Filipe Duarte (actor)
Filipe Duarte | |
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| Born | Luís Filipe Duarte Ferreira da Silva 5 June 1973 |
| Died | 27 April 2020 (aged 46) |
| Nationality | Angolan Portuguese |
| Alma mater | Lisbon Theatre and Film School |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, voice artist |
| Years active | 1997–2020 |
| Spouse | Nuria Mencía |
| Children | 1 |
Luís Filipe Duarte Ferreira da Silva, popularly as Filipe Duarte (5 June 1973–17 April 2020),[1] was an Angola-born Portuguese actor and voice artist.[2] He is best known for the roles in the films Variações: Guardian Angel, Cinzento e Negro and Noise.
Personal life
He was born on 5 June 1973 in Nova Lisbon, Angola, Angola. He was married to a Spanish actress Nuria Mencía. The couple has one daughter, Antonia who was born in March 2011.[3]
Filipe died on 17 April 2020 at the age of 48 due to acute myocardial infarction.[2]
Career
Filipe completed a drama course on theater at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School.[2] Then he completed the actor training course at the Institute for Research and Theatrical Creation. He started acting career with several stage plays under the renowned theater directors Adolfo Gutkin, Rogério de Carvalho, Geraldo Touché, Francisco Salgado], Carlos J. Pessoa, Laila Ripol and Miguel Seabra.
In television screen, he acted in the telefilm Teorema de Pitágoras, directed by Gonçalo Galvão Telles. Then he joined with the two TV serials A Ferreirinha, directed by Jorge Paixão da Costa and João Semana, by João Cayatte. When he became a popular actor with the serials, he played the leading role in the series Ecuador which was based on the novel by Miguel Sousa Tavares. In 2013, he played the popular role 'João Belmonte' in the television soapie Belmonte.[2]
Meanwhile, Filipe made regular voice-overs for cartoons and animated films including the famous character 'Sanosuke Sagara' in the animated series Samurai X.
At the time of his death in 2020, he was recording the Brazilian soap opera Amor de Mãe, showing on SIC, joined the cast of the film Nothing Ever Happened directed by Gonçalo Galvão Teles.[2]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Genre | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Variações | Fernando Ataíde | Film | [4] |
| 2020 | Amor de mãe | Gabo | TV Series | [5] |
References
- ^ "Certidao de Lista de Associados GDA.ADG" (PDF). passmusica. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Actor Filipe Duarte died". expresso. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Actor Filipe Duarte died". sicnoticias. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ ""Filipe Duarte was a generous actor, he didn't need to open his mouth to notice his charisma". João Maia remembers Ataíde of "Variações"". expresso. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Mother's love ': Thelma falls in love with Portuguese". kogut.oglobo. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
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