Luís Miguel Cintra
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An iconic actor and stage director in Portugal, Luís Miguel Cintra was born in Madrid, in 1949. His connection to theater began in 1968, at the Faculty of Letters Theater Group, when he was studying Romance Philology at the University of Lisbon. From 1970 to 1972, he attended the Acting Technical Course, in the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, thanks to a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. When he returned to Portugal, he founded, along with Jorge Silva Melo, the Teatro da Cornucópia Company, in 1973, where he directed plays by some of the great names in theater, including Aeschylus, Sophocles, Shakespeare, Brecht, Beckett, Strindberg, and many others, almost always participating as an actor in the plays he directed. At the same time, until the 80s, he was a theater critic for O Tempo e o Modo magazine and he managed the Seara Nova Theater Collection, from Estampa publishing house, and the Theater Collection, from Ulmeiro publishing house. As a reader, Luís Miguel Cintra recorded complete readings of Viagens na Minha Terra, by Almeida Garrett and Amor de Perdição, by Camilo Castelo Branco, as well as poems by Pessoa, Sophia de Mello Breyner, Camões, Antero de Quental and Ruy Belo. In 1987, Cintra made his debut as an opera stage director, with L'Enfant et les Sortilèges, by Ravel and Dido and Aeneas, by Purcell, at the Teatro Nacional de S. Carlos. In the following years, he directed operas by Mozart, Haydn, Cherubini, among others. He worked with the Teatro Nacional de S. Carlos Choir and the Gulbenkian Choir, as a reader, in recitals by authors such as Schubert, Liszt, Sati and Poulenc. In 1984, he entered the Venice Biennial Theater Festival with his group and in 1988 he directed the show La Mort du Prince et Autres Fragments, by Fernando Pessoa, for the Avignon Festival. Later, he kept on presenting plays in Italy, France, Spain and. Belgium In addition to the theater, Luís Miguel Cintra began his career in cinema early, making his debut in a short film by João César Monteiro. From that point until now, he worked in over 70 films, with directors like the aforementioned João César Monteiro, Paulo Rocha, Manoel de Oliveira, Joaquim Pinto, João Botelho, Teresa Villaverde, Pedro Costa and the American John Malkovich. His many awards include two Bordalo da Casa da Imprensa Awards for Best Acting in Film (1995) and Best Acting in Theater (1997), two Globos de Ouro for Theater Personality of the Year (1999) and Best Theater Actor (2003), the Coimbra University Award and the Pessoa Prize, both in 2005. The LEFFEST will pay tribute to Luís Miguel Cintra’s work as an actor, through a selection of films he starred in; and as a stage director, showing recordings of some of the plays, followed by discussions with the audience and several actors he worked with.
Known for
Credits
If I Were a Thief... I'd Steal (2013)
as Vitalino
Rending (2001)
as professor
War (2020)
as Cabo Mira
Villa Mauresque (1993)
as Tiago
The Dancer Upstairs (2002)
as Calderón
Illusion (2014)
Actor
Anteroom (2018)
Actor
Entremês Famoso Sobre a Pesca no Rio Minho (1974)
Actor
The Uncertainty Principle (2002)
as Daniel Roper
Vertiges (1985)
as Herbert Ardown
Pas Perdus (2008)
as (voice)
Pathos (2021)
Actor
Transatlantique (1997)
as Aquilino
Christopher Columbus, The Enigma (2007)
as Diretor Museu Porto Santo
Memoirs of Teatro da Cornucópia (2025)
Actor
Recollections of the Yellow House (1989)
as Lívio
Auto da Casa (2026)
Actor
Snow White (2000)
as O Caçador
Gebo and the Shadow (2012)
as Chamico
A Talking Picture (2003)
as Himself
The Life of Mirrors (2025)
Actor
Os 25 Anos do Teatro da Cornucópia (2000)
as Himself
No One Twice (1985)
as Carlos
The Enclosure of Time (2013)
as Louis Canterel
The Satin Slipper (1986)
as Don Rodrigue
The Convent (1995)
as Baltar
April Captains (2000)
as Brigadeiro Pais
The Old Man of Belem (2014)
as Luís de Camões
Magic Mirror (2006)
as Filipe Quinta
A Morte do Príncipe (—)
Actor
Abraham's Valley (1993)
as Carlos de Paiva
The Strange Case of Angelica (2010)
as Engenheiro
The Divine Comedy (1991)
as Prophet
We Are on Air (2024)
as Voz
Silvestre (1982)
as Pilgrim / Knight / D. Raimundo
Días color naranja (2016)
Actor
Inquietude (1998)
as Son
No, or the Vain Glory of Command (1990)
as 2nd Lt. Cabrita / Viriato / King John II of Portugal
The New Testament of Jesus Christ According to John (2013)
Actor
Zéfiro (1993)
as Narrator
The Letter (1999)
as M. da Silva
Truth or Dare? (2023)
as Self
Manuel Casimiro - Pintar a Ideia (2018)
as Narrador
O Filme Feliz :) (2023)
Actor
Tall Stories (1988)
as Dr. Fernando
My Case (1986)
as L'Intrus
Casa de Lava (1995)
as Actor convidado
The Jester (1987)
as Count of Trava
The Spousals of God (1999)
as God's Messenger
The Distant Land (1987)
Actor
Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl (2009)
Actor
Fragments of an Alms-Film (1972)
as Narrator (voice)
Pathos Ethos Logos (2021)
Actor
Blind Man's Bluff (1994)
as Blind Man
The Last Dive (1992)
as Hyperion Extracts Reader (voice)
Blood (1989)
as The Uncle
Poor George (1993)
as Highschool Teacher Luis
The Wolf of the West Coast (2002)
Actor
Correspondences (2016)
Actor
Second Hand (2013)
as Henrique Castro Lima
Gestures and Fragments (1983)
as Armando (voice)
Island of Loves (1982)
as Wenceslau de Moraes
The Days When I Don’t Exist (2003)
as L'oncle
Two Brothers, My Sister (1994)
as Friend at the Apartment
The Fifth Empire (2004)
as Simão, Sapateiro Santo
The Mountains of the Moon (1987)
as João
O Outro Teatro ou As Coisas Pertencem a Quem as Torna Melhores (1977)
Actor
Day of Despair (1992)
as Freitas Fortuna
The Cannibals (1988)
as Viscount d'Aveleda
Word and Utopia (2000)
as Padre António Vieira (middle age)
He Goes Long Barefoot That Waits For Dead Men's Shoes (1970)
as Lívio
Moonfish (2000)
as Dr. João José
Lisboa Cultural (1984)
Actor
Rage (2018)
as Camacho
The Sword and the Rose (2010)
as Rosa 2
Alcibíades (1992)
as Voice
The Heart's Root (2000)
as Catão
Demain? (2011)
as Ruben Dario
Where the Sun Beats (1989)
as Artur (voice)
Neither Bird Nor Fish (1978)
Actor
Biette (2013)
as Self
The world that was (and that is) (2011)
as Narrator
Here on Earth (1993)
as Miguel
From Now On (2008)
as António
A Pousada das Chagas (1972)
Actor
Romance de Vila do Conde (2008)
as Narrator
Arrabalde (2024)
as Prof. Luís
E Não se Pode Exterminá-lo? (1979)
as Valentin 1
Carlos de Oliveira: Upon the Left Side (2007)
Actor
One of Us Cannot Be Wrong (2007)
as Devil
Love Lights (2022)
Actor
Around Rocha’s Table (2021)
as Self
Erros Meus (2000)
as Luís de Camões
A Propósito da Bandeira Nacional (1988)
as Narrator
Signals of Life (1984)
Actor
A Present Light (2021)
Actor
O Poeta Doido, o Vitral e a Santa Morta (2008)
as Narrator