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Biography
Francisco Díaz Rocha, known as Chico Díaz (Mexico City, February 16, 1959), is a Peruvian-Brazilian actor born in Mexico. Graduated in architecture and urban planning, he worked in theater from the age of fourteen. His first work in his artistic life was in 1982 on the big screen in O Sonho não Acabou. With all the main awards in Brazilian cinema, namely Gramado Brasília, Recife and Rio de Janeiro, he is one of the most versatile and present actors on Brazilian screens with more than 80 films made in Brazil and abroad.
Awards & recognition
- Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) · 2025
Filmography12 titles

The Favorite
2008as Átila Mendonça
2008as Átila Mendonça

Rulers of Fortune
2025as Galego
2025as Galego

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020as Banquet Attendee
2020as Banquet Attendee

Angels of the Sun
2006as Tadeu
2006as Tadeu

Quilombo
1984as Anunciação
1984as Anunciação

Mango Yellow
2002as Wellington Cannibal
2002as Wellington Cannibal

Where the River Runs Black
1986as Raimundo
1986as Raimundo

Gabriela
1983as Chico Moleza
1983as Chico Moleza

Going to Brazil
2016as Augusto
2016as Augusto

Ardor
2014as João
2014as João

Jonathas' Forest
2012as Zé dos Patos
2012as Zé dos Patos

Blue Desert
2013
2013