Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos

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Acting

Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos is a Brazilian actor and director whose career spans film, television, theater, and circus. He gained international recognition for his performance as physician Drauzio Varella in Hector Babenco’s acclaimed Carandiru (2003), for which he received an acting award at the Cartagena International Film Festival. He made his feature-film debut as the legendary Brazilian outlaw Lampião in Perfumed Ball (O Baile Perfumado, 1996), and subsequently worked with acclaimed directors including Walter Salles and Andrucha Waddington. A prominent figure in Brazilian theater and circus, Vasconcelos is also known for creating the iconic clown character Xuxu, whom he has performed since 1978. His television credits include A Pedra do Reino and Queridos Amigos. He studied performing arts in Denmark and at Brazil’s National Circus School.

Filmography

• Viver é Melhor Que Sonhar (2026)
• Time, Knifed (2026)
• Heart of Darkness (2026)
• Luiz Gonzaga - Tyrant League (2025)
• A Arte de Morrer ou Marta Diptero Braquícero (2024)
• Son of Ox (2024)
• Aluísio, the Silence and the Sea (2022)
• Menino Azul (2021)
• Marighella (2021)
• Under the Heavens (2020)
• A Family Submerged (2018)
• Irmã Dulce (2014)
• Fragma (2013)
• The Inventor of Dreams (2013)
• Time and the Wind (2013)
• Acalanto (2013)
• The Midday Sun (2010)
• O Homem Mau Dorme Bem (2009)
• O Natal do Menino Imperador (2008)
• Mutum (2007)
• Romance do Vaqueiro Voador (2007)
• Dry Movie (2005)
• Sousândrade - O Guesa Errante (2004)
• Carandiru (2003)
• How to Die in Cinema (2002)
• Behind the Sun (2001)
• Me, You, Them (2000)
• Midnight (1998)
• Perfumed Ball (1997)
• Closes (1982)
• The Bottled Captain
• Chofre
• Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos Não Está Neste Filme