Haroldo Costa (May 13, 1930 – December 13, 2025) was a Brazilian actor, writer, producer and samba musician.
Life and career
[edit]Costa was born in Rio de Janeiro on May 13, 1930. He made his television debut in 1958 in an episode of Grande Teatro Tupi, however he would become known for his roles in telenovelas including A Moreninha (1965), Kananga do Japão, (1989) and Você Decide.[1]
In 2015, documentary filmmaker Silvio Tendler directed a documentary on Costa, titled "Haroldo Costa – Our Orpheus".[2]
In 2021, he wrote the graphic novel The History of Samba Told in Comics, illustrated by Ykenga.[3]
Costa died on December 13, 2025, at the age of 95.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "EBC". memoria.ebc.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-12-14.
- ^ "Caliban | Haroldo Costa - O Nosso Orfeu". Caliban (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2021-12-01. Retrieved 2025-12-14.
- ^ "Ykenga e Haroldo Costa lançam a história do samba em quadrinhos – Ykenga, cartunista e sociólogo" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-12-14.
- ^ Haroldo Costa, ator e comentarista de carnaval, morre aos 95 anos no Rio (in Portuguese)
External links
[edit]- Haroldo Costa at IMDb
- Haroldo Costa discography at Discogs