Filipe Pinheiro

Filipe Pinheiro was a Brazilian actor known for appearances in several soap operas in the late 1980's and early 1990's, and his only film appearance in the doomed The Jew (1996), which was only released three years after the actor's death due to a heart failure at age 33. The film is also known for being the final film of veteran actress Dina Sfat (who died in 1989), and they were the leads in the movie. Pinheiro had an extensive theatre background in the 1980's before jumping to television landing roles in the TV show Bebê a Bordo (1988) and the miniseries The Promise (1988). That same year, he contributed as a writer for the comedy special TV Pirata (1988). In the 1990's, he was best known for his role as Giron in the cult hit Vamp (1991) and a minor role in Olho no Olho (1993), which would be his final soap opera, released on the same year he appeared on the miniseries Summer Tales (1993). By that time he already had filmed a great part of The Jew (1996) where he played Antônio José da Silva, a Jewish playwright who is considered an heretic who's sentenced to death in the Portugal of the 1700's. But on November 1st, 1993, he was found dead in his apartment in Rio de Janeiro. His family declared that he had heart problems over the years, which ultimately led to his death at an early age.