Matheus Nachtergaele

ActorProductionDirector Jan 3 (age 58) São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil 1994–2026 (32 year career)

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Biography

Matheus Nachtergaele OMC (São Paulo, January 3, 1968) is a Brazilian actor, director and author. Nachtergaele has won several awards, including five APCA Awards, three Grande Otelo Awards, two Guarani Awards and three Quality Brasil Awards. He showed his talent in many roles, both in cinema and television. Best known for City of God, Central Station and A Dog's Will.

Known For

Film

City of God

Sandro Cenoura - Carrot

Film

A Dog's Will

João Grilo

Film

Central Station

Isaías Paiva

Film

O Auto da Compadecida

João Grilo

Film

Get the Goat

Trindade

Film

Four Days in September

Severino Barroso / Jonas

Film

Zama

Vicuña Porto / Gaspar Toledo

Film

Pictures of Ghosts

Self (archive footage)

Filmography

Acting (95)

Movies (65)

Cabras da Peste 2

2026 Upcoming

Dec 3

The Rogue's Trial

2024

as João Grilo / Jesus / Diabo

6.7

Antonio Candido, Final Notes

2024

as Narrator (voice)

Pictures of Ghosts

2023

as Self (archive footage)

Heavier Is the Sky

as Antônio

Amizade

as himself

Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!

The Club of Angels

as Lucídio

King Car

as Zé Macaco

Julia's Lover

as Sandro

Get the Goat

as Trindade

Tito and the Birds

as Dr. Rufus (voice)

Mercy

as Aurélio

The City of Pirates

as Ivan (voice)

Zama

as Vicuña Porto / Gaspar Toledo

6.5

492: A Man Called Death

2017

as Luciano

7.0

Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century

2017

as Self

All Paulos in the World - Paulo José

How Do You See Me?

as Self

The Serpent

as Paulo

Don't Call Me Son

as Matheus

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Ó Paí, Ó - O Filme

as Queixão / Moisés

Big Jet

as Seu Xico/Nelson

When I Stopped Worrying About Scoundrels

as João Carlos

Blue Blood

as Gaetan

Bald Mountain

as Coronel Carvalho

Trinta

as Joãosinho Trinta

Na Quadrada das Águas Perdidas

2013

as Olegário

The Inventor of Dreams

Sweet Mother

as Fernando de Souza

Rat Fever

as Pazinho

The Well Beloved One

as Dirceu Borboleta

The Black Virgin

Birdwatchers

as Dimas

500 Almas

Journey to the End of the Night

as Nazda

Bog of Beasts

as Everardo

A Meeting with Milton Santos

2006

as Narrador

8.3

Delicate Crime

2005

as Actor in play 'woyzeck o brasileiro'

5.2

Câmera, Close!

2005

as Himself

Red Carpet

as Quinzinho

Conception

as X

Dry Movie

as Salustiano

Nina

as Pintor

Cidade de Deus: Oficina dos Atores

as Himself

O Curupira

as Narrator

The Storytellers

as Souza

Diante do espelho

as Himself / King Lear

City of God

2002

as Sandro Cenoura - Carrot

Eclipse

Mango Yellow

as Dunga

At the Edge of the Earth

2002

as Narrator (voice)

7.1

Conquista Central Station - The 7 days of creation

2002

as Self

Bufo & Spallanzani

as Agenor

A Dog's Will

as João Grilo

Making of O Auto da Compadecida

2000

Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum: O Filme

as Rato

Twins

as Rapaz

O Enfermeiro

as Procópio

Central Station

as Isaías Paiva

Kenoma

as Pedro

Midnight

as Francisco

Four Days in September

1997

as Severino Barroso / Jonas

7.5

Anahy de las Misiones

1997

4.4

Bad adolescence

as Gilvan

Television (30)

O Auto da Compadecida 2

2026

as João Grilo

9.0

Anything Goes

2025

as Poliana (Audálio Candeias)

6.2

Rebirth

2024

as Norberto dos Reis

6.8

City of God: The Fight Rages On

2024

as Cenoura

7.6

Chabadabadá

2024

as Quincas

All the Women in the World

2020

as Cabral

6.0

Rocky & Hudson: Os Caubóis Gays

2020

as Rocky (voz)

2.0

Cine Holliúdy: A Série

2019

as Prefeito Olegário Maciel

Lady Night

as Self

Filhos da Pátria

as Pacheco

Coffin Joe

as José Mojica Marins / Zé do Caixão

Sweet Mother

2014

as Fernando de Souza

5.6

Serra Pelada: A Saga do Ouro

2014

as Coronel Carvalho

Saramandaia

as Seu Encolheu

Cordel Encantado

as Miguézim

The Well Beloved One

as Dirceu Borboleta

Decamerão: A Comédia do Sexo

2009

as Tofano

Queridos Amigos

2008

as Tito

8.0

Ó Paí, Ó: A Série

2008

as Queixão/Moisés

América

2005

as Jesuino Costa "Carreirinha"

6.6

Os Amadores

2005

as Jaime

Shades of Sin

2004

as Hélio da Silva (Pai Helinho)

6.7

Pastores da Noite

2002

as Curió

Os Maias

2001

as Teodorico 'Raposão'

A Muralha

as Padre Miguel

Brava Gente

as Pedro

O Povo Brasileiro

as Self

O Auto da Compadecida

as João Grilo

Hilda Hurricane

as Cintura Fina

A Comédia da Vida Privada

1994

10.0

Crew (5)

Movies (4)

The Rogue's Trial

Associate Producer

The Serpent

Associate Producer

The Dead Girl's Feast

Director

Conception

Associate Producer

Television (1)

O Auto da Compadecida 2

2026

Associate Producer

9.0