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Filmography

* 2002 – '' City of God'' – "Li'l Zé" * 2002 – ''Mauzinha'' * 2003 – ''O Corneteiro Lopes'' * 2005 – '' Cafundó'' – Cirino * 2006 – ''Trair e Coçar É só Começar'' – Mechanic * 2007 – '' O Homem Que Desafiou o Diabo'' – Zé Pretinho * 2012 – '' As Aventuras de Agamenon, o Repórter'' * 2012 – '' City of God - 10 Years Later''CITY OF GOD – 10 years later
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'' * 2014 – ''

'' * 2021 – '' Goitaca''

Selected television

* 2015-2018 – '' Magnifica 70'' * 2018-2020 – '' Impuros'' * 2022 - '' El Presidente: The Corruption Game''

Awards and nominations

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References

1978 births Living people Brazilian male film actors Brazilian male telenovela actors Male actors from Rio de Janeiro (city) {{Brazil-actor-stub