Nuno Lopes (Lisbon, 1978) is an acclaimed Portuguese actor, who had his professional debut in Teatro da Cornucópia’s play Sete Infantes in 1997. Shortly after, in 1999, he received his first film role in António, um Rapaz de Lisboa, by Jorge Silva Melo. Extensively experienced in both theater and film, Nuno Lopes has worked with stage directors such as Luís Miguel Cintra, António Pires, Miguel Seabra, Rodrigo Garcia, Marco Martins, Beatriz Batarda, Jorge Silva Melo, among others, and recently starred in Tennessee Williams’ The Night of the Iguana, staged by Jorge Silva Melo, and the play Actores, by Marco Martins.
Concurrently, Nuno Lopes has established himself as one of the most renowned Portuguese actors of his generation in cinema, winning several prestigious awards, including five Portuguese Golden Globes for Best Actor in Film and the Orizzonti Award for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival in 2016 for his performance in Marco Martins' film São Jorge, with whom Lopes’ had worked numerous times, namely in the film Alice and the multidisciplinary show Estaleiros ENVC 2012, co-staged by the actor. He shared in a 2019 interview with a Portuguese newspaper his interest in engaging in the creative process, claiming he would rather be involved with all aspects of a project.
Lopes’ vast career in cinema comprises films such as José Álvaro de Morais’ Lent (2003) and Moonfish (2000), Christophe Honoré’s Ma Mère (2004), Paolo Marinou-Blanco’s Goodnight Irene (2008), João Canijo’s Blood of My Blood (2011), Valeria Sarmiento’s Lines of Wellington (2012), Hugo Vieira da Silva’s An Outpost of Progress (2016), or Rebecca Zlotowski's new film, An Easy Girl (2019), among many other roles that assured Nuno Lopes’ international career over the years and confirmed his talent.
Finally, Lopes has also established himself as a regular on television, participating in Portuguese shows such as Terapia, Sara or Sul. In 2019, Lopes announced he will also perform in Netflix’s new international TV show, White Lines.