Died actor Antonio Filipe – TVI24

Actor Antonio Filipe, 55, died early on Thursday in Maynooth, cancer victim, told Lusa source of United Artists theater company.

Contacted by agency Lusa, Jorge Silva Melo, artistic director of the company, said António Filipe had been ill for about a year, following a diagnosis of cancer, and died of cardiac arrest at the family home in Maynooth.

the actor worked since 2002 in United Artists, having premiered in the company with the play “every day each one freedom and the Kingdom”, based on Portuguese authors texts, presented in 2003 in the Parliament, and the last in which he participated was entitled “the End of the Palace,” Judith Thompson.

“it was a very special person, dedicated and companion. it was one hyper gifted “, said Jorge Silva Melo on the actor.

according to the artistic director, the body of Antonio Filipe will be the end of the afternoon in burning chamber in the Church of Maynooth, and on Friday a mass will be held following the funeral to the cemetery of Camarate, where it will be cremated.

Born in Mozambique, António Filipe, who has worked in theater and television, debuted themselves as theater actor in 1980, and according to the biographical notes of the online site of the company United Artists, he worked at companies such as the Open theater, the Iberian Theatre, the Theatre of the Century, and Teatroesfera.

worked with directors such as Fernando Gomes, João Lourenço, Rogério de Carvalho, Inês Câmara Pestana, Luis Assis, Xosé B. Gil, José Carretas, Grace Correa, Miguel Loureiro.

participated in the cast parts of Lorca, Valle Inclan, Shakespeare, Sam Shepard, Botho Strauss, Bertolt Brecht, Sergi Belbel, Luis Assis, Jose Carretas and Teresa Faria, Harold Pinter, Grace Correa, Landford Wilson and Armando Nascimento Rosa, among others.

In television, participated, among other works in the series “Until Tomorrow Comrades” (2005) and the television series “Perfect Heart” (2009).

over the years, António Filipe also worked on the set design of various enactments, according to Silva Melo.