Ângelo Torres (born 14 April 1968) is an actor, film director and screenwriter. Born in the Spanish Guinea to Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe parents, he is a Portuguese national. He is best known for the roles in the films Kunta, Hay Road and Magnetick Pathways.

Personal life

He was born on 14 April 1968 in Equatorial Guinea. His parents were São Toméans and Torres has 24 brothers, though only three are from the same father and mother. At the age of six, he left Equatorial Guinea and moved to Cuba, where he studied engineering until the age of 21. After seven years in Cuba, he moved to Portugal to study at a Polytechnic institute in Lisbon. Later, he made his acting debut in the production Por ser preto.

Ângelo Torres

He is married to a Galician–speaking Spanish woman and the couple has one daughter, Mar.

Ângelo Torres

Career

His maiden cinema acting came through the film A Ilha dos Escravos. He was elected the Best Secondary Actor of 2012, for the feature film Estrada de Palha. Later in the same year, he won the same award for same film at 18th Festival Caminhos do Cinema Português.

Ângelo Torres

Filmography

See also

Cinema of Africa

Mionga ki Ôbo, film made by Torres

Shooting Stars Award

References

External links

1968 births

Living people

Citizens of Portugal through descent

Portuguese film directors

Portuguese screenwriters

Portuguese people of São Tomé and Príncipe descent

20th-century Portuguese male actors

21st-century Portuguese male actors

Portuguese-language film directors

20th-century screenwriters

21st-century screenwriters