Chico Diaz
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 16 February 1959 · Mexico City, Mexico
Francisco Díaz Rocha, known as Chico Díaz (Mexico City, February 16, 1959), is a Peruvian-Brazilian actor born in Mexico. Graduated in architecture and urban planning, he worked in theater from the age of fourteen. His first work in his artistic life was in 1982 on the big screen in O Sonho não Acabou. With all the main awards in Brazilian cinema, namely Gramado Brasília, Recife and Rio de Janeiro, he is one of the most versatile and present actors on Brazilian screens with more than 80 films made in Brazil and abroad.
Known for
Acting 81
- 2026Special Agents as Comandante Queiroz
- 2025Girassol Vermelho as Romeu
- 2024Hélio Melo as Hélio Melo (Voice)
- 2024Vermelho Monet as Johannes Van Almeida
- 2023O Humanismo de Frei Betto
- 2023Alien Nights as Alê
- 2022Diário Dentro da Noite
- 2021Jaguar Man as Pedro
- 2020Babenco: Tell Me When I Die as Banquet Attendee
- 2020Candango: Memoirs from a Festival as Self (archive footage)
- 2020Em Busca de Carlos Zéfiro as Reading
- 2020The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis as Ricardo Reis
- 2019Notícias do Fim do Mundo
- 2019Santiago das Américas ou o Olho do Terceiro Mundo as narração
- 2019Cine Holliúdy 2: A Chibata Sideral as Vei Góis
- 2018Happy Hour: Verdades e Consequências as Arlindo
- 2017Travessia as Roberto
- 2017Going to Brazil as Augusto
- 2016Guerra do Paraguay
- 2016Em Nome da Lei as Gomez
- 2015Oração do Amor Selvagem
- 2015Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Dona Flor e Seus 2 Maridos - O Filme as Mirandão
- 2014Words with Gods as The Man (ep. "The Man Who Stole a Duck")
- 2014The Ardor as João
- 2013Blue Desert
- 2013Os Pobres Diabos as Lazarino
- 2013Dossiê 50: Comício a Favor dos Náufragos as Narrator
- 2012Jonathas' Forest as Zé dos Patos
- 2011A Warlike Sense for the Beautiful Things
- 2010The Midday Sun as Matuim
- 2010The Inventor of Dreams as Hélio Pellegrino
- 2009Dó-Ré-Mi-Fábrica as Zanata
- 2009Ouro Negro as Vicente Camargo
- 2009The Story of Me as Camelô
- 2008Praça Saens Peña as Paulo
- 2007O Magnata as Dr. Ribeiro
- 2007O Afeto Que Se Encerra Em Nosso Peito Juvenil
- 2006Angels of the Sun as Tadeu
- 2006The Invisible Friend as Guilhermino
- 2005Quem Você Mais Deseja
- 2003Benjamim as Alyandro
- 2003Garrincha: Lonely Star as Sobral
- 2003The Egg
- 2003As Alegres Comadres as Dr. Caius
- 2002Lua Cambará - Nas Escadarias do Palácio as João Índio
- 2002The Forest as Firmino
- 2002Mango Yellow as Wellington Cannibal
- 2001Favorite Son
- 1999O Tronco as Catulino
- 1998The Patriot as Felizardo
- 1997Doces Poderes as Jornalista de Rondônia
- 1997Cachaça
- 1997Belly Up as Múcio
- 1997Perfumed Ball as Zé de Zito
- 1997Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self
- 1997Napomuceno's Will as Carlos
- 1996Corisco & Dadá as Corisco
- 1994Rio's Love Song as (segment "Samba do Grande Amor")
- 1994The Third Bank of the River
- 1993De Sentinela as Sentinela
- 1993Nightly Diary
- 1990Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier as Marido de Fulvia
- 1990Barrela: Escola de Crimes as Bahia
- 19891º de Abril, Brasil
- 1988Luzia Homem as Torquato
- 1988Hell Hunters as Paco - Pilot - Additional Cast (as Chico Dias)
- 1987The Colour of His Destiny
- 1987Fonte da Saudade
- 1986Talking Cinema as Man with green eyes (Diadorim)
- 1986Where the River Runs Black as Raimundo
- 1986The Man in the Black Cape as Manezinho
- 1985Avaete, Seed of Revenge as Louco do Juqueri
- 1985Chico Rei
- 1984Quilombo as Anunciação
- 1984Águia na Cabeça as Gabriel
- 1983Innocence as Juca
- 1983Parahyba Mulher Macho as Severino
- 1983Gabriela as Chico Moleza
- 1982The Dream's Not Over as Danilo 'Biela'
- 1982The Adventures of a Paraíba
- 1982Don't Play with Tigers
Production 2
- 2022Diário Dentro da Noite · executive producer
- 1990Barrela: Escola de Crimes · associate producer
visual effects 1
- 2022Diário Dentro da Noite · animation
Directing 1
- 2022Diário Dentro da Noite · director
Camera 1
- 2022Diário Dentro da Noite · director of photography
Writing 1
- 2022Diário Dentro da Noite · screenplay