Nelson Xavier
Nelson Agostini Xavier (30 August 1941 – 10 May 2017) was a Brazilian actor. He appeared in more than 95 films and television shows between 1959 and 2017. He starred in the 1964 film Os Fuzis, which won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival.
In 1976 Xavier co-directed A Queda along with Ruy Guerra, a sequel to Os Fuzis. It was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 4.497 |
Birthday | 1941-08-30 |
Place of Birth | São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil |
Also Known As | Nelson Agostini Xavier, Нельсон Ксавьер, Нельсон Шавьер, Нельсон Хавьер, |
1972
A Culpa
0/0
Heitor and Matilde are two siblings who decide to murder their rich father in order to quickly inherit his wealth. They get the killing done, aided by...
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A Culpa
2010
Chico Xavier
7.2/87
A biography of spiritual medium and author Francisco Candido Xavier.
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Chico Xavier
1976
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
6.835/130
After the death of her handsome but good-for-nothing husband Vadinho, Flor, a widow, marries Dr. Teodoro, a respectable gentleman. Hilarity ensues whe...
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Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
2003
Benjamim
4.6/9
Benjamim Zambraia is a lonely man, a famous model with a tragic past. Some time in the past, he showed some officers the exact location where the woma...
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Benjamim
2011
O Filme dos Espíritos
5.1/6
Após perder a esposa e a caminho do suicídio, um homem se depara com O Livro dos Espíritos e começa uma jornada de transformação interior rumo aos mis...
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O Filme dos Espíritos
2011
As Mães de Chico Xavier
7.8/47
Three mothers see their reality become completely, they are: Ruth, whose teenage son, Raul, faces problems with drugs; Elisa, trying to make up for th...
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As Mães de Chico Xavier
2003
The Storytellers
7.409/22
A small poor community called Javé is under threat of being flooded by a new dam that is being built, and the only way to prevent this is to prove the...
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The Storytellers
1994
Boca
3.5/6
A photo-journalist goes to Brazil to investigate a savage crime boss. She becomes infatuated with the story.
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Boca
1970
Of Gods and the Undead
5.6/9
In the 1930s, in the South of State of Bahia, Brazil, an adventurer with no name or history, who has already been shot seven times, gets involved in t...
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Of Gods and the Undead
1985
Rei do Rio
1/1
Two friends get rich running an illegal gambling business. But soon they start to compete, and become rivals.
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Rei do Rio
1964
The Guns
7.3/26
A group of armed soldiers is sent to the Northeast of Brazil in an attempt to stop a famine-struck population from invading and stealing a food deposi...
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The Guns
1976
The Fall
6.7/5
An accident at a construction site, resulting in one death, sets one worker off on a struggle for justice that exposes the mechanisms of exploitation...
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The Fall
1970
Two Lost in a Dirty Night
4.2/5
Two outcasts fight over a pair of shoes in a run-down boarding-house room.
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Two Lost in a Dirty Night
1976
Gordos e Magros
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After staying the day at the gym, eating and drinking, Carlos, a fat man, go meet his parents, Helena and Jorge, at the party they are throwing. He is...
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Gordos e Magros
1983
The Wizard and the Sheriff
5.2/5
Powerful magician goes to jail for creating illusion of affluence in Brazilian town.
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The Wizard and the Sheriff
1965
The Deceased
7.12/25
After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her peace. After talking to her husband Toninho, she suspects t...
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The Deceased
1983
O Bom Burguês
3.5/2
True story of Brazilian bank clerk who supplied money for the guerrilla fighting against the military dictatorship of the 70s. When he changes his dis...
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O Bom Burguês
2014
Farewell
4.6/7
A 92-year-old man decides that the time has come to say goodbye to all that is most important in his life, including his lover – who is 55 years young...
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Farewell
1983
O Cangaceiro Trapalhão
5.5/27
Severino do Quixadá (Renato Aragão), a humble northeastern shepherd of goats, rescues Captain Virgulano or simply Captain (Nelson Xavier) and his band...
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O Cangaceiro Trapalhão
2012
A Dama do Estácio
6.8/4
Zulmira is an old mistress who lives in the neighborhood of Estacio, in Rio de Janeiro. One day she wakes up obsessed with the idea of dying. All she...
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A Dama do Estácio
2014
Trash
7.104/594
Set in Brazil, three kids who make a discovery in a garbage dump soon find themselves running from the cops and trying to right a terrible wrong.
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Trash
1973
Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo!
5/7
Having come out recently from jail, a tramp, willing to make quick money, decides to organize a pool match between two famous retired players.
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Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo!
1974
The Devil Queen
6.4/14
Rio's criminal underworld is run by an unexpected boss: a femme Queen with a taste for power and violence. But heavy lies the crown: what Queen can tr...
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The Devil Queen
2015
Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Lampião e Maria Bonita - O Filme
7.2/6
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Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Lampião e Maria Bonita - O Filme
1975
Segunda-Feira
0/0
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Segunda-Feira
2000
Denying Brazil
8.2/6
A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian television "soaps". Based on his own memories and on a st...
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Denying Brazil
1968
BLABLABLÁ
6.6/11
The tensions experienced by three different people during the military dictatorship in Brazil: a politician, a revolutionary and a common citizen.
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BLABLABLÁ
1990
Cesium-137
5/3
In 1987, in Goiânia, two paper collectors find a radioactive capsule and sell it to the owner of a junkyard. Once the capsule is opened, more than 250...
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Cesium-137
1991
Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo II: A Volta
4.6/5
Exiled in Acapulco, the bon vivant Dino cheats a rich widow into financing his coming back to Brazil. To avoid getting caught, he hides in a coffin. H...
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Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo II: A Volta
1968
Desesperato
5/1
Directed by Sérgio Bernardes Filho, "Desesperato" tells the story of a writer (Raul Cortez) who leaves his home to carry out literary research in the...
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Desesperato
1980
Eu Carrego um Sertão Dentro de Mim
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Eu Carrego um Sertão Dentro de Mim
1979
The Animal's Skin
1/1
In the 20's, in the State of Piauí, Brazil, a young cowboy is used politically after killing his wife, who had been seduced by her boss and his son.
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The Animal's Skin
1997
Napomuceno's Will
2/1
Nopumoceno, the most successful businessman in the Cabo Verde archipelogo, is an ambitious, clever opportunist, known during his lifetime as "eternity...
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Napomuceno's Will
2017
Comeback
6.4/16
Amador is a retired and ostracized gunman. Alone and bitter, he collects newspaper clippings of his old crimes in an album. After several humiliations...
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Comeback
1971
As Confissões de Frei Abóbora
0/0
The loving adventures of a priest disillusioned with religion and life.
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As Confissões de Frei Abóbora
2016
Rondon, o Desbravador
6.5/2
The life and highlights of Marshal Cândido Rondon.
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Rondon, o Desbravador
1984
Para Viver Um Grande Amor
4.3/3
Poor people who live in the slums in Rio de Janeiro decide to occupy an empty apartment building in the rich part of the city. Meanwhile, a rich girl...
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Para Viver Um Grande Amor
2011
O Gerente
5.5/4
A bank manager has a secret. He is compelled to bite society women hands.
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O Gerente
1968
Massacre no Supermercado
5/3
Employees on a local supermarket plot an epic heist for robbing the place's vault, but things start to go wrong when they notice a police detective on...
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Massacre no Supermercado
1974
Ovelha Negra, Uma Despedida de Solteiro
5/4
João, a playboy, spends his last day as a single in a resort hotel, where he seduces a teenager and gets involved with the casino singer.
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Ovelha Negra, Uma Despedida de Solteiro
1976
Soledade - A Bagaceira
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Soledade - A Bagaceira
1981
They Don't Wear Black Tie
8.153/59
Otavio is an idealistic union leader trying to organize workers at a factory to resist the company's exploitative practices. His son, Tião, one of the...
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They Don't Wear Black Tie
1995
Sombras de Julho
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Sombras de Julho
2015
The Moving Forest
5.1/10
Based on William Shakespeare's "Macbeth". Elias is a successful executive who works in the second largest private bank in Brazil. One day, Elias meets...
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The Moving Forest
1988
Referência
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Referência
1964
Seara Vermelha
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Seara Vermelha
1991
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
6.3/44
Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their remote mission...
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At Play in the Fields of the Lord
2002
Lua Cambará - Nas Escadarias do Palácio
6/1
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Lua Cambará - Nas Escadarias do Palácio
1994
Lamarca
5.7/10
The real story of Carlos Lamarca, a captain who, during the military dictatorship in Brazil, deserted Brazilian Army and got involved in left-wing gue...
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Lamarca
2015
O Tempo
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O Tempo
2015
Os Sonhos de um Sonhador - A História de Frank Aguiar
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Os Sonhos de um Sonhador - A História de Frank Aguiar
1984
Tensão no Rio
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Tensão no Rio
2009
Stolen Dreams
5.8/36
Jessica, Sabrina and Daiane have dreams, just like all young people of any social class or place in the world. They live in a low-income neighborhood...
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Stolen Dreams
1980
O Bandido Antônio Dó
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O Bandido Antônio Dó
1970
É Simonal
0/0
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É Simonal
1984
O Príncipe do Fogo
0/0
The story of the black mystic murderer Febrônio Índio do Brasil.
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O Príncipe do Fogo
1959
Lonesome Women
0/0
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Lonesome Women
1987
O Natal da Grande Família
0/0
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O Natal da Grande Família
2015
Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: O Pagador de Promessas - O Filme
6/1
Adaptation of the series shown in 1988. The humble farmer Zé do Burro makes a promise to Santa Bárbara to save his donkey Nicolau from death. The paym...
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Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: O Pagador de Promessas - O Filme
1983
Gabriela
5.8/33
In 1925, Gabriela, a poor, uneducated, yet charming woman becomes cook, mistress, and then wife of Nacib, a bar owner in Ilhéus, a small Brazilian coa...
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Gabriela
2013
Plínio Marcos — Nas Quebradas do Mundaréu
0/0
The theatrologist, actor, director and overall polemist Plínio Marcos gets his life traced through images of the many spectacles he has put on intervi...
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Plínio Marcos — Nas Quebradas do Mundaréu
1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
0/0
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
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Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1988
Moon Over Parador
5.7/76
Little known actor, Jack Noah, is working on location in the dictatorship of Parador at the time the dictator dies. The dictator's right hand man, Rob...
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Moon Over Parador
1979
A Rainha do Rádio
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A Rainha do Rádio
1998
O Auto de Leidiana
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O Auto de Leidiana
1976
Feminino Plural
0/0
"Seven women on motorcycles, through Via Dutra, go to the Baixada Fluminense, a microcosm of Brazil. Diving into the memory and questioning the behavi...
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Feminino Plural
1980
Bububu no Bobobó
10/1
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Bububu no Bobobó
2001
Chica de Río
5.844/17
Discovering your wife is sleeping with your boss can make a man do strange things. For a Samba-obsessed London clerk, robbing a bank and boarding the...
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Chica de Río
1967
Doomed Lovers
0/0
The legend of Tristan and Isolde is one of the most beautiful love epics ever conceived. Richard Wagner, in a famous opera, had already tarnished its...
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Doomed Lovers
1974
Música Contemporânea no Brasil
0/0
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