Domingos Montagner Filho was a Brazilian actor, playwright and entrepreneur.
16 Facts About Domingos Montagner
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Domingos Montagner began his career in theaters and circuses, through the course of interpretation of Myriam Muniz.
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In 1997, Montagner formed La Minima group, alongside Fernando Sampaio, and won the Shell Award for Best Actor.
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Domingos Montagner began his career on TV, three years later, but gained national notoriety after portraying Captain Herculano in the soap opera Cordel Encantado, Mundo in Joia Rara, and Miguel in Sete Vidas.
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In 2016, Domingos Montagner portrayed Santo dos Anjos, the protagonist of the soap opera Velho Chico, broadcast by Rede Globo, his last work.
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Domingos Montagner was born in Sao Paulo's neighborhood of Tatuape in a family of Italian Brazilians.
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Domingos Montagner began working at sixteen in the bar of his parents in Tatuape, where he worked as an office boy and archivist in an engineering company.
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Domingos Montagner was a second lieutenant in the Brazilian Army and after leaving military service graduated in physical education, teaching in the 1980s in public and private schools in Sao Paulo.
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Domingos Montagner became a star of Brazilian television despite the fact that his first major television role did not come until he was 46.
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Domingos Montagner made a few appearances on the television shows Forca-Tarefa and A Cura.
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Domingos Montagner participated in the show Diva, portraying Carlos Alencar, the lover of the protagonist Mercedes, played by actress Lilia Cabral.
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On 15 September 2016, during the lunch break of the filming for Velho Chico, Domingos Montagner jumped into the Sao Francisco River, in the city of Caninde de Sao Francisco, state of Sergipe, but did not return to the mainland.
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Actress Camila Pitanga was swimming with Domingos Montagner and saw him disappearing into the water, dragged by a strong current.
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Domingos Montagner screamed for help, being initially mistaken as if she was filming a scene.
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Domingos Montagner went missing for four hours until his body was found submerged and lifeless.
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However, climactic scenes for the finale, in which Domingos Montagner was the main character, hadn't been filmed yet.