Joel Barcellos

Biography

Joel Dias Barcellos (27 November 1936 – 10 November 2018) was a Brazilian actor. He appeared in over 53 films and television shows during his lifetime, being one of the most prominent actors to appear in several productions from the Cinema Novo movement during the 1960s. Barcellos won the Best Actor award in 1968's Brasília Film Festival, and his career in film had spanned for over 50 years, from 1955's "Trabalhou Bem, Genival" up to the 2010s.