The Brazilian actor This Sunday (15), he lost the 2026 Oscar, in the ‘Best Actor’ category. The winner was Michael B. Jordan, for his performance in “Pecadores”. Moura is the only Brazilian to compete in the category in history. The film “The Secret Agent” was also nominated in the “Best International Film”, “Best Film” and “Best Cast” categories.
Brazil also competed with Adolpho Veloso, in the “Photography” category, for the film “Dreams by Train”. The actor played Marcelo, a university professor who returns to the capital of Pernambuco in search of refuge, but ends up involved in a network of espionage and conspiracy.
This year, Wagner Moura, however, was left out of the ‘Bafta’ nominations, considered as a ‘British Oscar’, however, .
At the Cannes Festival, the feature film starring Wagner Moura had another historic result, taking home two trophies: Kleber Mendonça Filho won the award for Best Director, and Wagner Moura received the award for Best Actor. The film also won “Best International Film” at the Critics Choice Awards.
The Brazilian film starredwhich increases expectations for the Oscars. To date, the production has produced more than 50 trophies.
The Secret Agent
Set in Recife in 1977, during the military dictatorship, “The Secret Agent” follows Marcelo (Wagner Moura), a university professor who returns to the capital of Pernambuco in search of refuge, but ends up involved in a network of espionage and conspiracy. The production was awarded at the Cannes Festival (May) and by the New York Critics Circle (NYFCC), where it won the awards for Best International Film and Best Actor. The film is directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho.
