Acting credits
34
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Arduíno Colassanti
Acting
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Movies: 34Series: 1Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 1088240
IMDb ID: nm0170227
Known for: Acting
Born: February 15, 1936
Died: February 22, 2014
Age: 78
Place of birth: Livorno, Italy
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1967 - 2010
Years active: 44
Average TMDB rating: 5.47
Wikidata: Q4788320
Other jobs
Underwater Director of Photography (1)
Biography
Arduino Colasanti (Livorno, February 15, 1936 — Niterói, February 22, 2014) was an Italian-born Brazilian actor. With a 40-year span, Colassanti's mainly associated with films made during the 1960s an 1970s, under the Cinema Novo (Brazilian New Wave) movement. He's known for portraing the titular frenchman in 1971s "Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francês" (How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman). Seen as one of the main leading men of Cinema Novo by his distinguishable blond hair and blue eyes, during his career Colassanti was directed by filmmakers such as Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Leon Hirszman, Walter Lima Jr., Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, Tereza Trautman and Luiz Carlos Lacerda. Born in Livorno, Italy, Colassanti was also a surfer and an pioneer in the early steps of aquatic photography in Brazil. He spent his twillight years in the city of Niterói, where he passed and was buried in 2014.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Arduíno Colassanti.
10.0
Naquela Noite ele Sonhou com um Mar Azul
2010 Movie
4.5
Sunstroke
as Homem do Café
2010 Movie
4.9
Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City
as Chefe dos Selvagens
2004 Movie
5.8
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
as Parceiro de Bilhar - Rio
2000 Movie
4.9
Bela Donna
as Capitão
1998 Movie
6.2
The Oyster and the Wind
as Magari
1997 Movie
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
1997 Movie
Oceano Atlantis
1993 Movie
5.8
Scent of Gardenias
Underwater Director of Photography
1992 Movie
5.2
Leila Diniz
1987 Movie
2.7
After Eight... Forever
as Pai
1987 Movie
Tropclip
as Pai de Krishna
1985 Movie
6.9
Quilombo
as Blaer
1984 Movie
4.5
The Brazilwood Man
as Cristo
1982 Movie
6.0
O Caçador de Esmeraldas
as Borba Gato
1979 Movie
Daniel, Capanga de Deus
1978 Movie
Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável
as Feitor
1974 Movie
4.1
The Men I've Had
as Peter
1973 Movie
Procura-se uma Virgem
1972 Movie
5.1
Who Is Beta?
1972 Movie
2.0
Love, Carnival and Dreams
as Tristão/Oxóssi
1972 Movie
6.0
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
as Francês
1971 Movie
4.3
Mãos Vazias
as Mário
1971 Movie
6.2
The Alienist
as Porfírio
1970 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Arduíno Colassanti.
