Ary Beira Fontoura (born 27 January 1933) is a Brazilian actor, writer, director, poet, blogger and TV-presenter. He was born in

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, Paraná.

Personal life

In 2020, he came out as gay, after

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outed him.

Filmography

Television

Cinema

Stage

* 1964 - ''Mister Sexo'' - de João Bittencourt, wit h direction of João Bittencourt * 1964 - ''Caiu, Primeiro de Abriu'' - of Raul da Matta, with direction of Sadi Cabral * 1964 - ''Como Vencer na Vida Sem Fazer Força'' - of Frank Loesser and Abe Burrows, with direction of Harry Woolever and Sergio de Oliveira * 1966 - ''Música, Divina Comédia'' - inspired in A Noviça Rebelde, of Robert Wise, with direction of Harry Woolever and Sergio de Oliveira * 1966 - ''Onde Canta o Sabiá?'' - of Gastão Tojeiro, with direction of Paulo Afonso Grisolli * 1967 - ''Rastros Atrás'' - of Jorge Andrade, with direction of Gianni Ratto * 1967 - ''A Úlcera de Ouro'' - of Hélio Bloch, with direction of Leo Jusi * 1968 - ''Secretíssimo'' - of Marc Camoletti, with direction of Fábio Sabag * 1968 - ''Dr. Getúlio, Sua Vida, Sua Glória'' - of Ferreira Gullar and Dias Gomes, with direction of José Renato * 1968 - ''Jornada de Um Imbecil Até o Entendimento'' - of Plínio Marcos, com direção de João das Neves * 1968 - '' O Inspector Geral'' - of Nicolai Gogol, with direction of Benedito Corsi * 1969 - ''Crime Perfeito'' - of Frederick Knott, with direction of Antonio de Cabo * 1969 - '' Catarina da Rússia'' - of Alfonso Paso, with direction of Antonio de Cabo * 1969 - ''Meu Bem, Como Posso Escutar Você com a Torneira Aberta?'' - of Robert Anderson, with direction of Antonio de Cabo * 1970 - ''Tem Banana na Banda'' - of Oduvaldo Vianna, Millor Fernandes, José Wilker and others, with direction of Kleber Santos * 1971 - ''Alice no País Divino, Maravilhoso!'' - of Paulo Afonso Grisolli, Tite de Lemos and Sidney Miller, with direction of Paulo Afonso Grisolli * 1972 - ''Os Caras de Pau'' - of Ary Fontoura, with direction of Ary Fontoura * 1972 - ''O Peru'' - of Georges Feydeau, with direction of José Renato * 1973 - ''Querido, Agora Não'' - of Ray Cooney, with direction of Sergio Viotti * 1974 - ''O Camarada Miossov'' - of Valentim Kataiev, with direction of Fabio Sabag * 1974 - ''O Estranho'' - of Edgar da Rocha Miranda, with direction of João Bittencourt * 1974 - ''A Mulher de Todos Nós'' - of Henri Becker, translation of Millor Fernandes, with direction of Fernando Torres * 1974 - ''O Ministro e a Vedete'' - with direction of Geraldo Queiroz * 1975 - ''Mamãe, Papai tá Ficando Roxo'' - of Oduvaldo Vianna, with direction of Walter Avancini * 1976 - ''Alta Rotatividade'' - with Leila Cravo, Rogéria and Agildo Ribeiro * 1976 - ''Divórcio, Cupim da Sociedade'' - of Max Nunes and Hilton Marques, with direction of Gracindo Junior * 1976 - ''Arlequim, Servidor de Dois Amos'' - of Goldoni, with direction of José Renato * 1978 - '' Ópera do Malandro'' - of Chico Buarque, with direction of Luís Antônio Martinez Corrêa * 1979 - ''Rasga Coração'' - of Oduvaldo Vianna Filho, with direction of José Renato * 1980 - ''Mãos ao Alto, Rio!'' - of Paulo Goulart, with direction of Aderbal Freire Junior * 1983 - '' Rei Lear'' - of

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, translation of Millor Fernandes, with direction of Celso Nunes * 1984 - ''Assim É, Se lhe Parece'' - of Luigi Pirandello, with direction of Paulo Betti * 1986 - ''Sábado, Domingo, Segunda'' - of Edoardo de Fellipo, with direction of José Wilker * 1988 - ''Drácula'' – of Bram Stoker - with direction of Ary Fontoura * 1989 - ''Moça, Nunca Mais'' - of Ary Fontoura and Júlio Bressane, with direction of Ary Fontoura * 1990 - ''Corações Desesperados'' - of Flávio de Souza, with direction of Jorge Fernando * 1995 - ''Corra, Que Papai Vem Aí'' - of Sam Bobrick and Ron Clark, with direction of Ary Fontoura * 2001 - ''A Diabólica Moll Flanders'' - of

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, with adaptation and direction of Charles Möeller and Cláudio Botelho * 2005 - ''Marido de Mulher Feia Tem Raiva de Feriado'' - of Paulo Afonso de Lima and Ary Fontoura, with direction of Ary Fontoura * 2014 - ''O Comediante'' - of Joseph Meyer, with direction of José Wilker and Anderson Cunha * 2017 - ''Num Lago Dourado'' - of Mark Rydell, with direction of Elias Andreato

Show

* ''Machado’s Holiday'' - Boite Fred's, Rio, direction of Carlos Machado * ''It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad Hollywood'' - Boite Fred’s, Rio, direction of Carlos Machado * ''As Pussy, Pussy, Cats'' - written with Sérgio Porto, Boite Fred’s, Rio, direction of Carlos Machado * ''Festival do Stanislau'' - written by Sérgio Porto, Boite Fred’s, Rio, direction of Carlos Machado * ''Graça do Bonfim'' - Golden Room of Copacabana Palace, direction of Carlos Machado * ''Deu Bode na TV'' - Boite Macumba, Rio, direction of Carlos Machado * ''Motel Business'' - written and directed by Carlos Machado, Boite Macumba, Rio * ''Os Caras de Pau'' - written by Ary Fontoura, directed by Fernando Pinto, tour throughout Brazil * ''A Coisa está Preta'' - written by Ary Fontourato present in

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