Matheus Macena
Actor
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Matheus Macena is an actor, dancer, singer, and playwright, with a degree in Performing Arts (UniRio).
In film, Matheus Macena appeared in “Transe” (2022, Dir. Carolina Jabor and Anne Pinheiro Guimarães) and “Um Animal Amarelo” (2020, Dir. Felipe Bragança). The latter screened at the Rotterdam (NL), IndieLisboa (PT), and Toulouse (FR) festivals, and won the awards for Best Screenplay, Best Feature, Best Actress, and Best Art Direction at the 2020 Gramado Film Festival (BR). He also worked on “Carne Fresca” (Dir. Giovani Barros) and “Baleia” (Dir. Felipe Bragança and Marina Meliande), both yet to be released.
On television and streaming, Macena appeared in the series “Guerreiros do Sol” (Globoplay) and “Desjuntados” (Prime Video).
He starred in the stage production “Caranguejo Overdrive” (2015, Dir. Marco André Nunes) with Rio-based Aquela Cia, earning Best Actor nominations at the Cesgranrio, APTR, and Shell awards. Also with Aquela Cia, Macena performed in “Guanabara Canibal” (2017, Dir. Marco André Nunes), nominated in five and three categories at the Cesgranrio and APTR awards, respectively.
He took part in “The Watermill Program” and, alongside Bob Wilson and Naufus Ramírez, developed the performance “Cleaning the Internal Forest” (2019) in New York (USA). He was part of the cast of “Encantado” (2021), which premiered at the Théâtre National de Chaillot in Paris (FR). More recently, he joined the cast of “Musical Pré Fabricado” (2023, Dir. Michel Melamed), for which he received the Shell Award for Best Actor.