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Brazilian actor
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16 February 1959(Mexico City, Mexico)
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Biography
Introduction
Francisco "Chico" Díaz Rocha (born February 16, 1959) is a Mexican-born Brazilian actor.
Francisco Díaz Rocha was born in Mexico City. He is the son of Juan Díaz Bordenave, a Paraguayan journalist and pedagogue, and Maria Cândida, a Brazilian translator. He was raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where their parents decided to live in 1968.
He was married to actress Cecília Santana, with whom he has a son called Antônio. He is currently married to actress Sílvia Buarque, with whom he has a daughter called Irene.
Selected filmography
- Gabriela, Cravo e Canela (1983)
- Quilombo (1984)
- Avaete, Seed of Revenge (1985)
- The Man in the Black Cape (1986)
- Where the River Runs Black (1986)
- The Third Bank of the River (1994)
- Perfumed Ball (1996)
- Força de um Desejo (1999)
- Mango Yellow (2002)
- The Forest (2002)
- América (2005)
- Sonhos de Peixe (2006)
- Paraíso Tropical (2007)
- A Favorita (2008)
- O Contador de Histórias (aka The Story of Me) (2009)
- Gabriela (2012)