Edney Giovenazzi
Born: 1930-08-12 in Pederneiras, São Paulo, Brazil
Known For: Acting
Biography
Ednei Giovenazzi is a former actor. Born on August 12, 1930, in Pederneiras, São Paulo, he moved to the capital of São Paulo, where he graduated in Dentistry and made his debut in theater in the 1950s. On television, he made his debut in 1967 in the Tupi's soap operas Yoshico, um Poema de Amor, O Jardineiro Espanhol and O Pequeno Lord. In 1968, he moved to Rio de Janeiro, where he began acting in Globo's soap operas such as O Santo Mestiço (1968), Pigmalião 70 (1970), Selva de Pedra (1972) and Os Ossos do Barão (1973). Later, in the same decade, he returned to São Paulo where he returned to acting in Tupi. He won prominent roles in A Barba Azul (1974), Ovelha Negra (1975), Xeque-Mate (1976), O Julgamento (1976) and Salário Mínimo (1978). For a time, he combined his work as an actor with that of a dentist in the public service. Until he decided to leave dentistry to dedicate himself solely to his acting career. In the following decades, he acted and made guest appearances in soap operas on Globo, Band, SBT and Manchete. His last work was playing Messias in Sparkling Girls (2012). In 2014, he decided to retire and since then, he has maintained a discreet life.
Filmography
2012
- Sparkling Girls as Seu Messias
2010
- Uma Rosa com Amor as Giovanni Petroni
2009
- Paraíso as Prefeito Paulino
2008
- Stone Circle as Dr. Madeira
- Queridos Amigos as Nicola
2007
- Amazônia: De Galvez a Chico Mendes as Silveira
2002
- Sabor da Paixão as Quintino Saraiva
2000
- Brava Gente as ourives
1999
- No Coração dos Deuses as Anhangüera
1998
- Brida as Patrick O'Neal
1996
- Antônio Alves, Taxista as Ariovaldo
- Perdidos de Amor as Fabiano
1995
- O Espiritismo de Kardec aos Dias de Hoje as Allan Kardec
1994
- Tropicaliente as Bonfim
1991
- Happiness as Chico Treva
- A República dos Anjos
1990
- Desejo as Camilo Ratto
- O Círculo de Fogo
1989
- Que Rei Sou Eu? as François Gaillard
1988
- Abolição as Padre Ramos
1987
- Direito de Amar as Augusto Medeiros
1985
- O Tempo e o Vento as Major Erasmo Graça
- Uma Esperança no Ar as Daniel Fiori
1984
- Partido Alto as Edu
- Transas e Caretas as Álvaro
- Livre Para Voar as Álvaro Porto
1982
- Sétimo Sentido as Horácio Sampaio
1980
- As Três Marias as Raul Torreão
- Pé de Vento as Edmundo
1978
- Salário Mínimo as Hércules Sanches
- João Brasileiro, o Bom Baiano as Ele mesmo
1976
- Xeque-Mate as Rodolfo Bastos
- O Julgamento
- O Gesto, a Festa, a Mensagem - Dois Mil Anos de Teatro as Narrador - Seis Personagens em Busca de Autor, de Luigi Pirandello
- Reveillon
1975
- Ovelha Negra as Padre Jonas
1974
- A Barba Azul as Vitório Galhardi (Conde de Parma)
- O Marginal as Fineza
- Um Homem Célebre as Deputado Vaz Lobo
1973
- Os Ossos do Barão as Vicente
- Êxtase de Sádicos as Tesoureiro
1972
- Selva de Pedra as Jorge Moreno
- Dybbuk: The Demon
1971
- Caso Especial as Jorge
- O Homem Que Deve Morrer as Ricardo Lopes
- Mãos Vazias
1970
- Pigmalião 70 as Dr. Carlito Catalão
- A Próxima Atração as Mário Yamashita
1969
- A Cabana do Pai Tomás as Mr. Simon Legris
1968
- A Grande Mentira as Paulo Bacelar
- O Santo Mestiço as Gerardo
1967
- O Jardineiro Espanhol as Sir Harington Brande
- O Pequeno Lord
- Yoshico, um Poema de Amor as Cawabata San