1. Wagner Moura has starred in multiple feature films in Brazil and Hollywood, including box office hits like Elite Squad, which won the Golden Bear at the 58th Berlin Internacional Film Festival.
22 Facts About Wagner Moura
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Later, Moura returned as director for two episodes of Narcos: Mexico.
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Besides being a well-established and acclaimed actor in Brazil, Wagner Moura has achieved international success as a part of the movement that seeks positive representation for South Americans in Hollywood.
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Wagner Moura was born in Salvador and raised in Rodelas, 540 kilometres from the capital.
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Wagner Moura's colleague did theater, and Moura wanted to follow the same steps to try to find a class where he would fit in.
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Wagner Moura became best friends with Emmy nominee actor Lazaro Ramos during their teenage years in Bahia.
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Wagner Moura took acting classes in his teens, and started working in professional theater in 1996.
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Wagner Moura had a small PR company that worked for other local actors and theater companies but the business soon went bankrupt.
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Wagner Moura found some success with the play A Maquina.
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In Recife, during the filming of God Is Brazilian, Wagner Moura was reading the book Carandiru Station by Drauzio Varella when he found out about the auditions for the film Carandiru.
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Wagner Moura debuted on television after famous Brazilian actor and Mouras's costar in God Is Brazilian, Antonio Fagundes invited him for a small role in the popular series Carga Pesada on Rede Globo.
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Wagner Moura debuted in telenovelas at A Lua Me Disse by Miguel Falabella, starring heartthrob Gustavo, a contrast to the other characters he had played before.
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Wagner Moura then amended the telenovela with the limited series JK, the biography of the Brazil's former president Juscelino Kubitschek, playing the title character in his youth.
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Wagner Moura was in three more short films: Desejo, Opera do Mallandro and Blackout, awarded at the Festival de Gramado; in the films O Pai, O, Saneamento Basico, A Maquina and Romance.
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Wagner Moura did not hide his satisfaction, as he stated in several interviews that he was a big fan of the band.
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Wagner Moura got the role after his agents showed his work in Elite Squad 2 for the producers.
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Wagner Moura starred, alongside Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Rege-Jean Page, Billy Bob Thornton and others in the feature The Gray Man, considered the most expensive in the history of Netflix, as the eccentric Laszlo Sosa.
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Wagner Moura learned to speak Spanish while preparing for his portrayal of Pablo Escobar in Narcos.
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Wagner Moura had to gain over 18 kilograms to play the role of Pablo Escobar; after production of the second season of Narcos, Wagner Moura decided to lose the weight through an all-vegan diet.
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In December 2023, Wagner Moura was promoted to brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu by Rigan Machado.
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Wagner Moura has three sons with journalist and photographer Sandra Delgado, all born in Rio de Janeiro.
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Wagner Moura accepted, despite the fact that they had only been dating for a short time.