Guará Rodrigues
Acting · Directing · Sound · Writing
Born January 1, 1943, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Guaracy Rodrigues, known as Guará (Belo Horizonte, 1943 — Rio de Janeiro, February 21, 2006) was a Brazilian actor, art director and film director. Known for his small roles and cameos throughout his more than 40 years as an actor, he is considered one of the most important figures in the history of marginal cinema.
Filmography
- 2023The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
- 2018O Poder Negro — Writer
- 2016Beduíno — (archive footage)
- 2012Mr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz
- 2007Cleopatra
- 2007O Quadrado de Joana
- 2005A Miss e o Dinossauro
- 2005A Werewolf in the Amazon — Zoltan
- 2003The Sign of Chaos — Capanga
- 1999Uma Vida Dividida — Motorista do caminhão
- 1998A Hora Vagabunda
- 1998Curra Urbana
- 1997Razor in the Flesh
- 1995The Mandarin
- 1994Louco por Cinema
- 1993A Saga do Guerreiro Alumioso
- 1993Oceano Atlantis
- 1992Oswaldianas
- 1992Perigo Negro — Ladislau, Assistant Director
- 1992Scent of Gardenias — Moreira
- 1991Killed the Family and Went to the Movies — Abominável Ladrão de Calcinhas, Assistant Director, Associate Producer
- 1989Sermões
- 1988Dedé Mamata — Barbudo
- 1988Moon Over Parador — Bearded Man
- 1986It's Not All True
- 1985Areias Escaldantes — Mínimo Jonas
- 1985Brás Cubas — Sound
- 1985Noite
- 1985Um Filme 100% Brasileiro
- 1984Para Viver Um Grande Amor — Mendonça
- 1983Tabu — Sound Recordist, Assistant Director
- 1982Rio Babilonia — Sound
- 1982The Adventures of a Paraíba
- 1982The Brazilwood Man — Biriba
- 1981I Love You — Atendente de necrotério
- 1980Música para Sempre — Director
- 1980The Seven Kittens — Dr. Barbosa Coutinho, Assistant Director
- 1978Lady on the Bus — Assistant Director
- 1978Madrepérola
- 1977Anchieta, José do Brasil — Francisco Pereira
- 1976The Agony
- 1975King of the Cards
- 1971Crazy Love
- 1971Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes — The Strangler
- 1970Baron Olavo, The Horrible — Man in Dark Glasses
- 1970Carnaval na Lama — Sound
- 1970Copacabana Mon Amour — Crook, Assistant Director
- 1970No Way, Spider — Sound
- 1970The Rowdy Family — Gay Forte, Art Direction
- 1970Watch Out, Madame — Voiceover, Assistant Director
- 1969Garden of War — Editor, Art Direction, Assistant Director, Writer
- 1969Killed the Family and Went to the Movies — (as Guará), Assistant Director, Art Direction
- 1969Macunaima — Bum
- 1969The Angel Was Born — Self, Art Direction
- 1968On Borrowed Time — Homem no filme
- 1968The Naked Man — Assistant Director
- 1968The Outsiders — Assistant Director
- 1965The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga — Assistant Director
Appearances as themselves (4)
- 2024Boom Shankar – O Filme Perdido do Guará — Self
- 2002Samba Chanson — Self
- 1997Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional — Self
- 1997Dib — Self