Antônio José da Silva Fagundes Filho (born 18 April 1949) is a Brazilian actor, playwright, voice actor, and producer. Renowned for his several performances in stage, film and television, where he frequently works in telenovelas. Biography Fagundes was born in the city of Rio de Janeiro but moved with his parents to São Paulo at the age of eight and has lived there for over 30 years. He discovered his gift for the theater from the setting of stage plays made in the Rio Branco School, where he studied. He debuted on television in 1969 on the soap opera Nenhum Homem é Deus, at TV Tupi. Fagundes began on Rede Globo in 1976, on the telenovela Saramandaia. He also served for several years as protagonist of the series Carga Pesada, from 1979 to 1981, and from 2003 to 2007. The actor has four children: one (Bruno Fagundes), with his ex-wife Mara Carvalho, the other three (Dinah Abujamra Fagundes, Antonio Fagundes Neto and Diana Fagundes Abujamra), fruits of his 15-year marriage to actress Clarisse Abujamra. Career Television Stage 1964 - A ceia dos cardeais 1966 - Atlantic's queen 1969 - Hair (musical), by Gerome Ragni and James Rado 1969 - "O Cão Siamês" Arena canta Tiradentes, by Augusto Boal and Gianfrancesco Guarnieri Feira paulista de opinião A resistível ascensão de Arturo Ui Castro Alves pede passagem 1975 - "Muro de Arrimo", Antonio Abujamra 1980 - Pelo telefone 1981 - "O Homem Elefante", de Bernard Pomerance 1982 - "Morte Acidental de um Anarquista", by Dario Fo 1983 - "Xandu Quaresma", de Chico de Assis 1985 - Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmond Rostand, direction of Flavio Rangel 1986 - Carmen com filtro, direção de Gerald Thomas 1988 - Fragmentos de um discurso amoroso, de Roland Brthes, direction de Ulisses Cruz 1989 - "O País dos Elefantes", de Louis Charles Sirjacq 1990 - "Muro de Arrimo" 1990 - "História do Soldado", de Gerome Ragni e James Rado 1992 - Macbeth 1994 - Vida privada, de Mara Carvalho 1996 - Oleanna, by David Mamet 1999 - Últimas luas, by Furio Bordon, direction of Jorge Takla 2002 - Sete minutos, of his authorship, direction of Bibi Ferreira 2005 - As Mulheres da Minha Vida 2008 - Restos 2012 - " Vermelho ", by John Logan, direction of Jorge Takla (w/Bruno Fagundes) Film 1967 - Sandra, Sandra 1969 - A Compadecida 1971 - Eterna Esperança 1975 -