🎬Wagner Moura

Wagner Maniçoba de Moura (born June 27, 1976) is a Brazilian stage and screen actor, voice actor, and filmmaker. His accolades include the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Secret Agent (2025), as well as a Golden Globe nomination for portraying Pablo Escobar in Narcos, and an Annie Award nomination for his voice performance as Death in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022).

Widely renowned in Brazil for his performances in popular films and TV shows, he is also one of the most reputable Brazilian actors internationally. He has starred in multiple feature films in Brazil and Hollywood, including Brazilian box office hits like Elite Squad, which won the Golden Bear at the 58th Berlin Internacional Film Festival. Elite Squad overseas success boosted Moura’s international recognition. Besides being a well-established and acclaimed actor in Brazil, Moura has achieved international success as a part of the movement that seeks positive representation for South Americans in Hollywood. In 2013 he debuted in Hollywood in the science fiction feature film Elysium, directed by Neill Blomkamp. In 2024, Moura starred alongside Kirsten Dunst in Civil War, directed by Alex Garland, marking his first leading role in a major Hollywood film. For his performance in The Secret Agent (2025), Moura became the first South American actor to win the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor.

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	Civil War (2024)	Joel		7
2	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) Most waited movies 2022	Wolf (voice)		7.8
3	The Gray Man (2022)	Laszlo Sosa		6.8
4	Marighella (2021)	Director / Writer		2.5
5	There's a Monster in My Kitchen (2020)	Narrator		10
6	Wasp Network (2020)	Roque		5
7	Sergio (2020)	Sérgio Vieira de Mello		5.2
8	Trash (2014)	José Angelo		7.5
9	Futuro Beach (2014)	Donato	-	-
10	Bald Mountain (2013)	Lindo Rico	-	-
11	Elysium (2013)	Spider		6.7
12	The Man from the Future (2011)	Zero		7.6
13	VIPs (2011)	Marcelo		7.3
14	Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)	Tenente-Coronel Nascimento		8.1
15	VIPs: Histórias Reais de um Mentiroso (2010)	Self		8
16	Romance (2008)	Pedro		8
17	Basic Sanitation, the Movie (2007)	Joaquim	-	-
18	Ó Paí, Ó: Look at This (2007)	Boca		6
19	Elite Squad (2007)	Capitão Nascimento		8
20	Lower City (2005)	Naldinho		6.5
21	Nina (2004)	Cego		8
22	God Is Brazilian (2003)	Edvaltécio "Taoca"		6
23	The Man of the Year (2003)	Suel		8
24	Carandiru (2003)	Zico		6.8
25	Behind the Sun (2001)	Matheus		10
26	Woman on Top (2000)	Rafi		5
27	Flesh of the Gods	Raoul	-	-