Tarcísio Meira
Born: 1935-10-05 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Died: 2021-08-12
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2025
- Tributo: Glória Menezes as Self (archive footage)
2018
- Pride and Passion as Lorde Williamson
2016
- Velho Chico as Jacinto de Sá Ribeiro (Coronel Saruê)
- Wounded Past as Fausto Leitão
2013
- Saramandaia as Tibério Vilar
- Mario Wallace Simonsen, Entre a Memória e a História as Self
2012
- Gabriela as Juíz Felismino
2011
- Não Se Preocupe, Nada Vai Dar Certo! as Ramon Velasco
- Boca do Lixo: A Bollywood Brasileira
- Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro as Self (archive footage)
- Antonio Meliande - Pau pra toda obra as Himself
2009
- Cat's Cradle as Self
2008
- A Favorita as Frederico Copola
2006
- Pages of Life as Tide (Aristides Martins de Andrade)
2005
- Bang Bang as John McGold
2004
- Her Own Destiny as José Carlos Tedesco
- Um Só Coração as Coronel Totonho
2002
- O Beijo do Vampiro as Duque Bóris Vladescu / Igor Pivomar
2001
- Um Anjo Caiu do Céu as João Medeiros
2000
- A Muralha as Dom Jerônimo Taveira
- Programa do Jô
1998
- Hilda Hurricane as Coronel Pocidônio
- Torre de Babel as César Toledo
1997
1996
- The King of The Cattle as Giuseppe Berdinazzi
- A Vida Como Ela É... as Jacinto
1994
- Pátria Minha as Raul Pellegrini
- Boca as Boca
1993
- Fera Ferida as Feliciano Mota
1992
- De Corpo e Alma as Diogo Santos Varela
1990
- Araponga as Araponga (Aristênio Catanduva)
- Desejo as Euclides da Cunha
- Boca de Ouro as Boca de Ouro
1989
1988
- Tarcísio & Glória as Bruno Lazzarini
1987
- I as Marcelo
- No Tempo de Glauber
1986
- Roda de Fogo as Renato Villar
1985
- O Tempo e o Vento as Capitão Rodrigo Cambará
- Grande Sertão: Veredas as Hermógenes
1984
- Meu Destino É Pecar as Paulo Avelar
1983
- Guerra dos Sexos as Felipe de Alcântara Pereira Barreto
- O Cangaceiro Trapalhão as Namorado de Aninha (não creditado)
1982
- Love Strange Love as Dr. Osmar
1981
- Brilhante as Paulo César Carvalho
- Viva o Gordo as Self
- I Love You as Ulisses
- The Kiss as Aprígio
1980
- Coração Alado as Juca Pitanga
- The Age of the Earth as Military Christ
1979
- Os Gigantes as Fernando Lucas
- República dos Assassinos as Mateus
- O Caçador de Esmeraldas as Capitão-Mor
1977
- The Trapalhões as Ele mesmo (em Brasília)
- Espelho Mágico as Diogo Maia / Diogo Moreira (Ciro)
1976
- Saramandaia as Dom Pedro I
1975
- Escalada as Antônio Dias
1974
- O Marginal as Osvaldo
1973
- O Semideus as Hugo Leonardo Filho / Raul de Paula
- Cavalo de Aço as Rodrigo Soares
- O Descarte ... (Producer)
1972
- Independência ou Morte as Imperador Dom Pedro I
- Missão: Matar! as José da Silva
1971
- Caso Especial
- O Homem Que Deve Morrer as Cyro Valdez
- As Confissões de Frei Abóbora as Mauro / Frei Abóbora
1970
- Irmãos Coragem as João Coragem
- OSS 117 Takes a Vacation as Assassin
1969
- Rosa Rebelde as Capitão Sandro de Aragão / Fernando de Aragão
- Máscara da Traição as Carlos Almeida
- Quelé do Pajeú as Clemente Celidônio / Quelé
1968
- A Gata de Vison as Bob Ferguson
1967
- O Grande Segredo as Celso
- Sangue e Areia as Juan Gallardo
1966
- Almas de Pedra as Danilo
1965
- A Deusa Vencida as Edmundo Amarante
- Pedra Redonda, 39
1964
- Mãe as Betinho
- Ambição as Miguel
- Uma Sombra em Minha Vida as Eduardo
1963
- 2-5499 Ocupado as Larry
- Casinha Pequenina as Nestor