Actor profile

Daniel Filho

30th September 1937 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Directing

João Carlos Daniel Filho, better known as Daniel Filho (Rio de Janeiro, September 30, 1937), is a Brazilian actor, director, filmmaker, producer, screenwriter, voice actor, presenter and author. Responsible for triggering an aesthetic revolution in Brazilian TV during the 1970s, he became a Midas of popular cinema in Brazil during the 2000s. He created one blockbuster after another, many adapted from the theatre. The "Se Eu Fosse Você" (If I Were You) franchise (2006-09), featuring Tony Ramos and Gloria Pires - famous for their soap opera roles, sold more than 9 million tickets.

54 Movies 18 TV Shows 72 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

A Fúria poster

A Fúria 30th April 2026 as Feijó

(Des)controle poster

(Des)controle 5th February 2026 as Levi

Milton Gonçalves, Além do Espetáculo poster

Milton Gonçalves, Além do Espetáculo 6th November 2025 as Self

Tributo: Dennis Carvalho poster

Tributo: Dennis Carvalho 13th June 2025 as Self

Cheer to Life poster

Cheer to Life 30th January 2025 as Seu Ulisses

Tributo: Boni poster

Tributo: Boni 30th November 2024 as Self

Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico” poster

Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico” 3rd October 2024 as Self

Just Another Christmas poster

Just Another Christmas 3rd December 2020 as Seu Pedro

Golden Mouth poster

Golden Mouth 14th December 2019 as Newspaper Clerk

Rindo à Toa: Humor Sem Limites poster

Rindo à Toa: Humor Sem Limites 9th November 2018 as Self

What are you Laughing At? Humour and Dictatorship poster

What are you Laughing At? Humour and Dictatorship 9th November 2018 as Self

Duas de Mim poster

Duas de Mim 28th September 2017 as Daniel Filho

Till Luck Do Us: Part 3 poster

Till Luck Do Us: Part 3 31st December 2015 as Elias Barelli

O Amuleto poster

O Amuleto 28th May 2015 as Herminio

Muita Calma Nessa Hora 2 poster

Muita Calma Nessa Hora 2 4th April 2014 as Pai de Tita

I Have No Idea What I’m Doing With My Life poster

I Have No Idea What I’m Doing With My Life 20th December 2013 as Vô

Federal Bank Heist poster

Federal Bank Heist 22nd July 2011 as Advogado

Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado poster

Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado 19th November 2009 as Self

Peacetime poster

Peacetime 14th August 2009 as Dr. Penna

The Man Who Bottled Clouds poster

The Man Who Bottled Clouds 28th July 2008 as Self

As Mulheres no Cinema Brasileiro poster

As Mulheres no Cinema Brasileiro 4th May 2008 as Ele mesmo

Critic poster

Critic 22nd January 2008 as Self

If I Were You poster

If I Were You 6th January 2006 as Homem no Banheiro

Darling Stranger 6th October 2002 as Alberto

Tieta of Agreste poster

Tieta of Agreste 30th August 1996 as Mirko Stefano

The Body poster

The Body 12th July 1991

The Story of Fausta poster

The Story of Fausta 6th October 1988 as João

Vianinha poster

Vianinha 14th September 1987

Subway to the Stars poster

Subway to the Stars 2nd June 1987

Tanga (Deu no New York Times?) 1st January 1987

Mirror of Flesh poster

Mirror of Flesh 21st November 1984 as Jairo Almeida

Quilombo poster

Quilombo 3rd June 1984 as Fernão Carrilho

Bar Esperanza poster

Bar Esperanza 19th May 1983 as Armando

The Kiss poster

The Kiss 1st June 1981 as Amado Pinheiro

Elis Regina Carvalho Costa poster

Elis Regina Carvalho Costa 3rd October 1980 as Self

Summer Showers poster

Summer Showers 24th April 1978 as Geraldinho

Vida, Vida poster

Vida, Vida 1st January 1977 as Almeida

Ana, a Libertina poster

Ana, a Libertina 1st September 1975

O Casal 22nd May 1975

O Descarte poster

O Descarte 23rd May 1973 as Bruno (voz)

Roleta Russa poster

Roleta Russa 20th November 1972 as Raul

As Quatro Chaves Mágicas poster

As Quatro Chaves Mágicas 3rd July 1971 as Paulo, o irmão

The Heirs poster

The Heirs 15th September 1970 as Um Americano

A Cama ao Alcance de Todos poster

A Cama ao Alcance de Todos 20th December 1969

O Impossível Acontece poster

O Impossível Acontece 1st January 1969

Golden Mouth poster

Golden Mouth 3rd May 1963 as Leleco

Esse Rio que Eu Amo poster

Esse Rio que Eu Amo 9th July 1962

The Unscrupulous Ones poster

The Unscrupulous Ones 24th March 1962 as Vavá

Mulheres & Milhões poster

Mulheres & Milhões 11th October 1961

Eu Sou o Tal poster

Eu Sou o Tal 1st January 1959

Tem Boi na Linha poster

Tem Boi na Linha 3rd February 1957

Fuzileiro do Amor poster

Fuzileiro do Amor 24th April 1956

La Bréa as Himself - Interviewee

Resta Um

Chico Anysio: Um Homem à Procura de Um Personagem poster

Chico Anysio: Um Homem à Procura de Um Personagem 25th September 2025 as Self

The Brazilians poster

The Brazilians 2nd February 2012 as Narrador

The Illusionist poster

The Illusionist 12th July 2011 as Salomão Hayalla

The Cariocas poster

The Cariocas 19th October 2010 as Narrador

Pages of Life poster

Pages of Life 10th July 2006 as Self

A Justiceira poster

A Justiceira 9th April 1997 as Salomão Garcia

Queen of Scrap poster

Queen of Scrap 2nd April 1990 as Renato Maia

O Sexo dos Anjos poster

O Sexo dos Anjos 25th September 1989 as Teófilo Muniz

Que Rei Sou Eu? poster

Que Rei Sou Eu? 13th February 1989 as Bergeron Bouchet / André Barral

Vale Tudo poster

Vale Tudo 16th May 1988 as Rubens Accioli (Rubinho)

Cambalacho poster

Cambalacho 10th March 1986 as agente da Interpol que prende Andréia

Champagne poster

Champagne 24th October 1983 as Mr. Morgan

Parabéns pra Você poster

Parabéns pra Você 16th February 1983 as Mendonça

Chico Anysio Show poster

Chico Anysio Show 4th March 1982 as Rubens Accioli (Rubinho)

Dancin' Days poster

Dancin' Days 10th July 1978

Espelho Mágico poster

Espelho Mágico 14th June 1977 as João Gabriel

Minha Doce Namorada poster

Minha Doce Namorada 19th April 1971 as Carlos

A Grande Viagem poster

A Grande Viagem 1st November 1965 as Dr. Renato