Celso Frateschi

Celso Frateschi (born February 9, 1952) is a Brazilian actor, director, author and politician.

Biography

Celso was born in São Paulo, Brazil. He is affiliated with the Workers'Party and married the architect and set designer Sylvia Moreira, father of the also actor André Frateschi and Ludmila Frateschi.

He was Municipal Secretary of Culture of São Paulo, in the management of Marta Suplicy, and Secretary of Culture in São Bernardo do Campo.

He owns Teatro Ágora, in São Paulo. He played ''Richard III'' and ''The Dream of a Ridiculous Man'' with great success. Actor, director and author, he was one of the founders of the groups Teatro Núcleo Independente, Teatro Pequeno, and Ágora - Center for Theatrical Development, of São Paulo. He made his debut at the São Paulo Arena Theater in 1980, in Augusto Boal's Teatro Jornal 1ª Edição. He worked with some of the most notable directors of Brazilian theater, such as Enrique Diaz, José Possi Neto and Domingos de Oliveira.

He wrote ''A epidemia'', with Paulo Maurício, and ''Os Imigrantes'', with which he debuted as director and received, in 1978, the 'Mambembe Award' for best actor. He received the 'Shell Award' for best actor in 1988 for ''Eras'' by Heiner Müller.

He is a licensed professor at the School of Dramatic Arts at USP. He was Municipal Secretary of Culture in Santo André and São Paulo, in the management of Marta Suplicy, in 2003 and 2004. He was Funarte's president until October 2008, when he resigned. In a letter entitled "The transatlantic phantom", published at the night of August 6, Frateschi says he will not resist the "articulated movement of some officials and some sectors of the Ministry of Culture to destabilize my management in the Funarte presidency."

In August 2008, Celso Frateschi inaugurated his blog on the website of Bravo! Magazine. He also produced ''Uncle Vanya'' by Anton Chekhov.

Filmography

Television

* 1985 ''Uma Esperança no Ar'' - Rui
* 1994 ''Memorial de Maria Moura'' - Liberato
* 1994 ''Você Decide'' - ''Pressão Total''
* 1998 ''Pecado Capital'' - Pacheco
* 1998 '' Torre de Babel'' - Delegado
* 2000 '' A Muralha'' - Afonso Góis
* 2001 ''Presença de Anita'' - Igor
* 2002 ''O Beijo do Vampiro'' - Ezequiel
* 2004 ''Começar de Novo'' - Mikhail
* 2004 ''Um Só Coração'' - Ernesto da Silva
* 2005 ''Belíssima'' - Juiz
* 2005 ''Carga Pesada'' - Casão
* 2005 ''Essas Mulheres'' - Pedro Camargo
* 2006 ''A Diarista'' - Nestor
* 2006 ''Sinhá Moça'' - Inácio
* 2007 ''Paixões Proibidas'' - Álvaro de Sousa
* 2008 ''Casos e Acasos'' - 3 Episodes
* 2008 ''Queridos Amigos'' - Dr. Hélio Gomes Vianna
* 2009 ''Uns Braços'' - Borges Solicitor
* 2009 ''Força-Tarefa'' - Valfrido
* 2010 ''Escrito nas Estrelas'' - Jardel
* 2011 '' O Astro'' - Nelson Cerqueira
* 2013 ''José do Egito'' - Jacó
* 2014 ''Sessão de Terapia'' - Guilherme Damasceno
* 2016 ''Êta Mundo Bom!'' - Barão de Goytacazes
* 2016 '' 3%'' - Cause Leader

Cinema

* 1997 ''O Trabalho dos Homens'' - Police
* 1997 ''Os Matadores''
* 1998 ''Contos de Lygia''
* 2001 ''Bufo & Spallanzani'' - Dr. Ribeiroles
* 2001 ''Mater Dei''
* 2001 ''Sonhos Tropicais'' - Sales Guerra
* 2003 '' Cristina Quer Casar''
* 2006 ''Veias e Vinhos - Uma História Brasileira'' - Capitão
* 2018 ''Paraíso Perdido'' - Delegado

References

External links

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1952 births
Living people
Male actors from São Paulo
Brazilian people of Italian descent
Brazilian male television actors
Brazilian male film actors
Brazilian directors
Brazilian theatre directors
Workers' Party (Brazil) politicians

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