António Feio
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Antonio Jorge Peres Feio (6 December 1954, Lourenço Marques, Mozambique – 29 July 2010, Lisbon
) was a Portuguese actor and director, awarded on 27 March 2010, by Cavaco Silva (President of the Republic Portugal
), with the honorific degree of "Comendador da Ordem do Infante D. Henrique".
until the age of seven and settled in Lisbon, with his family. At age eleven, he started in theater with the play of Miguel Torga
, O Mar, directed by Carlos Avilez, on the Teatro Experimental de Cascais. Soon after, he began work in television, cinema, and radio ads.
He married Lurdes Feio, a journalist, and they had two daughters, Bárbara Gonzalez Feio and Kiki (Catarina) Gonzalez Feio. Later, Sara Cadima Feio and Filipe Cadima Feio were also born from his 18 year relationship with the actress Cláudia Cadima.
, Teatro São Luiz, Teatro Adóque, Teatro ABC, Casa da Comédia, Teatro Aberto
, Teatro Variedades, and Teatro Nacional D. Maria II
.
He started directing with the show Pequeno Rebanho Não Desesperes of Christian Giudicelli
, in Casa da Comédia. Vincent of Leonard Nimoy, in Teatro Nacional D. Maria II
and O Verdadeiro Oeste
of Sam Shepard
, in Auditório Carlos Paredes were his next plays. As an actor, he did Inox-Take 5 (1993) with José Pedro Gomes
. This was the start of a partnership that would last throughout his life. He started managing acting courses in Centro Cultural de Benfica and launched a few groups with his students, such as O Esquerda Baixa and Pano de Ferro.
Besides theater, he was also on TV in sitcoms such as Conversa da Treta or shows such as 1, 2, 3). He was in cinema with Alfredo Tropa, Eduardo Geada
, Luís Filipe Costa and Fernando Fragata and also did voice-overs. He kept working on radio with a humorous chronic on TSF
.
); Perdidos em Yonkers
from Neil Simon
and Duas Semanas com o Presidente from Mary Morris
(CCB and Teatro Nacional S. João); Conversa da Treta from José Fanha (Auditório Carlos Paredes); O Aleijadinho do Corvo from Martin McDonagh
(Visões Úteis/ Teatro Rivoli); 'Arte'
from Yasmina Reza
(Teatro Nacional S. João); Bom Dia Benjamim from Nuno Artur Silva, Luís Miguel Viterbo and Rui Cardoso Martins
(CCB and Expo98); Portugal Uma Comédia Musical from Nuno Artur Silva and Nuno Costa Santos (Teatro São Luiz); Popcorn from Ben Elton
with Helena Laureano, Deixa-me Rir from Alistair Beaton
,Jantar de Idiotas and O Chato from Francis Veber
(Teatro Villaret).
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
) was a Portuguese actor and director, awarded on 27 March 2010, by Cavaco Silva (President of the Republic Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
), with the honorific degree of "Comendador da Ordem do Infante D. Henrique".
Early life & family
He lived in MozambiqueMozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
until the age of seven and settled in Lisbon, with his family. At age eleven, he started in theater with the play of Miguel Torga
Miguel Torga
Miguel Torga, pseudonym of Adolfo Correia da Rocha is considered one of the greatest Portuguese writers of the 20th century...
, O Mar, directed by Carlos Avilez, on the Teatro Experimental de Cascais. Soon after, he began work in television, cinema, and radio ads.
He married Lurdes Feio, a journalist, and they had two daughters, Bárbara Gonzalez Feio and Kiki (Catarina) Gonzalez Feio. Later, Sara Cadima Feio and Filipe Cadima Feio were also born from his 18 year relationship with the actress Cláudia Cadima.
Career
In 1969, he got his professional actor license in the theater company, Laura Alves, and got back to Mozambique, touring with the play Comprador de Horas. He retired from the stage and worked as a designer in an architecture company. In 1974, he was again on the Teatro Experimental de Cascais, where he left to form with Fernando Gomes, the Teatro Aquarius. He then went to the Cooperativa de Comediantes Rafael de Oliveira, Teatro Popular-Companhia Nacional I, under the direction of RibeirinhoRibeirinho
Ribeirinho, stage name of Francisco Carlos Lopes Ribeiro was a Portuguese actor and director....
, Teatro São Luiz, Teatro Adóque, Teatro ABC, Casa da Comédia, Teatro Aberto
Teatro Aberto
Teatro Aberto is a theatre located in Lisbon, Portugal next to the Praça Espanha.Together with the Portuguese Society of Authors , it organizes the annual Grande Prémio de Teatro Português.-Directorate:...
, Teatro Variedades, and Teatro Nacional D. Maria II
Teatro Nacional D. Maria II
The National Theatre D. Maria II is a theatre in Lisbon, Portugal. The historical theatre is one of the most prestigious Portuguese venues and is located in the Rossio square, in the centre of the city....
.
He started directing with the show Pequeno Rebanho Não Desesperes of Christian Giudicelli
Christian Giudicelli
Christian Giudicelli is a French novelist, literary critic.His seventh novel, Station balnéaire, was awarded the 1986 Prix Renaudot.- Biography :He is a member of the jury Renaudot since 1993....
, in Casa da Comédia. Vincent of Leonard Nimoy, in Teatro Nacional D. Maria II
Teatro Nacional D. Maria II
The National Theatre D. Maria II is a theatre in Lisbon, Portugal. The historical theatre is one of the most prestigious Portuguese venues and is located in the Rossio square, in the centre of the city....
and O Verdadeiro Oeste
True West (play)
True West is a play by American playwright Sam Shepard. Like most of his works it is inspired by myths of American life and popular culture. The play is a more traditional narrative than most of the plays that Shepard has written.-Plot:...
of Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard is an American playwright, actor, and television and film director. He is the author of several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs, and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play Buried Child...
, in Auditório Carlos Paredes were his next plays. As an actor, he did Inox-Take 5 (1993) with José Pedro Gomes
José Pedro Gomes
José Pedro Gomes is a Portuguese actor, author and theatre director.He received formation at the Théâtre du Soleil , at the Teatro da Cornucópia, with professors of the Bristol Old Vic School and, in 1991, at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, with Polina Klimovitskaia.In 1976, José Pedro Gomes...
. This was the start of a partnership that would last throughout his life. He started managing acting courses in Centro Cultural de Benfica and launched a few groups with his students, such as O Esquerda Baixa and Pano de Ferro.
Besides theater, he was also on TV in sitcoms such as Conversa da Treta or shows such as 1, 2, 3). He was in cinema with Alfredo Tropa, Eduardo Geada
Eduardo Geada
Eduardo Geada is a Portuguese film director, screenwriter and professor.-generic:He graduated in Anglo-American Studies at the Faculty of Arts of Lisbon University...
, Luís Filipe Costa and Fernando Fragata and also did voice-overs. He kept working on radio with a humorous chronic on TSF
TSF (radio)
TSF is a Portuguese radio station headquartered in Lisbon. It is a news focused radio station. It was legally founded in 1989, but its first emission was on February 29, 1988....
.
Plays
He had many plays, and the most important were A Partilha from Miguel Falabela and O Que diz Molero from Diniz Machado (Teatro Nacional D. Maria IITeatro Nacional D. Maria II
The National Theatre D. Maria II is a theatre in Lisbon, Portugal. The historical theatre is one of the most prestigious Portuguese venues and is located in the Rossio square, in the centre of the city....
); Perdidos em Yonkers
Lost in Yonkers
Lost in Yonkers is a 1991 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Neil Simon. After eleven previews, the Broadway production, produced by Emanuel Azenberg and directed by Gene Saks, opened on February 21, 1991 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, where it ran for 780 performances...
from Neil Simon
Neil Simon
Neil Simon is an American playwright and screenwriter. He has written numerous Broadway plays, including Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, and The Odd Couple. He won the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Lost In Yonkers. He has written the screenplays for several of his plays that...
and Duas Semanas com o Presidente from Mary Morris
Mary Morris
Mary Morris was a British actress.-Life and career:She was the daughter of Herbert Stanley Morris, the botanist, and his wife Sylvia Ena de Creft-Harford. She was educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.She made her stage debut in Lysistrata at the Gate Theatre, London, in 1935...
(CCB and Teatro Nacional S. João); Conversa da Treta from José Fanha (Auditório Carlos Paredes); O Aleijadinho do Corvo from Martin McDonagh
Martin McDonagh
Martin McDonagh is an Irish-British playwright, filmmaker, and screenwriter. Although he has lived in London his entire life, he is considered one of the most important living Irish playwrights.-Life:...
(Visões Úteis/ Teatro Rivoli); 'Arte'
'Art' (play)
‘Art’ is a French language play by Yasmina Reza that premiered on 28 October 1994 at Comédie des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The English language adaptation, translated by Christopher Hampton opened in London's West End on 15 October 1996, starring Albert Finney. It played on Broadway in New York...
from Yasmina Reza
Yasmina Reza
Yasmina Reza is a French playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter. Her parents were both of Jewish origin, her father Iranian, her mother Hungarian.-Career:...
(Teatro Nacional S. João); Bom Dia Benjamim from Nuno Artur Silva, Luís Miguel Viterbo and Rui Cardoso Martins
Rui Cardoso Martins
Rui Cardoso Martins is a Portuguese writer.His first book “E Se Eu Gostasse Muito de Morrer” was published in 2006 and became an instant best seller in Portugal...
(CCB and Expo98); Portugal Uma Comédia Musical from Nuno Artur Silva and Nuno Costa Santos (Teatro São Luiz); Popcorn from Ben Elton
Ben Elton
Benjamin Charles "Ben" Elton is an English comedian, author, playwright and director. He was a leading figure in the British alternative comedy movement of the 1980s, as a writer on such cult series as The Young Ones and Blackadder, as well as also a successful stand-up comedian on stage and TV....
with Helena Laureano, Deixa-me Rir from Alistair Beaton
Alistair Beaton
Alistair Beaton is a Scottish left wing political satirist, journalist, radio presenter, novelist and television writer. At one point in his career he was also a speechwriter for Gordon Brown....
,Jantar de Idiotas and O Chato from Francis Veber
Francis Veber
Francis Paul Veber is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, and theater playwright. Many of his French comedies feature recurring types of characters, named François Pignon and François Perrin...
(Teatro Villaret).