Acting
Leonardo Villar
1923 · Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
21 films
Bio
Leonardo Villar (born as Leonardo Motta in Piracicaba, São Paulo, on July 25, 1923 - São Paulo, July 3, 2020) was a Brazilian actor. He became internationally known for his performance as Zé do Burro in Anselmo Duarte's O Pagador de Promessas, the only Brazilian film so far awarded with a Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
Filmography
The Given Word
Zé do Burro
Chick Fowle, Faixa Preta de Cinema
Amor de Perversão
H.O.
Homero Olmos / Homero de Tal
A Madona de Cedro
Delfino Montiel
The Ballroom
Álvaro
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Self
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Self (archive footage
O Santo Milagroso
Pastor Raimundo
Amor e Desamor
Alberto
Dangerous Game
Homero Olmos
Lampião, King of the Badlands
Lampião