Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos
Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos is a Brazilian actor and director whose career spans film, television, theater, and circus. He gained international recognition for his performance as physician Drauzio Varella in Hector Babenco’s acclaimed Carandiru (2003), for which he received an acting award at the Cartagena International Film Festival. He made his feature-film debut as the legendary Brazilian outlaw Lampião in Perfumed Ball (O Baile Perfumado, 1996), and subsequently worked with acclaimed directors including Walter Salles and Andrucha Waddington.
A prominent figure in Brazilian theater and circus, Vasconcelos is also known for creating the iconic clown character Xuxu, whom he has performed since 1978. His television credits include A Pedra do Reino and Queridos Amigos. He studied performing arts in Denmark and at Brazil’s National Circus School.
Fotos
Filme (34)
Leandro & Leonardo: Não Aprendi Dizer Adeus
2027 · Seu Avelho
Viver é Melhor Que Sonhar
2026 · Belchior
The Bottled Captain
2026 · Capitão
Time, Knifed
2026 · Juvenal
Heart of Darkness
2026
Luiz Gonzaga - Tyrant League
2025
A Arte de Morrer ou Marta Diptero Braquícero
2024
Son of Ox
2024 · Pai
Aluísio, the Silence and the Sea
2022 · Director
Menino Azul
2021 · Anselmo
Marighella
2021 · Branco
Under the Heavens
2020 · Vilmar
Die untergegangene Familie
2018 · Titán
Irmã Dulce
2014 · Dom Eugênio Sales
Fragma
2013 · Homem 1 Mais Velho
The Inventor of Dreams
2013 · Timóteo
Time and the Wind
2013 · Maneco
Acalanto
2013 · Chico
The Midday Sun
2010 · Artur
O Homem Mau Dorme Bem
2009 · Caburé
O Natal do Menino Imperador
2008 · Zampano
Mutum
2007 · Aristeu
Romance do Vaqueiro Voador
2007 · Vaqueiro Voador
Dry Movie
2005 · Jurandir
Sousândrade - O Guesa Errante
2004 · Sousândrade
Carandiru
2003 · Doutor (Physician)
How to Die in Cinema
2002 · Papagaio
Hinter der Sonne
2001 · Salustiano
Ich Du Sie: Darlenes Männer
2000 · Ciro
Midnight
1998 · João
Perfumed Ball
1997 · Lampião
Closes
1982
Chofre
Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos Não Está Neste Filme
Serien (21)
Alucinação
2026 · Belchior
Guerreiros do Sol
2025 · Bosco
New Bandits
2023 · Deocleciano
Marighella
2023 · Branco
A Mother's Love
2019 · Januário Silva
Aruanas
2019 · Miguel Kiriakos
Sweet Diva
2019 · Miroel Matheus
Above Justice
2016 · Euclydes Menezes
O País do Cinema
2016 · Self
Time After Time
2015 · Bento Silvino / Bento Ventura
Now Generation
2014 · Frederico Yanes (Fred)
O Tempo e o Vento
2014 · Manoel Terra (Maneco Terra)
Caribbean Flower
2013 · Donato Silva
The Life We Lead
2011 · Renato Nogueira Martins
Queridos Amigos
2008 · Ivan
Stone of the Kingdom
2007 · Arésio
Carandiru: The Series
2005 · Drauzio Varella
Her Own Destiny
2004 · Sebastião
Cena Aberta
2003 · Simão
Pastores da Noite
2002 · Pé de Vento
Brava Gente
2000 · Pé de Vento