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Alexandre Rodrigues

Actor

Alexandre Rodrigues

Born May 21, 1983 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil13 films

Alexandre Rodrigues (Rio de Janeiro, May 21, 1983) is a Brazilian actor. He is most famous for playing the part of Buscapé, the narrator and protagonist in the 2002 film City of God.

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City of God posterFirst watchCity of God20028.4as BuscapéIn the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of…View film

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Filmography

13 films as actor
  1. TBAO Pântano do Morto
  2. 2026Mexico 86Pelé
  3. 2025RenascerEsposo Diana
  4. 2022Jumbled 2Alexandre Rodrigues
  5. 2022BuscapéBuscapé
  6. 2018ChristabelNoivo
  7. 2017EASBeto
  8. 2013Anita & GaribaldiJacinto
  9. 2013O Fim de Arsênio Godard
  10. 2007Forbidden to ForbidLeon
  11. 2006Memórias da ChibataJoão Cândido
  12. 2003Stray BulletAssaltante
  13. 2002City of GodBuscapé