José Mayer

Brazilian actor

José Mayer
Mayer in 2017
Born	José Mayer Drumond (1949-10-03) 3 October 1949 (age 74) São Domingos do Prata (now Jaguaraçu), Minas Gerais, Brazil
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1963–2017
Spouse	Vera Fajardo
Children	1

José Mayer Drumond (born 3 October 1949) is a Brazilian former actor.

Biography and career

Mayer was born in Jaguaraçu, Minas Gerais, and made his debut on television in 1977 in an children's television series Sítio do Picapau Amarelo. Three years later, he was in the first season of Carga Pesada, in the episode "O Foragido". In 1983, for his performances in Bandidos da Falange and Guerra dos Sexos, he won the APCA Award for Best Newcomer Actor. He became notorious by his main role in the television adaptation of O Pagador de Promessas.^[1] Most known for his roles as a leading man in telenovelas,^[1]^[2] he also acted in several films, including Perfume de Gardênia, for which he won the Best Actor Award at the 25th Festival de Brasília.^[3]

In April 2017, Mayer was suspended of working with TV Globo after the wardrobe artist Susllen Tomani accused the actor of having sexually harassed her.^[4] Tomani related the incident to the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo. Mayer denied the accusation.^[5]

Selected filmography

Sítio do Picapau Amarelo (1977) - Burro Falante (voice)
Guerra dos Sexos (1983) - Ulisses da Silva
The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema (1988)
Tieta (1989) - Osnar
Meu Bem, Meu Mal (1990) - Ricardo Venturini
Perfume de Gardênia (1992)
História de Amor (1995) - Dr. Carlos Alberto Moretti
A Indomada (1997) - Teobaldo Faruk
Meu Bem Querer (1998) - Martinho Amoedo
Laços de Família (2000) - Pedro Lacerda
Presença de Anita (2001) - Fernando
Esperança (2002) - Martino
Mulheres Apaixonadas (2003) - César Andrade De Melo
Senhora do Destino (2004) - Dirceu de Castro
Páginas da Vida (2006) - Gregório "Greg" Lobo
A Favorita (2008) - Augusto César
Viver a Vida (2009) - Marcos Ribeiro
Fina Estampa (2011) - José 'Pereirinha' Pereira
Saramandaia (2013) - Zico Rosado
Império (2014) - Claudio Bogari
A Lei do Amor (2016) - Tião Bezerra

References

^ ^a ^b "José Mayer – Trajetória". Memória Globo (in Portuguese). Organizações Globo. Archived from the original on October 7, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
^ "A doce quebra da tradição". O Estado de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Grupo Estado. May 19, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
^ "Festival de Brasília do Cinema Brasileiro – Os Vencedores do Festival" (in Portuguese). Festival de Brasília. Archived from the original on November 9, 2006. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
^ "TV Globo suspende o ator José Mayer de produções dos Estúdios Globo". Jornal Hoje (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2017-04-04. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
^ "Figurinista acusa José Mayer de assédio sexual; ator nega - 31/03/2017 - Cotidiano - Folha de S.Paulo". m.folha.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-10-23.

External links

José Mayer at IMDb

APCA Award for Best Actor in Television

1972—1988

Paulo Gracindo (1972)
Gianfrancesco Guarnieri (1973)
Paulo Goulart (1974)
Rolando Boldrin / Tarcísio Meira (1975)
Lima Duarte / Mário Lago (1976)
Antônio Fagundes / Carlos Augusto Strazzer / Lima Duarte (1977)
Lauro Corona (1978)
Paulo Autran / Roberto Bonfim (1979)
Jardel Filho / Stênio Garcia (1980)
Rubens de Falco / Tony Ramos (1981)
Luis Gustavo / Reginaldo Faria (1982)
Paulo Autran (1983)
Ney Latorraca (1984)
Lima Duarte (1985)
Carlos Vereza (1987)
José Mayer (1988)

1990—2009

Cláudio Marzo (1990)
Otávio Augusto (1991)
Armando Bógus (1992)
Antônio Fagundes (1993)
José Wilker (1994)
Edson Celulari (1995)
Raul Cortez (1996)
Ary Fontoura (1997)
Tony Ramos (1998)
Matheus Nachtergaele (1999)
Tarcísio Meira (2000)
Tony Ramos (2001)
Marco Nanini (2002)
Dan Stulbach (2003)
Tony Ramos (2004)
Fúlvio Stefanini (2005)
Lázaro Ramos (2006)
Marcelo Serrado / Wagner Moura (2007)
Guilherme Weber (2008)
Felipe Camargo (2009)

2010—present

Murilo Benício (2010)
Gabriel Braga Nunes (2011)
José de Abreu (2012)
Mateus Solano (2013)
Irandhir Santos (2014)
Alexandre Nero (2015)
Marco Ricca (2016)
Júlio Andrade (2017)
Fábio Assunção (2018)
Flávio Migliaccio (2019)

There was no award in 1974, 1986, 1989.

v t e Troféu Imprensa for Best Actor
1961–1977	Lima Duarte (1961) Leonardo Villar (1962) Percy Aires (1963) Lima Duarte (1964) Armando Bógus (1965) Sérgio Cardoso (1966) Francisco Cuoco (1967) Francisco Cuoco (1968) Stênio Garcia (1969) Juca de Oliveira (1970) Jardel Filho (1971) Francisco Cuoco (1972) Francisco Cuoco (1973) Paulo Gracindo (1974) Milton Moraes (1975) Paulo Gracindo (1976) Lima Duarte/Paulo Gracindo (1977)
1981–2000	Jardel Filho (1981) Tony Ramos (1982) Luis Gustavo (1983) Paulo Autran (1984) Ney Latorraca (1985) Lima Duarte (1986) Tarcísio Meira (1987) Paulo Autran (1988) Tony Ramos (1989) José Mayer/Lima Duarte (1990) Cláudio Marzo (1991) Antônio Fagundes (1992) Lima Duarte (1993) Antônio Fagundes (1994) Tarcísio Meira (1995) Osmar Prado (1996) Raul Cortez (1997) Ary Fontoura (1998) Tony Ramos (1999) Raul Cortez (2000)
2001–present	Tony Ramos (2001) Tony Ramos (2002) Tarcísio Meira (2003) Dan Stulbach (2004) José Wilker (2005) Marcos Caruso (2007) Wagner Moura (2008) Cauã Reymond / Murilo Benício (2009) Tony Ramos (2010) Tony Ramos (2011) Gabriel Braga Nunes (2012) Murilo Benício (2013) Mateus Solano (2014) Alexandre Nero (2015) Guilherme Winter (2016) Sérgio Guizé (2017) Marco Pigossi (2018) Chay Suede (2019) Chay Suede (2022)