Tarcísio Meira

ActorArtProducerDirectorWriter Oct 5 (died age 85) São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil 1963–2025 (62 year career)

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Biography

Tarcísio Pereira de Magalhães Sobrinho, better known as Tarcísio Meira (São Paulo, October 5, 1935 — São Paulo, August 12, 2021), was an award-winning Brazilian actor. Considered one of the greatest actors and heartthrobs of his generation, he marked an era with strong characters, in cinema, theater and television. For decades he immortalized television with good guys and villains who marked national television drama. Meira was married for 59 years to actress Glória Menezes; they are the parent…

Known For

Film

A Favorita

Frederico Copola

Film

Hilda Hurricane

Coronel Pocidônio

Film

The Kiss

Aprígio

Film

The King of The Cattle

Giuseppe Berdinazzi

Film

Love Strange Love

Dr. Osmar

Film

Gabriela

Juíz Felismino

Film

Guerra dos Sexos

Felipe de Alcântara Pereira Barreto

Film

The Age of the Earth

Military Christ

Filmography

Acting (82)

Movies (28)

Tributo: Glória Menezes

2025

as Self (archive footage)

10.0

Mario Wallace Simonsen, Entre a Memória e a História

2013

as Self

Boca do Lixo: A Bollywood Brasileira

2011

10.0

Antonio Meliande - Pau pra toda obra

2011

as Himself

Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro

2011

as Self (archive footage)

Não Se Preocupe, Nada Vai Dar Certo!

2011

as Ramon Velasco

5.7

Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha

2007

5.0

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

1997

as Self

Boca

as Boca

Boca de Ouro

as Boca de Ouro

Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor

No Tempo de Glauber

as Marcelo

O Cangaceiro Trapalhão

1983

as Namorado de Aninha (não creditado)

Love Strange Love

as Dr. Osmar

I Love You

as Ulisses

The Kiss

as Aprígio

The Age of the Earth

as Military Christ

República dos Assassinos

1979

as Mateus

4.7

O Caçador de Esmeraldas

as Capitão-Mor

O Marginal

as Osvaldo

Missão: Matar!

as José da Silva

Independência ou Morte

1972

as Dom Pedro I

6.7

As Confissões de Frei Abóbora

1971

as Mauro / Frei Abóbora

OSS 117 Takes a Vacation

1970

as Assassin

4.0

Quelé do Pajeú

1969

as Clemente Celidônio / Quelé

Máscara da Traição

as Carlos Almeida

Casinha Pequenina

as Nestor

Television (54)

Pride and Passion

2018

as Lorde Williamson

7.4

Velho Chico

2016

as Jacinto de Sá Ribeiro (Coronel Saruê)

Wounded Past

as Fausto Leitão

Saramandaia

as Tibério Vilar

Gabriela

as Juíz Felismino

Cat's Cradle

as Self

A Favorita

as Frederico Copola

Pages of Life

as Tide (Aristides Martins de Andrade)

Bang Bang

as John McGold

Her Own Destiny

as José Carlos Tedesco

Um Só Coração

as Coronel Totonho

O Beijo do Vampiro

as Duque Bóris Vladescu / Igor Pivomar

Um Anjo Caiu do Céu

as João Medeiros

A Muralha

as Dom Jerônimo Taveira

Programa do Jô

Hilda Hurricane

as Coronel Pocidônio

Torre de Babel

as César Toledo

The King of The Cattle

1996

as Giuseppe Berdinazzi

A Vida Como Ela É...

as Jacinto

Pátria Minha

as Raul Pellegrini

De Corpo e Alma

as Diogo Santos Varela

Desejo

1990

as Euclides da Cunha

8.7

Araponga

1990

as Araponga (Aristênio Catanduva)

Tieta

as Self

Tarcísio & Glória

as Bruno Lazzarini

Roda de Fogo

as Renato Villar

O Tempo e o Vento

as Capitão Rodrigo Cambará

7.6

Grande Sertão: Veredas

1985

as Hermógenes

8.0

Meu Destino É Pecar

1984

as Paulo Avelar

Guerra dos Sexos

1983

as Felipe de Alcântara Pereira Barreto

Viva o Gordo

as Self

Brilhante

as Paulo César Carvalho

Coração Alado

as Juca Pitanga

Os Gigantes

as Fernando Lucas

The Bunglers

as Ele mesmo (em Brasília)

7.8

Espelho Mágico

1977

as Diogo Maia / Diogo Moreira (Ciro)

Saramandaia

as Dom Pedro I

Escalada

as Antônio Dias

O Semideus

as Hugo Leonardo Filho / Raul de Paula

8.0

Cavalo de Aço

1973

as Rodrigo Soares

Caso Especial

1971

6.0

O Homem Que Deve Morrer

1971

as Cyro Valdez

Irmãos Coragem

1970

as João Coragem

10.0

Rosa Rebelde

1969

as Capitão Sandro de Aragão / Fernando de Aragão

A Gata de Vison

1968

as Bob Ferguson

O Grande Segredo

1967

as Celso

Sangue e Areia

1967

as Juan Gallardo

Almas de Pedra

1966

as Danilo

A Deusa Vencida

1965

as Edmundo Amarante

Pedra Redonda, 39

1965

Uma Sombra em Minha Vida

1964

as Eduardo

Ambição

1964

as Miguel

Mãe

1964

as Betinho

2-5499 Ocupado

1963

as Larry

Crew (4)

Movies (1)

O Descarte

1973

Producer

Television (3)

Tarcísio & Glória

1988

Creative Director

8.5

Pedra Redonda, 39

1965

Director

Pedra Redonda, 39

1965

Writer