Enrique Diaz

Enrique Diaz is an actor and theater director. He is the founder and artistic director of Cia. dos Atores and Coletivo Improviso. He has directed several plays, including Ensaio Hamlet (winner of the French Critics’ Award for Best Foreign Play), Gaivota – Tema para um Conto Curto, In On It, As Três Irmãs, Cine_Monstro, Melodrama, O Espectador, O Bem Amado, and Férias. He has received several awards for his work as an actor and director, including the Molière, Mambembe, Shell, Sharp, APCA, Qualidade Brasil, APETESP, and French Critics awards. He has acted in films such as Casa de Areia, directed by Andrucha Waddington; Kenoma, directed by Eliane Caffé; Primeiras Estórias, directed by Pedro Bial; and Carandiru, directed by Hector Babenco, among others. He won the Best Actor Award at the Brasília Film Festival in 2012 for his performance in Noite de Reis, by Vinicius Reis. On TV, he starred in Felizes para Sempre?, and appeared in productions such as O Auto da Compadecida, Justiça, Filhos do Carnaval, Amor de Mãe, Onde Nascem os Fortes , Pantanal, Mar do Sertão, and Renascer. He directed the Rede Globo soap operas A Regra Do Jogo and Joia Rara, the latter of which won the International Emmy Award. He was also the artistic director of Teatro Ziembinski and Espaço Cultural Sérgio Porto in Rio de Janeiro. His work has been presented in France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, the United States, Russia, Bulgaria, Canada, Japan, Puerto Rico, Italy, Colombia, Argentina, and cities throughout Brazil.