Biography
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).
Acted in 64
2020s
- 2024
Could Have Waited For August
Padre Benedito
- 2023
Lusitânia
Tomás Menezes · 1 episode
Dialogues After the End
Oedipus
Jogos de Enganos
Dr. Álvaro
Primeira Obra
Simão
Salgueiro Maia - The Implicated: The Series
Marcelo Caetano · 4 episodes
Sombras Brancas
Major Santos
- 2022
Wolf Child
Tomás Menezes
Pê
Médico
Salgueiro Maia - The Implicated
Marcello Caetano
Natural Law
Judge Luciano · 7 episodes
- 2021
- 2020
Submission
Movie
2010s
- 2019
South
Médico Legista · 9 episodes
A Matança Ritual de Gorge Mastromas
Movie
Snu
António Ferreira Gomes
- 2018
Maria
José
Blood Lines
Mordomo
- 2017
- 2016
Os Boys
Ministro · 13 episodes
John From
Vizinho
Histórias de Alice
Movie
- 2014
- 2013
Nzinga, Queen of Angola
Bento Banha Cardoso
Odisseia
Balhelhas · 8 episodes
New Beginning
Casimiro Marques · 1 episode
Lifeline
Fernando Coelho · 80 episodes
- 2012
Perdidamente Florbela
João Espanca (1923) · 3 episodes
The Great Kilapy
Homem do Restaurante de Luxo
Florbela
João Espanca
Anita Garibaldi
Movie
- 2011
The City and The Sun
Movie
My Name Is Bernadette
Committee Member
Maternidade
Filipe · 13 episodes
- 2010
O Segredo de Miguel Zuzarte
Lobão
Gigola
Jose
Naked City
Alberto · 13 episodes
Brother and Sister
Disertante Embajada
Cinerama
Movie
2000s
- 2009
Star Crossed
José Carlos Silva, Invicta President
O Último Condenado à Morte
Pai de Francisco
The Dead Queen
Bispo da Guarda
- 2008
- 2007
O Capacete Dourado
Pai de Jota
- 2006
Quando os Lobos Uivam
Police Inspector · 13 episodes
- 2004
Querença
Brito
- 2003
A Imitação
Movie
- 2002
The Uncertainty Principle
Policeman
Light Drops
César
1990s
- 1998
The Mutants
Man at Service Station
- 1994
Blind Man's Bluff
Man
- 1991
Por Mares Nunca Dantes Navegados
TV
1980s
- 1988
Cobardias
Jovem · 1 episode
1960s
- 1968
Wrote 1
1980s
- 1983
A Festa é Nossa
Writer
Appearances2
2010s
- 2013
8816 Versos
Himself
2000s
- 2009
