Wagner Moura becomes first Brazilian nominated for actor in a leading role at the Oscar for his role in “The Secret Agent.”
Wagner Moura made history Thursday morning when he was nominated for an Academy Award in the category for actor in a leading role for his performance in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s 2025 film “The Secret Agent.”
This historic nomination makes Moura the first Brazilian actor nominated for an Oscar in this field.
In the film, Moura plays Armando, a former professor forced into hiding while trying to protect his young son during Brazil’s military dictatorship during the 1970s.
Should he win at the March 15 ceremony, Moura would become the first Brazilian to win an Oscar in an acting category.
Moura is the third Brazilian national to be nominated for an acting Oscar, joining the mother-daughter duo of Fernanda Montenegro and Fernanda Torres — both of whom were nominated for actress in a leading role.
Montenegro became the first Brazilian nominated in the category for her role as Isadora “Dora” Teixeira in the 1998 Walter Salles film “Central Station.
