Wagner Moura
Wagner Maniçoba de Moura (; born 27 June 1976) is a Brazilian actor, director, filmmaker, musician, and journalist. Besides being a well-established and acclaimed actor in Brazil, he has achieved international fame for roles in "Elite Squad" (2007), its sequel: "" (2010) and "Elysium" (2013) as Spider. He received a Golden Globe nomination for his role as Pablo Escobar in the first two seasons of the Netflix series "Narcos" (2015–2016). Career. Moura's biggest international project so far is the original series created by Netflix, Narcos, where he played the antagonist Pablo Escobar for the first two seasons. His  acclaimed portrayal of the well-known Colombian drug dealer led to a Golden Globe award nomination in 2016. He would later return to "" to direct two episodes of the third season. Personal life. Of Italian, Portuguese and Spanish origin, Moura's native language is Portuguese, but he also fluently speaks English and Spanish. For his portrayal of Pablo Escobar in "Narcos", Moura went back to college to take Spanish for foreigners, to perfect his pronunciation as someone who speaks Spanish as a first language. Moura had to gain over 18 kilograms (40 pounds) to play the role of Pablo Escobar ; after production of the second season of Narcos, Moura decided to lose the weight through an all-vegan diet. Moura practices Transcendental Meditation, Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.