Name
Daniel Filho
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1937-09-30 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Biography
João Carlos Daniel Filho, better known as Daniel Filho (Rio de Janeiro, September 30, 1937), is a Brazilian actor, director, filmmaker, producer, screenwriter, voice actor, presenter and author. Responsible for triggering an aesthetic revolution in Brazilian TV during the 1970s, he became a Midas of popular cinema in Brazil during the 2000s. He created one blockbuster after another, many adapted from the theatre. The "Se Eu Fosse Você" (If I Were You) franchise (2006-09), featuring Tony Ramos and Gloria Pires - famous for their soap opera roles, sold more than 9 million tickets.
Known For
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In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose diffe...
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The story of Francisco, a very simple and poor man whose dream was to see his children bec...
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A man is abandoned by his wife and then falls in love with his neighbor, the perfect, idea...
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"The Baron" wanted to commit the perfect heist involving 3 tons of money and no violence. ...
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A woman is taken along with her mother in 1910 to a far-away desert by her husband, and af...
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Reunited for their mother’s funeral, four sisters – Selma, Regina, Laura and Lúcia ...
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Luísa is a romantic, dreamy and delicate young woman married to Jorge, an engineer, a man...
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Sandro was a boy who loved to sing rap, to kiss, to stare the statue of Christ the Redeeme...
- 2009 Peacetime as Dr. Penna
- 1962 The Unscrupulous Ones as Vavá
- 1969 O Impossível Acontece
- 1972 Roleta Russa as Raul
- 1963 Golden Mouth as Leleco
- 1961 Mulheres & Milhões
- 1981 The Kiss as Amado Pinheiro
- 2013 I Have No Idea What I’m Doing With My Life as Vô
- 1978 Summer Showers as Geraldinho
- 1959 Eu Sou o Tal
- 2018 Rindo à Toa: Humor Sem Limites as Self
- 1988 The Story of Fausta as João
- 1984 Mirror of Flesh as Jairo Almeida
- 2002 Darling Stranger as Alberto
- 2008 The Man Who Bottled Clouds as Self
- Soon La Bréa as Himself - Interviewee
- 1984 Quilombo as Fernão Carrilho
- 1983 Bar Esperanza as Armando
- 2015 Till Luck Do Us: Part 3 as Elias Barelli
- 1980 Elis Regina Carvalho Costa as Self
- 2018 What are you Laughing At? Humour and Dictatorship as Self
- 1969 A Cama ao Alcance de Todos
- 1971 As Quatro Chaves Mágicas as Paulo, o irmão
- 1991 The Body
- 1987 Subway to the Stars
- 1987 Tanga (Deu no New York Times?)
- 2011 Federal Bank Heist as Advogado
- 1996 Tieta of Agreste as Mirko Stefano
- 1957 Tem Boi na Linha
- 2006 If I Were You as Homem no Banheiro
- 2014 Muita Calma Nessa Hora 2 as Pai de Tita
- 1962 Esse Rio que Eu Amo
- 2017 Duas de Mim as Daniel Filho
- 2015 O Amuleto as Herminio
- 1970 The Heirs as Um Americano
- 1956 Fuzileiro do Amor
- 2008 Critic as Self
- 1975 O Casal
- 2019 Golden Mouth as Newspaper Clerk
- 2008 As Mulheres no Cinema Brasileiro as Ele mesmo
- 1977 Vida, Vida as Almeida
- 1987 Vianinha
- 1975 Ana, a Libertina
- 2009 Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado as Self
- 2020 Just Another Christmas as Seu Pedro
- 2024 Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico” as Self
- 2026 A Fúria as Feijó
- 2024 Tributo: Boni as Self
- Soon Resta Um
- 2025 Cheer to Life as Seu Ulisses
- 1973 O Descarte as Bruno (voz)
- 2026 (Des)controle as Levi
- 2025 Milton Gonçalves, Além do Espetáculo as Self
- 2025 Tributo: Dennis Carvalho as Self
- 1990 Rainha da Sucata ( 179 episodes ) as Renato Maia
- 2006 Pages of Life ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1989 O Sexo dos Anjos ( 3 episodes ) as Teófilo Muniz
- 1988 Vale Tudo ( 204 episodes ) as Rubens Accioli (Rubinho)
- 1989 Que Rei Sou Eu? ( 185 episodes ) as Bergeron Bouchet / André Barral
- 1997 A Justiceira ( 12 episodes ) as Salomão Garcia
- 2011 The Illusionist ( 64 episodes ) as Salomão Hayalla
- 1983 Parabéns pra Você ( 13 episodes ) as Mendonça
- 1977 Espelho Mágico ( 150 episodes ) as João Gabriel
- 1971 Minha Doce Namorada ( 242 episodes ) as Carlos
- 1965 A Grande Viagem ( 101 episodes ) as Dr. Renato
- 2025 Chico Anysio: Um Homem à Procura de Um Personagem ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 1986 Cambalacho ( 1 episode ) as agente da Interpol que prende Andréia
- 1983 Champagne ( 3 episodes ) as Mr. Morgan
- 1982 Chico Anysio Show ( 1 episode ) as novo amor de Pureza
- 1982 Chico Anysio Show ( 1 episode ) as Rubens Accioli (Rubinho)
- 2010 The Cariocas ( 10 episodes ) as Narrador
- 1978 Dancin' Days ( 1 episode )
- 2012 The Brazilians ( 22 episodes ) as Narrador
- 1985 Television ( 1 episode )
