| Matheus Nachtergaele | |
|---|---|
 Nachtergaele in 2002 | |
| Born | (1968-01-03) 3 January 1968 (age 56) São Paulo, Brazil |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Matheus Nachtergaele (born 3 January 1968) is a Brazilian actor, director, and screenwriter.
Career
He has starred in numerous Brazilian films, best known for his appearances in the 1997 film Four Days in September and the 2002 film City of God. He has twice won the Best Actor award in the Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro, for his roles in Midnight (1998) in 2000 and O Auto da Compadecida (2000) in 2001. He also won the Best Actor award for Mango Yellow at XIII Cine Ceará in 2003. In 2008, he made his directorial debut with The Dead Girl's Feast.
Personal life
Nachtergaele is bisexual.
Selected filmography
- Four Days in September (1997)
- Central Station (1998)
- Midnight (1998)
- A Dog's Will (2000)
- City of God (2002)
- Mango Yellow (2002)
- Da Cor do Pecado (2004)
- Nina (2004)
- América (2005)
- Journey to the End of the Night (2006)
- La Virgen Negra (2008)
- Doce do Pai LULA (2012)
- Serra Pelada (2013)
- Don't Call Me Son (2016)
- Zama (2017)
- Get the Goat (2021)
- Heavier Is the Sky (2023)
References
- Arantes, Silvana (July 27, 2003). "Filme une diretor "caótico" e ator "raro"". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Grupo Folha. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
- "Depois do 'Oscar', governo muda regras do cinema". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Grupo Folha. February 14, 2000. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
- ""Eu Tu Eles" vence "Oscar Brasileiro"". O Estado de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Grupo Estado. February 11, 2001. Archived from the original on July 9, 2013. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- "13º Cine Ceará" (in Portuguese). Cine Ceará. Archived from the original on March 5, 2014. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
- "A Festa da Menina Morta". Cannes Film Festival. Archived from the original on April 27, 2014. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
- "The Dead Girl's Feast" (PDF). Cannes Film Festival. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
- "Matheus Nachtergaele vive homossexual em 'Doce de mãe' e afirma: 'Eu me arrependo de já ter tentado me definir. Não adianta'".
External links
Media related to Matheus Nachtergaele at Wikimedia Commons
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Male actors from São Paulo
- Brazilian people of Belgian descent
- Brazilian male film actors
- Brazilian male television actors
- Brazilian male screenwriters
- Brazilian LGBTQ screenwriters
- Brazilian bisexual male actors
- Brazilian bisexual writers
- Bisexual male writers
- Bisexual screenwriters
- University of São Paulo alumni