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João Miguel (actor)
João Miguel Serrano Leonelli (born 1 January 1970), known professionally as João Miguel, is a Brazilian actor. He is known to international audiences for his role in the Netflix series ''3%''. Biography João Miguel was born in Salvador, Bahia. He is the son of politician Domingos Leonelli and artist Magali Serrano. Career He began his acting career on television at the age of 9, in Nonato Freire's ''Bombom Show''. At the age of 13 or 14, he debuted as the main character in the play ''A Viagem de um Barquinho'', directed by Petinha Barreto. He also performed in the circus and, along with street children, put on shows in schools, public hospitals, and in the favelas of Salvador as well as the interior of Bahia. At 17, he went to Rio de Janeiro and trained as an actor in the Casa de Arte das Laranjeiras, where he met Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, actor and director at Group Piolim. He then went to João Pessoa, Paraíba, João Pessoa, where he perfected his circus art with Luiz Carl ...
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Salvador, Bahia
Salvador () is a Municipalities of Brazil, Brazilian municipality and capital city of the Federative units of Brazil, state of Bahia. Situated in the Zona da Mata in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of Brazil, Salvador is recognized throughout the country and internationally for its #Cuisine, cuisine, #Music, music, and #Pelourinho, architecture. The African influence in many cultural aspects of the city makes it a center of Afro-Brazilian culture. As the Capitals of Brazil, first capital of Colonial Brazil, the city is List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, one of the oldest in the Americas. Its foundation in 1549 by Tomé de Sousa took place on account of the implementation of the List of governors-general of Brazil, General Government of Brazil by the Portuguese Empire. Centralization as a capital, along with Portuguese colonization, were important factors in shaping the profile of the municipality, as were certain geographic characteristics. The construct ...
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Estômago
''Estômago'' ( Portuguese for ''stomach''), or ''Estômago, a Gastronomic Story'', is a 2007 Brazilian–Italian crime black comedy film directed by Marcos Jorge. The film won several awards. It was shot in several locations of Curitiba, Paraná. In 2015, the Brazilian Film Critics Association aka Abraccine voted ''Estômago'' the 74th greatest Brazilian film of all time, in its list of the 100 best Brazilian films. A sequel titled ''Estômago 2: O Poderoso Chef'' was released in 2024. João Miguel and Paulo Miklos reprise their roles. Plot The film shows in parallel two periods in the life of Raimundo Nonato ( João Miguel): one follows his successful career as a cook, the other as a prisoner in a cell with about ten other convicts. It gradually becomes clear that these events happen after the former. His period as a cook starts when he arrives by bus in a big city, without a place to sleep nor money for food. After eating chicken snacks in a cafeteria, he has to wash t ...
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Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ...
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1970 Births
Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and 14,621 are killed and 30,000 injured. * January 15 – After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafran forces under Philip Effiong formally surrender to General Yakubu Gowon, ending the Nigerian Civil War. February * February 1 – The Benavídez rail disaster near Buenos Aires, Argentina (a rear-end collision) kills 236. * February 10 – An avalanche at Val-d'Isère, France, kills 41 tourists. * February 11 – ''Ohsumi (satellite), Ohsumi'', Japan's first satellite, is launched on a Lambda-4 rocket. * February 22 – Guyana becomes a Republic within the Commonwealth of Nations. * February – Multi-business Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Virgin Group is founded as a ...
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Assédio
''Assédio'' (English: ''Harassment'') is a Brazilian drama web television series produced by Rede Globo in association with O2 Filmes that premiered on the streaming service Globoplay on September 21, 2018. Based on the book ''“A Clínica – A Farsa e os Crimes de Roger Abdelmassih”'' by Vicente Vilardaga about the former Brazilian physician Roger Abdelmassih Roger Abdelmassih (born 3 October 1943) is a Brazilian former physician, an expert on human reproduction, and one of the pioneers of in-vitro fertilization in Brazil. In early 2009 he was accused of sexually abusing sedated patients. Abdelmassi .... The series is written by Maria Camargo and directed by Amora Mautner. Premise Dr. Roger Sadala is a famous and popular physician, specializing in artificial insemination. A professional above any suspicion, responsible for the birth of thousands of babies. Dozens of women enter his clinic with the dream of becoming mothers, but during the procedure they are drugged an ...
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Felizes Para Sempre?
''Felizes para Sempre?'' (English: ''Happily Ever After?'') is a Brazilian television miniseries directed by Fernando Meirelles and written by Euclydes Marinho. It aired from 26 January to 6 February 2015 on Rede Globo. It is a remake of ''Quem Ama não Mata'' by Euclydes Marinho, and is written by himself, Angela Carneiro, Denise Bandeira and Márcia Prates, with collaborations by Bia Fonseca Corrêa do Lago. Luciano Moura, Rodrigo Meirelles, Paulo Morelli and Fernando Meirelles directed it. Plot The series is set in Brasília and follows five couples from the same family. Dionisio (Perfeito Fortuna) and Norma Drummond (Selma Egrei) met in 1968 amidst an anti-Brazilian military dictatorship demonstration. He was a military police officer and she was a sociology student. Despite both being in opposite political sides, they fell in love and had three children: Claudio (Enrique Diaz), Hugo ( João Miguel) and Joel (João Baldasserini). Dionisio is suffering from erectile dysfunct ...
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O Canto Da Sereia
''O Canto da Sereia'' (English: ''Siren's Song'') is a Brazilian miniseries produced and broadcast by Rede Globo in 2013. Starring Ísis Valverde, Marcos Palmeira, João Miguel, Fabíula Nascimento, Marcos Caruso, Marcelo Médici, Fábio Lago Fábio de Souza Lago (born 13 March 1970) is a Brazilian actor, best known for his works in '' Elite Squad'', '' Caras & Bocas'', and '' Invisible City''. Filmography ;Films *2001: ''3 Histórias da Bahia'' as Roupinol "Roupi" *2002: ''Nada S� ..., Gabriel Braga Nunes and Camila Morgado. Cast International Broadcasts References External links * * Brazilian television miniseries 2013 Brazilian television series debuts 2013 Brazilian television series endings Portuguese-language television shows TV Globo original programming Television shows set in Brazil Salvador, Bahia in fiction Television shows filmed in Bahia Telenovelas by Glória Perez {{brazil-tv-prog-stub ...
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Força-Tarefa
''Força-Tarefa'' (in English, "Task-Force") is a Brazilian television series directed by José Alvarenga Jr. and Mário Márcio Bandarra and written by Fernando Bonassi and Marçal Aquino. The series aired two season since April 16, 2009 on Rede Globo. Plot The plot centers around Lieutenant Wilson, from the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State (''Polícia Militar do Estado do Rio de Janeiro''), who works in the internal affairs department of the aforementioned police division. He and his teammates investigate crimes committed by the fellow members of the Military Police. Wilson answers to Colonel Caetano, an experienced and respected member of the Force, and dates Jaqueline, a nurse who regrets having a boyfriend that has no fixed time to be home. Wilson is also constantly confronted by the ghost of Jonas, a suicidal police officer who shot himself in the head in front of Wilson after being caught involved with crimes. Jonas acts like an alter-ego to Wilson, using sarc ...
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Casos E Acasos
Casos e Acasos is a series of Brazilian TV Globo Network, written by Daniel Adjafre and Marcius Melhem, the general direction of Carlos Milan core of Marcos Schechtman (until the 15th episode) and Jayme Monjardim (from the 16th episode). First aired as a special year-end on December 26, 2007, the program went live April 3, 2008 and no longer appears in the following year. Cast Episode pilot * Humberto Martins - Lauro * Antônio Calloni - Ernesto * Taís Araújo - Gabriela * Ricardo Tozzi - Freitas * Érika Evantini - Michele * Thiago Fragoso - Felipe * Danton Mello - Adriano * Marcelo Valle - homem que se separa da mulher * Fábio Araújo - Robson * Bethito Tavares - Júnior * Alexandre Nero - Marcos * Paula Pereira - mulher que se separa do marido * Clarice Derzié Luz - vendedora de alianças ;Participação especial * Francisco Cuoco - Feldman 1º episódio ("O Encontro, o Assédio e o Convite") * Marcos Palmeira - Renato * Graziella Moretto - Suzana * Hugo ...
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A Grande Família
''A Grande Família'' () is a Brazilian television sitcom created by Oduvaldo Vianna Filho and Armando Costa that originally aired on Rede Globo from 29 March 2001 to 11 September 2014. The show tells the story of a typical middle-class family living in a suburban neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. It is a remake of the series of the same name that aired in Brazil in the 1970s. The family consists of a working father, Lineu, a housewife and mother, Nenê, their son Tuco, their daughter Bebel, and Bebel's fiancée, Agostinho, a taxi driver portrayed as the typical carioca '' malandro''. The family's grandfather, Floriano, was written out of the story after the death of actor Rogério Cardoso. In addition to being the longest-running Brazilian sitcom, ''A Grande Família'' is considered one of the most popular comedy shows in Brazil. A film based on the series was released in theaters on 10 January 2007. Plot Lineu ( Marco Nanini), the head of the family and quintessential patriarc ...
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À Beira Do Caminho
À, à ( a-grave) is a letter of the Catalan, Emilian-Romagnol, French, Italian, Maltese, Occitan, Portuguese, Sardinian, Scottish Gaelic, Vietnamese, and Welsh languages consisting of the letter A of the ISO basic Latin alphabet and a grave accent. À is also used in Pinyin transliteration. In most languages, it represents the vowel ''a''. This letter is also a letter in Taos to indicate a mid tone. In accounting or invoices, ''à'' abbreviates "at a rate of": "5 apples à $1" (one dollar each). That usage is based upon the French preposition ''à'' and has evolved into the at sign (@). Sometimes, it is part of a surname: Thomas à Kempis, Mary Anne à Beckett. Usage in various languages Emilian-Romagnol À is used in Emilian to represent short stressed e.g. Bolognese dialect ''sacàtt'' aˈkatː"sack". French The grave accent is used in the French language to differentiate homophones, e.g. and . Portuguese À is used in Portuguese to represent a contra ...
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Once Upon A Time Was I, Verônica
''Once Upon a Time Was I, Verônica'' () is a 2012 Brazilian drama film directed and written by Marcelo Gomes. At the 45th Festival de Brasília The Festival de Brasília (Brasília Film Festival), officially the Festival de Brasília do Cinema Brasileiro, is a film festival held in Brasília, Brazil. Known as Semana do Cinema Brasileiro (''Brazilian Film Week'') during the first two editi ... it shared the Best Film Award with '' They'll Come Back'', and won Best Supporting Actor (W. J Solha), Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Score. Plot Veronica, a newly graduated medical student, goes through a moment of reflection and doubt. She questions not only her professional choices, but also her intimate relationships and even her ability to cope with life. Cast *Hermila Guedes as Verônica * João Miguel as Gustavo *W. J Solha as Zé Maria *Renata Roberta as Maria *Inaê Veríssimo as Ciça * Maeve Jinkings Production Director Marcelo Gomes revealed the sex scene be ...
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