# Ivo Canelas

Ivo Canelas (born 23 December 1973) is a Portuguese actor, born in Lisbon. With a career of more than 30 years, he is recognized for his participation in numerous film, theater and television productions.
He has a degree in Theater Studies from Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema and studied at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute, in New York, with a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

## Career
### Cinema

He made his film debut in 1997 in the short film Menos Nove, directed by Rita Nunes. Soon after, in 1998, he participated in the short film It's Just a Minute directed by Pedro Caldas and written by Jacinto Lucas Pires.
In 2002 he joined the cast of The Uncertainty Principal by Manoel de Oliveira. In 2007 he won the Portuguese Golden Globe for Best Actor for the films O Mistério da Estrada de Sintra by Jorge Paixão da Costa and Call Girl by António-Pedro Vasconcelos.
In 2012 he played Apeles Espanca in the film Florbela directed by Vicente Alves do Ó and produced by Ukbar Filmes, a role that earned him the nomination for best actor in the first edition of the Sophia awards from the Portuguese Cinema Academy and the Best Actor CinEuphoria award. In the same year he joined the cast of A Estrada 47, a Brazilian, German, Italian and Portuguese co-production directed by Vicente Ferraz.
In 2015 he participates in the international production Powder and Gold directed by Felix Limardo and produced by William Fay. The following year he plays Lucas Mateus in Refrigerantes e Canções de Amor, a film written by Nuno Markl and directed by Luis Galvão Teles.
More recently, in 2022, he co-starred in the short film An Avocado Pit, w ritten and directed by Ary Zara, which was on the Oscar’s shortlist of 15 pre-nominated short films. A project with great international visibility, which received the support of actor Elliot Page's production company and was widely acclaimed by the trans community, all over the world.

### Theater

In 1991 he made his debut at Teatro da Cornucópia in Amo-te by Almeno Gonçalves. Between 1993 and 1994 he was part of the group of actors of the Passage del Terror a very successful attraction at the Lisbon Amusement Park. In 1996 he joined the cast of Aqui Está Ela, by Nathalie Sarraute, directed by Diogo Dória.
In 1997 he began his work with Artistas Unidos, with Prometeu I, II, III by Jorge Silva Melo, with whom he returned to work the following year in O Fim ou Tende Misericórdia de Nós, then in Downfall of the Egotist Johann Fatzer by Bertolt Brecht, in 2000, O Navio dos Negros as the protagonist, in 2001, and Quartet by Heiner Müller, in 2016. Silva Melo becomes a decisive mentor in his career as an actor and will shape the way he practices his craft throughout his career.
In 1999 he joined the cast of Peaches a very successful comedy directed by José Wallenstein at Teatro Aberto. In 2000, he worked with director Solveig Nordlund in the show Night is Mother to the Day by Lars Noren and, in the same year, he participated in Boca Cheia de Pássaros, a dance theater show at Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, staged by Fernanda Lapa and Francisco Camacho.
In 2004 he participated in Capricho directed by Lúcia Sigalho. The following year he worked for the first time with director Tim Carroll in The Tempest at Teatro Nacional São Luiz. He returned to work with this director as the protagonist of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus, with Diogo Infante, at Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, a role for which he received the Portuguese Golden Globe for Best Theater Actor in 2011.
In 2014, he once again starred in the show Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo, directed by Miguel Seabra, at Teatro Meridional, which earned him a nomination for Best Theater Actor at the Portuguese Golden Globes.
Between 2018 and 2023 he stages and performs the monologue Every Brillian Thing by Duncan MacMillan, produced by Hugo Nóbrega from H2N, with scene and actors’ direction by Dora Bernardo. The show was a huge success, having toured the country for 4 years with more than 280 sold-out shows and around 30,000 spectators. This project earned him several awards, including the Solo Show Award by the 2020 Theater Guide, integrating the list of 30 best shows of 2019 by Comunidade Cultura e Arte and having won the 2021 Marketeer Award in the Art and Culture category.

### Television

He became famous for his portrayal of Joca in the series O Fura Vidas (1999-2001). Between 2008 and 2011 he participated in the series Liberdade 21, produced by SP television and directed by Patrícia Sequeira and Sérgio Graciano. I n 2009 he joined the cast of the mini-series Conexão, directed by Leonel Vieira on RTP.
Between 2010 and 2012 he participated in the Canadian series Living in Your Car, directed by David Steinberg, among others. Soon after, he played the role of Xavier in the RTP series Os Filhos do Rock (2013-2014). In 2019 he joined the cast of Sul, an RTP series produced by Arquipélago Filmes and directed by Ivo Ferreira. In 2021 he plays the Minister of Defense in the Netlfix series Glória, directed by Tiago Guedes.
Recently, in 2023 he joined the cast of the RTP series Emília, directed by Filipa Amaro. In 2024 he plays the role of Doctor in the RTP series O Americano directed by Ivo Ferreira. In 2025, he will participate in Projecto Global, a series by Ivo Ferreira about the FP25, and in Cold Haven, a Portuguese and Icelandic co-production, filmed in both countries.

## Selected filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Director | Role | Notes |
| 2022 | An Avocado Pit | Ary Zara | Cláudio | Lead |
| 2018 | Soldado Millhões | Gonçalo Galvão Teles | Capitão Ribeiro de Carvalho | Supporting |
| 2016 | Refrigerantes e Canções de Amor | Luís Galvão Teles | Lucas Mateus | Lead |
| 2016 | Histórias de Alice | Oswaldo Caldeira | Miguel | Supporting |
| 2015 | Zeus | Paulo Filipe Monteiro | | Supporting |
| 2014 | Powder and Gold | Felix Limardo | El Pavo Real | Supporting |
| 2014 | Papel de Natal | José Miguel Ribeiro | Sana | |
| 2014 | Gelo | Gonçalo Galvão Teles | Filipe | Supporting |
| 2012 | Florbela | Vicente Alves do Ó | Apeles Espanca | Lead |
| 2012 | A Estrada 47 | Vicente Ferraz | Rui | Lead |
| 2010 | Shoot Me | André Badalo | Ruben | Lead |
| 2010 | So So | Sérgio Graciano | | Lead |
| 2010 | Broken Clouds | Yuri Alves | | Supporting |
| 2010 | A Bela e o Paparazzo | António-Pedro Vasconcelos | Médico | Cameo |
| 2010 | 15 Pontos na Alma | Vicente Alves do Ó | Mário | Lead |
| 2010 | 10-Gnosis | Leandro Ferrão | | |
| 2009 | Desesavergonhadamente Real | Artur Serra Araújo | | Lead |
| 2008 | Budapest | Walter Carvalho | | Supporting |
| 2008 | The art of Stealing | Leonel Vieira | Xico da Silva | Lead |
| 2007 | Call Girl | António-Pedro Vasconcelos | Madeira | Lead |
| 2007 | Love Birds | Bruno de Almeida | | Supporting |
| 2007 | Do Outro Lado do Mundo | Leandro Ferreira | Ricky | Supporting |
| 2006 | 20, 13 Purgatório | Joaquim Leitão | Guerra | Supporting |
| 2006 | O Mistério da Estrada de Sintra | Jorge Paixão da Costa | Eça de Queirós | Lead |
| 2006 | Um Tiro no Escuro | Leonel Vieira | | Lead |
| 2005 | Alice | Marco Martins | | Supporting |
| 2002 | The Uncertainty Principle | Manoel de Oliveira | | Supporting |
| 2002 | A Dupla Viagem | Teresa Garcia | Pedro | Supporting |
| 2001 | Olhó Passarinho | José Sacramento | João | Lead |
| 2000 | António Um Rapaz de Lisboa | Jorge Silva Melo | Jaime | Supporting |
| 1999 | Monsanto | Ruy Guerra | Bruno | Supporting |
| 1998 | Zona J | Leonel Vieira | Cosmo | Supporting |
| 1998 | É Só um Minuto | Pedro Caldas | | Lead |
| 1998 | Entrada em Palco | Pedro Caldas | Himself | Supporting |
| 1997 | O Que Foi? | Ivo Ferreira | | Supporting |
| 1997 | Menos 9 | Rita Nunes | O Que Espera Na Estação | Lead |

### TV

| Year | Title | Director | Role | Channel |
| 2025 | Cold Haven | Arnor Palmi e Tiago Marques | Alex | |
| 2025 | Projecto Global | Ivo Ferreira | Inspector Chefe | RTP1 |
| 2024 | O Americano | Ivo Ferreira | Doutor | RTP1 |
| 2023 | Emília | Filipa Amaro | Coreógrafo | RTP1 |
| 2022 | Causa Própria | João Nuno Pinto | Procurador Vítor | RTP1 |
| 2022 | Santiago | Pedro Varela | Pedro Vasconcellos | SIC |
| 2021 | Glória | Tiago Guedes | Ministro da Defesa | Netflix |
| 2020 | O Mundo Não Acaba Assim | Artur Ribeiro | Alberto | RTP1 |
| 2019 | Sul | Ivo Ferreira | Pastor Santoro | RTP1 |
| 2018 | Soldado Milhões | Gonçalo Galvão Teles e Jorge Paixão da Costa | Capitão Ribeiro de Carvalho | RTP1 |

### Theatre

| Year | Title | Play | Director | Theatre |
| 2018/23 | Every Brilliant Thing | Ducan MacMillan | Ivo Canelas | Sala Estúdio Time Out |
| 2018 | Creditors | Strindberg | Paulo Pinto | Teatro da Trindade |
| 2016 | Quartet | Heiner Müller | Jorge Silva Melo | Teatro Paulo Claro |
| 2014 | Pedro Páramo | Juan Rulfo | Miguel Seabra | Teatro Meridional |
| 2011 | Amadeus | Peter Shaffer | Tim Carroll | Teatro Nacional D. Maria II |
| 2010 | 60 Durações de 1 Minuto | | Clara Andermatt e Marco Martins | Teatro São Luiz |
| 2005 | The Tempest | W. Shakespeare | Tim Carroll | Teatro São Luiz |
| 2004 | Capricho | | Lúcia Sigalho | |
| 2003 | Modigliani | | Robert Castle | New York |
| 2002 | Fairy Tale | | Megan Wallace | New York |
| 2001 | O Navio dos Negros | | Jorge Silva Melo | Culturgest |
| 2000 | Boca Cheia de Pássaros | | Fernanda Lapa e Francisco Camacho | Teatro Nacional D. Maria II |
| 2000 | Night is Mother to the Day | Lars Norén | Solveig Nordlund | C. C. Malaposta |
| 2000 | Downfall of the Egotistic Johann Fatzer | Bertolt Brecht | Jorge Silva Melo | Teatro Variedades |
| 1999 | Peaches | Nick Grosso | José Wallenstein | Teatro Aberto |
| 1998 | O Fim ou Tende Misericórdia de Nós | | Jorge Silva Melo | Culturgest |
| 1997 | Prometeu I, II, III | | Jorge Silva Melo | Teatro de Almada e Teatro da Trindade |
| 1996 | Aqui Está Ela | Nathalie Sarraute | Diogo Dória | Estrela 60 |
| 1995 | O Grande Cerimonial | Fernando Arrabal | Paulo de Castro | CCB |
| 1994 | Bosque de Leite | | Sandra Faleiro | Acarte |
| 1993/94 | Passage del Terror | | | Lisbon Amusement Park |
| 1991 | Amo-te | Abel Neves | Almeno Gonçalves | Teatro da Cornucópia |

### Awards

| Year | Award | Category | Project | |
| 2016 | Sophia Awards - Portuguese Cinema Academy | Best Supporting Actor | Gelo | Nominated |
| 2015 | Golden Globe | Best Theatre Actor | Pedro Páramo | Nominated |
| 2014 | Lumen Award | Best Dramatic Fiction Actor | | Winner |
| 2013 | Sophia Awards - Portuguese Cinema Academy | Best Actor | Florbela | Nominated |
| 2013 | Lux Magazine | Cinema Personality | Florbela and So So | Winner |
| 2013 | SPA - Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores | Best Series (collective award) | Perdidamente Florbela | Winner |
| 2013 | CinEuphoria | Best Actor | Florbela and So So | Winner |
| 2012 | Golden Globe | Best Theatre Actor | Amadeus | Winner |
| 2010 | Caminhos do Cinema Português Festival | Best Actor | Desavergonhadamente Real | Winner |
| 2009 | Ibero Brasil Festival | Best Actor | The art of Stealing | Winner |
| 2009 | 49th Montecarlo TV Festival | Best Actor | Liberdade 21 | Nominated |
| 2009 | GDA Award | Best Film Actor | Call Girl | Winner |
| 2009 | Golden Globe | Best Film Actor | The art of Stealing | Nominated |
| 2008 | Golden Globe | Best Film Actor | Mistério da Estrada de Sintra and Call Girl | Winner |
| 2008 | 36th Gramado Film Festival | Best Actor in Foreign Film | Mistério da Estrada de Sintra | Nominated |
| 1999 | Ribeiro da Fonte | New Talent | | Winner |
| 1999 | Badajoz Short Films Festival | Special Mention | Olhó Passarinho | Winner |