NUNO LOPES
Photo: Frederico Martins
Former Shooting Star, Nuno is undoubtedly one of Portugal’s most talented and successful actors working today. Known for his chameleon-like ability to change across a whole range of characters, his initial breakthrough came from his role in the film ALICE, and his other award-winning performances including BLOOD OF MY BLOOD, and LINES OF WELLINGTON. In 2016, he won the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival for his phenomenal portrayal of an unemployed boxer in Marco Martins’ SAINT GEORGE, which was Portugal’s submission to the Best Foreign-language Film category at the 90th Academy Awards. Nuno is also a multiple winner of Portugal’s Golden Globes. His screen work includes: the drama MAR which was directed by Margarita Gil; THE GREAT MYSTICAL CIRCUS opposite Vincent Cassel; the role of ‘Samuel’ in THE WIND TURNS, which premiered at Locarno; and AN EASY GIRL, by Rebecca Zlotowski - which won the Directors’ Fortnight prize for best French-language film at Cannes. Nuno played the leading role of ‘Boxer’ in the Netflix series WHITE LINES, for which he received widespread international acclaim. His most recent work includes: the feature GREAT YARMOUTH: PROVISIONAL FIGURES which reunited him with director Marco Martins; the French feature film AZURO; Céline Devaux’s EVERYBODY LOVES JEANNE which premiered at Cannes; as ‘Samuel’ in Tiago Guedes’ REMAINS OF THE WIND; and BAD LIVING which premiered at Berlinale.
PLAYING AGE: 40 - 50
NATIONALITY: PORTUGUESE
LOCATION: LISBON
LANGUAGES: PORTUGUESE, SPANISH, FRENCH, ITALIAN, ENGLISH
AWARDS: - Best Actor award at the Venice Film Festival in 2016 for his performance in SAINT GEORGE.
