José Pereira de Abreu Júnior (; born 24 May 1946) is a Brazilian actor.

Biography

Born in the city of Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, in the state of

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, at the age of fourteen he moved to the state's capital,

city, working as a lab assistant and office-boy for a law firm. In 1967, while studying law at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, he began his theatrical career at the Teatro da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, with the play '' Morte e Vida Severina'' by João Cabral de Melo Neto and

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. A year later, he was starring in movies, but his career came to a quick halt because of his political activism. Abreu was arrested during a meeting of the

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, belonged to the Ação Popular and gave logistical support to the Vanguarda Armada Revolucionária Palmares, a leftist group that fought against the military regime. He also joined the

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movement during that time, in contrast with his militaristic actions. Forced into exile in

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in 1968, he returned in 1974 to live in

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, state of

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, his wife's homeland. They both taught at the federal university in that city, but soon moved to

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, where he produced musicals and starred in children's plays. With his wife, he produced the first staging of the musical ''Os Saltimbancos'' in that state. Then, after the success of the movie '' A Intrusa'' (The Intruder) (1979), filmed in Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, he started work as an actor in

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's soap-operas. In 2006 he partnered with director Luiz Arthur Nunes to create ''Fala, Zé!'', a theatrical monologue in which he critically reflects on his generation, crossing biography and fiction. In 2011 he played Milton in the soap-opera '' Insensato Coração''; in 2012, the character Nilo in '' Avenida Brasil''; in 2013, the character Ernest in '' Joia Rara''; and in 2015 the villain Gibson Stewart in ''

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''.

Personal life

He has five children, with three different partners. His first child, Rodrigo, died in an accident in 1992, at age 21. He also has four grandchildren. In early 2013, he declared he is

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, then in a few days later he tweeted he is not bi but

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instead. On March 8, 2019, he was jokingly proclaimed as "president" of the Federative Republic of Brazil in an act of protest at Galeao Airport near Rio. He is the great-uncle of actress and screenwriter Maria Bopp, known for being the protagonist of the Fox Premium's TV series '' Me Chama de Bruna'', where she plays the role of famous real-life

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Bruna Surfistinha.

Career

Abreu performed in over 24 movies and 47 television shows, of which most are soap operas.

Filmography

Television

Film

References

External links

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José de Abreu - blog
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