André Gago

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André Nuno de Araújo Laires Mendes Gago (born June 13, 1964 in Lisbon ) is a Portuguese actor . He also works as a voice actor, translator, writer, artist and theater director, he also teaches acting, recites poetry and occasionally exhibits his collection of theater masks publicly.

Career

He received his acting training at the Teatro da Comuna in Lisbon, where he first appeared on stage in April 1984 under his original stage name André Nuno in the play Marat by Peter Weiss , staged by Comuna founder João Mota . In his other productions of fabrics Gil Vicentes and Abel Neves he appeared there until the summer of 1985.

In 1987 he went to the Theatro Circo in Braga , and he also played in various theaters in Lisbon and Portalegre . In 1989 he also began to be interested in theater masks and learned mask technology from Filipe Crawford at the important Gulbenkian Foundation . In 1993 he took the Master di Commedia dell'Arte course from Ferruccio Soleri at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan .

After a first television film in 1984, he appeared occasionally, from the early 1900s on more often on television. His theatrical activities, reduced from then on, led him a. a. to the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II and the Teatro da Trindade (1994).

He became known to a wide audience in the 1990s for his roles in telenovelas and series, starting primarily with Cinzas (1992). But he was also active in the Portuguese cinema and worked with Manoel de Oliveira and João César Monteiro , among others .

In 2001 he published the short story O Circo da Lua , which was awarded by the Portuguese writers association Associação Portuguesa de Escritores. Other books followed, including translations of foreign plays.

In 2004 he founded the Teátro Instável , where he has since staged, some of his own pieces or pieces that he has translated.

reception

Gago is a renowned actor who seldom puts himself in the foreground. However, the Portuguese public mostly perceives him as a striking telenovela face and he occasionally appears in the gossip columns, for example after his brief hospital stay in 2016.

In professional circles he was noticed as a lively theater actor and as a talented film actor in supporting roles in Portugal and occasionally also in France, but remained rather unfortunate with his first leading role in Solo de Violino (1990, directed by Monique Rutler ) and was rarely cast in leading roles afterwards.

Since the 2000s, he has also been recognized as a writer and translator.

Filmography (selection)

Literature (selection)

  • André Gago: O Circo da Lua 2001 (Youth Book Prize 2002: Prémio Revelação APE / IPLB de Literatura )
  • André Gago: Rio Homem 2010 (novel)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Jorge Leitão Ramos : Dicionário do Cinema Português 1989 - 2003. Editorial Caminho , Lisbon 2005 ( ISBN 972-21-1763-7 ), page 263f.
  2. ↑ a b Biography of André Gago at WOOK, the online retailer of Porto Editora , accessed on April 8, 2018
  3. ^ André Gago hospitalizado - "André Gago in the hospital" , article from March 1, 2016 in the society magazine LUX, accessed on April 8, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Gago, André
ALTERNATIVE NAMES André Nuno de Araújo Laires Mendes Gago (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese actor and author
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Lisbon , Portugal