{{Short description|Brazilian actor}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Valter Santos | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = Valter Borges dos Santos | birth_date = {{Birth date|1954|10|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | death_date = {{death date and age|2013|12|24|1954|10|16|df=y}} | death_place = São Paulo, Brazil | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1975–2013 }} '''Valter Borges dos Santos''' (16 October 1954 <ref name="referencia1">*{{cite web|title=Aniversariantes - Outubro|url=http://www.satedrj.org.br/institucional/aniversariantes-outubro|author=SATED RJ|publisher=|language=pt|accessdate=31 December 2013|archive-date=1 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101115802/http://www.satedrj.org.br/institucional/aniversariantes-outubro|url-status=dead}}</ref> – 24 December 2013) <ref name="referencia2">*{{cite web|title=Falece dublador Valter Borges de CDZ|url=http://www.animepro.com.br/?p=9200|author=AnimePro-Lucas Janini|publisher=26 de dezembro de 2013|language=pt|accessdate=31 December 2013|archive-date=27 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227122629/http://www.animepro.com.br/?p=9200|url-status=dead}}</ref> was a Brazilian actor, best known for his work in television, specifically his role as the slave overseer ''Bruno'' in the 1986 TV drama serie ''Sinhá Moça'' (''Little Missy'') and as ''Colonel Werneck'' in the TV miniseries ''O Brado Retumbante'' (2012).
==Career== Santos studied at the National Conservatory Theatre in Rio de Janeiro. Acted in several plays, such as "Hair" and "The Week" for which he was awarded by APCA. He was also present in TV series like " O Fim do Mundo ",<ref name="fimdomundo">*{{cite web|title= Elenco: O Fim do Mundo|url=http://www.teledramaturgia.com.br/tele/fimdomundoq.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102193918/http://www.teledramaturgia.com.br/tele/fimdomundoq.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 January 2014|author=TELE Dramaturgia|publisher=|language=pt|accessdate=31 December 2013}}</ref> " O Salvador da Pátria ",<ref name="o salvador da pátria">*{{cite web|title= Elenco: O Salvador da Pátria|url=http://www.teledramaturgia.com.br/tele/salvador.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228013335/http://www.teledramaturgia.com.br/tele/salvador.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 December 2010 |author=TELE Dramaturgia|publisher=|language=pt|accessdate=31 December 2013}}</ref> " O Outro ",<ref name="ooutro">*{{cite web|title= Elenco: O Outro|url= http://www.teledramaturgia.com.br/tele/outroq.asp|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130221030507/http://www.teledramaturgia.com.br/tele/outroq.asp|url-status= dead|archive-date= 21 February 2013|author=TELE Dramaturgia|publisher=|language=pt|accessdate=1 January 2014}}</ref> "Sinha Girl",<ref name="sinhamoça">*{{cite web|title=Elenco: Sinhá Moça|url=http://www.teledramaturgia.com.br/tele/sinha86q.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110205328/http://www.teledramaturgia.com.br/tele/sinha86q.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 January 2012|author=TELE Dramaturgia|publisher=|language=pt|accessdate=1 January 2014}}</ref> "Roque Santeiro" (1975 <ref name="roquesanteiro1975">*{{cite web|title= Elenco: Roque Santeiro|url= http://www.teledramaturgia.com.br/tele/roque75q.asp|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110619210038/http://www.teledramaturgia.com.br/tele/roque75q.asp|url-status= dead|archive-date= 19 June 2011|author=TELE Dramaturgia|publisher=|language=pt|accessdate=1 January 2014}}</ref> and 1985 <ref name="roquesanteiro1985">*{{cite web|title= Elenco: Roque Santeiro|url=http://www.teledramaturgia.com.br/tele/roque85q.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804001629/http://www.teledramaturgia.com.br/tele/roque85q.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 August 2010|author=TELE Dramaturgia|publisher=|language=pt|accessdate=1 January 2014}}</ref>) and in mini series like " Amazônia - De Galvez a Chico Mendes ",<ref name="amazonia">*{{cite web|title=Elenco: Amazônia – De Galvez a Chico Mendes|url=http://www.teledramaturgia.com.br/tele/amazonia07q.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102191746/http://www.teledramaturgia.com.br/tele/amazonia07q.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 January 2014|author=TELE Dramaturgia|publisher=|language=pt|accessdate=1 January 2014}}</ref> "Abolição",<ref name="abolição">*{{cite web|title=Elenco: Abolição|url= http://www.teledramaturgia.com.br/tele/abolicaoq.asp|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140102193519/http://www.teledramaturgia.com.br/tele/abolicaoq.asp|url-status= dead|archive-date= 2 January 2014|author=TELE Dramaturgia|publisher=|language=pt|accessdate=1 January 2014}}</ref> " República ",<ref name="republica">*{{cite web|title=Elenco: República|url=http://www.teledramaturgia.com.br/tele/republicaq.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329115814/http://www.teledramaturgia.com.br/tele/republicaq.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 March 2014 |author=TELE Dramaturgia|publisher=|language=pt|accessdate=1 January 2014}}</ref> and "Grande Sertão Veredas".<ref name="grandesertão">*{{cite web|title=Elenco: Grande Sertão: Veredas |url=http://www.teledramaturgia.com.br/tele/grandesertao.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223063528/http://www.teledramaturgia.com.br/tele/grandesertao.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 December 2010|author=TELE Dramaturgia|publisher=|language=pt|accessdate=1 January 2014}}</ref> He also made voiceovers for the Brazilian version of "Knights of the Zodiac" as ''Jamian Crow'' and ''Camus of Aquarius''. He appeared in film movies like " Deixa, Amorzinho...Deixa " (1975), " Mulheres do Cais" (1979) and " O Menino da Porteira " (2009). His last major role was as ''Colonel Werneck'' in 2012,<ref name="obradoretumbante">*{{cite web|title=Elenco: O Brado Retumbante|url=http://www.teledramaturgia.com.br/tele/bradoretumbanteq.asp|author=TELE Dramaturgia|language=pt|accessdate=1 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102194452/http://www.teledramaturgia.com.br/tele/bradoretumbanteq.asp|archive-date=2 January 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> before he directed and eventually narrated episodes of ''National Geographic Society'' in 2013 in Portuguese.{{fact|date=November 2025}}
==Death== Valter Santos died on 24 December 2013, of a sudden heart attack.<ref name="referencia2" />
==Work== {{Div col}} *1975: ''Roque Santeiro'' (TV Series) .... Luizão *1975: ''Deixa, Amorzinho...Deixa'' *1977: ''Um Sol Maior'' (TV Series) .... Sala (Salatiel Jr.) *1978: ''O Direito de Nascer'' (TV Series) .... priest *1978: ''Aritana'' (TV Series) .... Ramalho *1978: ''João Brasileiro, o Bom Baiano'' (TV Series) .... Glauco *1979: ''Mulheres do Cais'' .... Dante *1980: ''Cavalo Amarelo'' (TV Series) .... Alemão *1981: ''Rosa Baiana'' (TV Series) *1982: ''Pic Nic Classe C'' (TV Series) .... Mauro *1982: ''Destino'' (TV Series) .... Seu Apolônio *1982: ''A Leoa'' (TV Series) .... Hugo *1983: ''A Ponte do Amor'' (TV Series) *1985: ''Roque Santeiro'' (TV Series) .... gunman *1985: ''Grande Sertão: Veredas'' (TV Mini-Series) .... Alaripe *1986: ''Sinhá Moça'' (TV Series) .... overseer Bruno *1987: ''O Outro'' (TV Series) .... Melo Mendonça *1988: ''Abolição'' (TV Mini-Series) .... José do Patrocínio *1989: ''O Salvador da Pátria'' (TV Series) .... Jaime *1989: ''República'' (TV Mini-Series) .... José do Patrocínio *1990: ''Pantanal'' (TV Series) .... Matador *1994: ''74.5 - Uma Onda no Ar'' (TV Series) .... Stallone *1994: ''Knights of the Zodiac'' (TV Series) .... Jamian de Corvo and Camus de Aquário *1996: ''O Fim do Mundo'' (TV Series) .... Juvenal *1997: ''Mandacaru'' (TV Series) .... Avelós *2000: ''Marcas da Paixão'' (TV Series) .... Valtinho *2001: ''Amor e Ódio'' (TV Series) .... Ezequiel *2006: ''Cidadão Brasileiro'' (TV Series) .... Décio Leão *2007: ''Amazônia - De Galvez a Chico Mendes'' (TV Series) .... Nilo *2009: ''O Menino da Porteira'' .... João Só *2010: ''Força-Tarefa'' (TV Series) .... Colonel Lucena *2012: ''O Brado Retumbante'' (TV Mini-Series) .... Colonel Werneck *2014: ''ABCs of Death 2'' .... (segment "J") (final film role) {{div col end}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Santos, Valter}} Category:1954 births Category:2013 deaths Category:Brazilian male film actors Category:Brazilian male stage actors Category:Brazilian male telenovela actors Category:Brazilian male television actors Category:Brazilian male voice actors Category:Male actors from Rio de Janeiro (city) Category:20th-century Brazilian male actors Category:21st-century Brazilian male actors