António Jorge Peres Feio (6 December 1954 – 29 July 2010) was a Portuguese actor and director who was awarded the honorific degree of "Comendador da

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" on 27 March 2010, by

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(President of the Republic

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Early life and family

He lived in

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until the age of seven and settled in Lisbon, with his family. At age eleven, he began his voyage into theater with the play of

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, ''O Mar'', directed by

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in the Teatro Experimental de Cascais.Morreu António Feio
(30 Julho 2010). Euronews.net. Accessed 31 Julho 2010 Soon after, he began work in television, cinema, and radio ads. He married Lurdes Feio, a journalist, and they had two daughters, Bárbara Gonzalez Feio and Kiki (Catarina) Gonzalez Feio. Later, Sara Cadima Feio and Filipe Cadima Feio were born, their mother being the actress Cláudia Cadima with whom Feio had had an 18-year relationship.

Career

In 1969, he got his professional actor's license in the theater company,

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, and went back to Mozambique, touring with the play ''Comprador de Horas''. He then retired from the stage and worked as a designer in an architecture company. In 1974, he was again on the Teatro Experimental de Cascais, where he left to form the ''Teatro Aquarius'' with Fernando Gomes. He then began touring the ''Cooperativa de Comediantes Rafael de Oliveira'', ''Teatro Popular-Companhia Nacional I'', under the direction of

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, Teatro Ádóque, Teatro ABC, Casa da Comédia,

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, Teatro Variedades, and

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. He started directing with the show ''Pequeno Rebanho Não Desesperes'' of

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in the Casa da Comédia. ''Vincent'' of Leonard Nimoy, in

and '' O Verdadeiro Oeste'' of

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, in Auditório Carlos Paredes were his next plays. As an actor, he partook in ''Inox-Take 5'' (1993) with

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. This was the start of a partnership that would last throughout his life. He started managing acting courses in the Centro Cultural de Benfica and launched a few groups with his students, such as ''O Esquerda Baixa'' and ''Pano de Ferro''. Besides theater, he was also on TV in sitcoms such as '' Conversa da Treta'' or shows such as ''

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''). He was in cinema with Alfredo Tropa, Eduardo Geada, Luís Filipe Costa and Fernando Fragata and also did voice-overs. He kept working on radio with a humorous chronic on TSF.

Plays

He had many plays, and the most important were ''A Partilha'' by Miguel Falabela and ''O Que diz Molero'' by Diniz Machado (

); '' Perdidos em Yonkers'' by

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and ''Duas Semanas com o Presidente'' by

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( CCB and Teatro Nacional S. João); ''Conversa da Treta'' by José Fanha ( Auditório Carlos Paredes); ''O Aleijadinho do Corvo'' by

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(Visões Úteis/

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); '' 'Arte''' by

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(Teatro Nacional S. João); ''Bom Dia Benjamim'' by Nuno Artur Silva, Luís Miguel Viterbo and

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( CCB and Expo98); ''Portugal Uma Comédia Musical'' by Nuno Artur Silva and Nuno Costa Santos (Teatro São Luiz); ''Popcorn'' by

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with Helena Laureano, ''Deixa-me Rir'' by

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,''Jantar de Idiotas'' and ''O Chato'' by

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( Teatro Villaret).

Death

He died on 29 July, at 11:30am, in the Hospital da Luz. He was a victim of pancreatic cancer, which he had been fighting for several months.O homem que levava o teatro às pessoas
(30 Julho 2010). Publico.pt. Accessed 30 July 2010

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Feio, Antonio 1954 births 2010 deaths Portuguese male film actors Portuguese male television actors Portuguese male stage actors Portuguese male voice actors Portuguese theatre directors Mozambican emigrants to Portugal Deaths from cancer in Portugal Deaths from pancreatic cancer