Leonardo Villar

Biography

Leonardo Villar was a Brazilian actor born on July 25, 1923, in Piracicaba, São Paulo. He gained international recognition for his role as Zé do Burro in Anselmo Duarte's O Pagador de Promessas, which won the Palme d'Or and became the first Brazilian film nominated for an Academy Award. Villar also starred in notable TV shows like Escalada and Estúpido Cupido before making a comeback in 2001 with A Moratória.