Nicolau Breyner

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Nicolau Breyner
Born João Nicolau de Melo Breyner Moreira Lopes
(1940-07-30)30 July 1940
Serpa, Portugal
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Lisbon, Portugal
Nationality Portuguese
Occupation Actor, playwright, director
Years active 1964–2016

João Nicolau de Melo Breyner Moreira Lopes (30 July 1940 – 14 March 2016) was a Portuguese playwright, director and actor. He performed in more than eighty films, beginning in 1964.

Son of Nicolau Moreira Lopes (1915–1965) and Augusta Pereira da Silva de Melo Breyner Pereira (1920 – 23 May 2003), he was a cousin of the Portuguese author Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen.

After his childhood in Serpa, he moved with his parents to Lisbon. There he studied in the Liceu Camões. He gained diplomas from the Conservatório Nacional, first in song and then in drama.

His first wife was Mafalda Maria de Alpoim Vieira Barbosa. His second marriage was to the Portuguese actress Sofia Sá da Bandeira, between 1996 and 2001. He had two daughters, Mariana and Constança Fidalgo Ramos de Melo Breyner Lopes, from a previous relationship with Cláudia Fidalgo. His third wife was Mafalda Gomes de Amorim Bessa.

He died in Lisbon of cardiac arrest, aged 75.

Selected filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2013 7 Pecados Rurais director
2005 O Crime do Padre Amaro
2003 Os Imortais
1999 Jaime
1996 Sostiene Pereira
1964 A Canção da Saudade
TV
Year Title Role Notes
2005 Pedro e Inês

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