Chico Diaz
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Gabriela
1983
as Chico Moleza
Where the River Runs Black
1986
as Raimundo
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
as Banquet Attendee
Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier
1990
as Marido de Fulvia
Don't Play with Tigers
1982
The Story of Me
2009
as Camelô
Hell Hunters
1988
as Paco - Pilot - Additional Cast (as Chico Dias)
The Ardor
2014
as João
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997
as Self
Going to Brazil
2017
as Augusto
Words with Gods
2014
as The Man (ep. "The Man Who Stole a Duck")
Innocence
1983
as Juca
Special Agents
2026
as Comandante Queiroz
Alien Nights
2023
as Alê
Quilombo
1984
as Anunciação
Benjamim
2003
as Alyandro
The Patriot
1998
as Felizardo
Cachaça
1997
Os Pobres Diabos
2013
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020
as Self (archive footage)