Paulo Villaça

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1933-01-01 (59 years old)

Deathday

1992-01-24

Place of Birth

Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil

Paulo Villaça

Biography

Paulo Barbosa Villaça (Bauru, São Paulo, 1933 — Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 1992) was a Brazilian actor and theatre director. Villaça worked as a Literature professor, journalist and advertising manager before his breakthrough as an actor in the 1960s. He achieved success by playing the main role in Rogério Sganzerla's "The Red Light Bandit" (1968). During the 1970s, Villaça was married to famous Brazilian actress Marília Pêra. He played parts in over 20 films, being a reconizable figure in productions from the Brazilian Cinema Marginal movement during the 1960s and 1970s. He also had a solid career at the theatre, where he acted in the...

Production

1997

Razor in the Flesh

as In Memory Of

1979

O Transformista

as Director

1968

The Red Light Bandit

as Associate Producer

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