Luís Miguel Cintra

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 Quent…

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Dancer Upstairs (2002) — Calderón
2. April Captains (2000) — Brigadeiro Pais
3. The Strange Case of Angelica (2010) — Engenheiro
4. A Talking Picture (2003) — Himself
5. Abraham's Valley (1993) — Carlos de Paiva
6. Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl (2009)
7. Recollections of the Yellow House (1989) — Lívio
8. The Convent (1995) — Baltar
9. No, or the Vain Glory of Command (1990) — 2nd Lt. Cabrita / Viriato / King John II of Portugal
10. Blood (1989) — The Uncle
11. Casa de Lava (1995) — Actor convidado
12. The Spousals of God (1999) — God's Messenger
13. The Cannibals (1988) — Viscount d'Aveleda
14. The Divine Comedy (1991) — Prophet
15. Gebo and the Shadow (2012) — Chamico
16. The Letter (1999) — M. da Silva
17. Rage (2018) — Camacho
18. The Last Dive (1992) — Hyperion Extracts Reader (voice)
19. Silvestre (1982) — Pilgrim / Knight / D. Raimundo
20. Blind Man's Bluff (1994) — Blind Man
21. Magic Mirror (2006) — Filipe Quinta
22. Christopher Columbus, The Enigma (2007) — Diretor Museu Porto Santo
23. The Jester (1987) — Count of Trava
24. Word and Utopia (2000) — Padre António Vieira (middle age)
25. Day of Despair (1992) — Freitas Fortuna
26. The Satin Slipper (1986) — Don Rodrigue
27. Here on Earth (1993) — Miguel
28. The Days When I Don’t Exist (2003) — L'oncle
29. Tall Stories (1988) — Dr. Fernando
30. Poor George (1993) — Highschool Teacher Luis
31. The Uncertainty Principle (2002) — Daniel Roper
32. Island of Loves (1982) — Wenceslau de Moraes
33. Inquietude (1998) — Son
34. He Goes Long Barefoot That Waits For Dead Men's Shoes (1970) — Lívio
35. Where the Sun Beats (1989) — Artur (voice)
36. The Fifth Empire (2004) — Simão, Sapateiro Santo
37. Snow White (2000) — O Caçador
38. My Case (1986) — L'Intrus
39. The Sword and the Rose (2010) — Rosa 2
40. Correspondences (2016)