Antônio Fagundes


Antônio da Silva Fagundes Filho is a Brazilian actor, renowned for his several performances in theater, film and television, where he frequently works in soap operas.

Biography

Fagundes was born in the city of Rio de Janeiro but moved with his parents to São Paulo at the age of eight and has lived there for over 30 years. He discovered his gift for the theater from the setting of stage plays made in the Rio Branco School, where he studied. He debuted on television in 1969 on the soap opera Nenhum Homem é Deus, at TV Tupi. Fagundes began on Rede Globo in 1976, on the telenovela Saramandaia. He also served for several years as protagonist of the series Carga Pesada, from 1979 to 1981, and from 2003 to 2007. The actor has four children: one, with his ex-wife Mara Carvalho, the other three, fruits of his 15-year marriage to actress Clarisse Abujamra.

Career

Television

Stage