Celso Frateschi (born February 9, 1952) is a Brazilian actor, director, author and politician.
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Biography
Celso was born in São Paulo, Brazil, a brother of politician Paulo Frateschi (1950–2025). He is affiliated with the Workers' Party and married the architect and set designer Sylvia Moreira, father of the also actor André Frateschi and Ludmila Frateschi.
He was Municipal Secretary of Culture of São Paulo, in the management of Marta Suplicy, and Secretary of Culture in São Bernardo do Campo.
He owns Teatro Ágora, in São Paulo. He played Richard III and The Dream of a Ridiculous Man with great success. Actor, director and author, he was one of the founders of the groups Teatro Núcleo Independente, Teatro Pequeno, and Ágora - Center for Theatrical Development, of São Paulo. He made his debut at the São Paulo Arena Theater in 1980, in Augusto Boal's Teatro Jornal 1ª Edição. He worked with some of the most notable directors of Brazilian theater, such as Enrique Diaz, José Possi Neto and Domingos de Oliveira.
He wrote A epidemia, with Paulo Maurício, and Os Imigrantes, with which he debuted as director and received, in 1978, the 'Mambembe Award' for best actor. He received the 'Shell Award' for best actor in 1988 for Eras by Heiner Müller.
He is a licensed professor at the School of Dramatic Arts at USP. He was Municipal Secretary of Culture in Santo André and São Paulo, in the management of Marta Suplicy, in 2003 and 2004. He was Funarte's president until October 2008, when he resigned. In a letter entitled "The transatlantic phantom", published at the night of August 6, Frateschi says he will not resist the "articulated movement of some officials and some sectors of the Ministry of Culture to destabilize my management in the Funarte presidency."
In August 2008, Celso Frateschi inaugurated his blog on the website of Bravo! Magazine. He also produced Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov.
Filmography
Television
1985 Uma Esperança no Ar - Rui
1994 Memorial de Maria Moura - Liberato
1994 Você Decide - Pressão Total
1998 Pecado Capital - Pacheco
1998 Torre de Babel - Delegado
2000 A Muralha - Afonso Góis
2001 Presença de Anita - Igor
2002 O Beijo do Vampiro - Ezequiel
2004 Começar de Novo - Mikhail
2004 Um Só Coração - Ernesto da Silva
2005 Belíssima - Juiz
2005 Carga Pesada - Casão
2005 Essas Mulheres - Pedro Camargo
2006 A Diarista - Nestor
2006 Sinhá Moça - Inácio
2007 Paixões Proibidas - Álvaro de Sousa
2008 Casos e Acasos - 3 Episodes
2008 Queridos Amigos - Dr. Hélio Gomes Vianna
2009 Uns Braços - Borges Solicitor
2009 Força-Tarefa - Valfrido
2010 Escrito nas Estrelas - Jardel
2011 O Astro - Nelson Cerqueira
Cinema
1997 O Trabalho dos Homens - Police
1997 Os Matadores
1998 Contos de Lygia
2001 Bufo & Spallanzani - Dr. Ribeiroles
2001 Mater Dei
2001 Sonhos Tropicais - Sales Guerra
2003 Cristina Quer Casar
2006 Veias e Vinhos - Uma História Brasileira - Capitão
2018 Paraíso Perdido - Delegado