What is Antônio Pitanga?
{{Infobox person | name= Antônio Pitanga | image = Antonio pitanga.jpg | caption = | birth_name = Antônio Luiz Sampaio | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|6|13}} | birth_place = [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]], [[Bahia]] | occupation = Actor | yearsactive = 1960–present }} '''Antônio Luiz Sampaio'''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.terra.com.br/exclusivo/noticias/2003/06/18/001.htm | title=Conheça os nomes reais dos famosos | date=June 18, 2003 | publisher=[[Terra Networks]] | access-date=May 4, 2014 | language=pt}}</ref> (born June 13, 1939), better known by his [[stage name]] '''Antônio Pitanga''', is a [[Brazil]]ian actor. He is known for playing several roles on movies of the [[Cinema Novo]] movement in the 1960s.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TMZMAgAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA82 | title=Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience | publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] | author=[[Kwame Anthony Appiah|Appiah, Kwame Anthony]]; [[Henry Louis Gates|Gates, Henry Louis]] | year=2005 | isbn=9780195170559 | page=82}}</ref> Pitanga appeared in 100 foreign movies and 20 [[telenovelas]]. His career began in 1960. He is known for his role in ''[[O Clone]]. He was married to actress [[Vera Manhães]], with whom he had two sons: actress [[Camila Pitanga]] and actor [[Rocco Pitanga]]. After their divorced, he married to politician [[Benedita da Silva]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/antonio-pitanga-sera-tema-de-documentario-dirigido-por-beto-brant-por-sua-filha-camila-11884600 | title=Antônio Pitanga será tema de documentário dirigido por Beto Brant e por sua filha, Camila | date=March 15, 2014 | work=[[O Globo]] | publisher=Infoglobo | access-date=May 4, 2014 | language=pt}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{IMDb name|0246545}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pitanga, Antonio}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Brazilian movie actors]] [[Category:Brazilian television actors]] [[Category:People from Salvador, Bahia