Jesuíta Barbosa

In this Portuguese name, "Neto" is a generational suffix meaning "grandson", which is used for someone whose name is the same as their father and grandfather, like "III" in English.

José Jesuíta Barbosa Neto (Portuguese: [ʒezuˈitɐ baʁˈbɔzɐ]; born 26 June 1991) is a Brazilian actor.^[1] He is regarded as one of the leading talents of recent Brazilian cinema, having starred in a number of critically acclaimed films.^[2]

Jesuíta Barbosa
Barbosa in 2017
Born	José Jesuíta Barbosa Neto (1991-06-26) 26 June 1991 (age 34) Salgueiro, Pernambuco, Brazil
Alma mater	Federal Institute of Ceará
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2008–present

Biography

Jesuíta was born in Salgueiro and spent his childhood in Parnamirim, both cities of the hinterlands of Pernambuco. At the age of ten he moved to Fortaleza, Ceará, where he began acting in theater groups at the school. Although his father, a Civil Police delegate, wanted him to enter Law or Medicine, he enrolled in the Basic Principles course of the José de Alencar Theater, and later in the Degree course in Theater of the Federal Institute of Ceará.

Career

Barbosa began his career in the theater, participating in pieces with Center of Experiments in Movements. He made his film debut in the short film O Melhor Amigo.

He has been successful in the respected Cinema of Pernambuco, acting in movies of filmmakers such as Serra Pelada by Heitor Dhalia. His first prize was the Redentor Trophy for Best Actor at the 2013 Rio Film Festival for the movie Tatuagem by Hilton Lacerda.

In television he gained prominence in the telenovela O Rebu and in the series Ligações Perigosas and Justiça.

Personal life

In 2017, Barbosa revealed to be bisexual, having relationships with men and women.^[3] In an interview with Veja magazine, also in 2017, Jesuíta declared: "We can talk about sexuality, but not about relationships. The intimacy of each one does not need to be exposed. That's very beautiful, but talking about my family or who I'm with, no. I'm free and I stay with whoever I want, whether men or women. I prefer not to block myself."^[4] The actor dated fellow actor and photographer Fábio Audi from 2014^[5] to 2021.^[6]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Amores Roubados	Fortunato Dias
	Serra Pelada	Navalhada
	O Rebu	Alain[7][8]
2015	Sete Vidas	João Miguel Oliveira Sanches (young)[9]	Episode: "March 18"
2016	Ligações Perigosas	Felipe Danceny[10]
	Justiça	Vicente Menezes[11]
	Nada Será Como Antes	Davi[12]	Special guest (Ep. 9–12)
	Fim do Mundo	Cristiano[13]
2018	Onde Nascem os Fortes	Ramirinho Curió Jr. / Shakira do Sertão
2019	Feras	Guile[14]	Episode: "Done, Now You're Fluid"
	Verão 90	Jerônimo Guerreiro (Rojê)
2022	Pantanal	Joventino Leôncio Neto (Jove)[15]

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	O Melhor Amigo	Lucas	Short film
	Cine Holliúdy	Acrísio	[16]
	Serra Pelada	Navalhada
	Tatuagem	Soldado Araújo "Fininha"
2015	A História de uma Pena	Wagner[17]	Short film
2014	Futuro Beach	Ayrton
	Trash[1]	Turk
2016	Reza a Lenda[18]	Pica-Pau
	Jonas[19]	Jonas
2017	O Grande Circo Místico[20]	Celavi
	Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte[21]	Pedro Malasartes
2018	O Grande Circo Místico	Celaví[22]
	Unremember	Eduardo / Thiago
2021	O Auto da Boa Mentira	Chefia[23]
	Greice		[24]
2022	A Filha do Palhaço	Marlon[25]
2023	Água Doce	João[26]	Short film
2025	Homem com H	Ney Matogrosso[27]

Theater

Year	Title	Role	Ref
2008	Cabaré da Dama (as Monnique Frazão)		[28]
2009	Corpos Aprisionados (with Centro de Experimentações em Movimentos)
	Deserdados (with Centro de Experimentações em Movimentos)
2010	O Mistério da Cascata
	O Pagador de Promessas
	Rimprovisando (Cia. Teatro do Improviso)
2011	A Cigarra e a Formiga
	Borboleta Acorrentada
2012	Uma Flor de Dama
	O Fabuloso Catador de Histórias
2019	Lazarus	Thomas Jerome Newton	[29]

Awards and Directions

Year	Award	Category	Work	Results	Ref.
2013	Festival de Cinema do Rio	Best actor	Tatuagem	Won	[30]
2014	Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro	Best actor		Nominated	[31]
	Festival de Cinema de Língua Portuguesa	Best actor		Won	[32]
	Melhores do Ano	Best Revelation Actor	O Rebu	Nominated	[33]
	Prêmio Quem de Televisão	Best Revelation		Nominated	[34]
	Prêmio Extra de Televisão	Best Revelation	Amores Roubados	Nominated	[35]
	Troféu APCA	Best actor		Nominated	[36]
	Prêmio F5	Revelation of the Year	Amores Roubados e O Rebu	Nominated	[37]
Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro	Best supporting actor	Serra Pelada	Nominated	[38]
2015	Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro	Best supporting actor	Praia do Futuro	Won	[39]
2016	Prêmio Extra de Televisão	Best Actor	Justiça	Nominated	[40]
	Melhores do Ano	Best Series Actor, and Miniseries		Won	[41][42]
	Prêmio Quem de Televisão	Best supporting actor		Nominated	[43]