Tarcísio Meira

Tarcísio Meira

Known for
Acting
Born
October 5, 1935
Died
August 12, 2021 (aged 85)
Birthplace
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Biography

Tarcísio Pereira de Magalhães Sobrinho, better known as Tarcísio Meira (São Paulo, October 5, 1935 — São Paulo, August 12, 2021), was an award-winning Brazilian actor. Considered one of the greatest actors and heartthrobs of his generation, he marked an era with strong characters, in cinema, theater and television. For decades he immortalized television with good guys and villains who marked national television drama. Meira was married for 59 years to actress Glória Menezes; they are the parents of actor Tarcísio Filho.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

2025
Tributo: Glória Menezes poster

Tributo: Glória Menezes

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2018
Pride and Passion poster

Pride and Passion

TV · as Lorde Williamson · 162 eps

2016
Old River poster

Old River

TV · as Jacinto de Sá Ribeiro (Coronel Saruê) · 172 eps

2016
Wounded Past poster

Wounded Past

TV · as Fausto Leitão · 155 eps

2013
Mario Wallace Simonsen, Entre a Memória e a História poster

Mario Wallace Simonsen, Entre a Memória e a História

Movie · as Self

2013
Saramandaia poster

Saramandaia

TV · as Tibério Vilar · 56 eps

2012
Gabriela poster

Gabriela

TV · as Juíz Felismino · 77 eps

2011
Não Se Preocupe, Nada Vai Dar Certo! poster

Não Se Preocupe, Nada Vai Dar Certo!

Movie · as Ramon Velasco

2011
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro poster

Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2011
Antonio Meliande: Pau pra Toda Obra poster

Antonio Meliande: Pau pra Toda Obra

Movie · as Himself

2011
Boca do Lixo: A Bollywood Brasileira poster

Boca do Lixo: A Bollywood Brasileira

Movie

2009
Cat's Cradle poster

Cat's Cradle

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2008
A Favorita poster

A Favorita

TV · as Frederico Copola · 197 eps

2007
Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha poster

Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha

Movie

2006
Pages of Life poster

Pages of Life

TV · as Tide (Aristides Martins de Andrade) · 203 eps

2005
Bang Bang poster

Bang Bang

TV · as John McGold · 3 eps

2005
5x Erico poster

5x Erico

TV · as Capitão Rodrigo/ Self · 5 eps

2004
Um Só Coração poster

Um Só Coração

TV · as Coronel Totonho · 53 eps

2004
Her Own Destiny poster

Her Own Destiny

TV · as José Carlos Tedesco · 2 eps

2002
Love Bites poster

Love Bites

TV · as Duque Bóris Vladescu / Igor Pivomar · 215 eps

2001
Um Anjo Caiu do Céu poster

Um Anjo Caiu do Céu

TV · as João Medeiros · 185 eps

2000
Programa do Jô poster

Programa do Jô

TV · 1 ep

2000
A Muralha poster

A Muralha

TV · as Dom Jerônimo Taveira · 51 eps

1998
Hilda Hurricane poster

Hilda Hurricane

TV · as Coronel Pocidônio · 32 eps

1998
Tower of Babel poster

Tower of Babel

TV · as César Toledo · 203 eps

1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional poster

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

Movie · as Self

1996
A Vida Como Ela É... poster

A Vida Como Ela É...

TV · as Jacinto · 1 ep

1996
The King of The Cattle poster

The King of The Cattle

TV · as Giuseppe Berdinazzi · 6 eps

1994
Boca poster

Boca

Movie · as Boca

1994
Pátria Minha poster

Pátria Minha

TV · as Raul Pellegrini · 203 eps

1993
Fera Ferida poster

Fera Ferida

TV · as Feliciano Mota · 1 ep

1992
Of Body and Soul poster

Of Body and Soul

TV · as Diogo Santos Varela · 185 eps

1990
Boca de Ouro poster

Boca de Ouro

Movie · as Boca de Ouro

1990
Araponga poster

Araponga

TV · as Araponga (Aristênio Catanduva) · 143 eps

1990
Desejo poster

Desejo

TV · as Euclides da Cunha · 17 eps

1989
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor poster

Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor

Movie

1989
Tieta poster

Tieta

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1988
Tarcísio & Glória poster

Tarcísio & Glória

TV · as Bruno Lazzarini · 13 eps

1987
I poster

I

Movie · as Marcelo

1987
No Tempo de Glauber poster

No Tempo de Glauber

Movie

1986
Roda de Fogo poster

Roda de Fogo

TV · as Renato Villar · 179 eps

1985
Grande Sertão: Veredas poster

Grande Sertão: Veredas

TV · as Hermógenes · 25 eps

1985
O Tempo e o Vento poster

O Tempo e o Vento

TV · as Capitão Rodrigo Cambará · 26 eps

1984
Meu Destino É Pecar poster

Meu Destino É Pecar

TV · as Paulo Avelar · 35 eps

1983
O Cangaceiro Trapalhão poster

O Cangaceiro Trapalhão

Movie · as Namorado de Aninha (não creditado)

1983
Guerra dos Sexos poster

Guerra dos Sexos

TV · as Felipe de Alcântara Pereira Barreto · 185 eps

1982
Love Strange Love poster

Love Strange Love

Movie · as Dr. Osmar

1981
I Love You poster

I Love You

Movie · as Ulisses

1981
The Kiss poster

The Kiss

Movie · as Aprígio

1981
Brilhante poster

Brilhante

TV · as Paulo César Carvalho · 155 eps

1981
Viva o Gordo poster

Viva o Gordo

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1980
The Age of the Earth poster

The Age of the Earth

Movie · as Military Christ

1980
Coração Alado poster

Coração Alado

TV · as Juca Pitanga · 185 eps

1979
República dos Assassinos poster

República dos Assassinos

Movie · as Mateus

1979
O Caçador de Esmeraldas poster

O Caçador de Esmeraldas

Movie · as Capitão-Mor

1979
Os Gigantes poster

Os Gigantes

TV · as Fernando Lucas · 147 eps

1977
Espelho Mágico poster

Espelho Mágico

TV · as Diogo Maia / Diogo Moreira (Ciro) · 150 eps

1977
The Trapalhões poster

The Trapalhões

TV · as Ele mesmo (em Brasília) · 1 ep

1976
Saramandaia poster

Saramandaia

TV · as Dom Pedro I · 160 eps

1975
Escalada poster

Escalada

TV · as Antônio Dias · 199 eps

1974
O Marginal poster

O Marginal

Movie · as Osvaldo

1973
Cavalo de Aço poster

Cavalo de Aço

TV · as Rodrigo Soares · 180 eps

1973
O Semideus poster

O Semideus

TV · as Hugo Leonardo Filho / Raul de Paula · 221 eps

1972
Independence or Death! poster

Independence or Death!

Movie · as Imperador Dom Pedro I

1972
Missão: Matar! poster

Missão: Matar!

Movie · as José da Silva

1972
Meu Primeiro Baile poster

Meu Primeiro Baile

Movie · as Renato

1971
As Confissões de Frei Abóbora poster

As Confissões de Frei Abóbora

Movie · as Mauro / Frei Abóbora

1971
O Homem Que Deve Morrer poster

O Homem Que Deve Morrer

TV · as Cyro Valdez · 258 eps

1971
Caso Especial poster

Caso Especial

TV · as Frei Mariano, Epitácio, o matador · 1 ep

1970
OSS 117 Takes a Vacation poster

OSS 117 Takes a Vacation

Movie · as Assassin

1970
Irmãos Coragem poster

Irmãos Coragem

TV · as João Coragem · 328 eps

1969
Máscara da Traição poster

Máscara da Traição

Movie · as Carlos Almeida

1969
Quelé do Pajeú poster

Quelé do Pajeú

Movie · as Clemente Celidônio / Quelé

1969
Rosa Rebelde poster

Rosa Rebelde

TV · as Capitão Sandro de Aragão / Fernando de Aragão · 212 eps

1968
A Gata de Vison poster

A Gata de Vison

TV · as Bob Ferguson · 167 eps

1967
Sangue e Areia poster

Sangue e Areia

TV · as Juan Gallardo · 135 eps

1967
O Grande Segredo poster

O Grande Segredo

TV · as Celso · 145 eps

1966
Almas de Pedra

Almas de Pedra

TV · as Danilo · 100 eps

1965
Pedra Redonda, 39

Pedra Redonda, 39

TV · 10 eps

1965
A Deusa Vencida

A Deusa Vencida

TV · as Edmundo Amarante · 106 eps

1964
Uma Sombra em Minha Vida poster

Uma Sombra em Minha Vida

TV · as Eduardo · 54 eps

1964
Ambição poster

Ambição

TV · as Miguel · 28 eps

1964
Mãe

Mãe

TV · as Betinho · 65 eps

1963
Casinha Pequenina poster

Casinha Pequenina

Movie · as Nestor

1963
2-5499 Ocupado poster

2-5499 Ocupado

TV · as Larry · 42 eps