Leonardo Villar

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Leonardo Villar
Villar, c. 1962
Born	Leonildo Motta (1923-07-25)25 July 1923 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Died	3 July 2020(2020-07-03) (aged 97) São Paulo, Brazil
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1950–2011

Leonardo Villar (25 July 1923 – 3 July 2020) was a Brazilian actor. He became internationally known for his performance as Zé do Burro in Anselmo Duarte's O Pagador de Promessas, the only Brazilian film so far awarded a Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.^[1][2]

Leonardo Villar was born as Leonildo Motta^[3] in Piracicaba, São Paulo, on 25 July 1923.

Villar died on 3 July 2020 at a hospital in São Paulo, of cardiac arrest, aged 96.^[4]

He started his career at the theater, but later also started acting in film and television.

Villar debuted at the theater on the 1950 play Os Pássaros. His first film role only came in 1962 as Zé do Burro in Anselmo Duarte's O Pagador de Promessas. He received international exposure for the role after the film won the Palme d'Or and became the first Brazilian and South American feature nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 1965 he debuted on television in the TV Tupi telenovela A Cor de Sua Pele, which tells the story of an interracial relationship. In 1972, he moved to Rede Globo, where he starred in successful shows such as Escalada and Estúpido Cupido.

In 2001, after almost 20 years without acting in the theater, he starred in the play A Moratória. In 2007, after seven years without acting in a film, he starred in the critically acclaimed The Ballroom.

• 1962: O Pagador de Promessas .... Zé do Burro / Donkey Jack
• 1964: Lampião, o Rei do Cangaço .... Lampião
• 1964: Procura-se uma Rosa
• 1965: Samba .... (uncredited)
• 1965: A Hora e a Vez de Augusto Matraga .... Augusto Matraga
• 1966: A Grande Cidade .... Jasão
• 1966: Amor e Desamor
• 1966: O Santo Milagroso
• 1967: Juego peligroso .... Homero Olmos / Homero de Tal (segment "HO")
• 1967: O Santo Milagroso .... Pastor Raimundo
• 1968: A Madona de Cedro
• 1982: Amor de Perversão
• 1996: Enigma de um Dia (Short)
• 1998: Ação entre Amigos .... Correia
• 2000: Brava Gente Brasileira
• 2007: The Ballroom

• Leonardo Villar at IMDb