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Luís Miguel Cintra

b. 1949

Portuguese actor, screenwriter

Actor Screenwriter Theatre critic
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About Luís Miguel Cintra

Born 1949. Luís Miguel Cintra is a Portuguese actor, screenwriter, theatre critic, film actor, television actor and theatre director.

Luís Miguel Valle Cintra (born 29 April 1949) is a Portuguese actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films since 1970. In 1973 Cintra founded the Teatro da Cornucópia with Jorge Silva Melo.

Selected filmography A Ilha dos Amores (1982) The Distant Land (1987) O Desejado (1987) The Cannibals (1988) Non, ou a Vã Glória de Mandar (1990) Abraham's Valley (1993) The Convent (1995) Anxiety (1998) The Letter (1999) As Bodas de Deus (1999) April Captains (2000) The Dancer Upstairs (2002) The Uncertainty Principle (2002) Daqui P'rá Frente (2007) From Now On (2008) The Strange Case of Angelica (2010) Gebo et l'Ombre (2012)

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Important facts

Born
29 April 1949, Madrid
Birth century
20th century
Occupation
Actor, screenwriter, theatre critic, film actor, television actor, theatre director
Nationality
Portugal, Portuguese people
Education
University of Lisbon
Awards
Pessoa Prize; Grand Officer of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword; Sophia Awards; Prémio Autores

People in Luís Miguel Cintra's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Portrait of Jorge Silva Melo
Jorge Silva Melo
1948 – 2022
Actor
 Portrait of Jorge Silva
Jorge Silva
b. 1966
Boxer
 Portrait of Miguel Valle
Miguel Valle
b. 1968
Athletics competitor

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Luís Miguel Cintra's

Portrait of Bernhard Neumann
Bernhard Neumann
1909 – 2002
Mathematician
 Portrait of Nikolai Bogolyubov
Nikolai Bogolyubov
1909 – 1992
Mathematician
 Portrait of Rita Levi-Montalcini
Rita Levi-Montalcini
1909 – 2012
Neurologist
 Portrait of Dorothy Hodgkin
Dorothy Hodgkin
1910 – 1994
Chemist
 Portrait of Fei Xiaotong
Fei Xiaotong
1910 – 2005
Anthropologist
 Portrait of Georges Loinger
Georges Loinger
1910 – 2018
French resistance fighter

Frequently asked questions

Who is Luís Miguel Cintra?

Portuguese actor, screenwriter

When was Luís Miguel Cintra born?

Luís Miguel Cintra was born on 29 April 1949 in Madrid.

What is Luís Miguel Cintra's occupation?

Luís Miguel Cintra is an actor, screenwriter, theatre critic, film actor, television actor and theatre director.

What nationality is Luís Miguel Cintra?

Luís Miguel Cintra is Portuguese.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Luís Miguel Cintra

· Wikidata: Q426979

· DBpedia: Luís Miguel Cintra

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