Orlando Costa (actor)
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December 24, 1948
Orlando Costa | |
|---|---|
| Born | Orlando de Jesus Machado da Costa December 24, 1948 Braga, Portugal |
| Died | August 19, 2022 (aged 73) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1971–2022 |
Orlando de Jesus Machado da Costa[1] (24 December 1948 – 19 August 2022) was a Portuguese actor.
He graduated in Theatre, specializing in Actor Training, from the Lisbon Theatre and Film School in 1971, and made his professional debut at the Cascais Experimental Theatre, under the direction of Carlos Avilez.[2]
In 1973 he was among the founders of the Teatro da Cornucópia, with Luís Miguel Cintra and Jorge Silva Melo.[2] In that company he participated in the plays The Misanthrope by Molière (1973), Terror and Misery in the Third Reich by Bertolt Brecht (1974), The Petty Bourgeois by Maxim Gorky (1975), Auto de Família by Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão (1976), among others.[3]
Besides Cornucópia, he also worked with Hélder Costa and Maria do Céu Guerra, Fernanda Lapa, João Lourenço, Glicínia Quartin, Jorge Listopad or Rui Mendes, interpreting authors such as Arthur Miller, Woody Allen, Valle Inclán, Gil Vicente, Marivaux or Ribeiro Chiado. In 2007 he joined the cast of Shakespeare's "Hamlet", in a production directed by André Gago, which toured the country.
Frequently requested by television, he regularly participated in series, soap operas and television films, having starred in Zé Gato, a series by Rogério Ceitil broadcast by RTP2 from 1979 to 1980.
He also participated in Magic Tales (1985), The Cardboard Suitcase, alongside Irene Papas (1988), The Heiress of the Sugar Cane Fields (1990), Misunderstandings (1995), Police (1996), Ballet Rose by Leonel Vieira (1998), The Life-Snatcher (1999), Captain Roby (2000), Eyes of Water (2001), João Semana (2005), When the Wolves Howl (2006), or Madmen of Laughter.
In cinema, he highlights the films Coisa Ruim by Tiago Guedes and Frederico Serra (2006), A Filha by Solveig Nordlund (2003), A Dupla Viagem by Teresa Garcia (2000), O Anjo da Guarda by Margarida Gil (1999), Sapatos Pretos by João Canijo (1998), Três Irmãos by Teresa Villaverde (1994), Amor e Dedinhos de Pé by Luís Filipe Rocha (1993), Jogo de Mão by Monique Rutler (1984) or A Santa Aliança by Eduardo Geada (1980).
Costa died on August 19, 2022, at his home, at the age of 73.[4]
