Francisco "Chico" Díaz Rocha (born 16 February 1959) is a Brazilian actor.
Biography
Francisco Díaz Rocha was born in
Mexico City
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.
He is the son of
Juan Díaz Bordenave, a Paraguayan journalist and pedagogue, and Maria Cândida, a Brazilian translator.
He was raised in
Rio de Janeiro
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, where their parents decided to live in 1968.
[
He was married to actress Cecília Santana, with whom he has a son called Antônio.][ He is currently married to actress Sílvia Buarque, with whom he has a daughter called Irene.][
]
Selected filmography
* ''Gabriela, Cravo e Canela
''Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon'' ( pt, Gabriela, cravo e canela) is a Brazilian modernist novel. It was written by Jorge Amado in 1958 and published in English in 1962. It is widely considered one of his finest works. A film adaptation of the ...
'' (1983)
* '' Quilombo'' (1984)
* '' Avaete, Seed of Revenge'' (1985)
* '' The Man in the Black Cape'' (1986)
* '' Where the River Runs Black'' (1986)
* ''The Third Bank of the River
''The Third Bank of the River'' ( pt, A Terceira Margem do Rio) is a 1994 Brazilian drama film directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos. It is based on the short stories "A Menina de Lá", "Os Irmãos Dagobé", "Fatalidade", "Seqüência", and "A ...
'' (1994)
* '' Perfumed Ball'' (1996)
* '' Força de um Desejo'' (1999)
* '' Mango Yellow'' (2002)
* '' The Forest'' (2002)
* '' América'' (2005)
* ''Sonhos de Peixe
''Sonhos de Peixe'' is a 2006 film by Kirill Mikhanovsky. It premiered on May 21, 2006 in the International Critic's Week competition (La Semaine de la Critique) at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot summary
In a village on the northeastern coa ...
'' (2006)
* ''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 ...
'' (2007)
* '' A Favorita'' (2008)
*'' O Contador de Histórias'' (aka ''The Story of Me'') (2009)
* '' Gabriela'' (2012)
References
External links
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1959 births
Living people
Male actors from Mexico City
Mexican emigrants to Brazil
Male actors from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Brazilian people of Paraguayan descent
Brazilian male film actors
Brazilian male television actors