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Born · April 29, 1949 (75 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Madrid, Spain
An iconic actor and stage director in Portugal, Luís 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 Cornucópia 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, Luís 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, Camões, Antero de Quental and Ruy Belo. In 1987, Cintra made his debut as an opera stage director, with L'Enfant et les Sortilèges, 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, Luís Miguel Cintra began his career in cinema early, making his debut in a short film by João César Monteiro. From that point until now, he worked in over 70 films, with directors like the aforementioned João César Monteiro, Paulo Rocha, Manoel de Oliveira, Joaquim Pinto, João 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 Luís Miguel Cintra’s 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.
Prof. Luís
0.0
2024
Voz
1.0
2024
Self
10.0
2023
0.0
2023
0.0
2022
0.0
2021
7.0
2021
Self
0.0
2021
4.0
2021
Cabo Mira
0.0
2020
Narrador
0.0
2018
Camacho
6.8
2018
0.0
2018
0.0
2016
6.6
2016
Luís de Camões
4.5
2014
0.0
2014
0.0
2013
Vitalino
4.5
2013
Self
0.0
2013
Henrique Castro Lima
10.0
2013
Chamico
6.9
2012
Ruben Dario
2.0
2011
Narrator
0.0
2011
Engenheiro
6.5
2010
Rosa 2
3.6
2010
6.2
2009
Narrator
0.0
2008
Narrator
0.0
2008
António
2.0
2008
Diretor Museu Porto Santo
5.3
2007
Devil
0.0
2007
0.0
2007
Filipe Quinta
6.4
2006
Simão, Sapateiro Santo
6.0
2004
L'oncle
6.7
2003
Himself
7.1
2003
Calderón
6.1
2002
Daniel Roper
4.9
2002
professor
6.0
2001
Padre António Vieira (middle age)
5.1
2000
Catão
5.0
2000
O Caçador
4.8
2000
Dr. João José
5.0
2000
Luís de Camões
0.0
2000
Brigadeiro Pais
6.4
2000
God's Messenger
7.5
1999
M. da Silva
5.8
1999
Son
6.4
1998
2.0
1997
Baltar
5.4
1995
Actor convidado
6.9
1995
Blind Man
6.7
1994
Friend at the Apartment
5.2
1994
Miguel
5.3
1993
Carlos de Paiva
7.5
1993
Narrator
0.0
1993
Tiago
1.0
1993
Highschool Teacher Luis
5.1
1993
Freitas Fortuna
6.2
1992
Hyperion Extracts Reader (voice)
6.7
1992
Voice
1.0
1992
Prophet
6.9
1991
Ens. Cabrita, Viriato, Don João de Portugal
6.1
1990
The Uncle
6.8
1989
Lívio
8.1
1989
Artur (voice)
5.3
1989
Narrator
0.0
1988
Viscount d'Aveleda
6.8
1988
Dr. Fernando
5.7
1988
Count of Trava
6.5
1987
João
5.3
1987
L'Intrus
6.7
1986
Don Rodrigue
7.3
1986
Carlos
5.0
1985
Herbert Ardown
6.5
1985
0.0
1984
0.0
1984
Armando (voice)
8.0
1983
Wenceslau de Moraes
6.4
1982
Pilgrim / Knight / D. Raimundo
6.1
1982
Valentin 1
0.0
1979
0.0
1978
0.0
1977
0.0
1974
5.0
1972
Narrator (voice)
6.0
1972
Lívio
4.7
1970