Domingos Montagner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Domingos Montagner

Brazilian actor

Date of Birth: 26-Feb-1962

Place of Birth: São Paulo, Brazil

Date of Death: 15-Sep-2016

Profession: actor, television actor

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Domingos Montagner Filho (26 February 1962 – 15 September 2016) was a Brazilian actor, playwright and entrepreneur.
He began his career in theaters and circuses, through the course of interpretation of Myriam Muniz.
In 1997, Montagner formed La Mínima group, alongside Fernando Sampaio, and won the Shell Award for Best Actor.
In 2003, he founded the Zanni Circus, of which he was artistic director. He began his career on TV, three years later, but gained national notoriety after portraying Captain Herculano in the soap opera Cordel Encantado (2011), Mundo in Joia Rara (2013), and Miguel in Sete Vidas (2015).
In cinema, he participated in the feature film Gonzaga: de Pai pra Filho (2012).
He became "one of Brazil's most loved TV actors."In 2016, Montagner portrayed Santo dos Anjos, the protagonist of the soap opera Velho Chico, broadcast by Rede Globo, his last work.
In a break between filming, he drowned while swimming in the São Francisco River, the main setting of the aforementioned television drama.