Acting
Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos
PT, ES cinema · 33 credits
Born
25 June 1954 (age 72)
Birthplace
Umbuzeiro, Paraíba, Brazil
Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos is a Brazilian actor and director whose career spans film, television, theater, and circus. He gained international recognition for his performance as physician Drauzio Varella in Hector Babenco’s acclaimed Carandiru (2003), for which he received an acting award at the Cartagena International Film Festival. He made his feature-film debut as the legendary Brazilian outlaw Lampião in Perfumed Ball (O Baile Perfumado, 1996), and subsequently worked with acclaimed directors including Walter Salles and Andrucha Waddington. A prominent figure in Brazilian theater and circus, Vasconcelos is also known for creating the iconic clown character Xuxu, whom he has performed since 1978. His television credits include A Pedra do Reino and Queridos Amigos. He studied performing arts in Denmark and at Brazil’s National Circus School.
Known for
Filmography
Time, Knifed
as Juvenal
The Bottled Captain
as Capitão
Marighella
as Branco
Menino Azul
as Anselmo
Under the Heavens
as Vilmar
A Family Submerged
as Titán
Irmã Dulce
as Dom Eugênio Sales
Fragma
as Homem 1 Mais Velho
Time and the Wind
as Maneco
The Inventor of Dreams
as Timóteo
Acalanto
as Chico
The Midday Sun
as Artur
O Natal do Menino Imperador
as Zampano
Mutum
as Aristeu
Dry Movie
as Jurandir
Carandiru
as Doutor (Physician)
How to Die in Cinema
as Papagaio
Behind the Sun
as Salustiano
Me, You, Them
as Ciro
Midnight
as João
Perfumed Ball
as Lampião
