Chico Diaz

Known for: Acting
Born: February 16, 1959, Mexico City, Mexico
Movies: 82

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.

Best-Known Movies

4.8

Going to Brazil

2017

6.6

Mango Yellow

2002

5.7

Don't Play with Tigers

1982

5.9

Gabriela

1983

6.9

Angels of the Sun

2006

4.8

The Ardor

2014

6.1

Cine Holliúdy 2: A Chibata Sideral

2019

7.3

Perfumed Ball

1997

7.1

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

2020

6.6

The Story of Me

2009

Filmography

2026	Special Agents	Comandante Queiroz
2025	Girassol Vermelho	Romeu
2024	Hélio Melo	Hélio Melo (Voice)
2024	Vermelho Monet	Johannes Van Almeida
2023	O Humanismo de Frei Betto
2023	Alien Nights	Alê
2022	Diário Dentro da Noite
2021	Jaguar Man	Pedro
2020	Babenco: Tell Me When I Die	Banquet Attendee
2020	Candango: Memoirs from a Festival	Self (archive footage)
2020	Em Busca de Carlos Zéfiro	Reading
2020	The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis	Ricardo Reis
2019	Notícias do Fim do Mundo
2019	Santiago das Américas ou o Olho do Terceiro Mundo	narração
2019	Cine Holliúdy 2: A Chibata Sideral	Vei Góis
2018	Happy Hour: Verdades e Consequências	Arlindo
2017	Travessia	Roberto
2017	Going to Brazil	Augusto
2016	Guerra do Paraguay
2016	Em Nome da Lei	Gomez
2015	Oração do Amor Selvagem
2015	Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Dona Flor e Seus 2 Maridos - O Filme	Mirandão
2014	Words with Gods	The Man (ep. "The Man Who Stole a Duck")
2014	The Ardor	João
2013	Blue Desert
2013	Os Pobres Diabos	Lazarino
2013	Dossiê 50: Comício a Favor dos Náufragos	Narrator
2012	Jonathas' Forest	Zé dos Patos
2011	A Warlike Sense for the Beautiful Things
2010	The Midday Sun	Matuim
2010	The Inventor of Dreams	Hélio Pellegrino
2009	Dó-Ré-Mi-Fábrica	Zanata
2009	Ouro Negro	Vicente Camargo
2009	The Story of Me	Camelô
2008	Praça Saens Peña	Paulo
2007	O Magnata	Dr. Ribeiro
2007	O Afeto Que Se Encerra Em Nosso Peito Juvenil
2006	Angels of the Sun	Tadeu
2006	The Invisible Friend	Guilhermino
2005	Quem Você Mais Deseja
2003	Benjamim	Alyandro
2003	Garrincha: Lonely Star	Sobral
2003	As Alegres Comadres	Dr. Caius
2003	The Egg
2002	Lua Cambará - Nas Escadarias do Palácio	João Índio
2002	The Forest	Firmino
2002	Mango Yellow	Wellington Cannibal
2001	Favorite Son
1999	O Tronco	Catulino
1998	The Patriot	Felizardo
1997	Doces Poderes	Jornalista de Rondônia
1997	Cachaça
1997	Belly Up	Múcio
1997	Perfumed Ball	Zé de Zito
1997	Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional	Self
1997	Napomuceno's Will	Carlos
1996	Corisco & Dadá	Corisco
1994	Rio's Love Song	(segment "Samba do Grande Amor")
1994	The Third Bank of the River
1993	De Sentinela	Sentinela
1993	Nightly Diary
1990	Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier	Marido de Fulvia
1990	Barrela: Escola de Crimes	Bahia
1989	1º de Abril, Brasil
1988	Luzia Homem	Torquato
1988	Hell Hunters	Paco - Pilot - Additional Cast (as Chico Dias)
1987	The Colour of His Destiny
1987	Fonte da Saudade
1986	Talking Cinema	Man with green eyes (Diadorim)
1986	Where the River Runs Black	Raimundo
1986	The Man in the Black Cape	Manezinho
1985	Avaete, Seed of Revenge	Louco do Juqueri
1985	Chico Rei
1984	Quilombo	Anunciação
1984	Águia na Cabeça	Gabriel
1983	Innocence	Juca
1983	Parahyba Mulher Macho	Severino
1983	Gabriela	Chico Moleza
1982	The Dream's Not Over	Danilo 'Biela'
1982	The Adventures of a Paraíba
1982	Don't Play with Tigers

Directing, Writing & Producing

2022

Diário Dentro da Noite

Director, Screenplay

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