António Fonseca
Portuguese actor. Born in 1953 in Santo Tirso, Portugal, Fonseca studied Theatre and Philosophy. THEATRE: Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists (National Theatre, UK and international tours from Festival d’Avignon); other theatre includes: Sandro W. Junqueira's Those who go to the sea don't return to land (directed by Giacomo Scalisi); Pedro Mexia's Sweden (directed by Nuno Cardoso); Federico Fellini's Orchestra Rehearsal (directed by Tónan Quito); Pedro Gil's The Unforgettable Teacher; The Lusiadas as You've Never Heard Them (based on Luís de Camões); and Dennis Kelly's The Ritual Slaughter of George Mastromas (directed by Tiago Guedes). TV: Wild Land, Salty Sea, Odyssey, The Boys, and Personal Cause. FILM: You Could Have Waited for August (César Mourão), First Work (Rui Simões), White Shadows (Fernando Vendrell), and Invisible Life (Karim Aïnouz). AUDIO: Os Lusíadas in the audiobook Os Lusíadas As You’ve Never Heard Them (a full version of Luís de Camões’s epic).
Known for
- Alta Definição (2009)
- Sítio do Picapau Amarelo (1977)
- Wild Land (2019)
- Leading Role (2023)
- Winter Sun (2013)
- Water Mirror (2017)
- Salty Sea (2014)
- Perfect Heart (2009)
- A Muralha (1968)
- A Outra (2008)
- The Fire of the Rose (2011)
- And the World May End (2008)
- Passerelle (1988)
- Lifeline (2013)
- Naked City (2010)
- Maternidade (2011)
- Natural Law (2022)
- Odisseia (2013)
- South (2019)
- Invisible Life (2019)