Hugo Carvana
Acting · Directing
Born June 4, 1937, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Hugo Carvana de Hollanda (Rio de Janeiro, June 4, 1937 – Rio de Janeiro, October 4, 2014) was a Brazilian film and television actor and director. Initially associated with scoundrel-type characters during his early career, he played parts in many Brazilian New Wave (Cinema Novo) films. He later moved on to starring and directing comedies, such as his directorial debut, the self-starred "Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo!" (1973) and his last film "A Casa da Mãe Joana 2" (2013). During his later career, he was also a recurring actor in Brazilian soap operas. Carvana died in October 4, 2014, from complications caused by a lung cancer.
Filmography
- 2023Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
- 2015Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: As Noivas de Copacabana - O Filme — Delegado Adroaldo de Lima
- 2014Rio, I Love You — Manoel
- 2013Giovanni Improtta — Cantagalo
- 2013Golden Oldies 2 — Director, Original Story
- O Brado Retumbante — Jorge Mourão
- 2011Não Se Preocupe, Nada Vai Dar Certo! — Zimba, Director, Story
- 20105x Favela, Now by Ourselves — Dos Santos
- 2010A Hora do leão - Os sete leões de Glauber
- 2009Love Stories Only Last 90 Minutes — Taxi driver
- 2008Golden Oldies — Salomão, Director
- 2007Lost and Found — Juiz
- Tropical Paradise — Belisário Cavalcanti
- JK — Jorge Sampaio
- 2006The Greatest Love of All — Salvador
- 2005Mais uma Vez Amor — Dr. Alvarez
- Like a Wave — Sinésio Paiva
- 2003Abry — (voice)
- 2003Apolônio Brasil, Campeão da Alegria — Beggar, Director, Writer, Associate Producer
- Celebrity — Lineu Vasconcelos
- 2003God Is Brazilian — Quincas Batalha
- Desejos de Mulher — Atílio Rodrigues
- 2002Fluminense Football Club - Centenário de uma Paixão
- 2002Lara — Ator Premiado
- 2001Sonhos Tropicais — Macedo
- Um Anjo Caiu do Céu — Sargento Garcia
- 2000O Cabeça de Copacabana — Haroldo Soares
- 1999Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei — Queiroz
- O Belo e as Feras
- Walking the Clouds — Wagner Macieira
- Summer Affair — Jacinto Azevedo
- 1997Chaos and Confusion — Figurante 1 no Festival de Gramado
- 1997The Naked Man — Taxista, Director
- 1996G.R.E.S. Concentração — Narrator
- Sai de Baixo
- Cara & Coroa — Aníbal Santoro
- Cutie Pie... Her Loves and Sins — Irmão Fidélis
- Black August — Luiz Magalhães
- Fera Ferida — Numa Pompílio de Castro
- 1993Vênus de Fogo — Delegado Eurico Braga
- As Noivas de Copacabana — Delegado Adroaldo de Lima
- Of Body and Soul — Agenor
- O Dono do Mundo — Lucas Veronese
- 1991Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo II: A Volta — Dino, Director, Idea
- 1990Assim na Tela Como no Céu
- 1990Boca de Ouro — Caveirinha
- Gente Fina — Guilherme Paiva
- 1988Por Dúvida das Vias
- 1987Leila Diniz — Clyde
- Roda de Fogo — Paulo Costa
- 1985Avaete, Seed of Revenge — Ramiro
- De Quina Pra Lua — Silva
- 1984Bete Balanço — Tony
- Power Play — Alfredo Fraga Dantas
- 1984Águia na Cabeça — Turco
- 1983Bar Esperanza — Zeca, Director, Writer
- Chico Total — maior contador de histórias de Piripiri
- 1981Glauber Rocha: Morto/Vivo
- 1980O Homem do Morcego — Narrador
- 1980To the Last Drop — Narrator(voice)
- Plantão de Polícia — Waldomiro
- 1978Alô Tetéia
- 1978Mulheres de Cinema — Narrator
- 1978Se Segura, Malandro! — Paulo Otávio, Director, Writer
- 1977Anchieta, José do Brasil — Diogo Álvares
- 1977Sea of Roses — Sérgio
- 1977Tent of Miracles — Fausto Pena
- The Trapalhões — Ele mesmo (em Florianópolis)
- 1976Gordos e Magros
- 1976The Fall — José
- 1976Un animal doué de déraison — Hugo
- 1975Arquitetura de Morar — Narrator
- Cuca Legal — Celso Maranhão (Jacaré)
- Gabriela — Dr. Argileu Palmeira
- 1975Ipanema, Adeus
- 1975Veredas de Minas
- 1974A Man and His Cage — Tino
- 1974Bullock Cart — Narrator
- 1974Chorinhos e Chorões — Narrador
- 1974Na Casa de Rio Vermelho — Narrator (voice)
- 1974Pilar — Narrador
- 1973All Nudity Shall Be Punished — Representative
- 1973Go to Work You Bum! — Dino, Director, Writer
- 1973Humor Amargo
- 1973Tati, a Garota — Capitão Peixoto
- 1972Câncer — Homem
- 1972Love, Carnival and Dreams — Malandro
- 1972Procura-se uma Virgem
- 1972When Carnaval Comes — Lourival, Story
- 1971A Indústria do Solúvel — Narrador
- 1971Brazil in Cannes
- 1971Klaxon
- 1971O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil — Dr. Gestaile, Screenplay, Producer
- 1971Tatu Bola
- 1971The Lion Has Seven Heads — Português
- 1970Pindorama
- 1970The Heirs — Professor Maia
- 1969A Criação Literária de João Guimarães Rosa
- 1969Antonio das Mortes — Delegado Mattos
- 1969Dramática Popular — Narrador
- 1969Garden of War
- 1969Macunaima — Man with duck
- 1969Pedro Diabo Loves Rosa Meia Noite — Detetive Athiê
- 1969The Angel Was Born — Santamaria
- 1969Time of Violence
- 1969Vampire's Dream
- 1968Before, the Summer — Homem atropelado
- 1968How Are You, Well?
- 1968José Lins do Rego — Narrador
- 1968On Borrowed Time — Passos
- 1968The Brave Warrior — Union Hanger-On
- 1968The Man Who Bought the World — Cabo Jorge
- 1967Colagem — Narrator
- 1967Entranced Earth — Álvaro
- 1967O Engano — Marido
- 1967Oito Universitários — Narrador
- 1966The Big City — Pereba
- 1965Crime de Amor — Glicério
- 1965The Dare — Journalist
- 1965The Deceased
- 1964The Guns — José
- 1962Esse Rio que Eu Amo
- 1962The Unscrupulous Ones — Photographer
Appearances as themselves (17)
- 2024Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico” — Self (archive footage)
- O Canto Livre de Nara Leão — Self
- 2021Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar — Self
- 2019Memórias do Grupo Opinião — Self (archive footage)
- 2018Carvana — Self
- 2017Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas — Self
- 2016Pitanga — Self
- 2015Chico: Brazilian Artist — Self
- 2014Éramos Todos Loucos — Self
- 2008Milagrez — Self
- 2006Depois do Transe — Self
- 2006O Sol - Caminhando Contra o Vento — Self
- 2005A Degola Fatal — Self (archive footage)
- 2003Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth — Self / Interviewee
- 2001Movie Theaters of Rio — Self
- 1997Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional — Self
- 1967Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo — Self