Chico Diaz
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1959-02-16 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Mexico City, Mexico
Chico Diaz
Biography
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
(2026)
Special Agents
as Comandante Queiroz
(2025)
Girassol Vermelho
as Romeu
(2024)
Vermelho Monet
as Johannes Van Almeida
(2024)
Hélio Melo
as Hélio Melo (Voice)
(2023)
Alien Nights
as Alê
(2023)
(2022)
(2021)
Jaguar Man
as Pedro
(2020)
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
as Ricardo Reis
(2020)
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Banquet Attendee
(2020)
Em Busca de Carlos Zéfiro
as Reading
(2019)
(2019)
Cine Holliúdy 2: A Chibata Sideral
as Vei Góis
(2018)
Happy Hour: Verdades e Consequências
as Arlindo
(2017)
Travessia
as Roberto
(2017)
Going to Brazil
as Augusto
(2016)
Em Nome da Lei
as Gomez
(2016)
(2015)
(2015)
(2014)
Words with Gods
as The Man (ep. "The Man Who Stole a Duck")
(2014)
The Ardor
as João
(2013)
(2013)
Dossiê 50: Comício a Favor dos Náufragos
as Narrator
(2013)
(2012)
Jonathas' Forest
as Zé dos Patos
(2010)
(2010)
The Inventor of Dreams
as Hélio Pellegrino
(2009)
The Story of Me
as Camelô
(2009)
Ouro Negro
as Vicente Camargo
(2009)
Dó-Ré-Mi-Fábrica
as Zanata
(2008)
Praça Saens Peña
as Paulo
(2007)
(2007)
O Magnata
as Dr. Ribeiro
(2006)
Angels of the Sun
as Tadeu
(2006)
The Invisible Friend
as Guilhermino
(2005)
(2003)
As Alegres Comadres
as Dr. Caius
(2003)
Garrincha: Lonely Star
as Sobral
(2003)
(2003)
Benjamim
as Alyandro
(2002)
Mango Yellow
as Wellington Cannibal
(2002)
The Forest
as Firmino
(2002)
(2001)
(1999)
O Tronco
as Catulino
(1998)
The Patriot
as Felizardo
(1997)
Belly Up
as Múcio
(1997)
Napomuceno's Will
as Carlos
(1997)
Doces Poderes
as Jornalista de Rondônia
(1997)
(1997)
Perfumed Ball
as Zé de Zito
(1997)
(1996)
Corisco & Dadá
as Corisco
(1994)
Rio's Love Song
as (segment "Samba do Grande Amor")
(1994)
(1993)
(1993)
De Sentinela
as Sentinela
(1990)
Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier
as Marido de Fulvia
(1990)
Barrela: Escola de Crimes
as Bahia
(1989)
(1988)
Luzia Homem
as Torquato
(1987)
(1987)
(1986)
Where the River Runs Black
as Raimundo
(1986)
Talking Cinema
as Man with green eyes (Diadorim)
(1986)
The Man in the Black Cape
as Manezinho
(1985)
Avaete, Seed of Revenge
as Louco do Juqueri
(1985)
(1984)
Quilombo
as Anunciação
(1984)
Águia na Cabeça
as Gabriel
(1983)
Gabriela
as Chico Moleza
(1983)
Innocence
as Juca
(1983)
Parahyba Mulher Macho
as Severino
(1982)
(1982)
(1982)
The Dream's Not Over
as Danilo 'Biela'
Crew
(2022)
Diário Dentro da Noite
Director, Director of Photography, Animation, Executive Producer, Screenplay
(1990)
Barrela: Escola de Crimes
Associate Producer