Personal Info
Birth date
1964-11-20 (60 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Also known as
-Leonardo Medeiros
Biography
Leonardo Wilson de Medeiros (Rio de Janeiro, November 20, 1964) is a Brazilian actor, winner of three best actor awards at the Brasília Festival. Medeiros also accumulates nominations for a Grande Otelo, two Guarani Awards, an ACIE Award, and a Quality Brazil Award. He is known for his work on television and his dramatic roles in independent films.
Filmography
Genesis
7.847
Overview:
The story of the first 2,300 years of humanity and recounts events exclusively from that period. The plot begins by giving us a greater understanding of why we exist and how we turned from perfection to imperfection. The origin of all social and racial problems is there at the beginning of everything, when via one decision a human being who only knew good and enjoyed it so much also chose to know evil.A Favorita
7.935
Overview:
Donatela and Flora, two friends who became rivals. One of them committed a homicide and pretends to be innocent. There are two versions for the same story. Who, after all, is telling the truth? Donatela or Flora?The Life We Lead
8.2
Overview:
This moving telenovela tells the story of an unconditional love that overcomes life’s unexpected turnarounds. Ana is a promising tennis player who counts on best friend and sister Manuela for support. After a terrible car accident, Ana goes into a deep coma and only emerges from it five years later. Now, she must struggle to recover the life that went on without her and that she no longer recognizes as her own.A Muralha
8.125
Overview:
A hundred years after Europeans set foot in the New World, Brazil still remains largely unexplored. The Conquest recounts the saga of the earliest adventurers who wandered through these unknown lands. Jesuit priests, adventurers seeking gold, slaves and indigenous tribes were entangled in unceasing battles, at a time when laws were made by the sharp edge of a sword.Os Maias
7.192
Overview:
Pedro da Maia, meets a beautiful woman called Maria Monforte with whom he gets married despite his father's objection. The marriage produces a son, Carlos Eduardo, and a daughter. Some time later, Maria Monforte falls in love with Tancredo and runs away to Italy with him, taking her daughter along. When Pedro finds out, he goes with his son to his father's house where he commits suicide. Carlos stays at his grandfather's house and is educated by him. Carlos, becomes a doctor and opens his own office. Later he meets a gorgeous woman, Maria Eduarda. The two fall in love and have dozens of nights together. Eventually Carlos finds out later that Maria lied to him about her past and he starts fearing the worst. In the end, Carlos finds out that Maria is his sister. He informs her that they are siblings and that they cannot live like this anymore. Carlos, to forget his tragedies, goes for a trip around the world.Brava Gente
7.667
Overview:
Brava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially as a special year-end. The program was adapted from stories and national stories, and plays by famous playwrights, screenwriters and signed by a number represented by several actors and actresses. The genres of the stories varied each week with the style of each director or author. Brava Gente in the stories ranged from comedies and dramas. In all 53 episodes were shown, broadcast on Tuesday nights.Helena's Shadow
5
Overview:
Laerte’s obsessive jealousy brings his relationship with Helena to an end on their wedding day. Twenty years later, he meets Luiza, the daughter of his long lost love. The two fall in love and stir up dormant feelings that profoundly affect Helena’s marriage and her relationship with her daughter. Defying everyone, Laerte and Luiza decide to follow their love to the highest bounds, leaving a trail of conflicts and pain along the way.Hebe
8.556
Overview:
Between comings and goings in time, over 8 decades, the story of a poor country girl who fulfills the dream of becoming a great star, always in search of her truth.The Mechanism
7.116
Overview:
A scandal erupts in Brazil during an investigation of alleged government corruption via oil and construction companies. Loosely inspired by true events.The Girl Who Killed Her Parents - The Series
6.5
Overview:
Discover Suzane von Richthofen and Daniel Cravinhos’ versions of their relationship, their motives and the shocking crime that took place on the night of October 31st 2002. Based on the proceedings of the trial, the story transits from narrative to the testimonies given at court, and further still, interviews with the cast, the Director and the criminologist and script writer.The Endless Night
7.719
Overview:
When a fire kills 242 people in a nightclub, all that the victims' parents can do is mourn... and fight for justice.The Girl Who Killed Her Parents
6.4
Overview:
Based on one of the most shocking and gruesome murder cases in Brazil, the film presents Daniel Cravinhos's point of view of the events that led to the death of Marísia and Manfred von Richthofen, his girlfriend’s parents.Forbidden City
8.4
Overview:
Inspired by film noir and North American pulp fiction from the 1930s and 1940s, “Forbidden City” follows the adventures of a former police officer turned private eye. Specialized in adultery cases, the detective employs his power of seduction and ends up mixing his personal and professional lives, getting involved in complex plots that might be a threat to his own life.The Dreamseller
6.567
Overview:
A disillusioned psychologist tries to commit suicide until he strikes up a friendship with an unlikely saviour who teaches him a new way of living.Kardec
6.6
Overview:
The story of Allan Kardec, from his days as an educator to his contribution to the spiritist codification.O Tempo e o Vento
9.3
Overview:
It tells the story of two families that are mortal enemies in the fictitious city of Santa Fe, at the end of the 20th century. Its characters who reek of soil, blood, and hard liquor get involved in various events in the small town, where their passions, desires, idealism and envy become intertwined and collide in a poetic and unexpected way.The Boy Who Killed My Parents
6.3
Overview:
Based on one of the most shocking and gruesome murder cases in Brazil, the film presents de Suzane von Richthofen's point of view of the events that led to the death of her parents.Birdwatchers
6.2
Overview:
Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, the present. When a young Guarani-Kaiowá woman commits suicide, Nádio leads his community to form a protest camp on the borders of a local farm that sits on their ancestral burial ground.Polícia Federal: A Lei é Para Todos - Os Bastidores da Operação Lava Jato
7
Overview:
2013. During Operation Bidone, the Federal Police seized a truck loaded with palm heart, which contained 697 kg of cocaine. The investigation falls on the team assembled by Ivan Romano, based in Curitiba and composed by Beatriz, Júlio and Ítalo. The traffic connections lead them to the dower Alberto Youssef and later to the former Petrobras director Paulo Roberto Costa, who reveals an immense structure involving builders and the government, in order to divert public money. As the investigation progresses, the group led by Ivan is increasingly approaching some of the country's most influential politicians.To the Left of the Father
7.15
Overview:
In 1940s São Paulo, Pedro’s tasked to retrieve his estranged brother André. André’s departure stems from a domineering father, an overly affectionate mother, and Pedro’s jealousy over the father’s favoritism. Further complicating matters is André’s unconventional relationship with their sister, Ana.Time and the Wind
7.13
Overview:
Based on Érico Verissimo's literary trilogy, Time and the Wind follows 150 years of the Terra Cambará family and their opponents, the Amaral family. The struggles between the two families begin in the missions and lasts until the end of the 19th century. The film also features the period of formation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul and the dispute of territory between the Portuguese and Spanish crowns.Getulio
6.71
Overview:
The movie depicts the political crisis that led to the suicide of president Getúlio Vargas, in the 19 days that preceded August 24, 1954. The crisis began with the attempted assassination of journalist and politician Carlos Lacerda in August 5, 1954, at rua Toneleros, Rio de Janeiro, in which Major Vaz was assassinated instead. Investigations pointed to Gregório Fortunato, chief of Vargas' personal guard, as the orderer of the frustrated assassination. This incident was one of the most importants in the history of Brazil.The Patient
7.1
Overview:
The true story of Tancredo Neves, the first civilian president of Brazil after a 20-year military dictatorship, and the infamous hospitalization which led to his death before he ever managed to take office.What Is It Worth?
6.5
Overview:
Free adaptation of Machado de Assis's short story "Pai Contra Mãe", having some of Nireu Cavalcanti's 18th Century chronicles as inspiration, the film traces parallels between life in during the slavery period and in modern Brazil.December
7.4
Overview:
Caio is 40 years old and lives in the Rio de Janeiro's countryside, where he owns a scrap-metal yard. On Christmas' Eve, he goes to the capital to visit his family and friends. Finally he will be able to meet a man he has not seen for a long time: himself.Budapeste
5.1
Overview:
José Costa is a Brazilian ghost writer. Returning from a ghost writers convention his airplane is rerouted to Budapest. His life is also rerouted when he meets Krista and with her help, learns "the only language in the world which, according to the tongue-wagers, the devil respects.Acting
2024The Girl Who Killed Her Parents - The Series (6 Episodes) as Manfred von Richthofen
2024A Rainha da Pérsia (34 Episodes) as Hamã
2023The Endless Night (5 Episodes) as Geraldo Alberto Ramos Fontes
2021The Boy Who Killed My Parents as Manfred von Richthofen
2021The Girl Who Killed Her Parents as Manfred von Richthofen
2021Genesis (220 Episodes) as Zeno
2019Hebe (1 Episode) as Assis Chateaubriand
2019Kardec as Rivail / Kardec
2018The Patient as Dr. Pinheiro Rocha
2018O Avental Rosa as Unknown
2018Wherever You Are as Waldir
2018The Mechanism (8 Episodes) as João Pedro Rangel (Pepê)
2017Forbidden City (1 Episode) as Otávio
2017Polícia Federal: A Lei é Para Todos - Os Bastidores da Operação Lava Jato as Marcelo Odebrecht
2016The Dreamseller as Roger
2016Histórias de Alice as Unknown
2015Entre Nós as Mathias
2015Sete Vidas (106 Episodes) as Lauro
2014Getulio as General Caiado de Castro
2014Helena's Shadow (143 Episodes) as Fernando de Castro (Nando)
2014O Tempo e o Vento (3 Episodes) as Bento Amaral
2013Anita & Garibaldi as Teixeira Nunes
2013Time and the Wind as Bento Neto
2013A Violent Dose of Anything as Unknown
2012Nove Crônicas para um Coração aos Berros as Leopoldo
2011Simples Mortais as Unknown
2011The Life We Lead (137 Episodes) as Lourenço Luiz Macedo
2010Sunstroke as Leo
2010Tempos Modernos (161 Episodes) as Ramon Piñon
2009Budapeste as José Costa
2008December as Caio
2008Birdwatchers as Moreira
2008Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala as Monk Castilho
2008A Favorita (197 Episodes) as Elias Barreto Filho
2007Body as Artur
20075 Frações de uma Quase História as Carlos
2007Not by Chance as Ênio
2006A Vida ao Lado as Unknown
2006In Evil Hour as Alcaide
2005What Is It Worth? as Amigo
2004Playing in the Dark as Tiago
2003Wherever You Are (Short) as Waldir
2001To the Left of the Father as Pedro, the elder brother
2001Os Maias (42 Episodes) as Hélio Taveira
2000Brava Gente (1 Episode) as Ferdinando
2000A Muralha (51 Episodes) as Leonel Olinto
1998Meu Pé de Laranja Lima (101 Episodes) as Demétrio
Production
2021Ménage ... Co-Producer