António Feio

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António Feio
Born
António Jorge Peres Feio

(1954-12-06)6 December 1954
Died29 July 2010(2010-07-29) (aged 55)
Lisbon, Portugal
Occupation(s)Actor, voice actor, director
Years active1965–2010
Children4

António Jorge Peres Feio (6 December 1954 – 29 July 2010) was a Portuguese actor and director who was awarded the honorific degree of "Comendador da

Ordem do Infante D. Henrique" on 27 March 2010, by Aníbal Cavaco Silva (President of the Republic Portugal).[1]

Early life and family

He lived in Mozambique until the age of seven and settled in Lisbon, with his family. At age eleven, he began his voyage into theater with the play of Miguel Torga, O Mar, directed by Carlos Avilez in the Teatro Experimental de Cascais.[2] Soon after, he began work in television, cinema, and radio ads.

He married Lurdes Feio, a journalist, and they had two daughters, Bárbara Gonzalez Feio and Kiki (Catarina) Gonzalez Feio. Later, Sara Cadima Feio and Filipe Cadima Feio were born, their mother being the actress Cláudia Cadima with whom Feio had had an 18-year relationship.

Career

In 1969, he got his professional actor's license in the theater company,

Teatro Nacional D. Maria II
.

He started directing with the show Pequeno Rebanho Não Desesperes of

Teatro Nacional D. Maria II and O Verdadeiro Oeste of Sam Shepard, in Auditório Carlos Paredes were his next plays. As an actor, he partook in Inox-Take 5 (1993) with José Pedro Gomes. This was the start of a partnership that would last throughout his life. He started managing acting courses in the Centro Cultural de Benfica
and launched a few groups with his students, such as O Esquerda Baixa and Pano de Ferro.

Besides theater, he was also on TV in sitcoms such as

TSF
.

Plays

He had many plays, and the most important were A Partilha by

CCB and Expo98); Portugal Uma Comédia Musical by Nuno Artur Silva and Nuno Costa Santos (Teatro São Luiz); Popcorn by Ben Elton with Helena Laureano, Deixa-me Rir by Alistair Beaton,Jantar de Idiotas and O Chato by Francis Veber (Teatro Villaret
).

Death

He died on 29 July, at 11:30am, in the Hospital da Luz. He was a victim of pancreatic cancer, which he had been fighting for several months.[3]

References

  1. ^ Como vai recordar António Feio? Diario.iol.pt. Accessed 30 June 2010
  2. ^ Morreu António Feio Archived 1 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine (30 Julho 2010). Euronews.net. Accessed 31 Julho 2010
  3. ^ O homem que levava o teatro às pessoas (30 Julho 2010). Publico.pt. Accessed 30 July 2010

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