Roberto Frota

Roberto de Castro Moreira (26 January 1939 – 24 September 2024), better known as Roberto Frota, was a Brazilian actor, director, producer, writer, and theatre screenwriter. He began his career in 1969.

Biography

Early life Frota was born in Hospital Alemão, in the Tijuca neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, at that point Brazil's capital. He was the first child of José Arthur da Frota Moreira and Zuleika de Castro Moreira. José Arthur was a lawyer who had been recently named a state attorney with the state of São Paulo and later became a federal deputy. Zuleika was a student of the National School of Fine Arts, as well as a painter and poet. With a 1971 performance of Peer Gynt, he performed with Stênio Garcia, Jonas Bloch, Ariclê Perez, Ewerton de Castro, and Ricardo Blat.

He participated in various Brazilian television series such as: Tieta, Pedra sobre Pedra, Corpo Santo, Mulheres Apaixonadas, Riacho Doce, Ana Raio e Zé Trovão, Chiquititas, and A Terra Prometida. With films, he acted in A Queda e Sombras de Julho.

Personal life and death In 1968, at 29 years old, Frota married his first wife, speech-language pathologist Ana Maria Frota, with whom he had two children, Verônica and Thiago. He was married again to lawyer Márcia Prado from 2008 to 2014.

After fighting lung cancer for more than a year, Frota died due to a bout of pneumonia in Rio de Janeiro, on 24 September 2024. He was 85.

Filmography

Television

Film

Theatre