Matheus Nachtergaele

Known for: Acting
Born: January 3, 1968, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Movies: 69

Matheus Nachtergaele OMC (São Paulo, January 3, 1968) is a Brazilian actor, director and author. Nachtergaele has won several awards, including five APCA Awards, three Grande Otelo Awards, two Guarani Awards and three Quality Brasil Awards. He showed his talent in many roles, both in cinema and television. Best known for City of God, Central Station and A Dog's Will.

Upcoming Matheus Nachtergaele Movies

Cabras da Peste 2: Miami Vixe

2026

December 3, 2026

Bad adolescence

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

8.4

City of God

2002

8.4

A Dog's Will

2000

8.1

Central Station

1998

6.8

Get the Goat

2021

6.5

Zama

2017

7.5

Four Days in September

1997

6.6

The Rogue's Trial

2024

6.6

Mango Yellow

2002

6.3

Don't Call Me Son

2016

7.1

Bald Mountain

2013

Filmography

2026	Cabras da Peste 2: Miami Vixe	Trindade
2026	Fernanda	Self
2026	Son of a Bitch	Bacalhau
2024	The Rogue's Trial	João Grilo / Jesus / Diabo
2024	Antonio Candido, Final Notes	Narrator (voice)
2023	Amizade	himself
2023	Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
2023	Pictures of Ghosts	Self (archive footage)
2023	Heavier Is the Sky	Antônio
2022	The Club of Angels	Lucídio
2022	Julia's Lover	Sandro
2022	King Car	Zé Macaco
2021	Get the Goat	Trindade
2019	Mercy	Aurélio
2019	Tito and the Birds	Dr. Rufus (voice)
2018	The City of Pirates	Ivan (voice)
2017	How Do You See Me?	Self
2017	All Paulos in the World - Paulo José
2017	492: A Man Called Death	Luciano
2017	Zama	Vicuña Porto / Gaspar Toledo
2017	Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century	Self
2016	The Serpent	Paulo
2016	Don't Call Me Son	Matheus
2015	26º Prêmio da Música Brasileira - Homenagem a Maria Bethânia	ele mesmo
2015	Big Jet	Seu Xico/Nelson
2015	When I Stopped Worrying About Scoundrels	João Carlos
2015	Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Ó Paí, Ó - O Filme	Queixão / Moisés
2014	Blue Blood	Gaètan
2013	Bald Mountain	Coronel Carvalho
2013	Trinta	Joãosinho Trinta
2013	The Inventor of Dreams
2013	Na Quadrada das Águas Perdidas	Olegário
2012	Sweet Mother	Fernando de Souza
2012	Rat Fever	Pazinho
2010	The Well Beloved One	Dirceu Borboleta
2008	The Black Virgin
2008	Birdwatchers	Dimas
2007	500 Almas
2006	Bog of Beasts	Everardo
2006	A Meeting with Milton Santos	Narrador
2006	Journey to the End of the Night	Nazda
2005	Conception	X
2005	Red Carpet	Quinzinho
2005	Delicate Crime	Actor in play 'woyzeck o brasileiro'
2005	Câmera, Close!	Himself
2005	Dry Movie	Salustiano
2004	Nina	Pintor
2003	Diante do espelho	Himself / King Lear
2003	The Storytellers	Souza
2003	O Curupira	Narrator
2003	Cidade de Deus: Oficina dos Atores	Himself
2002	Eclipse
2002	City of God	Sandro Cenoura
2002	Mango Yellow	Dunga
2002	At the Edge of the Earth	Narrator (voice)
2002	Conquista Central Station - The 7 days of creation	Self
2001	Bufo & Spallanzani	Agenor
2000	A Dog's Will	João Grilo
2000	Making of O Auto da Compadecida
1999	Castle Ra-Tim-Bum: The Movie	Rato
1999	O Enfermeiro	Procópio
1999	Twins	Rapaz
1998	Midnight	Francisco
1998	Kenoma	Pedro
1998	Central Station	Isaías Paiva
1997	Anahy de las Misiones
1997	Four Days in September	Severino Barroso / Jonas
1997	Anchietanos	Andrew Ribeiro

Directing, Writing & Producing

2009

The Dead Girl's Feast

Screenplay, Director

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