Cast
LuĂs Miguel Cintra
Acting
Cast
LuĂs Miguel Cintra
Known for
Acting
Born
1949-04-29
From
Madrid, Spain
Biography
An iconic actor and stage director in Portugal, LuĂs Miguel Cintra was born in Madrid, in 1949. His connection to theater began in 1968, at the Faculty of Letters Theater Group, when he was studying Romance Philology at the University of Lisbon. From 1970 to 1972, he attended the Acting Technical Course, in the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, thanks to a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. When he returned to Portugal, he founded, along with Jorge Silva Melo, the Teatro da CornucĂłpia Company, in 1973, where he directed plays by some of the great names in theater, including Aeschylus, Sophocles, Shakespeare, Brecht, Beckett, Strindberg, and many others, almost always participating as an actor in the plays he directed. At the same time, until the 80s, he was a theater critic for O Tempo e o Modo magazine and he managed the Seara Nova Theater Collection, from Estampa publishing house, and the Theater Collection, from Ulmeiro publishing house. As a reader, LuĂs Miguel Cintra recorded complete readings of Viagens na Minha Terra, by Almeida Garrett and Amor de Perdição, by Camilo Castelo Branco, as well as poems by Pessoa, Sophia de Mello Breyner, CamĂ”es, Antero de Quental and Ruy Belo. In 1987, Cintra made his debut as an opera stage director, with L'Enfant et les SortilĂšges, by Ravel and Dido and Aeneas, by Purcell, at the Teatro Nacional de S. Carlos. In the following years, he directed operas by Mozart, Haydn, Cherubini, among others. He worked with the Teatro Nacional de S. Carlos Choir and the Gulbenkian Choir, as a reader, in recitals by authors such as Schubert, Liszt, Sati and Poulenc. In 1984, he entered the Venice Biennial Theater Festival with his group and in 1988 he directed the show La Mort du Prince et Autres Fragments, by Fernando Pessoa, for the Avignon Festival. Later, he kept on presenting plays in Italy, France, Spain and. Belgium In addition to the theater, LuĂs Miguel Cintra began his career in cinema early, making his debut in a short film by JoĂŁo CĂ©sar Monteiro. From that point until now, he worked in over 70 films, with directors like the aforementioned JoĂŁo CĂ©sar Monteiro, Paulo Rocha, Manoel de Oliveira, Joaquim Pinto, JoĂŁo Botelho, Teresa Villaverde, Pedro Costa and the American John Malkovich. His many awards include two Bordalo da Casa da Imprensa Awards for Best Acting in Film (1995) and Best Acting in Theater (1997), two Globos de Ouro for Theater Personality of the Year (1999) and Best Theater Actor (2003), the Coimbra University Award and the Pessoa Prize, both in 2005. The LEFFEST will pay tribute to LuĂs Miguel Cintraâs work as an actor, through a selection of films he starred in; and as a stage director, showing recordings of some of the plays, followed by discussions with the audience and several actors he worked with.
Abraham's Valley
as Carlos de Paiva
The Convent
as Baltar
Rending
as professor
Illusion
Magic Mirror
as Filipe Quinta
Recollections of the Yellow House
as LĂvio
Blind Man's Bluff
as Blind Man
The Dancer Upstairs
as CalderĂłn
The Jester
as Count of Trava
Pathos
A Talking Picture
as Himself
The Cannibals
as Viscount d'Aveleda
AlcibĂades
as Voice
Correspondences
Blood
as The Uncle
The Life of Mirrors
The Uncertainty Principle
as Daniel Roper
The Strange Case of Angelica
as Engenheiro
The Divine Comedy
as Prophet
My Case
as L'Intrus
Snow White
as O Caçador
Inquietude
as Son
Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl
Word and Utopia
as Padre AntĂłnio Vieira (middle age)
Gebo and the Shadow
as Chamico
The Fifth Empire
as SimĂŁo, Sapateiro Santo
April Captains
as Brigadeiro Pais
Christopher Columbus, The Enigma
as Diretor Museu Porto Santo
Vertiges
as Herbert Ardown
If I Were a Thief... I'd Steal
as Vitalino
Silvestre
as Pilgrim / Knight / D. Raimundo
Demain?
as Ruben Dario
The Wolf of the West Coast
The Letter
as M. da Silva
Rage
as Camacho
Two Brothers, My Sister
as Friend at the Apartment
Casa de Lava
as Actor convidado
Island of Loves
as Wenceslau de Moraes
Biette
as Self
The Mountains of the Moon
as JoĂŁo
The Last Dive
as Hyperion Extracts Reader (voice)
War
as Cabo Mira
The Distant Land
No, or the Vain Glory of Command
as 2nd Lt. Cabrita / Viriato / King John II of Portugal
Lisboa Cultural
Villa Mauresque
as Tiago
The Satin Slipper
as Don Rodrigue
The Sword and the Rose
as Rosa 2
Here on Earth
as Miguel
Where the Sun Beats
as Artur (voice)
Arrabalde
as Prof. LuĂs
The Days When I Donât Exist
as L'oncle
From Now On
as AntĂłnio
E NĂŁo se Pode ExterminĂĄ-lo?
as Valentin 1
No one Twice
as Carlos
The Old Man of Belem
as LuĂs de CamĂ”es
Signals of Life
The Spousals of God
as God's Messenger
Transatlantique
as Aquilino
ZĂ©firo
as Narrator
Romance de Vila do Conde
as Narrator
Around Rochaâs Table
as Self
O Filme Feliz :)
The world that was (and that is)
as Narrator
Moonfish
as Dr. João José
O Outro Teatro ou As Coisas Pertencem a Quem as Torna Melhores
The Heart's Root
as CatĂŁo
Anteroom
We Are on Air
as Voz
Day of Despair
as Freitas Fortuna
Second Hand
as Henrique Castro Lima
Gestures and Fragments
as Armando (voice)
Erros Meus
as LuĂs de CamĂ”es
EntremĂȘs Famoso Sobre a Pesca no Rio Minho
Fragments of an Alms-Film
as Narrator (voice)
O Poeta Doido, o Vitral e a Santa Morta
as Narrator
Pathos Ethos Logos
Poor George
as Highschool Teacher Luis
The New Testament of Jesus Christ According to John
Memoirs of Teatro da CornucĂłpia
Neither Bird Nor Fish
Carlos de Oliveira: Upon the Left Side
Tall Stories
as Dr. Fernando
One of Us Cannot Be Wrong
as Devil
Truth or Dare?
as Self
A Present Light
The Enclosure of Time
as Louis Canterel
DĂas color naranja
A Pousada das Chagas
A PropĂłsito da Bandeira Nacional
as Narrator
A Morte do PrĂncipe
He Goes Long Barefoot That Waits For Dead Men's Shoes
as LĂvio
Love Lights
Pas Perdus
as (voice)
Manuel Casimiro - Pintar a Ideia
as Narrador
Os 25 Anos do Teatro da CornucĂłpia
as Himself