Luís Miguel Cintra
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 29, 1949 (age 77)
- Birthplace
- Madrid, Spain
Biography
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
Filmography
A Morte do Príncipe
Movie
Auto da Casa
Movie
The Life of Mirrors
Movie
Memoirs of Teatro da Cornucópia
Movie
Arrabalde
Movie · as Prof. Luís
We Are on Air
Movie · as Voz
Truth or Dare?
Movie · as Self
O Filme Feliz :)
Movie
Love Lights
Movie
Around Rocha’s Table
Movie · as Self
A Present Light
Movie
Pathos
Movie
Pathos Ethos Logos
Movie
War
Movie · as Cabo Mira
Rage
Movie · as Camacho
Manuel Casimiro - Pintar a Ideia
Movie · as Narrador
Anteroom
Movie
Correspondences
Movie
Días color naranja
Movie
The Old Man of Belem
Movie · as Luís de Camões
Illusion
Movie
Second Hand
Movie · as Henrique Castro Lima
If I Were a Thief... I'd Steal
Movie · as Vitalino
The New Testament of Jesus Christ According to John
Movie
Biette
Movie · as Self
The Enclosure of Time
Movie · as Louis Canterel
Gebo and the Shadow
Movie · as Chamico
Demain?
Movie · as Ruben Dario
The world that was (and that is)
Movie · as Narrator
The Sword and the Rose
Movie · as Rosa 2
The Strange Case of Angelica
Movie · as Engenheiro
Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl
Movie
Romance de Vila do Conde
Movie · as Narrator
From Now On
Movie · as António
O Poeta Doido, o Vitral e a Santa Morta
Movie · as Narrator
Pas Perdus
Movie · as (voice)
Carlos de Oliveira: Upon the Left Side
Movie
One of Us Cannot Be Wrong
Movie · as Devil
Christopher Columbus, The Enigma
Movie · as Diretor Museu Porto Santo
Magic Mirror
Movie · as Filipe Quinta
The Fifth Empire
Movie · as Simão, Sapateiro Santo
The Days When I Don’t Exist
Movie · as L'oncle
A Talking Picture
Movie · as Himself
The Dancer Upstairs
Movie · as Calderón
The Uncertainty Principle
Movie · as Daniel Roper
The Wolf of the West Coast
Movie
Rending
Movie · as professor
História do Cinema Português
TV · 2 eps
Word and Utopia
Movie · as Padre António Vieira (middle age)
Moonfish
Movie · as Dr. João José
April Captains
Movie · as Brigadeiro Pais
The Heart's Root
Movie · as Catão
Erros Meus
Movie · as Luís de Camões
Snow White
Movie · as O Caçador
Os 25 Anos do Teatro da Cornucópia
Movie · as Himself
The Spousals of God
Movie · as God's Messenger
The Letter
Movie · as M. da Silva
Inquietude
Movie · as Son
Transatlantique
Movie · as Aquilino
The Convent
Movie · as Baltar
Casa de Lava
Movie · as Actor convidado
Blind Man's Bluff
Movie · as Blind Man
Two Brothers, My Sister
Movie · as Friend at the Apartment
Here on Earth
Movie · as Miguel
Poor George
Movie · as Highschool Teacher Luis
Abraham's Valley
Movie · as Carlos de Paiva
Villa Mauresque
Movie · as Tiago
Zéfiro
Movie · as Narrator
Day of Despair
Movie · as Freitas Fortuna
Alcibíades
Movie · as Voice
The Last Dive
Movie · as Hyperion Extracts Reader (voice)
The Divine Comedy
Movie · as Prophet
No, or the Vain Glory of Command
Movie · as 2nd Lt. Cabrita / Viriato / King John II of Portugal
Recollections of the Yellow House
Movie · as Lívio
Blood
Movie · as The Uncle
Where the Sun Beats
Movie · as Artur (voice)
Tall Stories
Movie · as Dr. Fernando
The Cannibals
Movie · as Viscount d'Aveleda
A Propósito da Bandeira Nacional
Movie · as Narrator
The Mountains of the Moon
Movie · as João
The Jester
Movie · as Count of Trava
The Distant Land
Movie
My Case
Movie · as L'Intrus
The Satin Slipper
Movie · as Don Rodrigue
Vertiges
Movie · as Herbert Ardown
No One Twice
Movie · as Carlos
Lisboa Cultural
Movie
Signals of Life
Movie
Gestures and Fragments
Movie · as Armando (voice)
Silvestre
Movie · as Pilgrim / Knight / D. Raimundo
Island of Loves
Movie · as Wenceslau de Moraes
E Não se Pode Exterminá-lo?
Movie · as Valentin 1
Neither Bird Nor Fish
Movie
O Outro Teatro ou As Coisas Pertencem a Quem as Torna Melhores
Movie
Entremês Famoso Sobre a Pesca no Rio Minho
Movie
A Pousada das Chagas
Movie
Fragments of an Alms-Film
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
He Goes Long Barefoot That Waits for Dead Men's Shoes
Movie · as Lívio