- Acting films
- 19
- Acting avg
- 6.84
- Peak run
- 1964’83
- 7+ run
- 3 films
Acting films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
Nelson by the numbers
Average
6.84
13 rated films
Vote weighted
6.85
bigger films count more
Median
7.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.82
rating spread
Career
52y
1964 to 2015
Total votes
1.53K
across every film
Best
8.3
They Don't Wear Black Tie
Worst
5.7
Stolen Dreams
Newest first
Filmography
| 2015 | The Moving Forest | Heitor | · | 12 |
| 2014 |  Trash | Jefferson | 7.1 | 697 |
| 2011 | As Mães de Chico Xavier | Chico Xavier | 7.8 | 47 |
| 2010 |  Chico Xavier | Chico Xavier 1969 - 1975 | 7.1 | 101 |
| 2009 | Stolen Dreams | Seu Horácio | 5.7 | 43 |
| 2003 | Benjamim | Dr. Cantagalo | · | 10 |
| 2003 | The Storytellers | Zaqueu | 7.2 | 30 |
| 2001 |  Chica de Río | Bichero | · | 24 |
| 1994 | Boca | Father Silva | · | 9 |
| 1994 | Lamarca | · | · | 12 |
| 1991 |  At Play in the Fields of the Lord | Father Xantes | 6.6 | 59 |
| 1988 |  Moon Over Parador | General Sinaldo | 5.9 | 91 |
| 1983 | O Cangaceiro Trapalhão | Lampião | 5.8 | 33 |
| 1983 |  Gabriela | Capitão | 5.9 | 45 |
| 1981 |  They Don't Wear Black Tie | Investigator | 8.3 | 75 |
| 1976 |  Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands | Mirandão | 6.8 | 155 |
| 1974 | The Devil Queen | Catitu | · | 18 |
| 1965 | The Deceased | Timbira | 7.2 | 36 |
| 1964 |  The Guns | Mário | 7.5 | 32 |
Better together?
Nelson Xavier's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Daniel Filho and Nelson Xavier movies
Takes