Virgílio Castelo
Virgílio Castelo | |
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Castelo in 2017 | |
| Born | Virgílio Manuel da Costa Castelo February 26, 1953 Lisbon, Portugal |
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| Years active | 1978–present |
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| Children | 3[1] |
Virgílio Manuel da Costa Castelo[2] (born February 26, 1953) is a Portuguese actor, director, television presenter and fiction writer.
Biography
He is the son of António Castelo and his wife Lucília (da Costa), Catholic Goans; a rather poor family. This meant that Virgílio had to work various jobs before his artistic career. He attended the Industrial School, a course he did not complete, and began working at just 14 years old as a clerk in the Ministry of Finance. At 20, he emigrated to France, working on the expansion of Orly airport and then as a receptionist in a refined Parisian hotel.
He returned to Portugal in 1975, beginning his career as an actor. In 1978 he returned to France, this time to study acting, graduating from the University of Strasbourg with a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. He is one of the founders of the Adoque Theatre Group. In theatre he has worked in musicals, children's theatre, comedy and drama. For 3 years he presented a television program called "Isto só vídeo". Between 1993 and 1999 he directed actors and was head of the NBP (National Theatre Association).
Between 1992 and 1994 he presented the program Isto Só Vídeo on RTP1. He returned to presenting in 2007, the talk show Ainda Bem que Apareceste, on the same channel.
After moving to public television where he participated in the RTP and Band co-production, Paixões Proibidas, he headed the cast of the remake of Vila Faia. In 2009 he joined SIC to work as a consultant for national fiction, where he also participated in the telenovela "Podia Acabar o Mundo", and later in "Lua Vermelha", "A Família Mata" and "Laços de Sangue". Also in 2009 he was directed by Joaquim Leitão in A Esperança Está Onde Menos se Espera. In 2011 he left SIC and joined the exclusive actors team of TVI.
In 2015, she returned to RTP at the invitation of Nuno Artur Silva, where she began managing the fiction department.[3] In 2020, he will star in the film Terra Nova, a drama inspired by the book O Lugre, by Bernardo Santareno.[4]
Personal life
He married twice, to Maria de Fátima de Melo Custódio, with whom he has a daughter, Tâmara de Melo Castelo (born July 8, 1984), and from whom he divorced in 1987, and to actress Alexandra Lencastre, whom he married in 1993 and divorced in 1995,[5] without descendants.
Filmography
Television
| Year | Project | Role | Notes | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Ivone e a Faz Tudo | Vítor | Small Participation | RTP1 |
| 1979 | Isto Agora É Que São Elas | |||
| Os Putos | Writer | |||
| 1980 | Retalhos da Vida de um Médico | Student | ||
| 1982 | Vila Faia | Pedro Castella | Additional Cast | |
| 1983 | Origens | André Freitas | Main Cast | |
| 1986–1987 | A Quinta Dos Dois | Toni | ||
| Reporter | ||||
| 1988 | Humor de Perdição | Porfírio | ||
| 1988–1989 | Passerelle | António Gonzaga | ||
| 1990 | A Morgadinha dos Canaviais | Henrique de Souselas | ||
| 1991 | O Mandarim | Devil | ||
| 1992–1995 | Isto Só Vídeo | Himself | Presenter | |
| 1993 | Procura-se | César | Protagonist | |
| Ideias com História | Zé do Telhado | Main Cast | ||
| 1994 | Sozinhos na Casa | Professor Castelo | Additional Cast | |
| 1994–1995 | Cabaret | Various roles | ||
| 1995 | Miss Portugal | Himself | Presenter | |
| 1996 | Roseira Brava | Manolo da Purificação | Main Cast | |
| A Mulher do Senhor Ministro | Pedro Caldeirada | Additional Cast | ||
| 1996–1997 | Vidas de Sal | João Fragoso | Protagonist | |
| Polícias | Norbeerto | Additional Cast | ||
| 1997 | Filhos do Vento | Jorge Abrantes | Main Cast | |
| Riscos | Edmundo | Additional Cast | ||
| 1997–1998 | A Grande Aposta | Francisco Ramos | Main Cast | |
| 1998 | Docas 2 | Various roles | Guest Actor | |
| 1999 | Diário de Maria | Miguel Gaspar | Additional Cast | |
| 1999–2000 | Todo o Tempo do Mundo | Miguel Faria | Main Cast | TVI |
| Médico de Família | Ricardo | Special Participation | SIC | |
| 2001 | Ganância | Conde | Additional Cast | |
| Teorema de Pitágoras | António | Main Cast | ||
| A Senhora das Águas | D. João Manuel | Special Participation | RTP1 | |
| Segredo de Justiça | Eduardo | Additional Cast | ||
| 2002 | Sociedade Anónima | Adriano | ||
| Um Estranho Na Casa | Francisco da Cunha | |||
| 2002–2003 | O Olhar da Serpente | Rui Albuquerque Botelho | Protagonist | SIC |
| 2003 | Olhos de Água | Father Eduardo | Additional Cast | TVI |
| Filha do Mar | Diogo Munhoz | |||
| Super Pai | Alexandre | |||
| Saber Amar | Guilherme | |||
| 2003 - 2005 | Ana e os Sete | Henrique Vilar Coutinho | Main Cast | |
| 2004 - 2005 | Mistura Fina | Justino Lampreia/ Côrte-Real | Protagonist | |
| 2005 | Carolina, Fernando E Eu | Vicente | Main Cast | RTP1 |
| 2006 | Estranho | Man | Additional Cast | |
| Obras do Max | Himself | Presenter | ||
| 2006 - 2007 | Paixões Proibidas | Padre Dinis | Main Cast | |
| 2007 | Gala de Homenagem a Milú | Himself | Presenter | |
| Ainda Bem Que Apareceste | ||||
| 2008 | O Dia do Regicídio | Afonso Costa | Main Cast | |
| 2008–2009 | Vila Faia | Gonçalo Marques Vila | ||
| Podia Acabar o Mundo | Eduardo Morais | SIC | ||
| 2009 | A Vida Privada de Salazar | Perestrelo Father | ||
| 2010 | Laços de Sangue | Henrique Sobral | Special Participation | |
| Lua Vermelha | António Gois de Oliveira «Jaguar» | |||
| 2011–2012 | A Família Mata | Dário | Main Cast | |
| 2011 | Regresso a Sizalinda | Vitalino | RTP1 | |
| 2012 | Doce Tentação | Carlos Marques Flor | Special Participation | TVI |
| 2013–2014 | Destinos Cruzados | Jaime Veiga de Andrade | Protagonist | |
| 2014 | O Bairro | Inspector Ravara | Main Cast | |
| 2014–2015 | Mulheres | Hélder Peralta | ||
| 2016 | Terapia | Mário Magalhães | Protagonist | RTP1 |
| 2017–2018 | País Irmão | Tony Santa Clara | Main Cast | |
| 2019 | Teorias da Conspiração | António Queirós Menezes | ||
| Nazaré | António Blanco | Special Participation | SIC | |
| 2019–2021 | Terra Brava | Francisco Ferreira | Main Cast | |
| 2021–2022 | A Serra | Sebastião Botelho | ||
| 2022–2023 | Sangue Oculto | Almeno Carvalho | ||
| 2024–2025 | Senhora do Mar | Adérito Ramalho | ||
| 2025 | A Herança | Raúl de Aragão Franco Brito Novais | Special Participation | |
| 2025–2026 | Vitória | António Rodrigues | Main Cast | |
| 2026 | Dona Beja | Auvidor Mota | Special Participation | HBO MAX BRASIL |
Cinema
- Lerpar (1975)
- Passagem ou a Meio Caminho (1980)
- A Vida É Bela?! (1982)
- Ritual dos Pequenos Vampiros (1983)
- Crónica dos Bons Malandros (1984)
- Os Abismos da Meia-Noite (1984)
- Vidas (1984)
- O Sapato de Cetim (1985)
- Saudades Para Dona Genciana (1986)
- Uma Rapariga No Verão (1986)
- A Morgadinha dos Canaviais (1989) as Henrique de Souselas
- O Bobo (1987)
- Vertigem (1991)
- Entre Mortos e Vivos (1992)
- Camarate (2001)
- Corrupção (2007), as Vice-Presidente do Clube
- Um Amor de Perdição (2008), as João da Cruz
- A Esperança Está Onde Menos Se Espera (2009), as Francisco Figueiredo
- Duas Mulheres (2009), as Paulo Amorim
- A Bela e o Paparazzo (2010), as Gonçalo
- O Fim da Inocência (2017), as Fernando
- Terra Nova (2020), as Captain Silva
- O Ego de Egas (2020), as Sobral Cid
- Abandonados (2023), as Resende's Corner
References
- ^ Renascença (November 5, 2021), Virgílio Castelo. "O casamento com a Alexandra Lencastre nem sequer foi difícil. Durou um ano.", archived from the original on May 15, 2023, retrieved February 21, 2026
- ^ "Certidão de lista de associadas da Audiogest" (PDF). IGAC/Ministério da Cultura. July 25, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
- ^ Diana Casanova (April 21, 2015). "Virgílio Castelo reforça RTP". A Televisão. Archived from the original on October 15, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
- ^ Pinto, João. "Terra Nova, Ambicioso Filme Português Estreia em Março em Portugal". Portal Cinema. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
- ^ "Virgílio Castelo recorda como casamento com Alexandra Lencastre "naufragou"". Impala.pt. November 6, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2024.