Dionísio Azevedo
Dionísio Azevedo, stage name of Taufic Jacob was a Brazilian television, theatre, and film actor, director, and writer.
Career
He started his career as an actor in Rádio Record in 1942. He moved to television, where he was a pioneer, creating TV de Vanguarda, a television theater popular in the 1950s. He directed several telenovelas, including Os Humildes, which is considered the first to address Brazilian themes, and Ambição, the first diary telenovela of the country. In cinema he acted in about 40 films. In 1989, he won the Gramado Film Festival Jury Award for his role on the film A Marvada Carne.
Partial filmography
Quase no Céu Corações na Sombra - Custa Pouco a Felicidade Mãos Sangrentas - O Sobrado - FandangoCidade Ameaçada - Chief of policeEstrada do Amor A Moça do Quarto 13 - Sua Vida Me Pertence The First Mass - Mestre ZuzaThe Fisherman and His Soul O Pagador de Promessas - Olavo, the PriestLampião, o Rei do Cangaço - João de MarianoO Santo Milagroso - Padre JoséCorisco, O Diabo Loiro - Compadre marianoIndependência ou Morte - José BonifácioLongo Caminho da Morte - Coronel MúcioObsessão A Virgem A Pequena Órfã - Velho GuiSedução O Dia em Que o Santo Pecou - DelegadoKung Fu Contra as Bonecas Bacalhau - PetrônioO Dia das Profissionais A Noite da Fêmeas O Caçador de Esmeraldas - Padre João LeiteVerde Vinho - Alfredo MoraisFuscão Preto O Menino Arco-Íris - LucenaA Marvada Carne - Nhô TotóOs Bons Tempos Voltaram - Argemiro Kuarup - D. AnselmoEternidade - Balteano