Chico Diaz

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1959-02-16 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Mexico City, Mexico

Chico Diaz

Biography

Francisco Díaz Rocha, known as Chico Díaz (Mexico City, February 16, 1959), is a Peruvian-Brazilian actor born in Mexico. Graduated in architecture and urban planning, he worked in theater from the age of fourteen. His first work in his artistic life was in 1982 on the big screen in O Sonho não Acabou. With all the main awards in Brazilian cinema, namely Gramado Brasília, Recife and Rio de Janeiro, he is one of the most versatile and present actors on Brazilian screens with more than 80 films made in Brazil and abroad.

Acting

2007

O Magnata

as Dr. Ribeiro

2009

Ouro Negro

as Vicente Camargo

2002

Mango Yellow

as Wellington Cannibal

1985

Avaete, Seed of Revenge

as Louco do Juqueri

2024

Vermelho Monet

as Johannes Van Almeida

2002

The Forest

as Firmino

1984

1988

Luzia Homem

as Torquato

1998

The Patriot

as Felizardo

1997

Belly Up

as Múcio

1997

Perfumed Ball

as Zé de Zito

2014

Words with Gods

as The Man (ep. "The Man Who Stole a Duck")

2009

1996

Corisco & Dadá

as Corisco

2020

Candango: Memoirs from a Festival

as Self (archive footage)

2006

1982

The Dream's Not Over

as Danilo 'Biela'

1984

Quilombo

as Anunciação

1986

Talking Cinema

as Man with green eyes (Diadorim)

1994

Rio's Love Song

as (segment "Samba do Grande Amor")

-

Hélio Melo

as Hélio Melo (Voice)

1999

O Tronco

as Catulino

2016

2014

The Ardor

as João

2008

2017

Travessia

as Roberto

1983

2003

Benjamim

as Alyandro

1997

2017

Going to Brazil

as Augusto

2003

1997

Doces Poderes

as Jornalista de Rondônia

1983

Innocence

as Juca

2009

The Story of Me

as Camelô

2023

2012

Jonathas' Forest

as Zé dos Patos

2020

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

as Banquet Attendee

2010

The Inventor of Dreams

as Hélio Pellegrino

1983

Gabriela

as Chico Moleza

1993

De Sentinela

as Sentinela

2021

Jaguar Man

as Pedro

2025

Special Agents

as Comandante Queiroz

2025

2006

The Invisible Friend

as Guilhermino

Production

1990

Barrela: Escola de Crimes

as Associate Producer

2022

2022

Diário Dentro da Noite

as Executive Producer

2022

Diário Dentro da Noite

as Director of Photography

2022

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