João Miguel Serrano Leonelli (born January 1, 1970) is a Brazilian
actor, screenwriter and director. He has appeared in more than twenty
films since 2004.João Miguel was born in Salvador, Bahia. He is the
son of the politician Domingos Leonelli and the artist Magali
Serrano.He began his acting on television at the age of 9, in Nonato
Freire's Bombom Show. At the age of 13 or 14, he debuted as the main
character in the play A Viagem de um Barquinho, directed by Petinha
Barreto and with the participation of Leninha Barreto. Later he
performed in the circus and, along with street children, he also
performed in schools, public hospitals and in the favelas of Salvador
and in the interior of Bahia. At 17, he went to Rio de Janeiro and
trained as an actor in the Casa de Arte das Laranjeiras, where he met
Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, actor and director of Group Piolim. He then
went to João Pessoa, where he perfected his circus art with Luiz
Carlos, and then traveled in Brazil and elsewhere in the world
following the piece O Vau da Sarapalha.He performed in the solo piece
Bishop, the story of the Sergipean artist Arthur Bispo do Rosário,
which he staged for years in several Brazilian cities. Director
Marcelo Gomes invited him to star in the film Cinema, Aspirinas e
Urubus, for which he won several awards at the Cannes Film Festival;
he himself considers it one of the best movies he has done.
actor, screenwriter and director. He has appeared in more than twenty
films since 2004.João Miguel was born in Salvador, Bahia. He is the
son of the politician Domingos Leonelli and the artist Magali
Serrano.He began his acting on television at the age of 9, in Nonato
Freire's Bombom Show. At the age of 13 or 14, he debuted as the main
character in the play A Viagem de um Barquinho, directed by Petinha
Barreto and with the participation of Leninha Barreto. Later he
performed in the circus and, along with street children, he also
performed in schools, public hospitals and in the favelas of Salvador
and in the interior of Bahia. At 17, he went to Rio de Janeiro and
trained as an actor in the Casa de Arte das Laranjeiras, where he met
Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, actor and director of Group Piolim. He then
went to João Pessoa, where he perfected his circus art with Luiz
Carlos, and then traveled in Brazil and elsewhere in the world
following the piece O Vau da Sarapalha.He performed in the solo piece
Bishop, the story of the Sergipean artist Arthur Bispo do Rosário,
which he staged for years in several Brazilian cities. Director
Marcelo Gomes invited him to star in the film Cinema, Aspirinas e
Urubus, for which he won several awards at the Cannes Film Festival;
he himself considers it one of the best movies he has done.
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