Emiliano Queiroz
Brazilian actor and radio personality (1936–2024)
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Key Takeaways
- Emiliano de Guimarães Queiroz (1 January 1936 – 4 October 2024) was a Brazilian actor, radio personality, screenwriter and director.
- When he was ten years old, his family moved to Fortaleza.
- Shortly afterwards, he started working at Ceará Rádio Clube.
- Three years later, he returned to Fortaleza, where he worked for two years as an actor, comedian, program presenter, producer, set designer and stage manager on TV Ceará.
- From 1964 onwards, Emiliano participated in several telenovelas, miniseries and films.
Emiliano de Guimarães Queiroz (1 January 1936 – 4 October 2024) was a Brazilian actor, radio personality, screenwriter and director.
Life and career
Queiroz was born in Aracati, in the state of Ceara, into a family of Portuguese-Dutch descent; When he was four years old, his father took him to see The Martyr of Golgotha, a play by Enrique Pérez Escrich, awakening his vocation. When he was ten years old, his family moved to Fortaleza. Deciding to pursue an artistic career, at the age of fourteen he joined the Teatro Experimental de Arte, an important company in Ceará. Shortly afterwards, he started working at Ceará Rádio Clube. At seventeen, he hitched a ride in a truck and went to São Paulo, where he played small roles in plays such as O Pagador de Promessas, by Dias Gomes, at the Teatro Brasileiro de Comédia (TBC). Three years later, he returned to Fortaleza, where he worked for two years as an actor, comedian, program presenter, producer, set designer and stage manager on TV Ceará.
He was part of the first graduating class of the Dramatic Arts course at the Federal University of Ceará (UFC).
From 1964 onwards, Emiliano participated in several telenovelas, miniseries and films.
On film, he acted in Independência ou Morte (1972), directed by Carlos Coimbra; O Grande Mentecapto (1989) and Tiradentes (1999), in the role of poet Cláudio Manuel da Costa, both directed by Oswaldo Caldeira; O Xangô de Baker Street (2001), directed by Miguel Faria Júnior; Madame Satã (2002), directed by Karim Aïnouz; Casa de Areia (2005), directed by Andrucha Waddington, among others. He won the Golden Kikito for Best Supporting Actor at the Gramado Festival for a three-minute appearance in the film Stelinha (1990), by Miguel Faria Jr.
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