Luís Miguel Cintra

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-04-29 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Madrid, Spain

Luís Miguel Cintra

Biography

An iconic actor and stage director in Portugal, Luís Miguel Cintra was born in Madrid, in 1949. His connection to theater began in 1968, at the Faculty of Letters Theater Group, when he was studying Romance Philology at the University of Lisbon. From 1970 to 1972, he attended the Acting Technical Course, in the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, thanks to a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. When he returned to Portugal, he founded, along with Jorge Silva Melo, the Teatro da Cornucópia Company, in 1973, where he directed plays by some of the great names in theater, including Aeschylus, Sophocles, Shakespeare, Brecht, Beckett, S...

Acting

2000

Word and Utopia

as Padre António Vieira (middle age)

1986

My Case

as L'Intrus

1990

No, or the Vain Glory of Command

as 2nd Lt. Cabrita / Viriato / King John II of Portugal

1991

2012

1986

The Satin Slipper

as Don Rodrigue

1993

Here on Earth

as Miguel

2013

Second Hand

as Henrique Castro Lima

2011

Demain?

as Ruben Dario

1988

Tall Stories

as Dr. Fernando

1994

Blind Man's Bluff

as Blind Man

2000

Peixe-Lua

as Dr. João José

2001

Rending

as professor

2023

1989

Blood

as The Uncle

1992

Day of Despair

as Freitas Fortuna

1993

Poor George

as Highschool Teacher Luis

2014

The Old Man of Belem

as Luís de Camões

1989

Where the Sun Beats

as Artur (voice)

2004

The Fifth Empire

as Simão, Sapateiro Santo

1992

Alcibíades

as Voice

1995

The Convent

as Baltar

2006

Magic Mirror

as Filipe Quinta

2002

2024

Arrabalde

as Prof. Luís

1999

As Bodas de Deus

as God's Messenger

1993

Abraham's Valley

as Carlos de Paiva

1995

Casa de Lava

as Actor convidado

2007

Christopher Columbus, The Enigma

as Diretor Museu Porto Santo

2003

1999

The Letter

as M. da Silva

2002

2000

April Captains

as Brigadeiro Pais

1982

Silvestre

as Pilgrim / Knight / D. Raimundo

2000

1982

Island of Loves

as Wenceslau de Moraes

1998

1988

The Cannibals

as Viscount d'Aveleda

1994

Two Brothers, My Sister

as Friend at the Apartment

2018

Rage

as Camacho

2008

From Now On

as António

1985

Vertiges

as Herbert Ardown

1992

The Last Dive

as Hyperion Extracts Reader (voice)

1972

Fragments of an Alms-Film

as Narrator (voice)

1993

1983

Gestures and Fragments

as Armando (voice)

2000

Erros Meus

as Luís de Camões

1985

1993

Zéfiro

as Narrator

1987

The Jester

as Count of Trava

2000

Snow White

as O Caçador

2020

War

as Cabo Mira

2021

2013

Biette

as Self

2024

2013

The Enclosure of Time

as Louis Canterel

Production

1979

Música Para Si

as Production Assistant

1979

Música Para Si

as Art Direction

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