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Tarcísio Meira

Acting Born Oct 5, 1935 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil 24 credits

Biography

Tarcísio Pereira de Magalhães Sobrinho, better known as Tarcísio Meira (São Paulo, October 5, 1935 — São Paulo, August 12, 2021), was an award-winning Brazilian actor. Considered one of the greatest actors and heartthrobs of his generation, he marked an era with strong characters, in cinema, theater and television. For decades he immortalized television with good guys and villains who marked national television drama.

Meira was married for 59 years to actress Glória Menezes; they are the parents of actor Tarcísio Filho.

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Known for

Old River

as Jacinto de Sá Ribeiro (Coronel Saruê)

Full filmography

  • Hilda Hurricane (1998) as Coronel Pocidônio
  • The Trapalhões (1977) as Ele mesmo (em Brasília)
  • The Trapalhões (1977)
  • Her Own Destiny (2004) as José Carlos Tedesco
  • A Favorita (2008) as Frederico Copola
  • Pages of Life (2006) as Tide (Aristides Martins de Andrade)
  • Tieta (1989) as Self
  • Pátria Minha (1994) as Raul Pellegrini
  • Old River (2016) as Jacinto de Sá Ribeiro (Coronel Saruê)
  • The King of The Cattle (1996) as Giuseppe Berdinazzi
  • Bang Bang (2005) as John McGold
  • Irmãos Coragem (1970) as João Coragem
  • Gabriela (2012) as Juíz Felismino
  • Tower of Babel (1998) as César Toledo
  • Roda de Fogo (1986) as Renato Villar
  • Coração Alado (1980) as Juca Pitanga
  • Fera Ferida (1993) as Feliciano Mota
  • Pride and Passion (2018) as Lorde Williamson
  • Love Strange Love (1982) as Dr. Osmar
  • Guerra dos Sexos (1983) as Felipe de Alcântara Pereira Barreto
  • Escalada (1975) as Antônio Dias
  • O Semideus (1973) as Hugo Leonardo Filho / Raul de Paula
  • Wounded Past (2016) as Fausto Leitão
  • A Gata de Vison (1968) as Bob Ferguson