Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos
Acteur
25 juni 1954 (72 years)
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.
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
Cinematografie
| 2026 | Viver é Melhor Que Sonhar · as Belchior |
| 2026 | Tempo à faca · as Juvenal |
| 2026 | Hallucination · as Belchior |
| 2025 | |
| 2025 | Guerreiros do Sol · as Bosco |
| 2023 | New Bandits · as Deocleciano |
| 2023 | Marighella · as Branco |
| 2021 | Under the Heavens · as Vilmar |
| 2021 | Gael - Your Driver Is on the Way · as Gael |
| 2019 | Son of Ox · as Pai |
| 2019 | Mother's Love · as Januário Silva |
| 2019 | Aruanas · as Miguel Kiriakos |
| 2019 | Sweet Diva · as Miroel Matheus |
| 2019 | Marighella · as Branco |
| 2018 | A Family Submerged · as Titán |
| 2016 | Above Justice · as Euclydes Menezes |
| 2015 | Time After Time · as Bento Silvino / Bento Ventura |
| 2014 | Sister Dulce: The Angel from Brazil · as Dom Eugênio Sales |
| 2014 | Now Generation · as Frederico Yanes (fred) |
| 2014 | O Tempo e o Vento (2014) · as Manoel Terra (maneco Terra) |
| 2013 | Fragma · as Homem 1 Mais Velho |
| 2013 | Time and the Wind · as Maneco |
| 2013 | Caribbean Flower · as Donato Silva |
| 2012 | The Inventor of Dreams · as Timóteo |
| 2011 | The Life We Lead · as Renato Nogueira Martins |
| 2010 | Destiny River · as Frei Gusmão |
| 2009 | O Homem Mau Dorme Bem · as Caburé |
| 2008 | O Natal do Menino Imperador · as Zampano |
| 2008 | Faça Sua História · as João Grande |
| 2008 | Queridos Amigos · as Ivan |
| 2007 | Dicas de um Sedutor · as Jimi |
| 2007 | Casos e Acasos · as Gilberto Gomes |
| 2007 | Mutum · as Aristeu |
| 2007 | Stone of the Kingdom · as Arésio |
| 2005 | Carandiru: The Series · as Drauzio Varella |
| 2005 | Árido Movie · as Jurandir |
| 2004 | Senhora do Destino · as Sebastião |
| 2003 | Carga Pesada (2003) · as Fábio |
| 2003 | Carandiru · as Doutor (physician) |
| 2002 | Pastores da Noite · as Pé De Vento |
| 2001 | Behind the Sun · as Salustiano |
| 2000 | Brava Gente · as Pé De Vento |
| 2000 | Me You Them · as Ciro |
| 1998 | Midnight · as João |
| 1996 | Baile Perfumado · as Lampião |
| 1992 | Você Decide · as Guga |
| 1976 | Duas Vidas · as Jaime |
| 2017 | Conversa com Bial · as Self |
| 2016 | O País do Cinema · as Self |
| 2012 | Encontro · as Self |
| 2011 | Esquenta! · as Self |