António Fonseca
Portuguese actor. Born in 1953 in Santo Tirso, Portugal, Fonseca studied Theatre and Philosophy. THEATRE: Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists (National Theatre, UK and international tours from Festival d’Avignon); other theatre includes: Sandro W. Junqueira's Those who go to the sea don't return to land (directed by Giacomo Scalisi); Pedro Mexia's Sweden (directed by Nuno Cardoso); Federico Fellini's Orchestra Rehearsal (directed by Tónan Quito); Pedro Gil's The Unforgettable Teacher; The Lusiadas as You've Never Heard Them (based on Luís de Camões); and Dennis Kelly's The Ritual Slaughter of George Mastromas (directed by Tiago Guedes). TV: Wild Land, Salty Sea, Odyssey, The Boys, and Personal Cause. FILM: You Could Have Waited for August (César Mourão), First Work (Rui Simões), White Shadows (Fernando Vendrell), and Invisible Life (Karim Aïnouz). AUDIO: Os Lusíadas in the audiobook Os Lusíadas As You’ve Never Heard Them (a full version of Luís de Camões’s epic).
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1953-10-14 · Santo Tirso, Portugal
Known for
- Invisible Life (2019) — Manoel
- My Name Is Bernadette (2011) — Committee Member
- Brother and Sister (2010) — Disertante Embajada
- Gigola (2010) — Jose
- John From (2016) — Vizinho
- Blind Man's Bluff (1994) — Man
- Florbela (2012) — João Espanca
- The Mutants (1998) — Man at Service Station
- The Lone Wolf (2021) — Raul Oliveira
- Snu (2019) — António Ferreira Gomes
- Light Drops (2002) — César
- The Uncertainty Principle (2002) — Policeman
- Odisseia (2013) — Balhelhas
- Salgueiro Maia - The Implicated (2022) — Marcello Caetano
- Could Have Waited For August (2024) — Padre Benedito
- Submission (2020)