João Miguel (actor)

João Miguel Serrano Leonelli (born January 1, 1970) is a Brazilian actor, screenwriter and director. He has appeared in more than twenty films since 2004.

João Miguel
Born
João Miguel Serrano Leonelli

(1970-01-01) January 1, 1970
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present

Biography

João Miguel was born in Salvador, Bahia. He is the son of the politician Domingos Leonelli and the artist Magali Serrano.[1]

Career

He began his acting career at the age of 9 on television, in Nonato Freire's " The Web". 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 and with the participation of Leninha Barreto. Later he worked in the circus and, along with street children, performed in schools, public hospitals and favelas of Salvador and 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 of Group Piolim. He then went to João Pessoa, where he perfected his circus art with Luiz Carlos, and then traveled in Brazil and elsewhere in the world following the piece "O Vau da Sarapalha".

He performed in the solo piece Bishop, the story of the Sergipean artist Arthur Bispo do Rosário, which he staged for years in several Brazilian cities. Director Marcelo Gomes invited him to star in the film Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus, from which he won many awards, including at the Cannes Film Festival. The actor himself considers it one of the best movies he has ever done.[2]

Miguel has appeared in more than 20 feature films and several television specials, including a telenovela, Cordel Encantado.[3][4] He has been called "one of the most talented and versatile actors of his generation".[5] His presence in four of the first six films presented in the Rede Globo 50th anniversary retrospective series Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos, led some to call it, jokingly, the "João Miguel Festival".[5]

Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
2005 Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures Ranulpho
Lower City Edvan
2006 Suely in the Sky João
2007 Estômago Nonato
2009 Se Nada Mais Der Certo Wilson
2011 Xingu Claudio Villas-Bôas
2012 Once Upon a Time Was I, Verônica Gustavo
À Beira do Caminho João
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2008 Casos e Acasos
2011/2015 Força-Tarefa Carlos Henrique 2015 was a shortened, re-airing special of the third season of the series.
2014 A Teia Jorge Macedo/Carlos
2015 Felizes para Sempre? Hugo Drummond
2016 3% Ezequiel
2018 Assédio Odair José Miranda
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References
  1. "Ator baiano João Miguel ganha prêmio Shel de teatro em São Paulo" (in Portuguese). iBahia.
  2. "Conhecido no cinema e no teatro, João Miguel estreia na TV na novela Cordel Encantado - Diário Catarinense". Diário Catarinense (in Portuguese). 2019-02-07. Archived from the original on 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
  3. Kleinpaul, Bianca (2008-04-04). "João Miguel fala sobre 'Estômago', que estréia na próxima sexta, e seu papel em 'Bonitinha mas ..." (in Portuguese). O Globo Online.
  4. Masini, Fernando. "Entre o sertão e o abismo" (in Portuguese). Revista Trópico. Archived from the original on 2019-01-13.
  5. Stycer, Mauricio (2015-01-15). "Especial da Globo ganha apelido de "Festival João Miguel"" (in Portuguese). UOL.
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