
Wagner Maniçoba de Moura (born June 27, 1976) is a Brazilian stage and screen actor, voice actor, and filmmaker. His accolades include the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Secret Agent (2025), as well as a Golden Globe nomination for portraying Pablo Escobar in Narcos, and an Annie Award nomination for his voice performance as Death in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022). Widely renowned in Brazil for his performances in popular films and TV shows, he is also one of the most reputable Brazilian actors internationally. He has starred in multiple feature films in Brazil and Hollywood, including Brazilian box office hits like Elite Squad, which won the Golden Bear at the 58th Berlin Internacional Film Festival. Elite Squad overseas success boosted Moura’s international recognition. Besides being a well-established and acclaimed actor in Brazil, Moura has achieved international success as a part of the movement that seeks positive representation for South Americans in Hollywood. In 2013 he debuted in Hollywood in the science fiction feature film Elysium, directed by Neill Blomkamp. In 2024, Moura starred alongside Kirsten Dunst in Civil War, directed by Alex Garland, marking his first leading role in a major Hollywood film. For his performance in The Secret Agent (2025), Moura became the first South American actor to win the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor.
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- Capitão Nascimento(Elite Squad)
- Zico(Carandiru)
- Naldinho(Lower City)
- Suel(The Man of the Year)
- José Sebastião (voice)(My Uncle José)
- Cego(Nina)
- Edvaltécio "Taoca"(God Is Brazilian)
- Matheus(Behind the Sun)
- Boca(Ó Paí, Ó: Look at This)
- Paulo Freire(Angicos)
- (voice)(Marighella)
- Joaquim(Basic Sanitation, the Movie)
- Pedro(Romance)
- Tenente-Coronel Nascimento(Elite Squad: The Enemy Within)
- Romão(The Middle of the World)
- Spider(Elysium)
- Marcelo(VIPs)
- Zero(The Man from the Future)
- Apresentador da TV(The Machine)
- Theo Gadelha(Father’s Chair)
- (Rádio Gogó)
- José Angelo(Trash)
- Donato(Futuro Beach)
- Lindo Rico(Bald Mountain)
- Wolf (voice)(Puss in Boots: The Last Wish)
- Narrator(There's a Monster in My Kitchen)
- Self(De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem?)
- Armando / Marcelo / Adult Fernando(The Secret Agent)
- David(Fall Risk)
- Joel(Civil War)
- (Last Night at the Lobster)
- (Say Her Name)
- (Borboletas)
- Self(Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War)
- Gui (segment "Inútil Paisagem")(Rio, I Love You)
- Atanásio(Desejo)
- Jesuíno Cruz(The Three Marias)
- (Ópera do Mallandro)
- Marcelo(Blackout)
- narrador(Exodus: Where I come from is disappearing)
- Self(The Magnificent 8)
- Himself(Life in Gray)
- Cândido Rondon (voice)(Into the Amazon)
- Roque(Wasp Network)
- Rafi(Woman on Top)
- Sérgio Vieira de Mello(Sergio)
- Self(VIPs: Histórias Reais de um Mentiroso)
- Jupará(Miguel's Destiny)
- Laszlo Sosa(The Gray Man)
- Pedrinho(Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Carga Pesada: A Grande Viagem - O Filme)
- (The Last Day)
- (11817)
- (The Outsider)
- Olavo Novaes(Paraíso Tropical)
- Dan Velazquez(Shining Girls)
- Juscelino Kubitschek (jovem)(JK)
- Pablo Escobar(Narcos)
- Self(Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter)
- Pedrinho(Carga Pesada)
- Self(Chelsea)
- Alex's Father(A Menina Sem Qualidades)
- Pablo Escobar(Narcos: Mexico)
- Other John(Mr. & Mrs. Smith)
- Edu / Magali(Sexo Frágil)
- Lindo Rico(Serra Pelada: A Saga do Ouro)
- Self(The Kelly Clarkson Show)
- Manny Carvalho(Dope Thief)
- Gustavo Bogari Prado(A Lua Me Disse)
- Chicão(A Grande Família)
- Self(Sound & Fury)
- Self - Guest(Late Night with Seth Meyers)
- Self - Nominee(Golden Globe Awards)
- Self - Guest(The Daily Show)
- Brander Lawson (voice)(Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord)