Chico Diaz

Personal Info

Birthday

February 16, 1959

(66 years old)

Place of Birth

Mexico City, Mexico

Also Known As

Chico Díaz

Chico Diaz

Biography

Francisco Díaz Rocha, known as Chico Díaz (Mexico City, February 16, 1959), is a Peruvian-Brazilian actor born in Mexico. Graduated in architecture and urban planning, he worked in theater from the age of fourteen. His first work in his artistic life was in 1982 on the big screen in O Sonho não Acabou. With all the main awards in Brazilian cinema, namely Gramado Brasília, Recife and Rio de Janeiro, he is one of the most versatile and present actors on Brazilian screens with more than 80 films made in Brazil and abroad.

Known For

Celebridade

A Favorita

Paraíso Tropical

Rebirth

A Grande Família

Força de um Desejo

Hilda Furacão

Velho Chico

Filmography

2025
Special Agents
as Comandante Queiroz
Girassol Vermelho
as Romeu
2024
Vermelho Monet
as Johannes Van Almeida
2023
Alien Nights
as Alê
2021
Jaguar Man
as Pedro
2020
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Banquet Attendee
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as Self (archive footage)
Em Busca de Carlos Zéfiro
as Reading
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
as Ricardo Reis
2019
Santiago das Américas ou o Olho do Terceiro Mundo
as narração
Cine Holliúdy 2: A Chibata Sideral
as Vei Góis
2018
Happy Hour: Verdades e Consequências
as Arlindo
2017
Travessia
as Roberto
Going to Brazil
as Augusto
2016
Em Nome da Lei
as Gomez
2014
Words with Gods
as The Man (ep. "The Man Who Stole a Duck")
The Ardor
as João
2013
Dossiê 50: Comício a Favor dos Náufragos
as Narrator
2012
Jonathas' Forest
as Zé dos Patos
2010
The Inventor of Dreams
as Hélio Pellegrino
2009
Dó-Ré-Mi-Fábrica
as Zanata
Ouro Negro
as Vicente Camargo
The Story of Me
as Camelô
2008
Praça Saens Peña
as Paulo
2007
O Magnata
as Dr. Ribeiro
2006
Angels of the Sun
as Tadeu
The Invisible Friend
as Guilhermino
2003
Benjamim
as Alyandro
Garrincha: Lonely Star
as Sobral
As Alegres Comadres
as Dr. Caius
2002
The Forest
as Firmino
Mango Yellow
as Wellington Cannibal
1999
O Tronco
as Catulino
1998
Dona Flor and Her 2 Husbands
as Mirandão
The Patriot
as Felizardo
1997
Doces Poderes
as Jornalista de Rondônia
Belly Up
as Múcio
Perfumed Ball
as Zé de Zito
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
Napomuceno's Will
as Carlos
1996
Corisco & Dadá
as Corisco
1994
Rio's Love Song
as (segment "Samba do Grande Amor")
1993
De Sentinela
as Sentinela
1990
Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier
as Marido de Fulvia
Barrela: Escola de Crimes
as Bahia
1988
Luzia Homem
as Torquato
1986
Talking Cinema
as Man with green eyes (Diadorim)
Where the River Runs Black
as Raimundo
The Man in the Black Cape
as Manezinho
1985
Avaete, Seed of Revenge
as Louco do Juqueri
1984
Quilombo
as Anunciação
Águia na Cabeça
as Gabriel
1983
Innocence
as Juca
Parahyba Mulher Macho
as Severino
1982
The Dream's Not Over
as Danilo 'Biela'