Luís Miguel Cintra

    An iconic actor and stage director in Portugal, Luís Miguel Cintra was born in Madrid, in 1949. His connection to theater began in 1968, at the Faculty of Letters Theater Group, when he was studying Romance Philology at the University of Lisbon. From 1970 to 1972, he attended the Acting Technical Course, in the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, thanks to a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. When he returned to Portugal, he founded, along with Jorge Silva Melo, the Teatro da Cornucópia Company, in 1973, where he directed plays by some of the great names in theater, including Aeschylus, Sophocles, Shakespeare, Brecht, Beckett, Strindberg, and many others, almost always participating as an actor in the plays he directed. At the same time, until the 80s, he was a theater critic for O Tempo e o Modo magazine and he managed the Seara Nova Theater Collection, from Estampa publishing house, and the Theater Collection, from Ulmeiro publishing house. As a reader, Luís Miguel Cintra recorded complete readings of Viagens na Minha Terra, by Almeida Garrett and Amor de Perdição, by Camilo Castelo Branco, as well as poems by Pessoa, Sophia de Mello Breyner, Camões, Antero de Quental and Ruy Belo. In 1987, Cintra made his debut as an opera stage director, with L'Enfant et les Sortilèges, by Ravel and Dido and Aeneas, by Purcell, at the Teatro Nacional de S. Carlos. In the following years, he directed operas by Mozart, Haydn, Cherubini, among others. He worked with the Teatro Nacional de S. Carlos Choir and the Gulbenkian Choir, as a reader, in recitals by authors such as Schubert, Liszt, Sati and Poulenc. In 1984, he entered the Venice Biennial Theater Festival with his group and in 1988 he directed the show La Mort du Prince et Autres Fragments, by Fernando Pessoa, for the Avignon Festival. Later, he kept on presenting plays in Italy, France, Spain and. Belgium In addition to the theater, Luís Miguel Cintra began his career in cinema early, making his debut in a short film by João César Monteiro. From that point until now, he worked in over 70 films, with directors like the aforementioned João César Monteiro, Paulo Rocha, Manoel de Oliveira, Joaquim Pinto, João Botelho, Teresa Villaverde, Pedro Costa and the American John Malkovich. His many awards include two Bordalo da Casa da Imprensa Awards for Best Acting in Film (1995) and Best Acting in Theater (1997), two Globos de Ouro for Theater Personality of the Year (1999) and Best Theater Actor (2003), the Coimbra University Award and the Pessoa Prize, both in 2005. The LEFFEST will pay tribute to Luís Miguel Cintra’s work as an actor, through a selection of films he starred in; and as a stage director, showing recordings of some of the plays, followed by discussions with the audience and several actors he worked with.

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Luís Miguel Cintra

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Filmography of

Luís Miguel Cintra

Found 68 Movies in total

We Are on Air

Voz ( Actor )

... 2024

... 2023

... 2022

Pathos

Actor

... 2021

... 2021

... 2021

War

Cabo Mira ( Actor )

... 2020

Rage

Camacho ( Actor )

... 2018

... 2016

... 2014

... 2013

Biette

Self ( Actor )

... 2013

Second Hand

Henrique Castro Lima ( Actor )

... 2013

Gebo and the Shadow

Chamico ( Actor )

... 2012

... 2011

The Strange Case of Angelica

Engenheiro ( Actor )

... 2010

The Sword and the Rose

Rosa 2 ( Actor )

... 2010

From Now On

António ( Actor )

... 2008

Christopher Columbus, The Enigma

Diretor Museu Porto Santo ( Actor )

... 2007

Magic Mirror

Filipe Quinta ( Actor )

... 2006

The Fifth Empire

Simão, Sapateiro Santo ( Actor )

... 2004

... 2003

A Talking Picture

Himself ( Actor )

... 2003

The Dancer Upstairs

Calderón ( Actor )

... 2002

The Uncertainty Principle

Daniel Roper ( Actor )

... 2002

Rending

professor ( Actor )

... 2001

Word and Utopia

Padre António Vieira (middle age) ( Actor )

... 2000

The Heart's Root

Catão ( Actor )

... 2000

Snow White

O Caçador ( Actor )

... 2000

Peixe-Lua

Dr. João José ( Actor )

... 2000

April Captains

Brigadeiro Pais ( Actor )

... 2000

As Bodas de Deus

God's Messenger ( Actor )

... 1999

The Letter

M. da Silva ( Actor )

... 1999

Inquietude

Son ( Actor )

... 1998

... 1997

The Convent

Baltar ( Actor )

... 1995

Casa de Lava

Actor convidado ( Actor )

... 1995

Blind Man's Bluff

Blind Man ( Actor )

... 1994

Two Brothers, My Sister

Friend at the Apartment ( Actor )

... 1994

Here on Earth

Miguel ( Actor )

... 1993

Abraham's Valley

Carlo Paiva ( Actor )

... 1993

Zéfiro

Narrator ( Actor )

... 1993

Villa Mauresque

Tiago ( Actor )

... 1993

Poor George

Highschool Teacher Luis ( Actor )

... 1993

Day of Despair

Freitas Fortuna ( Actor )

... 1992

The Last Dive

Hyperion Extracts Reader (voice) ( Actor )

... 1992

The Divine Comedy

Prophet ( Actor )

... 1991

No, or the Vain Glory of Command

Ens. Cabrita, Viriato, Don João de Portugal ( Actor )

... 1990

Blood

The Uncle ( Actor )

... 1989

... 1989

Where the Sun Beats

Artur (voice) ( Actor )

... 1989

The Cannibals

Viscount d'Aveleda ( Actor )

... 1988

Tall Stories

Dr. Fernando ( Actor )

... 1988

The Jester

Count of Trava ( Actor )

... 1987

... 1987

My Case

L'Intrus ( Actor )

... 1986

The Satin Slipper

Don Rodrigue ( Actor )

... 1986

Ninguém Duas Vezes

Carlos ( Actor )

... 1985

... 1984

Gestures and Fragments

Armando (voice) ( Actor )

... 1983

Island of Loves

Wenceslau de Moraes ( Actor )

... 1982

Silvestre

Pilgrim / Knight / D. Raimundo ( Actor )

... 1982

E Não se Pode Exterminá-lo?

Valentin 1 ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 1979

Fragments of an Alms-Film

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 1972