Nelson Xavier
Popularity:0.263
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1941-08-30
Place of Birth:São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Also Known As:Nelson Agostini Xavier, Нельсон Ксавьер, Нельсон Шавьер, Нельсон Хавьер

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional (1997)
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."

Chico Xavier (2010)
A biography of spiritual medium and author Francisco Candido Xavier.

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976)
After the death of her handsome but good-for-nothing husband Vadinho, Flor, a widow, marries Dr. Teodoro, a respectable gentleman. Hilarity ensues...

Moon Over Parador (1988)
Little known actor, Jack Noah, is working on location in the dictatorship of Parador at the time the dictator dies. The dictator's right hand man,...

Chica de Río (2001)
Discovering your wife is sleeping with your boss can make a man do strange things. For a Samba-obsessed London clerk, robbing a bank and boarding the...

O Filme dos Espíritos (2011)
Após perder a esposa e a caminho do suicídio, um homem se depara com O Livro dos Espíritos e começa uma jornada de...

As Mães de Chico Xavier (2011)
Three mothers see their reality become completely, they are: Ruth, whose teenage son, Raul, faces problems with drugs; Elisa, trying to make up for...

The Storytellers (2003)
A small poor community called Javé is under threat of being flooded by a new dam that is being built, and the only way to prevent this is to...

Boca (1994)
A photo-journalist goes to Brazil to investigate a savage crime boss. She becomes infatuated with the story.

Of Gods and the Undead (1970)
In the 1930s, in the South of State of Bahia, Brazil, an adventurer with no name or history, who has already been shot seven times, gets involved in...

The Fall (1976)
An accident at a construction site, resulting in one death, sets one worker off on a struggle for justice that exposes the mechanisms of exploitation...

Rei do Rio (1985)
Two friends get rich running an illegal gambling business. But soon they start to compete, and become rivals.

The Guns (1964)
A group of armed soldiers is sent to the Northeast of Brazil in an attempt to stop a famine-struck population from invading and stealing a food...

Cesium-137 (1990)
In 1987, in Goiânia, two paper collectors find a radioactive capsule and sell it to the owner of a junkyard. Once the capsule is opened, more...

Two Lost in a Dirty Night (1970)
Two outcasts fight over a pair of shoes in a run-down boarding-house room.

Gordos e Magros (1976)
After staying the day at the gym, eating and drinking, Carlos, a fat man, go meet his parents, Helena and Jorge, at the party they are throwing. He...

The Deceased (1965)
After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her peace. After talking to her husband Toninho, she suspects...

The Wizard and the Sheriff (1983)
Powerful magician goes to jail for creating illusion of affluence in Brazilian town.

Farewell (2014)
A 92-year-old man decides that the time has come to say goodbye to all that is most important in his life, including his lover – who is 55...

O Cangaceiro Trapalhão (1983)
Severino do Quixadá (Renato Aragão), a humble northeastern shepherd of goats, rescues Captain Virgulano or simply Captain (Nelson...

A Dama do Estácio (2012)
Zulmira is an old mistress who lives in the neighborhood of Estacio, in Rio de Janeiro. One day she wakes up obsessed with the idea of dying. All she...

Trash (2014)
Set in Brazil, three kids who make a discovery in a garbage dump soon find themselves running from the cops and trying to right a terrible wrong.

Go To Work You Bum! (1973)
Having come out recently from jail, a tramp, willing to make quick money, decides to organize a pool match between two famous retired players.

Feminino Plural (1976)
"Seven women on motorcycles, through Via Dutra, go to the Baixada Fluminense, a microcosm of Brazil. Diving into the memory and questioning the...

The Devil Queen (1974)
Rio's criminal underworld is run by an unexpected boss: a femme Queen with a taste for power and violence. But heavy lies the crown: what Queen can...

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Lampião e Maria Bonita - O Filme (2015)

Denying Brazil (2000)
A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian television "soaps". Based on his own memories and on a...

A Culpa (1972)
Heitor and Matilde are two siblings who decide to murder their rich father in order to quickly inherit his wealth. They get the killing done, aided...

Doomed Lovers (1967)
The legend of Tristan and Isolde is one of the most beautiful love epics ever conceived. Richard Wagner, in a famous opera, had already tarnished its...

BLABLABLÁ (1968)
The tensions experienced by three different people during the military dictatorship in Brazil: a politician, a revolutionary and a common citizen.

Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo II: A Volta (1991)
Exiled in Acapulco, the bon vivant Dino cheats a rich widow into financing his coming back to Brazil. To avoid getting caught, he hides in a coffin....

Benjamim (2003)
Benjamim Zambraia is a lonely man, a famous model with a tragic past. Some time in the past, he showed some officers the exact location where the...

Desesperato (1968)
Directed by Sérgio Bernardes Filho, "Desesperato" tells the story of a writer (Raul Cortez) who leaves his home to carry out literary research...

The Animal's Skin (1979)
In the 20's, in the State of Piauí, Brazil, a young cowboy is used politically after killing his wife, who had been seduced by her boss and...

Comeback (2017)
Amador is a retired and ostracized gunman. Alone and bitter, he collects newspaper clippings of his old crimes in an album. After several...

As Confissões de Frei Abóbora (1971)
The loving adventures of a priest disillusioned with religion and life.

Napomuceno's Will (1997)
Nopumoceno, the most successful businessman in the Cabo Verde archipelogo, is an ambitious, clever opportunist, known during his lifetime as...

Rondon, o Desbravador (2016)
The life and highlights of Marshal Cândido Rondon.

O Bom Burguês (1983)
True story of Brazilian bank clerk who supplied money for the guerrilla fighting against the military dictatorship of the 70s. When he changes his...

Para Viver Um Grande Amor (1984)
Poor people who live in the slums in Rio de Janeiro decide to occupy an empty apartment building in the rich part of the city. Meanwhile, a rich...

O Gerente (2011)
A bank manager has a secret. He is compelled to bite society women hands.

Ovelha Negra, Uma Despedida de Solteiro (1974)
João, a playboy, spends his last day as a single in a resort hotel, where he seduces a teenager and gets involved with the casino singer.

Massacre no Supermercado (1968)
Employees on a local supermarket plot an epic heist for robbing the place's vault, but things start to go wrong when they notice a police detective...

They Don't Wear Black Tie (1981)
Otavio is an idealistic union leader trying to organize workers at a factory to resist the company's exploitative practices. His son, Tião,...

The Moving Forest (2015)
Based on William Shakespeare's "Macbeth". Elias is a successful executive who works in the second largest private bank in Brazil. One day, Elias...

At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)
Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their remote...

Lua Cambará - Nas Escadarias do Palácio (2002)

Lamarca (1994)
The real story of Carlos Lamarca, a captain who, during the military dictatorship in Brazil, deserted Brazilian Army and got involved in left-wing...

Os Sonhos de um Sonhador - A História de Frank Aguiar (2015)

Stolen Dreams (2009)
Jessica, Sabrina and Daiane have dreams, just like all young people of any social class or place in the world. They live in a low-income neighborhood...

O Príncipe do Fogo (1984)
The story of the black mystic murderer Febrônio Índio do Brasil.

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: O Pagador de Promessas - O Filme (2015)
Adaptation of the series shown in 1988. The humble farmer Zé do Burro makes a promise to Santa Bárbara to save his donkey Nicolau from...

Gabriela (1983)
In 1925, Gabriela, a poor, uneducated, yet charming woman becomes cook, mistress, and then wife of Nacib, a bar owner in Ilhéus, a small...

Plínio Marcos — Nas Quebradas do Mundaréu (2013)
The theatrologist, actor, director and overall polemist Plínio Marcos gets his life traced through images of the many spectacles he has put on...

Renascer (1993)
Jose Inocencio had innocence only as part of his name, but only those who new him well could notice this. But nobody knew him. He was a storyteller,...

A Favorita (2008)
Donatela and Flora, two friends who became rivals. One of them committed a homicide and pretends to be innocent. There are two versions for the same...

Senhora do Destino (2004)
A story about people who succeed in life thanks to nothing but their own efforts. Maria do Carmo is the main character of the telenovela; a mother of...

Gabriela (2012)
Naïve and provocative Gabriela is a raggedy migrant worker who arrives in town to mesmerize all with her playful and simple, yet raw sensuality....

Pedra Sobre Pedra (1992)
Pedra Sobre Pedra is a Brazilian telenovela produced by Rede Globo from January 6 to July 31, 1992, with 178 episodes.

Sítio do Picapau Amarelo (2001)
The series exhibited several stories based on folklore and mythology , with characters such as Cuca, Saci Pererê and Iara from Brazilian...

A Vida Como Ela É... (1996)
Adaptations of 40 short stories of brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues, written between 1951 and 1961. The stories were considered scandalous at...

Irmãos Coragem (1995)
Dias Gomes and Marcílio Moraes' version of the soap opera of the same name by Janete Clair shown in 1970, Irmãos Coragem features as...