Edney Giovenazzi
Acting
Born August 12, 1930, Pederneiras, São Paulo, Brazil
Ednei Giovenazzi is a former actor. Born on August 12, 1930, in Pederneiras, São Paulo, he moved to the capital of São Paulo, where he graduated in Dentistry and made his debut in theater in the 1950s. On television, he made his debut in 1967 in the Tupi's soap operas Yoshico, um Poema de Amor, O Jardineiro Espanhol and O Pequeno Lord. In 1968, he moved to Rio de Janeiro, where he began acting in Globo's soap operas such as O Santo Mestiço (1968), Pigmalião 70 (1970), Selva de Pedra (1972) and Os Ossos do Barão (1973). Later, in the same decade, he returned to São Paulo where he returned to acting in Tupi. He won prominent roles in A Barba Azul (1974), Ovelha Negra (1975), Xeque-Mate (1976), O Julgamento (1976) and Salário Mínimo (1978). For a time, he combined his work as an actor with that of a dentist in the public service. Until he decided to leave dentistry to dedicate himself solely to his acting career. In the following decades, he acted and made guest appearances in soap operas on Globo, Band, SBT and Manchete. His last work was playing Messias in Sparkling Girls (2012). In 2014, he decided to retire and since then, he has maintained a discreet life.
Filmography
- Sparkling Girls — Seu Messias
- Uma Rosa com Amor — Giovanni Petroni
- Paradise City — Prefeito Paulino
- Ciranda de Pedra — Dr. Madeira
- Queridos Amigos — Nicola
- Amazônia: De Galvez a Chico Mendes — Silveira
- The Taste of Passion — Quintino Saraiva
- Brava Gente — ourives
- 1999No Coração dos Deuses — Anhangüera
- Brida — Patrick O'Neal
- Antônio Alves, Taxista — Ariovaldo
- Perdidos de Amor — Fabiano Caldas
- 1995O Espiritismo de Kardec aos Dias de Hoje — Allan Kardec
- Tropicaliente — Bonfim
- 1991A República dos Anjos
- Happiness — Chico Treva
- Brasileiras e Brasileiros — Franco
- Desejo — Camilo Ratto
- 1990O Círculo de Fogo
- Que Rei Sou Eu? — François Gaillard
- Abolição — Padre Ramos
- Direito de Amar — Augusto Medeiros
- O Tempo e o Vento — Major Erasmo Graça
- Uma Esperança no Ar — Daniel Fiori
- Livre Para Voar — Álvaro Porto
- Partido Alto — Edu
- Transas e Caretas — Álvaro
- Sétimo Sentido — Horácio Sampaio
- As Três Marias — Raul Torreão
- Pé de Vento — Edmundo
- João Brasileiro, o Bom Baiano — Ele mesmo
- Salário Mínimo — Hércules Sanches
- 1976O Gesto, a Festa, a Mensagem - Dois Mil Anos de Teatro — Narrador - Seis Personagens em Busca de Autor, de Luigi Pirandello
- O Julgamento
- 1976Reveillon
- Xeque-Mate — Rodolfo Bastos
- Ovelha Negra — Padre Jonas
- Selva de Pedra — Jorge Moreno
- A Barba Azul — Vitório Galhardi (Conde de Parma)
- 1974O Marginal — Fineza
- 1974Um Homem Célebre — Deputado Vaz Lobo
- Os Ossos do Barão — Vicente
- 1973Êxtase de Sádicos — Tesoureiro
- 1972Dybbuk: The Demon
- Selva de Pedra — Jorge Moreno
- Caso Especial — Jorge
- 1971Mãos Vazias
- O Homem Que Deve Morrer — Ricardo Lopes
- A Próxima Atração — Mário Yamashita
- Pigmalião 70 — Dr. Carlito Catalão
- A Cabana do Pai Tomás — Mr. Simon Legris
- A Grande Mentira — Paulo Bacelar
- O Santo Mestiço — Gerardo
- O Jardineiro Espanhol — Sir Harington Brande
- O Pequeno Lord
- Yoshico, um Poema de Amor — Cawabata San