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Wagner Maniçoba de Moura (; born 27 June 1976) is a Brazilian actor, director, filmmaker, musician, and journalist. Wagner started his career doing theater in
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, where he worked with renowned directors, and soon scored some appearances in films. In 2003, he got his first leading roles in movies, in addition to having a prominent role in '' Carandiru'', which propelled him to the main scene of Brazilian cinema. He continued starring in national feature films, including the box office hits ''
Elite Squad ''Elite Squad'' ( pt, Tropa de Elite, ) is a 2007 Brazilian crime film based on the novel ''Elite da Tropa'' by Luiz Eduardo Soares, André Batista, and Rodrigo Pimentel. Directed by José Padilha from a screenplay by Padilha, Bráulio Manto ...
'' and '' Elite Squad 2'', playing the famous character Capitão Nascimento. The first film received the
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and both productions reverberated outside Brazil, which boosted the actor's international recognition. In 2007, he was the antagonist of the soap opera ''
Paraíso Tropical ''Paraíso Tropical'' (English: ''Tropical Paradise'') is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from 5 March and 28 September 2007, totaling 179 chapters. Aired replacing '' Páginas da Vida'', Manoel Carlos, and replaced ...
'', being praised for his performance by both the public and the critics. In 2013, he was cast in the American science fiction feature film ''
Elysium Elysium (, ), otherwise known as the Elysian Fields ( grc, Ἠλύσιον πεδίον, ''Ēlýsion pedíon'') or Elysian Plains, is a conception of the afterlife that developed over time and was maintained by some Greek religious and philos ...
'', opposite
Matt Damon Matthew Paige Damon (; born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. Ranked among ''Forbes'' most bankable stars, the films in which he has appeared have collectively earned over $3.88 billion at the North Americ ...
and
Jodie Foster Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and the ho ...
The film marked the international debut of the Brazilian actor, who received praise from critics for this work. In 2015, he went on to star in the series ''
Narcos ''Narcos'' is an American-Colombian crime drama television series created and produced by Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard, and Doug Miro. Set and filmed in Colombia, seasons 1 and 2 are based on the story of Colombian narcoterrorist and drug kin ...
'', playing drug trafficker
Pablo Escobar Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (; ; 1 December 19492 December 1993) was a Colombian drug lord and narcoterrorist who was the founder and sole leader of the Medellín Cartel. Dubbed "the king of cocaine", Escobar is the wealthiest criminal in h ...
, a role for which he was nominated for several awards, including the
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. Later, Moura came back as a director for two episodes of '' Narcos: Mexico''. Besides being a well-established and acclaimed actor in Brazil, Moura achieved a consolidated international career and it is part of the movement that seeks positive representation for latins in Hollywood. In 2021, he made his debut as a movie  director and screenwriter with '' Marighella'', a biopic about
Carlos Marighella Carlos Marighella (; 5 December 1911 – 4 November 1969) was a Brazilian politician, writer, and guerrilla fighter of Marxist–Leninist orientation. He was accused of engaging in "terrorist acts" against the Brazilian military dictatorshi ...
, which hit cinemas after a well recived debut on
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in 2019. The movie won several awards, included best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay for Moura in differents cerimonies.


Early life

Moura was born in
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and raised in
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, 540 km from the capital. José Moura, his father, was in the military, so the family, still consisting of his mother, Alderiva, and his younger sister Lediane - who works as a pediatrician - got used to move. His relationship with acting started thanks to a schoolmate that, just like him, was weird for the other mates. The colleague did theater and Wagner wanted to follow the same steps to try to find a class that would fit in. He became best friends with Emmy nominee actor Lazaro Ramos during teenage times in
Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (sta ...
. Ramos reported that his friend was a great supporter of his career since youth.


Career


Early career in theatre and Brazilian cinema (1996–2005)

Moura joined acting classes during his teens, and started working in professional theater in 1996. Later, he graduated in journalist at the Federal University of Bahia. He had a small PR company that worked for other local actors and theaters company but the business soon went bankrupt. In the early 2000s, he was a reporter for an interview program on TV Bahia – an affiliate of Rede Globo – and covered high society parties talking to businessmen and celebrities. Despite that, Wagner continued making auditions to chase her acting aspirations. Success in the career came with the play A Maquina. Critical and public acclaim, the show leaved Bahia for presentations in Pernambuco, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in seasons of great success. The hit boosted the careers of mMura and his colleagues, now well succeed Brazilian actors Lazaro Ramos and
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. In cinema, he started with the shorts Pop Killer, by Victor Mascarenhas, and Rádio Gogó, by José Araripe Jr. His first feature was Sabor da Paixão (Woman on Top), by the Venezuelan
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, in which he had a small participation with Lázaro, whom he helped with the tests in English, since Ramos did not speaked the language. With the resumption of Brazilian cinema opening up to new faces, he got roles in several productions with important names, such as
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, by
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;
The Three Marias ''The Three Marias'' is a Brazilian drama film made in 2002. It is the second feature film by the Brazilian filmmaker Aluizio Abranches. Marieta Severo, Júlia Lemmertz, Maria Luísa Mendonça and Luíza Mariani lead the cast. Also in the cast ar ...
, by
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;
Deus é Brasileiro ''God Is Brazilian'' ( pt, Deus É Brasileiro) is a 2003 Brazilian comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Carlos Diegues, based on a story by João Ubaldo Ribeiro. In the film, God, portrayed by Antônio Fagundes, decides to take a vacation ...
, by
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; Nina, by
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; The Man of the Year, by José Henrique Fonseca; A Caminho das Nuvens, by Vicente Amorim. In Recife, during the filming of Deus é Brasileiro, Wagner was reading the book Estação Carandiru by
Dráuzio Varella Antônio Drauzio Varella (Brazilian Portuguese: ; born May 3, 1943 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian doctor, educator, scientist and medical science popularizer in the press and TV, as well as best-selling author. In addition to medicine, ...
when he found out about the auditions for the film Carandiru. Because he was busy with the recordings and unable to appear in the face-to-face auditions in another state, he asked the person in charge of the making of to help him record a tape that would be sent to the production. The material was very dark, and it was only possible to hear the actor reading excerpts from the book. Some time later
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would call him for a meeting in São Paulo because he was curious to met the owner of the voice. The actor ended up joining the cast as the prisoner, dealer and drug addict Zico. He debuted on television after famous brazilian actor and Mouras's costar in God Is Brazilian,
Antônio Fagundes Antônio José da Silva Fagundes Filho (born 18 April 1949) is a Brazilian actor, playwright, voice actor, and producer. Renowned for his several performances in stage, film and television, where he frequently works in telenovelas. Biography Fa ...
invite him for a small participation in the popular series Carga Pesada on
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. Then came the series Sexo Frágil, which entered the network's Friday night schedule after its success as a sketch on the TV show Fantastico. The play Dilúvio em Tempos de Seca was shown in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and ended its season at the Curitiba Theater Festival at Teatro Guaíra for an audience of more than four thousand people in the two days it was presented. With the end of the work, the actor would turn to television and cinema. He debuted in soap operas at A Lua me Disse by Miguel Falabella, starring the heartthrob Gustavo, a contrast with the other characters he has played so far. He then amended the soap opera with the limited serie JK, the biography of the Brazil's former president
Juscelino Kubitschek Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira (; 12 September 1902 – 22 August 1976), also known by his initials JK, was a prominent Brazilian politician who served as the 21st president of Brazil from 1956 to 1961. His term was marked by economic prosp ...
, playing the title character in his youth.


''Elite Squad'', TV, theater and music (2007–2012)

In 2007, he was scheduled to play businessman Olavo Novaes, villain of the telenovela Paraíso Tropical, wrote by prestigious brazilian authors
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and Ricardo Linhares. Braga initially thought about having
Selton Mello Selton Figueiredo Mello (born 30 December 1972) is a Brazilian actor and director. Since his childhood, he acted on TV shows. Now he works on TV, movies and theater. Throughout his career, he developed a strong and solid experience in cinema, pr ...
on the role, who turned it down due to scheduling conflicts, and director Dennis Carvalho, who had worked with Moura on JK, nominated him for the role. Olavo and his lover, prostitute Bebel, played by
Camila Pitanga Camila Manhães Sampaio (born 14 June 1977), known professionally as Camila Pitanga, is a Brazilian actress and former model. She is internationally renowned for her roles in film and television. In film, she is known for her roles in ''Quilombo ...
, became the bigest highlights of the show. It was the duo of actor's idea to intensify the affection relationship between two characters, as it seemed interesting for the plot. The result was a popular appeal for the villains to become officialy a couple and have more screen time together, which happened. Both Moura and Pitanga were acclaimed and highly awarded for their roles. At the same time, the film Elite Squad, in which he played the role of police officer Captain Nascimento, began to have wide repercussions. “Elite” initially would have the aspiring Mathias as the protagonist of the film, but during editing it was realized that showing Nascimento's point of view would set the tone and energy that the production was looking for. From there, the synopsis was changed, the production was reassembled and Wagner had to hastily record the narration. The film broke all box office records, won awards in Brazil and Europe, including the Berlin's Golden Bear, and generated controversy and debates about piracy, police harassment and urban violence. With both works, he became one of the most popular actors in his country, immensely recognized by the public and critics as one of the great names of his generation of actors and chosen by Vogue Brazil as "Man of the Year" in 2007. In 2008, after the end of "Paraiso", he returned to the theater after years without stepping on stage, with the play
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by
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- which in the words of the actor, was an old dream for being his favorite play since adolescence - in the role of protagonist and producer. The theatrical process was recorded by his wife, Sandra, and became a documentary. Hamlet was also a success with the public and acclaimed by the specialized press. He was in three more short films: Desejo, Ópera do Mallandro and Blackout, awarded at the
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; in the films Ó Paí Ó, Saneamento Basico o Filme, A Máquina and Romance. In addition, he resumed the band he formed in 1992 with friends, Sua Mãe, performed on some TV programs and released a CD. In 2010, he came back as Nascimento, in the sequel to Elite Squad. Elite Squad 2 repeated the success of the first version and for ten years held the highest-grossing title in the country's history. In 2012, he was the guest vocalist for the "MTV live tribute to
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" held in SP and broadcast live by
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itself. Wagner Moura didn't hide his satisfaction, as he stated in several interviews that he was a big fan of the band. In 2011 he was honored at the Braskem Theater Award, and in 2013 at the Gramado Festival. Also in 2013, he was elected Man of the Year by GQ Brazil in the cinema category.


Start in Hollywood and debut as a director (2013–present)

The film Elysium marked his Hollywood debut, alongside Matt Damon, Jodie Foster and Alice Braga (who was nominated by Moura for the film), playing Spider. Moura got the role after his agents show his work in Elite Squad 2 for the movie producers In 2014, he stars in
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, once again at the Berlin Festival, as a lifeguard from Recife who goes to Germany after falling in love with a tourist. The film received homophobic reactions from part of the audiences for its depiction of a romance between two men, which included nudity and sex scenes. In the same year,
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was released, in which Wagner plays a parachutist who talks about Christ the Redeemer in the short film by
José Padilha José Bastos Padilha Neto (; born 1 August 1967) is a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the Brazilian critical and financial successes ''Elite Squad'' and '' Elite Squad: The Enemy Within'' and ...
. As a director, he worked on the music video for the song "Te Amo" from the album Bicicletas, Bolos e Outras Alegrias, by singer
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. In April 2015, Wagner was confirmed to play one of the "seven men" in the movie
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, a remake of the 1960 western classic alongside names like
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, scheduled to premiere in 2017, but had to decline the invitation due to filming the series
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, in which he was the protagonist. For the same reason, he could not star in the Brazilian feature Bingo: O Rei das Manhãs. In August of the same year, Narcos debuted on Netflix, with Wagner playing
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. The performance was praised by critics and the series was very well accepted by the public. Narcos earned him a
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nomination for best actor in a TV series in 2016, becoming the first Brazilian in 14 years to achieve recognition. In 2018 he was announced in the new production of
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, but the project was paused. In September 2019, he released the film Wasp Network, also from Netflix and directed by
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, in competition at the
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. In 2020, he signed with WME and was part of the official jury of the
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, voting in the international fiction category. Also at Sundance, he launched the Netflix drama Sergio, about Brazilian diplomat
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, in which he is both the protagonist and producer. In 2021, he joined the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood. In November of the same year, the third season of Narcos Mexico was released, in which he directs two episodes. In the same period, he managed to release his first film as a director, Marighella, in Brazilian cinemas. Marighella officially premiered in 2019 at the Berlin International Film Festival within the official out-of-competition show, and received good reviews. At the
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2022 (Brazilian Film Grand Prix), the film was the biggest champion with eight awards, including Best Film, Best First Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Moura During interviews, he announced that he signed a contract with Disney to produce a series about Maria Bonita, and will be in the next productions by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Karim Ainouz. in addition, he will be in the animation Arca de Noé by Sergio Machado and
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, inspired by
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. In 2022, he starred in the Apple TV serie Shining Girls with Elisabeth Moss, in the role of journalist Dan Velásquez, joined the cast of Civil War, a film by Oscar-nominated director and screenwriter
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, and released Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, with
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, voicing the Big Bad Wolf. He starred, alongside
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, Chris Evans,
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, considered the most expensive in the history of Netflix, as the eccentric Laszlo Sosa. In the role, Moura lost twenty kilos and was praised by the
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, who called him "an incredible actor, one of the most talented in the world". Later, it was announced on the Amazon series Mr and Mrs Smith


Personal life

Of
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origin, Moura's native language is Portuguese, but he also fluently speaks English and Spanish. For his portrayal of Pablo Escobar in ''Narcos'', Moura took Spanish lessons, to sound more like a native speaker. Moura had to gain over 18 kilograms (40 pounds) to play the role of Pablo Escobar; after production of the second season of Narcos, Moura decided to lose the weight through an all-vegan diet. Moura practices
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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ; pt, jiu-jitsu brasileiro ) is a self-defence martial art and combat sport based on grappling, ground fighting (ne-waza) and submission holds. BJJ focuses on the skill of taking an opponent to the ground, control ...
. He has three children, Bem, Salvador and José, all born in
Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...
, with journalist and photographer Sandra Delgado. Wagner and Sandra met at the University but only got involved after they graduated. At the time, he was moving to Rio and invited her to go with. She accepted, despite very recent dating. The two never formally married. The family has residences in Salvador, Los Angeles and Rio de Janeiro, and the actor claims that they live where the work is, having spent time in Colombia for Narcos and now most of the time in Los Angeles. Despite this, he considers Bahia his real home.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moura, Wagner 1976 births Living people 20th-century Brazilian male actors 21st-century Brazilian male actors Brazilian male film actors Brazilian male stage actors Brazilian male television actors People from Salvador, Bahia