Eugenio Kusnet

Eugenio Kusnet

Known for

Acting

Born

December 29, 1898

Birthplace

Kherson, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]

Died

August 29, 1975 (aged 76)

Biography

Eugene Shamansky Kuznetsov, Cyrillic: Евгений Шаманский-Кузнецов) (Kherson Oblast, Russian Empire, December 29, 1898 — São Paulo, August 29, 1975), better known as Eugene Kusnet, was an actor, Russian theater director and teacher based in Brazil, considered the promoter of the Stanislavski method in the country and the most prominent actor to use this method on Brazilian stages.

Best known work

Zé do Periquito
Zé do Periquito
1961
Tristeza do Jeca
Tristeza do Jeca
1961
The Landowner's Daughter
The Landowner's Daughter
1953
Hitler in the Third World
Hitler in the Third World
1968
The Man Who Bought the World
The Man Who Bought the World
1968
Cidade Ameaçada
Cidade Ameaçada
1960
Gente Que Transa
Gente Que Transa
1974
Cara de Fogo
Cara de Fogo
1958
Uma Certa Lucrécia
Uma Certa Lucrécia
1957
Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina
Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina
2021

Filmography

  1. 2021

    Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina

    as Self

  2. 1974

  3. 1968

  4. 1968

  5. 1967

  6. 1965

  7. 1961

    Tristeza do Jeca

    as Coronel Bonifácio

  8. 1961

    Zé do Periquito

    as Professor

  9. 1960

  10. 1958

    Cara de Fogo

    as Tonico Pereira

  11. 1958

  12. 1957

  13. 1955

    A Estrada

    as Tomás

  14. 1953

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