Luís Filipe Duarte Ferreira da Silva, popularly known as Filipe Duarte (5 June 1973 – 17 April 2020), was an Angolan-born Portuguese actor and voice artist. He is best known for the roles in the films Variações: Guardian Angel, Cinzento e Negro and Noise.
Personal life and death He was born on 5 June 1973 in Nova Lisboa, then in the Portuguese overseas territory of Angola. He was married to a Spanish actress, Nuria Mencía. The couple has one daughter, Antonia who was born in March 2011.
Duarte died on 17 April 2020, during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Portugal, at the age of 46 due to an acute myocardial infarction.
Career Duarte completed a drama course on theater at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School. Then he completed the actor training course at the Institute for Research and Theatrical Creation. He started his acting career with several stage plays under the renowned theater directors Adolfo Gutkin, Rogério de Carvalho, Geraldo Touché, Francisco Salgado, Carlos J. Pessoa, Laila Ripol and Miguel Seabra.
On the television screen, he acted in the telefilm Teorema de Pitágoras, directed by Gonçalo Galvão Telles. Then he joined the two TV serials A Ferreirinha, directed by Jorge Paixão da Costa and João Semana, by João Cayatte. When he became a popular actor with the serials, he played the leading role in the series Ecuador which was based on the novel by Miguel Sousa Tavares. In 2013, he played the popular role 'João Belmonte' in the television soapie Belmonte.
Meanwhile, Filipe made regular voice-overs for cartoons and animated films including the famous character 'Sanosuke Sagara' in the animated series Samurai X.
At the time of his death in 2020, he was recording the Brazilian soap opera Amor de Mãe, showing on SIC, joined the cast of the film Nothing Ever Happened directed by Gonçalo Galvão Teles.
Filmography Year Film Role Genre Ref. 1997 13º Buraco Short film 1999 Jardim da Celeste TV series 1999 À Deriva Luís Short film 2001 A Febre do Ouro Negro Xico Perigoso TV mini-series 2001 Teorema de Pitágoras Henrique TV movie 2001 Bastidores Afonso TV series 2002 Sociedade Anónima TV series 2002 Fúria de Viver Pedro Lacerda TV series 2003 Just by Chance Carlos TV series 2003 Cacto Fred Short film 2003 Os Imortais Abel Cavaco Film 2004 The Miracle According to Salomé Tenente Brás Film 2004 The Murmuring Coast Luis Film 2004 A Ferreirinha António Bernardo TV series 2004 Confissões de 2 Deputados Short film 2005 Um Tiro no Escuro Engenheiro Film 2005 João Semana Zé do Telhado TV series 2005 Uma Noite ao Acaso Short film 2005 Um Amor Próprio Passenger Short film 2006 Estranho Husband TV series 2006 Blood Curse Luis Film 2006 Fatal Batarda Short film 2006 Os Caminheiros Short film 2007 Antes de Amanhã Short film 2007 A Outra Margem Ricardo Film 2008 Nuit de chien Júlio Film 2008 Noise Paulo Film 2008 Castelos no Ar Júlio Short film 2008 4 Copas Miguel Film 2008 Equador Luís Bernardo Valença TV mini-series 2010 Voodoo Short film 2010 Senhor X Short film 2011 Redenção Short film 2011 O Legado do Pai Short film 2011 Casa c/ Piscina Short film 2011 Zoo Short film 2011 Barcelona, Neutral City Pedro TV series 2011 Tejo Inspector Short film 2011 A Primeira Ceia António Short film 2012 Imagine Stranger Film 2012 Pháon Short film 2013 A Ceia Paulo Short film 2013 The Invisible Life Hugo Film 2014 The Time in Between Da Silva TV series 2014 O Pesadelo de João Short film 2013 Belmonte João Belmonte TV series 2015 Dinis e Isabel D. Dinis Short film 2015 Cinzento e Negro Lucas Oliveira e Silva Film 2015 O Assalto Assaltante Short film 2015 Tales from the Circus Pepe Short film 2016 Terapia Jorge Velez TV series 2016 Histórias de Alice Olavo Film 2016 The Death of Louis XIV Noble Film 2016 Os Boys César TV series 2017 Traça: Mar Deserto Short film 2018 El accidente Paul Bresson TV series 2018 La otra mirada Vanildo "Nildo" Zacarías de Azevedo TV series 2019 Matadero Vasco TV series 2019 Variações Fernando Ataíde Film 2020 Mosquito Tenente do Posto Film 2020 Amor de Mãe Gabo TV series 2020 Nothing Ever Happened Jorge Film
Dubbing
Freakazoid! - Freakazoid Rurouni Kenshin - Sagara Sanosuke Shrek - Lord Farquaad Superman: The Animated Series - Brainiac Tarzan - Tarzan
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