Chico Diaz

Biography

Francisco Díaz Rocha, known as Chico Díaz (Mexico City, February 16, 1959), is a Peruvian-Brazilian actor born in Mexico. Graduated in architecture and urban planning, he worked in theater from the age of fourteen. His first work in his artistic life was in 1982 on the big screen in O Sonho não Acabou. With all the main awards in Brazilian cinema, namely Gramado Brasília, Recife and Rio de Janeiro, he is one of the most versatile and present actors on Brazilian screens with more than 80 films made in Brazil and abroad.

Known For

Hilda Hurricane

A Grande Família

The Trapalhões

Celebrity

A Favorita

Força de um Desejo

Rebirth

Tropical Paradise

All Movies (79)

• Special Agents2026 · as Comandante Queiroz
• Girassol Vermelho2025 · as Romeu
• Hélio Melo2024 · as Hélio Melo (Voice)
• Vermelho Monet2024 · as Johannes Van Almeida
• O Humanismo de Frei Betto2023
• Alien Nights2023 · as Alê
• Diário Dentro da Noite2022
• Jaguar Man2021 · as Pedro
• Babenco: Tell Me When I Die2020 · as Banquet Attendee
• Candango: Memoirs from a Festival2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• Em Busca de Carlos Zéfiro2020 · as Reading
• The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis2020 · as Ricardo Reis
• Santiago das Américas ou o Olho do Terceiro Mundo2019 · as narração
• Cine Holliúdy 2: A Chibata Sideral2019 · as Vei Góis
• Happy Hour: Verdades e Consequências2018 · as Arlindo
• Travessia2017 · as Roberto
• Going to Brazil2017 · as Augusto
• Guerra do Paraguay2016
• Em Nome da Lei2016 · as Gomez
• Oração do Amor Selvagem2015
• Dona Flor e Seus 2 Maridos - O Filme2015 · as Mirandão
• Words with Gods2014 · as The Man (ep. "The Man Who Stole a Duck")
• The Ardor2014 · as João
• Blue Desert2013
• Os Pobres Diabos2013
• Dossiê 50: Comício a Favor dos Náufragos2013 · as Narrator
• Jonathas' Forest2012 · as Zé dos Patos
• The Midday Sun2010
• The Inventor of Dreams2010 · as Hélio Pellegrino
• Dó-Ré-Mi-Fábrica2009 · as Zanata
• Ouro Negro2009 · as Vicente Camargo
• The Story of Me2009 · as Camelô
• Praça Saens Peña2008 · as Paulo
• O Magnata2007 · as Dr. Ribeiro
• O Afeto Que Se Encerra Em Nosso Peito Juvenil2007
• Angels of the Sun2006 · as Tadeu
• The Invisible Friend2006 · as Guilhermino
• Quem Você Mais Deseja2005
• Benjamim2003 · as Alyandro
• Garrincha: Lonely Star2003 · as Sobral
• As Alegres Comadres2003 · as Dr. Caius
• The Egg2003
• Lua Cambará - Nas Escadarias do Palácio2002
• The Forest2002 · as Firmino
• Mango Yellow2002 · as Wellington Cannibal
• Favorite Son2001
• O Tronco1999 · as Catulino
• The Patriot1998 · as Felizardo
• Doces Poderes1997 · as Jornalista de Rondônia
• Cachaça1997
• Belly Up1997 · as Múcio
• Perfumed Ball1997 · as Zé de Zito
• Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional1997 · as Self
• Napomuceno's Will1997 · as Carlos
• Corisco & Dadá1996 · as Corisco
• Rio's Love Song1994 · as (segment "Samba do Grande Amor")
• The Third Bank of the River1994
• De Sentinela1993 · as Sentinela
• Nightly Diary1993
• Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier1990 · as Marido de Fulvia
• Barrela: Escola de Crimes1990 · as Bahia
• 1º de Abril, Brasil1989
• Luzia Homem1988 · as Torquato
• Hell Hunters1988 · as Paco - Pilot - Additional Cast (as Chico Dias)
• The Colour of His Destiny1987
• Fonte da Saudade1987
• Talking Cinema1986 · as Man with green eyes (Diadorim)
• Where the River Runs Black1986 · as Raimundo
• The Man in the Black Cape1986 · as Manezinho
• Avaete, Seed of Revenge1985 · as Louco do Juqueri
• Chico Rei1985
• Quilombo1984 · as Anunciação
• Águia na Cabeça1984 · as Gabriel
• Innocence1983 · as Juca
• Parahyba Mulher Macho1983 · as Severino
• Gabriela1983 · as Chico Moleza
• The Dream's Not Over1982 · as Danilo 'Biela'
• The Adventures of a Paraíba1982
• Don't Play with Tigers1982

All TV Shows (32)

• Rulers of Fortune2025 · as Galego
• Rebirth2024 · as Padre Santo
• Abandonados2022 · as Cônsul Yodogawa
• 1936 - O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis2022 · as Ricardo Reis
• All the Flowers2022 · as Rivaldo
• The American Guest2021 · as Cândido Rondon
• Cine Holliúdy: A Série2019 · as Coronel Pandolfo
• Old River2016 · as Belmiro dos Anjos
• El Hipnotizador2015 · as Darek
• Gabriela2012 · as Coronel Melk Tavares
• A Favorita2008 · as Átila Mendonça
• Tropical Paradise2007 · as Jáder
• Celebrity2003 · as Jairo Cardoso
• Carga Pesada2003 · as Gringo
• Pastores da Noite2002 · as Dudu
• A Grande Família2001 · as Pedrada
• Brava Gente2000 · as Lilico
• Brava Gente2000 · as José da Silva
• Brava Gente2000 · as Zé
• Brava Gente2000 · as Dudu
• Luna Caliente1999 · as Gomulka
• Força de um Desejo1999 · as Clemente
• O Belo e as Feras1999
• Hilda Hurricane1998 · as Orlando Bonfim
• Salsa e Merengue1996 · as Ramiro Morales
• O Campeão1996 · as Humberto
• Memorial de Maria Moura1994 · as Duarte
• O Dono do Mundo1991 · as Durval
• Kananga do Japão1989 · as Olegário
• Mandala1987 · as Rafael
• Corpo Santo1987 · as Orlando
• The Trapalhões1977