
Known for
Acting
Born
February 15, 1936
Birthplace
Livorno, Italy
Died
February 22, 2014 (aged 78)
Arduino Colasanti (Livorno, February 15, 1936 — Niterói, February 22, 2014) was an Italian-born Brazilian actor. With a 40-year span, Colassanti's mainly associated with films made during the 1960s an 1970s, under the Cinema Novo (Brazilian New Wave) movement. He's known for portraing the titular frenchman in 1971s "Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francês" (How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman).
Seen as one of the main leading men of Cinema Novo by his distinguishable blond hair and blue eyes, during his career Colassanti was directed by filmmakers such as Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Leon Hirszman, Walter Lima Jr., Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, Tereza Trautman and Luiz Carlos Lacerda.
Born in Livorno, It...
2010
2010
as Homem do Café
2004
as Chefe dos Selvagens
2002
as Pescador
2000
2000
as Parceiro de Bilhar - Rio
1998
as Capitão
1997
as Magari
1997
1993
1992
Underwater Director of Photography
1991
1987
1987
as Pai
1987
1986
1985
as Pai de Krishna
1984
as Blaer
1982
as Cristo
1979
1979
as Borba Gato
1978
1974
as Feitor
1973
as Peter
1972