Biography
Vítor Norte (born 29 January 1951) is a Portuguese actor. He won the Portuguese Golden Globe award for best actor three times.
In 2002, he appeared in, and won, season 2 of the Portuguese reality television show Celebrity Big Brother. Vitor left the Escola Industrial e Comercial de Estremoz (Industrial and Commercial school in Extremoz), to settle in Lisbon, when he was seventeen. He had multiple jobs, including truck driver helper and secretarial work. He had classic ballet classes with Ana Mascollo, did mimics workshops in the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, and began his work as an actor in the Casa da Comédia (house of comedy). During the Portuguese Colonial War, he was called to do his military service and he was for two years in what was then Portuguese Guinea (Guinea Bissau after independence from Portugal).
From his career in the theatre, its to be noticed the participation in Ay Carmela from the author José Sanchis Sinisterra, directed by Xosé Blanco Gil in Teatro Ibérico; Volpone of Ben Johnson, directed by Norberto Barroca in Teatro Aberto; Às Seis o Mais Tardar of M. Perrier, with Alexandre de Sousa in Instituto Franco Português; Horácios e Curiácios of Bertolt Brecht, with Antonino Solmer; Auto da Barca do Inferno of Gil Vicente, by Carlos Avilez; Os Quatro Cubos of Fernando Arrabal, by Herlander Peyroteo; Jogos de Praia of Whitehead, with João Canijo.
He started on TV in Vila Faia (RTP, 1982), after which he worked in series and mini-series like Rua Sésamo – The Sesame Street- (1990), Cluedo (1995), Alentejo Sem Lei (1990), Os Melhores Anos (1990), O Bairro da Fonte (SIC, 2000) or Capitão Roby (SIC, 2000); telemovies – Mustang of Leonel Vieira and Monsanto of Ruy Guerra; soap-operas (2007 – Ilha dos Amores, 2005 – Ninguém como Tu, 2003 – Queridas Feras, 2001 – Ganância, 1995 – Desencontros, 1994 – Na Paz dos Anjos).
With a regular presence in the cinema, he began in 1982 in A Vida é Bela, of Luís Galvão Telles. Collaborated with directors like Jorge Silva Melo, Luís Alvarães or José Fonseca e Costa, who would direct Vitor in Cinco Dias, Cinco Noites (1995), one of his most significant performances. With the same director he also did A Mulher do Próximo (1988), Os Cornos de Cronos (1992) and O Fascínio (2003). To be noticed No Dia dos Meus Anos by João Botelho, Ao Sul (1995) by Fernando Matos Silva, Sapatos Pretos (1998) by João Canijo, Jaime (1999) by António Pedro Vasconcelos, Respirar Debaixo de Água (2000) by António Ferreira, O Gotejar da Luz (2002) by Fernando Vendrell, A Mulher Polícia (2003) by Joaquim Sapinho, Tarde Demais (2000) and Os Lobos (2008) by José Nascimento.
He was distinguished with two Golden Globes in the Best Cinema Actor in 1999 (Jaime, de António Pedro Vasconcelos); in 2000 (Tarde Demais, by José Nascimento); 2002 (O Gotejar da Luz, by Fernando Vendrell). He received in 1996 the Troféu Nova Gente as Best Actor for his performance in Cinco Dias, Cinco Noites by Fonseca e Costa (1996).
Vitor has two children, Diogo and Sara Norte.
Filmography
all 89
Movies 54
TV Shows 35
self 1
Homeland (2023)
Abandonados (2022)
O Caso Coutinho (2022)
Shadow - A Mother Knows (2022)
Floating House (2022)
Shadow (2021)
Festa é Festa (2021)
The Good Girls Club (2020)
Amar Demais (2020)
Before the Mountains (2020)
Terra Nova (2020)
Golpe de Sorte (2019)
A Teia (2018)
Carga (2018)
Idiotas, Ponto. (2018)
Ruth (2018)
Misantropo (2017)
Filha da Lei (2017)
Jigging (2016)
Histórias de Alice (2016)
O Leão da Estrela (2015)
Sal (2014)
Famel Top Secret (2014)
Eclipse em Portugal (2014)
O Cônsul de Bordéus (2012)
Assault on the Santa Maria (2010)
Regresso a Sizalinda (2010)
Alta Definição (2009)
Deixa Que Te Leve (2009)
Contrato (2009)
Olhos nos Olhos (2008)
A Ilha dos Escravos (2008)
O Dia do Regicídio (2008)
Deixa-me Amar (2007)
Ilha dos Amores (2007)
Lobos (2007)
O Bando dos Quatro (2006)
Ninguém Como Tu (2005)
The Fascination (2003)
The Policewoman (2003)
Sans elle... (2003)
O Olhar da Serpente (2002)
Light Drops (2002)
Um Estranho em Casa (2002)
Anjo Caído (2001)
O Espírito da Lei (2001)
Lena (2001)
Lourdes (2000)
Capitão Roby (2000)
Mustang (2000)
Tarde Demais (2000)
Breathing Under Water (2000)
Monsanto (2000)
Esquadra de Polícia (1999)
A Hora da Liberdade (1999)
Jaime (1999)
A Sombra dos Abutres (1998)
Black Shoes (1998)
Riscos (1997)
Polícias (1996)
Five Days, Five Nights (1996)
Ao Sul (1995)
Desencontros (1995)
Na Paz dos Anjos (1994)
Uma Vida Normal (1994)
Até Amanhã, Mário (1994)
Ideias com História (1993)
Sozinhos em Casa (1993)
Amor e Dedinhos de Pé (1993)
O Miradouro da Lua (1993)
Cinzas (1992)
No Dia dos Meus Anos (1992)
O Mandarim (1991)
Os Cornos de Cronos (1991)
El invierno en Lisboa (1991)
Alentejo Sem Lei (1991)
Ladrão que Rouba a Anão Tem Cem Anos de Prisão (1991)
Malvadez (1990)
Rua Sésamo (1989)
Jaz Morto e Arrefece (1989)
Your Neighbour's Wife (1988)
Steel Mask Versus Blue Abyss (1988)
Agosto (1988)
Meia Noite (1988)
Duma Vez Por Todas (1987)
Era Uma Vez Um Alferes (1987)
Chico Fininho (1982)
A Vida É Bela?! (1982)
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GenderMale
Birthday1951-01-29 (73 years old)
Birth PlacePortugal, Portugal
CitizenshipsPortugal
Also Known AsVitor Norte
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