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'', the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, and most recently for his role at

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, '' White Lines'' as Duarte "Boxer" Silva.

Career

Nuno Lopes was born in

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. He graduated from the Lisbon Theatre and Film School, attended the Master Class at the École des Maîtres, and invested in studying abroad, being taught by Robert Castle,

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, Tom Brangle e Wass M. Stevens. Complementing his acting career, he has acquired additional skills during his formation: artistic

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and

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. His wide experience in theatre was built with the acting of pieces by renowned playwrights, like Bertold Brecht,

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, August Strindberg, Heiner Muller,

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, Beaumarchais, Ferenc Molnár and Pierre Corneille. Among them are Man Equals Man,

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and The Marriage of Figaro.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

Alleged rape accusation

On 20 November 2023, American writer and filmmaker known as A.M. Lukas, real name Anna Martemucci (who directed the romantic comedy '' Hollidaysburg''), sued Nuno Lopes in a New York court for alleged rape. According to testimony released that week, Nuno Lopes had allegedly drugged her on 28 April 2006, at an event that was part of the Tribecca Film Festival in New York, and raped her at his rented apartment before calling a

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for her. Lopes denied any wrongdoing and said: "My decision to refuse a confidential settlement and publicly go to court has consequences for my personal and professional reputation." and "I will never be afraid to take legal action against anyone who tries to defame my good name."

References

External links

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* 1978 births Living people Male actors from Lisbon Portuguese male actors Golden Globes (Portugal) winners Lisbon Theatre and Film School alumni Portuguese DJs 21st-century Portuguese male actors {{portugal-actor-stub