Vinícius de Oliveira (born July 18, 1985) is a Brazilian actor.

Biography

Vinícius Campos de Oliveira was born on July 18, 1985, in

Bonsucesso Bonsucesso is a neighborhood in the Rio de Janeiro#North Zone, North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with a population of about 18,000. The name, formerly also spelt ''Bomsucesso'', may be translated with "good luck." Formerly the neighbourhood wa ...

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. He was raised by his mother, Juçara, along with an older brother and two younger sisters; Vinícius and his brother would shine shoes to make ends meet, and it was while shining shoes that de Oliveira met director

Walter Salles Walter Moreira Salles Júnior (; ; born 12 April 1956) is a Brazilian filmmaker. A major figure of the Resumption Cinema in Brazil, Salles is widely regarded as one of the greatest Brazilian filmmakers of all time. His List of awards and nomina ...

, who would invite him to a screen test for a role in his upcoming film.

Career

In 1997, de Oliveira selected from among almost 2,000 candidates to play the role of Josué in Salles’ ''

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'' alongside

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. The film was critically acclaimed and launched de Oliveira into a career as a child actor, presenting such programs as ''Alô Vídeo Escola'' and ''Que bicho é esse?'' on Canal Futura between June 1998 and March 2000. He also starred in the telenovela ''

Suave Veneno Suave Veneno (English title: ''Mild Poison'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired on TV Globo from January 18 to September 18, 1999, at 8 pm, with a total of 209 chapters. It was written by Aguinaldo Silva with the help of Angela Carne ...

'' on Globo TV and reunited with Walter Salles to perform in the film '' Behind the Sun'' during this period. De Oliveira began to break into theater around this time, performing in a production of

Carlos Drummond de Andrade Carlos Drummond de Andrade () (October 31, 1902 – August 17, 1987) was a Brazilian poet and writer, considered by some as the greatest Brazilian poet of all time. He has become something of a national cultural symbol in Brazil, where his wi ...

’s ''Jovem Drummond'', which debuted in November 2000 and toured the country, and Marcus Vinícius Faustini's São Paulo production of ''They Do Not Wear Black-Tie'' between March and May 2001. He appeared in the Caixa Preta Group’s production of Anamaria Nunes’ ''The Trianon Generation'' in 2004. In 2008, de Oliveira starred in Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas’ ''

Linha de Passe ''Linha de Passe'' is a 2008 Brazilian drama film directed by Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas. Written by Salles, Thomas and Bráulio Mantovani, the film stars Vinícius de Oliveira and Sandra Corveloni, who won the Best Actress Award at the ...

'', which was nominated for the

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at that year’s

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. He also had a role in the 2015 film '' Neon Bull'', which was highly acclaimed and won the Grand Prix at the 31st

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and the Horizons Special Jury Prize at the

72nd Venice International Film Festival The 72nd annual Venice Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival, was held from 2 to 12 September 2015, at Venice Lido in Italy. Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón was the jury president for the main competition. French-Italian actress ...

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

Official website
* Brazilian male actors 1985 births Living people Male actors from Rio de Janeiro (city) Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro alumni {{Brazil-actor-stub