Chico Anysio

Personal Info

Birthday

April 12, 1931

Day of Death

2012-03-23

(80 years old)

Place of Birth

Maranguape, Ceará, Brazil

Also Known As

Francisco Anísio

Chico Anísio

Chico Anisio

Francisco Anysio de Oliveira Paula Filho

Шику Анисиу

チコ・アニシオ

奇科·安尼西奥

치코 아니시오

चिको अनीसियो

Chico Anysio

Biography

Francisco "Chico" Anysio de Oliveira Paula Filho, OMC (Maranguape, April 12, 1931 – Rio de Janeiro, March 23, 2012), was a Brazilian comedian, actor, radio actor, producer, announcer, screenwriter, writer, voice actor, presenter, composer and painter, known for his numerous sketches and comedy programs on Rede Globo, the network where he worked for over forty years. Having created more than two hundred comic characters in a 65-year career, he is considered one of the greatest Brazilian comedians.

Known For

The Bunglers

Zorra Total

Sinhá Moça

Terra Nostra

Brava Gente

Pé na Jaca

Sítio do Picapau Amarelo

Casseta & Planeta, Urgente!

Filmography

2025
PRK30 - O Rádio pelo Avesso
as himself / archive footage
2021
Hermanoteu na Terra de Godah: O Filme
as Deus (Voice)
Chacrinha: Eu Vim para Confundir e Não para Explicar
as Self
2018
What are you Laughing At? Humour and Dictatorship
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Chico Eterno
as Self (archive footage)
Os Sonhos de um Sonhador - A História de Frank Aguiar
as Alemão
2011
An Extremely Nutty Teacher
as Monsenhor Aristides
The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga
as Major Consilva
2009
The Condom Play
as Padrinho
Hermanoteu In the Land of Godah
as Deus
Ele é o Espetáculo: José Vasconcelos
as Himself
Cantoras do Rádio
as Himself
Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was
as Self
If I Were You 2
as Olavo
2005
Câmera, Close!
as Himself
João do Vale, Muita Gente Desconhece
as Self
2003
Por Um Fio
as Chico
1996
Tieta of Agreste
as Zé Esteves
1981
O Mundo Mágico dos Trapalhões
as Narrator (voice)