José de Abreu

José Pereira de Abreu Júnior (; born 24 May 1946) is a Brazilian actor.

Biography Born in the city of Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, in the state of São Paulo, at the age of fourteen he moved to the state's capital, São Paulo city, working as a lab assistant and office-boy for a law firm.

In 1967, while studying law at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, he began his theatrical career at the Teatro da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, with the play Morte e Vida Severina by João Cabral de Melo Neto and Chico Buarque.

A year later, he was starring in movies, but his career came to a quick halt because of his political activism. Abreu was arrested during a meeting of the União Nacional dos Estudantes, belonged to the Ação Popular and gave logistical support to the Vanguarda Armada Revolucionária Palmares, a leftist group that fought against the military regime. He also joined the hippie movement during that time, in contrast with his militaristic actions.

Forced into exile in Europe in 1968, he returned in 1974 to live in Pelotas, state of Rio Grande do Sul, his wife's homeland. They both taught at the federal university in that city, but soon moved to Porto Alegre, where he produced musicals and starred in children's plays. With his wife, he produced the first staging of the musical Os Saltimbancos in that state.

Then, after the success of the movie A Intrusa (The Intruder) (1979), filmed in Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, he started work as an actor in TV Globo's soap-operas.

In 2006 he partnered with director Luiz Arthur Nunes to create Fala, Zé!, a theatrical monologue in which he critically reflects on his generation, crossing biography and fiction.

In 2011 he played Milton in the soap-opera Insensato Coração; in 2012, the character Nilo in Avenida Brasil; then in a few days later he tweeted he is not bi but poly instead.

On March 8, 2019, he was jokingly proclaimed as "president" of the Federative Republic of Brazil in an act of protest at Galeao Airport near Rio.

He is the great-uncle of actress and screenwriter Maria Bopp, known for being the protagonist of the Fox Premium's TV series Me Chama de Bruna, where she plays the role of famous real-life sex worker Bruna Surfistinha.

A Casa das Sete Mulheres Onofre Pires Malhação Paulo Viana Season 10 2004 Senhora do Destino Josivaldo da Silva 2006 JK Carlos Frederico Werneck de Lacerda 2007 Desejo Proibido Francisco Fernandes

Caminho das Índias Sacerdote Pandit Malhação ID Augusto Livramento Season 17 2011 Insensato Coração Milton Castelani

2013 Joia Rara Ernest Hauser 2014 O Rebu Bernardo Rezende 2015 A Regra do Jogo Gibson Stewart (DAD) 2018 Segundo Sol Dorival "Dodô" Falcão 2019 A Dona do Pedaço Otávio Guedes 2021 Um Lugar ao Sol Santiago 2022 Mar do Sertão Coronel Tertúlio 2025 Guerreiros do Sol Elói Film Year Title Role Note 1979 A Intrusa Christian 1987 Anjos do Arrabalde Soares 2012 My Sweet Orange Tree Portuga 2013 Time and the Wind Ricardo Amaral