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Leonardo Villar
Acting
25 Jul 1923
† 03 Jul 2020
Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Biography
Leonardo Villar (born as Leonardo Motta in Piracicaba, São Paulo, on July 25, 1923 - São Paulo, July 3, 2020) was a Brazilian actor. He became internationally known for his performance as Zé do Burro in Anselmo Duarte's O Pagador de Promessas, the only Brazilian film so far awarded with a Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He started his career at the theater, but later also started acting in film and television. Villar debuted at the theater on the 1950 play Os Pássaros. His first film ro...
Also Known As
Leonardo Motta, Леонардо Вильяр, レオナルド・ヴィラール, 莱昂纳多·维拉尔, 레오나르도 빌라르











































