Acting

Tarcísio Meira

Born 1935-10-05 · São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Died 2021-08-12

Tarcísio Pereira de Magalhães Sobrinho, better known as Tarcísio Meira (São Paulo, October 5, 1935 — São Paulo, August 12, 2021), was an award-winning Brazilian actor. Considered one of the greatest actors and heartthrobs of his generation, he marked an era with strong characters, in cinema, theater and television. For decades he immortalized television with good guys and villains who marked national television drama. Meira was married for 59 years to actress Glória Menezes; they are the parents of actor Tarcísio Filho.

Credits

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Tributo: Glória Menezes
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Pride and Passion
as Lorde Williamson
2018
Wounded Past
as Fausto Leitão
2016
Old River
as Jacinto de Sá Ribeiro (Coronel Saruê)
2016
Saramandaia
as Tibério Vilar
2013
Mario Wallace Simonsen, Entre a Memória e a História
as Self
2013
Gabriela
as Juíz Felismino
2012
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Não Se Preocupe, Nada Vai Dar Certo!
as Ramon Velasco
2011
Boca do Lixo: A Bollywood Brasileira
2011
Antonio Meliande: Pau pra Toda Obra
as Himself
2011
Cat's Cradle
as Self
2009
A Favorita
as Frederico Copola
2008
Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha
2007
Pages of Life
as Tide (Aristides Martins de Andrade)
2006
Bang Bang
as John McGold
2005
Her Own Destiny
as José Carlos Tedesco
2004
Um Só Coração
as Coronel Totonho
2004
Love Bites
as Duque Bóris Vladescu / Igor Pivomar
2002
Um Anjo Caiu do Céu
as João Medeiros
2001
Programa do Jô
2000
A Muralha
as Dom Jerônimo Taveira
2000
Hilda Hurricane
as Coronel Pocidônio
1998
Tower of Babel
as César Toledo
1998
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
1997
The King of The Cattle
as Giuseppe Berdinazzi
1996
A Vida Como Ela É...
as Jacinto
1996
Boca
as Boca
1994
Pátria Minha
as Raul Pellegrini
1994
Fera Ferida
as Feliciano Mota
1993
Of Body and Soul
as Diogo Santos Varela
1992
Araponga
as Araponga (Aristênio Catanduva)
1990
Desejo
as Euclides da Cunha
1990
Boca de Ouro
as Boca de Ouro
1990
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
1989
Tieta
as Self
1989
Tarcísio & Glória
as Bruno Lazzarini
1988
Tarcísio & Glória
Creative Director
1988
I
as Marcelo
1987
No Tempo de Glauber
1987
Roda de Fogo
as Renato Villar
1986
Grande Sertão: Veredas
as Hermógenes
1985
O Tempo e o Vento
as Capitão Rodrigo Cambará
1985
Meu Destino É Pecar
as Paulo Avelar
1984
O Cangaceiro Trapalhão
as Namorado de Aninha (não creditado)
1983
Guerra dos Sexos
as Felipe de Alcântara Pereira Barreto
1983
Love Strange Love
as Dr. Osmar
1982
Brilhante
as Paulo César Carvalho
1981
The Kiss
as Aprígio
1981
I Love You
as Ulisses
1981
Viva o Gordo
as Self
1981
The Age of the Earth
as Military Christ
1980
Coração Alado
as Juca Pitanga
1980
República dos Assassinos
as Mateus
1979
Os Gigantes
as Fernando Lucas
1979
O Caçador de Esmeraldas
as Capitão-Mor
1979
Espelho Mágico
as Diogo Maia / Diogo Moreira (Ciro)
1977
The Trapalhões
as Ele mesmo (em Brasília)
1977
The Trapalhões
1977
Saramandaia
as Dom Pedro I
1976
Escalada
as Antônio Dias
1975
O Marginal
as Osvaldo
1974
O Semideus
as Hugo Leonardo Filho / Raul de Paula
1973
O Descarte
Producer
1973
Cavalo de Aço
as Rodrigo Soares
1973
Independence or Death!
as Imperador Dom Pedro I
1972
Meu Primeiro Baile
as Renato
1972
Missão: Matar!
as José da Silva
1972
Caso Especial
1971
Caso Especial
as Frei Mariano
1971
Caso Especial
as Epitácio, o matador
1971
As Confissões de Frei Abóbora
as Mauro / Frei Abóbora
1971
O Homem Que Deve Morrer
as Cyro Valdez
1971
Irmãos Coragem
as João Coragem
1970
OSS 117 Takes a Vacation
as Assassin
1970
Máscara da Traição
as Carlos Almeida
1969
Quelé do Pajeú
as Clemente Celidônio / Quelé
1969
Rosa Rebelde
as Capitão Sandro de Aragão / Fernando de Aragão
1969
A Gata de Vison
as Bob Ferguson
1968
Sangue e Areia
as Juan Gallardo
1967