Luís Esparteiro

Luís Augusto Esparteiro Lopes da Costa, better known as Luís Esparteiro (born Coimbra, Santo António dos Olivais, April 8, 1959) is a Portuguese actor.

Luís Esparteiro
Born	Luís Augusto Esparteiro Lopes da Costa (1959-04-08) April 8, 1959 Coimbra, Santo António dos Olivais, Portugal
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1982–present
Spouse	Vanda Correia ​ (m. 2009)​
Children	4

Career

He studied at the Military College in Lisbon and later attended the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Lisbon.

He made his acting debut with Henrique Santana's theater company, participating in the comedies O Meu Rapaz é Rapariga, Um Fantasma Chamado Isabel and Boeing-Boeing.

On television, he made his debut in 1982 in the soap opera Vila Faia and later participated in the programs Eu Show Nico and Euronico, by Nicolau Breyner, quickly becoming part of the regular cast of national fiction productions (soap operas and series).

He returned sporadically to the theater in Piaf, by Pam Gems (Casino do Estoril), alongside Bibi Ferreira, and in Quem Muda a Fralda à Menina (Teatro Villaret). At Artistas Unidos, he was part of the cast of A queda do egoísta Johan Fatzer, by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Jorge Silva Melo, Buraco Negro e Câncer, by Gerardjan Rijnders, co-directed by Isabel Muñoz Cardoso and Luís Esparteiro.

In film, she participated in Os Mutantes, directed by Teresa Villaverde.

Family

Son of Mário Nuno do Canto Lopes da Costa (Lisbon, Anjos, December 12, 1922 – March 31, 2013) and his wife Maria Helena Botelho da Costa Marques Esparteiro (Lisbon, São Sebastião da Pedreira, March 23, 1929 – Lisbon, Nossa Senhora de Fátima, March 24, 2013), daughter of Joaquim Marques Esparteiro, paternal niece of António Marques Esparteiro and maternal granddaughter of the 1st Viscount of Giraul.

Marriages and children

He married for the first time on October 1, 1987, to Filipa Helena Boulton Pimentel Trigo (Lisbon, São Sebastião da Pedreira, October 24, 1961), daughter of Eduardo Adeodato Melo Pimentel Trigo (Vila Flor, Seixo de Manhoses, December 24, 1933) and his wife Ann Elizabeth Boulton (London, February 17, 1937), who are divorced, with whom he has a son and a daughter:

• Guilherme Boulton Trigo Lopes da Costa (Lisbon, Santa Justa, January 13, 1989)
• Constança Boulton Trigo Lopes da Costa (Lisbon, São Francisco Xavier, May 21, 1991)

He married for the second time in a civil ceremony on April 18, 2009, to Vanda Isabel da Costa Correia (Lisbon, São Sebastião da Pedreira, September 30, 1970), daughter of José Correia and his wife Arlete da Costa, with whom he has a daughter and a son, born before the marriage.

• Teresa Correia Esparteiro Lopes da Costa (Lisbon, São Jorge de Arroios, November 4, 2001)
• Luís Correia Esparteiro Lopes da Costa (Lisbon, Santa Maria dos Olivais, August 3, 2005)

Filmography

Television

Year	Project	Role	Notes	Channel
1982	Vila Faia	Manuel Marinhais	Main Cast	RTP1
	Gente Fina É Outra Coisa	Tiago Penha Leredo
1987	Palavras Cruzadas	Bernardo
1988	Eu Show Nico	Various Roles
	Os Homens da Segurança	Francisco	Special Participation
1989	Sétimo Direito	António Melo
	Ricardina e Marta	Francisco Moniz	Main Cast
1990	Euronico	Various Roles
1991	A Árvore	João	Main Cast
1992	Cinzas	Eurico Marques	Secondary Cast
1993	Marina, Marina	Luís	Special Participation
1994	Nico d'Obra	Photographer
	Na Paz dos Anjos	Manuel Sancho	Secondary Cast
	Desencontros	Bernardo Pimenta	Co-Protagonist
1995	Roseira Brava	João Pedro Morais	Main Cast
1995–1996	Primeiro Amor	Gonçalo Mendes Ferreira
1996	Vidas de Sal	Manuel Paiva	Special Participation
	Polícias	Diogo	Protagonist
1996–1997	Filhos do Vento	Luís Simões	Main Cast
1997	A Grande Aposta	Carlos Costa	Co-Protagonist
	Cuidado com a Língua!	Angel	Special Participation
1999	Uma Casa em Fanicos	António	Special Participation
	Jornalistas	Pedro		SIC
	O Fura-Vidas	Joy Silver	Additional Cast
	A Hora da Liberdade	Major Costa Neves	Main Cast
	Esquadra de Polícias	Stringers	Special Participation	RTP1
1999–2000	A Lenda da Garça	Alberto Basto Queirós	Main Cast
2000	A Raia dos Medos	Lieutenant	Special Participation
	Ajuste de Contas	Mário (60 Years)
	Todo o Tempo do Mundo	Armindo	Main Cast	TVI
	Crianças SOS	Quinjó	Special Participation
2000–2002	Super Pai	Vasco Figueiredo	Protagonist
2003–2004	Morangos com Açúcar	Daniel Duarte	Antagonist
2004–2005	Mistura Fina	Adriano Côrte-Real	Protagonist
2004	Inspetor Max	Fernando	Special Participation
2005	Os Serranos	Eduardo
2005 –2006	Dei-te Quase Tudo	Carlos Capelo	Antagonist
2006–2007	Tu e Eu	Edmundo Castanheira
2007–2008	Deixa-me Amar	João Botelho
2008	Casos da Vida	Henrique	Episode: "Saldo Negativo"
2008–2009	Feitiço de Amor	Augusto Neves	Co-Protagonist
2009–2010	Sentimentos	Manuel Coutinho
2010–2011	Espírito Indomável	Rodrigo Monteiro Castro	Antagonist
2012–2013	Louco Amor	Rafael Correia
2013	Casos da Vida	João	Episode: "Vidas (Des)enrascadas"
2014	Bairro	Diretor	Additional Cast
	Giras & Falidas	Inspector of ASAE	Special Participation
2015–2016	Santa Bárbara	Júlio Montemor	Main Cast
2016	Bem-Vindos a Beirais	Gastão	Additional Cast
2016	A Única Mulher	Jeremy	Special Participation
2017	Ouro Verde	Miguel Ferreira da Fonseca	Antagonist
2017–2018	Jogo Duplo	Vítor Duque	Main Cast
2018–2019	A Teia	Valdemar Seixas
2019	Teorias da Conspiração	Francisco Bernard	Additional Cast	RTP1
	Amar Depois de Amar	António Gouveia	Main Cast	TVI
2020	Quer o Destino	Alfredo Paulo Reis
2021–2023	Para Sempre	Bento Sampaio de Menezes	Antagonist
2022–2023	Por Ti	Rui Guerreiro		SIC
2023–2024	Flor sem Tempo	Eduardo Vaz	Co- Antagonist
2024–2025	A Promessa	Rogério Candeias	Main Cast
2025	Vitória	Rogério Martins

Streaming

Year	Project	Role	Notes	Platform
2023	Marco Paulo	Mário Martins	Main Cast	OPTO
2023–2024	Os Eleitos	António	Recurring Cast

Cinema

Year	Title	Role
1998	Os Mutantes
1999	Mal
1999	Inferno
2000	Peixe na Lia
2001	Camarate
2002	Debaixo da Cama
2005	O Crime do Padre Amaro	Rafael
	Fatal
2009	Duas Mulheres	Dr. André
	Quero Ser uma Estrela	Ambassador of Portugal
2010	Moi, Bernadette, J'ai Vu
2018	Linhas de Sangue	Leonardo Gama

External links

• Luís Esparteiro at IMDb