João Bénard da Costa
Acting·February 7, 1935·† May 21, 2009 — 74 years old·Lisbon, Portugal
Known For
To Each His Own Cinema
2007·6.5
City of Pirates
1984·7.1
Francisca
1981·7.0
The Convent
1995·5.3
No, or the Vain Glory of Command
1990·6.4
Hovering Over the Water
2013·7.4
Porto of My Childhood
2001·6.8
Doomed Love
1979·7.1
Fragile as the World
2001·7.8
Blind Man's Bluff
1994·7.0
Magic Mirror
2006·6.6
Love Torn in a Dream
2000·7.7
Filmography · 40
—Agustina Bessa-Luís: Nasci Adulta e Morrerei CriançaHimself2025The Life of Mirrors2015João Bénard da Costa: Others Will Love the Things I Have LovedSelf2013Hovering Over the WaterProduction Assistant2009The Invisible CollectionTavares, o Coleccionador2007To Each His Own CinemaPope Jean XXIII (segment "Rencontre unique")2007The 15th StoneHimself2007Rencontre UniqueLe Pape Jean XXIII2006No Tempo do CinemaHimself2006Magic MirrorBahia2004The Swimming PoolProducer2002The Uncertainty PrincipleFerreira2001Porto of My ChildhoodA Man2001Fragile as the WorldAvô2001História do Cinema PortuguêsTV2000Love Torn in a DreamLe représentant du gouvernement2000Word and UtopiaPope Clemente X2000CinemaamorDoctor1998Vasco Santana: O Bom PortuguêsSelf1997Cinema Português? - Diálogos com João Bénard da CostaHimself1995The ConventBaltazar1994Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista1994Blind Man's BluffBlind Man1993Oliveira, l'architecte1992Aqui D'El Rei!Medico (as Duarte de Almeida)1990The Sound of the Shaking EarthProfessor1990No, or the Vain Glory of CommandBaron of Alvito1990Cinéma Portugais – Un Mode d'Emploi1988Steel Mask Versus Blue AbyssProduction Director1988Tall Storiestruck driver1987The Mountains of the MoonSalvador1986The Satin SlipperCourtisan1984City of PiratesThe Father1982Island of LovesProduction Assistant1981FranciscaDuarte de Almeida1981The TerritoryWanderer #21981OxaláArtur (as João Pedro Bénard da Costa)1979Doomed LoveComandante do Navio1978Doomed LoveTVCapitão do Barco1972Past and PresentHonório