Lima Duarte

ActorProductionDirector Mar 29 (age 96) Sacramento, Minas Gerais, Brazil 1949–2026 (77 year career)

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Biography

Lima Duarte, artistic name of Ariclenes Venâncio Martins (Sacramento, March 29, 1930), is a Brazilian actor, soap opera director, broadcaster, voice actor and presenter. In addition to being a television pioneer, being present at the time of its inauguration, he is considered one of the most important actors in Brazil, becoming famous through several memorable roles throughout the history of Brazilian telenovela.

Known For

Film

A Dog's Will

Bispo

Film

Two Sons of Francisco

Benedito

Film

O Auto da Compadecida

Bispo

Film

India: A Love Story

Shankar Sundrani

Film

The Rogue's Trial

Bispo (uncredited)

Film

Federal Bank Heist

Delegado Amorim

Film

Father’s Chair

Sal Gadelha

Film

Roque Santeiro

Francisco Malta ("Sinhozinho Malta")

Filmography

Acting (134)

Movies (68)

A Fúria

2026

Ary

2025

as Narrator (voice)

Show 60 Anos

as Self

The Life of Mirrors

The Rogue's Trial

as Bispo (uncredited)

Tributo: Lima Duarte

as Self

Brasileiríssima

Golpe de Ouro

as Self

70 Anos Esta Noite

O Juízo

as Costa Breves

Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos

as Self

Way Back Home

as Plínio

Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte

as Narração

Deserto

as Dom Aleixo

Meus Dois Amores

as Nhô Peixoto

Show 50 Anos

as Sinhozinho Malta

O Crime da Cabra

as Coronel Térso

Didi e o Segredo dos Anjos

as Sábio

Buddies

as Arlindo

Vazio Coração

as Jorge Gusmão

If I Were a Thief... I'd Steal

Mário Lago

as Self

Father’s Chair

as Sal Gadelha

E a Vida Continua...

as Instrutor Ribas

Federal Bank Heist

as Delegado Amorim

Love is All

as Ariclenes

Topografia De Um Desnudo

2009

8.0

Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado

as Self

Chico e Amigos

Person

as Self

Boleiros 2 - Vencedores e Vencidos

2006

as Edil

6.4

After That Party

2006

as Freitas

Magic Mirror

2006

6.4

A Ilha do Terrível Rapaterra

2006

as Rapaterra

Two Sons of Francisco

as Benedito

As Tranças de Maria

The Price of Peace

as Gumercindo Saraiva

8.0

A Dog's Will

2000

as Bispo

8.4

TV Ano 50/Globo Ano 35

2000

9.0

Word and Utopia

2000

as Padre António Vieira (old)

5.5

Me, You, Them

2000

as Osias

6.9

Making of O Auto da Compadecida

River of Gold

as António

Novembrada

Boleiros: Era uma Vez o Futebol...

1998

as Técnico

7.2

O Arremate

1997

as Credor, fazendeiro

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

1997

as Self

The Oyster and the Wind

1997

as José

6.2

Corpo em Delito

1990

as Dr. Athos Moreira Brasil

Lua Cheia

Impressões do Brasil

as Apresentador

O Menino Arco-Íris

Sargento Getúlio

as Getúlio

The Seven Kittens

as Noronha

Erotic Stories

The Killers

as Major

O Crime do Zé Bigorna

1977

as Zé Bigorna

O Jogo da Vida

1977

as Malagueta

The Fall

as Salatiel

Corpo Fechado

Conjugal Warfare

as Dr. Osíris

Trilogy of Terror

as Procession of the Dead

O Rei Pelé

Chão Bruto

Paixão de Gaúcho

O Sobrado

as Gervásio

O Amanhã Será Melhor

Almost in Heaven

Television (66)

O Auto da Compadecida 2

2026

as Bispo (uncredited)

9.0

Fernando Collor: The Maharajah Hunter

2025

as Self (archive footage)

9.0

A Trick of Fate

2022

as Afonso Camargo

6.5

Em Cena – A Arte da Interpretação

2022

Sandy & Junior: A História

as Self

Aruanas

as Mauro

Treze Dias Longe do Sol

2017

as Dr. Augusto Rupp

5.0

The Other Side of Paradise

2017

as Josafá Tavares

5.8

I Love Paraisópolis

2015

as Giussepe Sarti (Dom Peppino)

Destiny River

as Max Martinez

Alta Definição

as Self

India: A Love Story

as Shankar Sundrani

Desejo Proibido

as Viriato

Amazônia: De Galvez a Chico Mendes

as Bento dos Anjos

Belíssima

as Murat Güney

Her Own Destiny

as Senador Victório Vianna

Shades of Sin

as Afonso Lambertini

O Pequeno Alquimista

as Filolal

The Fifth of Hell

2002

as Marcos de Noronha e Brito, Conde dos Arcos

4.8

Sabor da Paixão

2002

as Miguel Maria Coelho

Porto dos Milagres

as Victório Vianna

Brava Gente

as Washington

Uga-Uga

as Nikolaos Karabastos (Nikos)

6.6

Walking on Clouds

1999

as Self

8.5

O Auto da Compadecida

1999

as Bispo

8.9

Corpo Dourado

1998

as José Paulo Moreira de Barros (Zé Paulo)

Pecado Capital

as Tonho

Sai de Baixo

O Fim do Mundo

as Coronel Hildásio Junqueira

7.0

A Próxima Vítima

1995

as José Mestieri (Zé Bolacha)

7.3

Fera Ferida

1993

as Major Emiliano Cerqueira Bentes (Major Bentes)

8.2

Black August

1993

as Turco Velho (Ibrahim Assad)

Pedra Sobre Pedra

as Murilo Pontes

Você Decide

as Himself

Giras e Pirosas

Rainha da Sucata

as Onofre Pereira

My Love, My Torment

as Dom Lázaro Venturini

7.0

O Salvador da Pátria

1989

as Sassá Mutema (Salvador da Silva)

7.6

Tarcísio & Glória

1988

as Deputado Pedro Pinto Canabrava

8.5

Roque Santeiro

1985

as Francisco Malta ("Sinhozinho Malta")

8.9

O Tempo e o Vento

1985

as General Rafael Pinto Bandeira

7.6

Tenda dos Milagres

1985

as Contador de Milagres

7.0

Partido Alto

1984

as Cocada (José Antônio de Souza)

8.3

Paraíso

1982

as Zé das Mortes

Chico Total

as guarda

Som Brasil

as Self - Host

O Bem-Amado

as Zeca Diabo

Marron Glacé

as Oscar

Pai Herói

as Malta Cajarana

The Bunglers

Espelho Mágico

as Carijó / Bartolomeu Esperança

Planeta dos Homens

Pecado Capital

as Salviano Lisboa

O Rebu

as Boneco

Os Ossos do Barão

as Egisto Ghirotto

O Bem-Amado

as José Tranquilino da Anunciação (Zeca Diabo)

9.1

A Fábrica

1971

as Pepê

As Bruxas

1970

as Michel Martin

Albert, the Rockefeller

1968

as Duarte / Manoel Maria / Conde Wladimir

9.8

Antônio Maria

1968

as padre que casa Antônio Maria e Heloísa

9.0

O Décimo Mandamento

1968

as Salvador

Os Irmãos Corsos

1966

as Lorenzo

Calúnia

1966

as Moreira

Gutierritos, o Drama dos Humildes

1964

as Gutierritos

A Gata

1964

as Barrabal

Sua Vida Me Pertence

1951

as Nestor

6.0

Crew (6)

Movies (2)

Love is All

2011

Associate Producer

2.2

Corpo Fechado

1975

Director

Television (4)

O Bofe

1972

Director

Toninho on the Rocks

1970

Director

Albert, the Rockefeller

Director

O Direito de Nascer

Director