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Murilo Benício
Born: 13th Jul 1971 Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dept: Acting
Murilo Benício Ribeiro (Niterói, July 13, 1971) is a Brazilian actor and director. Known for his roles in Brazilian soap operas, or 'novelas'. He is best known in the United States for his film roles in Woman On Top with Penélope Cruz. Novelas that he was featured in were Amores Possíveis which won the Jury Award for Latin American Cinema at the Sundance Film Festival, and his television roles in O Clone and América.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 49
Film: 20 (41%)
Television: 29 (59%)
Remaining genres not in graph: TV Movie, Fantasy, Music, Action & Adventure
Filmography
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Single father and overprotective of a teenager, Geraldo loses the ability to feel when an iron beam passes through his skull, in a work accident. Fear ... view
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Geraldo
Oct 2025 (first aired)
Gerluce became pregnant as a teenager and, just like her mother, Lígia, she raised her child alone. Now, Gerluce watches her daughter Joélly become ... view
Character:
Santiago Ferette (179 ep.)
Mar 2022 (first aired)
After the mysterious disappearance of his father, Joventino, the cowboy José Leôncio becomes a wealthy farm owner in Pantanal. Over twenty years hav ... view
Character:
Tenório Pereira (167 ep.)
Nov 2019 (first aired)
Lurdes is a mother of five who tirelessly seeks for Domenico, a child of hers who was sold by his own father 26 years ago; Thelma is an overprotective ... view
Character:
Raul Camargo (125 ep.)
Apr 2019 (first aired)
In a quiet town, two boys find a woman's mutilated body. After becoming suspects at first and realizing there is a mystery behind that murder, they de ... view
Character:
Prefeito Adriano Marques (10 ep.)
Original title: O Beijo no Asfalto
2018
When witnessing a hit, Arandir, a newly married banker, tries to succor the victim, but the man, almost dead, has only time to make one last request: ... view
Character:
Himself
Original title: O Animal Cordial
2018
A restaurant owner going over the edge when an armed robbery is attempted at his establishment. He holds everyone captive at gunpoint – criminals an ... view
Character:
Inácio
2017
20 years after running away together, Julio and Noeli have raised a family and run a successful business together. However, their marriage seems to be ... view
Character:
Júlio
Sep 2016 (first aired)
Set in the 1950s, the plot follows the fictional creation of the first Brazilian TV station. ... view
Character:
Saulo Ribeiro (12 ep.)
Aug 2016 (first aired)
In this realistic and touching series told in an innovative format, seemingly independent plots intertwine to show how justice can sometimes be a pers ... view
Character:
Jayme (28 ep.)
2015
Police officers have as their primary task the investigation of misconduct by those who once swore to uphold the law. In this team, Lieutenant Wilson ... view
Character:
Capitão Wilson
May 2014 (first aired)
The genius Jonas Marra (Murilo Benício, from Brazil Avenue) has attained what few others have — a rich and famous celebrity of the digital world in ... view
Character:
Jonas Marra (155 ep.)
Jan 2014 (first aired)
Leandro is a sommelier with a penchant for women and fine wine. After seducing his boss’s wife, he is taken by surprise by the true love he feels fo ... view
Character:
Jaime Favais (10 ep.)
Original title: E Aí... Comeu?
2012
Three male friends navigate different stages of romantic relationships: One is starting to date; another fears infidelity; the third is divorcing. ... view
Character:
Wôlney
Mar 2012 (first aired)
Brazil Avenue is a dynamic, lifelike, and modern telenovela that reveals how unrelenting ambition and inflicted cruelty can change a young girl’s de ... view
Character:
Jorge Araújo (Tufão) (179 ep.)
Jul 2010 (first aired)
Brazilian telenovela based on the 1985 telenovela of the same name. ... view
Character:
Ariclenes Martins (Ari / Victor Valentim) (209 ep.)
Apr 2009 (first aired)
The day-to-day operations of the law enforcement agency that investigates crimes committed by the police itself. ... view
Character:
Tenente Wilson (30 ep.)
Jun 2008 (first aired)
Donatela and Flora, two friends who became rivals. One of them committed a homicide and pretends to be innocent. There are two versions for the same s ... view
Character:
Eduardo Gentil (Dodi) (197 ep.)
2007
Laura goes to Buenos Aires and falls for the photographer Guilherme. When she returns to Brazil, her homeland, she discovers Guilherme is actually her ... view
Character:
Diego Borges
Nov 2006 (first aired)
Pé na Jaca is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from November 20, 2006 and June 15, 2007.
Featured Murilo Benício, Jul ... view
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Arthur Fortuna (179 ep.)
2006
Paid is a film noir in the tradition of the French gangster movie. It is a story about underworld characters that have come to regret the choices they ... view
Character:
Michel
2006
Dr. Botelho Pinto is an idealistic lawyer with a fixed idea: to put an end to Tabajara Organizations once and for all. Before the judge of the First F ... view
Character:
Dr. Botelho Pinto
Mar 2005 (first aired)
Sol and Tião are born to different social backgrounds—she to a poor suburban family in Rio, and him to an even poorer family who raised cattle in W ... view
Character:
Tião (Sebastião da Silva Higino) (203 ep.)
2004
The story of two couples who are neighbors and the marital problems caused by the unexpected arrival of two important personages of their past. The fi ... view
Character:
Carlos
Sep 2003 (first aired)
Ana Francisca is a poor and ugly girl who, after being humiliated by the entire town, becomes a beautiful, stylish and rich woman who wants revenge. D ... view
Character:
Danilo Rodrigues Albuquerque (209 ep.)
Original title: O Homem do Ano
2003
Maiquél has lost a bet and dyed his hair blond. This seemingly innocuous event triggers a head-on collision with destiny in which he goes from nobod ... view
Character:
Máiquel
Oct 2001 (first aired)
Human cloning. The Islamic world. Two young people, two different cultures, two different beliefs. An impossible love story that not even time could e ... view
Character:
Lucas Ferraz / Diogo Ferraz / Leo (Leandro Edvaldo Moura da Silva) (221 ep.)
Jun 2001 (first aired)
Rui and Vani, are a couple facing normal discussions, problems and situations such as infidelity and convivency problems, but they solve it with great ... view
Character:
Tato (1 ep.)
Original title: Amores Possíveis
2001
Fifteen year ago, Carlos went to the cinema to meet Júlia, his university colleague with whom he was in love. She never showed up. Carlos was left wa ... view
Character:
Carlos
Dec 2000 (first aired)
Brava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially as a special year-end. The program was adapted from s ... view
Character:
João (1 ep.)
Vilela (1 ep.)
2000
Set to the intoxicating rhythms of Brazil, "Woman on Top" is a spicy, sexy comedy about the magic of food, love and music. Meet Isabella, a sultry enc ... view
Character:
Toninho Oliveira
1999
A group of friends in Sao Paulo see each other regularly in different venues of this huge metropolis, and act as their own de-facto family. They are s ... view
Character:
Tonho
1999
Orfeu is a popular composer from a samba school. He lives in the favela and falls madly in love when he meets Euridice, a newcomer to the neighborhood ... view
Character:
Lucinho
Aug 1998 (first aired)
Meu Bem Querer is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired by Rede Globo. Written by Ricardo Linhares, with the collaboration of Leonor Bassères, Ne ... view
Character:
Antônio Mourão Ferreira de Souza (179 ep.)
Oct 1997 (first aired)
Helena is an independendent woman with strong emotions. More than a dedicated mother, she is also a friend to her daughter. Her daughter is experienci ... view
Character:
Leonardo de Barros Mota (Léo) (191 ep.)
Original title: Os Matadores
1997
Two hit men, a veteran and a beginner, chatter in a bar on Brazil-Paraguai border, while waiting for their victim to appear. ... view
Character:
Toninho
Apr 1997 (first aired)
Diana is woman who lost her child for her Husband. A evil man behind a series of crime operations. Searching for her son, Diana is hired for a undergr ... view
Character:
Juninho (1 ep.)
1997
He loves soccer. She hates it. Perfect ingredients for a love affair. ... view
Character:
Beto
Original title: O Monge e a Filha do Carrasco
1996
In the 18th century in a forgotten town, young Benedicta is the executioner's daughter. Monk Ambrosius, newly arrived at the village, pities the girl ... view
Character:
Ambrosius
Jan 1995 (first aired)
Dias Gomes and Marcílio Moraes' version of the soap opera of the same name by Janete Clair shown in 1970, Irmãos Coragem features as central charact ... view
Character:
Juca Cipó (154 ep.)
