10.0
10.0
Truth or Dare?
2023
as Self
Luís Miguel Cintra
Acting
Born:April 29, 1949(age 77)
Birthplace:Madrid, Spain
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CommunityBiography
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, Strindberg, and many others, almost always participating as an actor in the plays he directed. At the same time, until the 80s, he was a theater critic for O Tempo e o Modo magazine and he managed the Seara Nova Theater Collection, from Estampa publishing house, and the Theater Collection, from Ulmeiro publishing house. As a reader, Luís Miguel Cintra recorded complete readings of Viagens na Minha Terra, by Almeida Garrett and Amor de Perdição, by Camilo Castelo Branco, as well as poems by Pessoa, Sophia de Mello Breyner, Camões, Antero de Quental and Ruy Belo. In 1987, Cintra made his debut as an opera stage director, with L'Enfant et les Sortilèges, by Ravel and Dido and Aeneas, by Purcell, at the Teatro Nacional de S. Carlos. In the following years, he directed operas by Mozart, Haydn, Cherubini, among others. He worked with the Teatro Nacional de S. Carlos Choir and the Gulbenkian Choir, as a reader, in recitals by authors such as Schubert, Liszt, Sati and Poulenc. In 1984, he entered the Venice Biennial Theater Festival with his group and in 1988 he directed the show La Mort du Prince et Autres Fragments, by Fernando Pessoa, for the Avignon Festival. Later, he kept on presenting plays in Italy, France, Spain and. Belgium In addition to the theater, Luís Miguel Cintra began his career in cinema early, making his debut in a short film by João César Monteiro. From that point until now, he worked in over 70 films, with directors like the aforementioned João César Monteiro, Paulo Rocha, Manoel de Oliveira, Joaquim Pinto, João Botelho, Teresa Villaverde, Pedro Costa and the American John Malkovich. His many awards include two Bordalo da Casa da Imprensa Awards for Best Acting in Film (1995) and Best Acting in Theater (1997), two Globos de Ouro for Theater Personality of the Year (1999) and Best Theater Actor (2003), the Coimbra University Award and the Pessoa Prize, both in 2005. The LEFFEST will pay tribute to Luís Miguel Cintra’s work as an actor, through a selection of films he starred in; and as a stage director, showing recordings of some of the plays, followed by discussions with the audience and several actors he worked with.
Filmography (92 movies)
10.0
10.0
Second Hand
2013
as Henrique Castro Lima
9.0
9.0
Zéfiro
1993
as Narrator
8.2
8.2
Recollections of the Yellow House
1989
as Lívio
8.0
8.0
Nem Pássaro Nem Peixe
1978
7.5
7.5
Abraham's Valley
1993
as Carlos de Paiva
7.2
7.2
The Satin Slipper
1986
as Don Rodrigue
7.2
7.2
The Spousals of God
1999
as God's Messenger
7.0
7.0
Pathos Ethos Logos
2021
6.9
6.9
Blood
1989
as The Uncle
6.9
6.9
Casa de Lava
1995
as Actor convidado
6.8
6.8
Vertiges
1985
as Herbert Ardown
6.8
6.8
Rage
2018
as Camacho
6.8
6.8
The Cannibals
1988
as Viscount d'Aveleda
6.8
6.8
Blind Man's Bluff
1994
as Blind Man
6.7
6.7
My Case
1986
as L'Intrus
6.7
6.7
The Jester
1987
as Count of Trava
6.7
6.7
Gebo and the Shadow
2012
as Chamico
6.6
6.6
The Last Dive
1992
as Hyperion Extracts Reader (voice)
6.6
6.6
A Talking Picture
2003
as Himself
6.6
6.6
Correspondences
2016
6.5
6.5
The Strange Case of Angelica
2010
as Engenheiro
6.5
6.5
The Fifth Empire
2004
as Simão, Sapateiro Santo
6.5
6.5
Gestures and Fragments
1983
as Armando (voice)
6.5
6.5
The Divine Comedy
1991
as Prophet
6.5
6.5
April Captains
2000
as Brigadeiro Pais
6.5
6.5
Silvestre
1982
as Pilgrim / Knight / D. Raimundo
6.4
6.4
Magic Mirror
2006
as Filipe Quinta
6.4
6.4
Inquietude
1998
as Son
6.4
6.4
The Days When I Don’t Exist
2003
as L'oncle
6.4
6.4
Island of Loves
1982
as Wenceslau de Moraes
6.3
6.3
No, or the Vain Glory of Command
1990
as 2nd Lt. Cabrita / Viriato / King John II of Portugal
6.2
6.2
Fragments of an Alms-Film
1972
as Narrator (voice)
6.2
6.2
Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl
2009
6.1
6.1
The Dancer Upstairs
2002
as Calderón
6.0
6.0
Day of Despair
1992
as Freitas Fortuna
6.0
6.0
Ninguém Duas Vezes
1985
as Carlos
5.9
5.9
The Letter
1999
as M. da Silva
5.9
5.9
Here on Earth
1993
as Miguel
5.8
5.8
Rending
2001
as professor
5.7
5.7
Snow White
2000
as O Caçador
5.7
5.7
The Heart's Root
2000
as Catão
5.6
5.6
Tall Stories
1988
as Dr. Fernando
5.6
5.6
Christopher Columbus, The Enigma
2007
as Diretor Museu Porto Santo
5.5
5.5
Word and Utopia
2000
as Padre António Vieira (middle age)
5.4
5.4
If I Were a Thief... I'd Steal
2013
as Vitalino
5.4
5.4
Peixe-Lua
2000
as Dr. João José
5.3
5.3
The Mountains of the Moon
1987
as João
5.2
5.2
The Uncertainty Principle
2002
as Daniel Roper
5.2
5.2
Two Brothers, My Sister
1994
as Friend at the Apartment
5.2
5.2
The Convent
1995
as Baltar
5.0
5.0
He Goes Long Barefoot That Waits For Dead Men's Shoes
1970
as Lívio
5.0
5.0
A Pousada das Chagas
1972
4.9
4.9
Where the Sun Beats
1989
as Artur (voice)
4.8
4.8
Poor George
1993
as Highschool Teacher Luis
4.5
4.5
The Old Man of Belem
2014
as Luís de Camões
4.0
4.0
A Present Light
2021
3.8
3.8
The Wolf of the West Coast
2002
3.3
3.3
From Now On
2008
as António
2.7
2.7
Villa Mauresque
1993
as Tiago
2.0
2.0
Transatlantique
1997
as Aquilino
2.0
2.0
Demain?
2011
as Ruben Dario
1.0
1.0
We Are on Air
2024
as Voz
1.0
1.0
Alcibíades
1992
as Voice
A Morte do Príncipe
TBA
Biette
2013
as Self
The Enclosure of Time
2013
as Louis Canterel
The New Testament of Jesus Christ According to John
2013
Around Rocha’s Table
2021
as Self
Illusion
2014
Carlos de Oliveira: Upon the Left Side
2007
Días color naranja
2016
One of Us Cannot Be Wrong
2007
as Devil
The world that was (and that is)
2011
as Narrator
Lisboa Cultural
1984
Anteroom
2018
A Propósito da Bandeira Nacional
1988
as Narrator
Erros Meus
2000
as Luís de Camões
Entremês Famoso Sobre a Pesca no Rio Minho
1974
Manuel Casimiro - Pintar a Ideia
2018
as Narrador
E Não se Pode Exterminá-lo?
1979
Screenplay
O Outro Teatro ou As Coisas Pertencem a Quem as Torna Melhores
1977
Pathos
2021
War
2020
as Cabo Mira
O Poeta Doido, o Vitral e a Santa Morta
2008
as Narrator
Signals of Life
1984
Romance de Vila do Conde
2008
as Narrator
Love Lights
2022
O Filme Feliz :)
2023
Arrabalde
2024
as Prof. Luís
The Life of Mirrors
2025
Memoirs of Teatro da Cornucópia
2025
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