 Between 1997 and 2002, he directed many episodes of" Sai Down".In 1979, he was cast in the movie "Bye Bye Brazil" and in 1986 in "The Man in the Black Cape".Among his most memorable roles in movies was Tiradentes in the film" The Conspirators" of 1972, Vadinho – which broke box office records in theaters – in "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands" in 1976, as the politician Tenorio Cavalcanti in "The Man in Black" Cover of 1986 and Anthony Advisor of "War" Canudos of 1997.