Matheus Nachtergaele (born 3 January 1968) is a Brazilian actor, director, and screenwriter.

Career

He has starred in numerous Brazilian films, best known for his appearances in the 1997 film ''

Four Days in September ''Four Days in September'' ( pt, O Que É Isso, Companheiro?) is a 1997 Brazilian thriller film directed by Bruno Barreto and produced by his parents Lucy and Luiz Carlos Barreto. It is a dramatized version of the 1969 kidnapping of the United ...

'' and the 2002 film '' City of God''. He has twice won the Best Actor award in the

Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro The Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro, more popularly known as Grande Otelo, is a Brazilian film award. It was established in 2000 as Grande Prêmio Cinema Brasil by the Ministry of Culture of Brazil that presented it in 2000 and 2001. In 2002 ...

, for his roles in ''

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'' (1998) in

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and ''

O Auto da Compadecida ''A Dog's Will'' ( pt, O Auto da Compadecida}, literally "The Compassionate Woman's Play", the woman being the Virgin Mary) is a 2000 Brazilian fantasy comedy film directed by Guel Arraes, who co-wrote the screenplay with Adriana Falcão and Joã ...

'' (2000) in

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

. He also won the Best Actor award for ''

Mango Yellow ''Mango Yellow'' ( pt, Amarelo Manga) is a 2002 Brazilian drama film directed by Cláudio Assis. It stars Matheus Nachtergaele, Jonas Bloch, Dira Paes, Chico Díaz, and Leona Cavalli as working-class people who engage in amorous and social enco ...

'' at XIII Cine Ceará in 2003. In 2008, he made his directorial debut with '.

Personal life

Nachtergaele is

bisexual Bisexuality is a romantic or sexual attraction or behavior toward both males and females, or to more than one gender. It may also be defined to include romantic or sexual attraction to people regardless of their sex or gender identity, whi ...

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1997) * ''

Central Station Central stations or central railway stations emerged in the second half of the nineteenth century as railway stations that had initially been built on the edge of city centres were enveloped by urban expansion and became an integral part of the ...

'' (1998) * ''

'' (1998) * '' A Dog's Will'' (2000) * '' City of God'' (2002) * ''

'' (2002) * ''

Da Cor do Pecado ''Da Cor do Pecado'' (English title: ''Shades of Sin'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo in the traditional 7pm timeslot between 26 January and 28 August 2004 with a total of 185 episodes, replacing '' Kubanacan'' and ...

'' (2004) * ''

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'' (2004) * '' América'' (2005) * ''

Journey to the End of the Night ''Journey to the End of the Night'' (french: Voyage au bout de la nuit, 1932) is the first novel by Louis-Ferdinand Céline. This semi-autobiographical work follows the adventures of Ferdinand Bardamu in the World War I, colonial Africa, the Un ...

'' (2006) * '' La Virgen Negra'' (2008) * '' Doce do Pai LULA'' (2012) * ''

Serra Pelada Serra Pelada (English: "Naked Mountain") is a Brazilian village, district of the municipality of Curionópolis, in the southeast of Pará. Serra Pelada was a large gold mine in Brazil south of the mouth of the Amazon River. The mine was made in ...

'' (2013) * ''

Don't Call Me Son ''Don't Call Me Son'' ( pt, Mãe só há uma) is a 2016 Brazilian drama film directed by Anna Muylaert. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. where it won a Jury Prize at the Teddy Awards for LGBT- ...

'' (2016) * '' Zama'' (2017)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nachtergaele, Matheus 1968 births Living people Male actors from São Paulo Brazilian people of Belgian descent Brazilian male film actors Brazilian male television actors Brazilian LGBT actors Bisexual male actors University of São Paulo alumni