The 10 best works of the Brazilian actor

Over three seasons, Wagner Moura starred in the series Narcos in one of his most prestigious works in recent years. In the series of Netflixthe actor lived the famous Pablo Escobarone of the best-known drug traffickers in Latin America, undergoing intense preparation to play the role in the program.

With names like Pedro Pascal It is Boyd Holbrook in the cast, Narcos follows the real story of how cocaine spread in the USA and Europe thanks to Medellin Cartela criminal organization led by Colombian Pablo Escobar, as two police officers lead a mission to capture and kill the drug trafficker.

The love story between Olaf It is Baby marked the best moments of the soap opera Tropical paradise thanks to the charisma of Wagner Moura and Camila Pitanga. Therefore, it is clear that one of the most beloved productions on Brazilian television could not be left out of this list.

Displayed by Rede Globo in the late 2000s, Tropical paradise It was the last soap opera that Wagner Moura participated in throughout his career. The program followed the love story between Paula (Alessandra Negrini) It is Daniel (Fábio Assunção), while they tried to overcome the schemes of the ambitious and arrogant Olavo, Moura’s character, who falls in love with the prostitute Bebel.

One of the most beloved and popular films in Brazilian cinema, Oh Father, Oh it also marked Wagner Moura’s film career. Starring Lazaro Ramosthe feature film directed by Monique Gardenberg is set in a tenement in the historic center of Pilloryin savior.

In the plot, the residents share their passion for Carnival and their dislike for the property manager, the Dona Joana (Luciana Souza), a woman who is uncomfortable with all this partying. Irritated by the commotion at the party, she decides to cut off the water supply as punishment, provoking reactions from the residents.

Another notable film from Wagner Moura’s career in Brazilian cinema is Basic Sanitation, the Movie. The comedy of Jorge Furtado features big names on the national scene besides Moura, such as Camila Pitanga, Fernanda Torres, Lazaro Ramos It is Bruno Garciaand is practically a heritage of our cinema.

In the plot, a group of residents of a small village in southern Brazil come together to try to demand an improvement in the city’s sewage treatment, but the city hall does not have the budget to solve the problem. So, they decide to make a science fiction film about a monster that lives in a septic tank to raise money to carry out the work.

It is impossible to talk about Wagner Moura without mentioning Elite squad, a film that marked the actor’s career in many ways. Always mentioned when the subject is Brazilian cinema, the feature film by José Padilha presented to the public the Captain Nascimentoa character who was marked in Moura’s career in the late 2000s – and who continues to be remembered to this day.

Elite squad follows the story of Nascimento, a captain of the BOPE in Rio de Janeiro who is assigned to command a team whose mission is to eliminate drug trafficking. While trying to carry out orders, the police officer faces a dilemma in finding a replacement to get out of the force as the battalion’s corrupt and hostile system intensifies.

Fun and exciting, the film The Man of the Future is a science fiction that also marked the career of Wagner Moura in Brazil. Beside Alinne Moraesthe actor plays Zero, a failed scientist whose latest invention ends up taking him to the past. With a new chance to rebuild his life, he returns to his college days, where he meets his old passion again. Determined to correct his mistakes, Zero begins to interfere in reality, causing unusual consequences that can become devastating.

Directed by Karim Aïnouzthe film Future beach is another praised work in Wagner Moura’s career. In the film, the actor plays Donato, a lifeguard who is idolized by his younger brother thanks to his courage in rescuing strangers. Until, one day, Donato saves a friend from Conrad (Clemens Schick), a German with whom he falls in love. Together, the two leave for Berlin, leaving Donato’s brother behind with the desire to meet his hero years later.

Inspired by the novel by Lauren Beukesthe miniseries Enlightened is one of Wagner Moura’s most recent works in the foreign language. With Elisabeth Moss It is Jamie Bell in the cast, the production of Apple TV+ it is a thriller which follows the story of Kirby (Elisabeth Moss), a newspaper archivist who abandons her career as a journalist after suffering trauma. But when a case very similar to hers comes to light, she teams up with the reporter Dan Velazquez (Wagner Moura) to try to solve a murder.

With direction from Héctor Babencothe film Carandiru It was one of Wagner Moura’s first opportunities on the big screen. The film is one of the most popular in Brazilian cinema, and marked the 2000s by telling the story of the famous prison that gives the film its title, based on the book Carandiru Stationfrom the doctor Drauzio Varella.

Set in the 1990s, Carandiru follows the daily lives of inmates in the largest prison in Latin America at the time, where a public health doctor offers to carry out work to prevent the HIV virus. There, the professional witnesses the violence and precariousness of the services provided that worsen the overcrowding of the place, as well as the dreams of the men serving their sentences.

Wagner Moura’s debut as a director of a feature film, Marighella has big names, such as Your Jorge, Humberto Carrão It is Bruno Gagliasso to tell the story of Carlos Marighellafamous Brazilian politician and guerrilla fighter who served as one of the main organizers of the armed struggle against the military dictatorship in the country.

It is precisely this journey in the midst of one of the darkest periods in Brazilian history that Marighella goes through, showing how Carlos, played by Seu Jorge, tries to publicize his fight to combat the military dictatorship in the face of the censorship that threatens the revolution.