Wagner Moura

Wagner Moura (Salvador, 1976) is a Brazilian actor, director, and activist best known internationally for his acclaimed portrayal of Pablo Escobar in Netflix’s Narcos. In 2025, he was awarded the Best Actor prize at the Cannes Film Festival for his leading role in The Secret Agent, a milestone that highlighted his remarkable versatility beyond villainous roles. Moura played more than thirty feature films and gained international fame with his Golden Globe-Nominated depiction of Pablo Escobar in the Netflix series Narcos (2015-2016). 

In 2017 he directed and produced his first feature film Marighella, about the leader of the armed resistance to the Brazilian military dictatorship during the 60's and 70's. He starred in and produced Netfilx's Sergio, portraying Sergio Vieira De Mello, the UN High Comissioner for Human Rights,  killed in Baghdad in 2003. 

His most recent acting features are Apple TV's Shining Girls (2022), and A24*s film Civil War, directed by Alex Garland.

For over a decade, he's championed human rights as the Ambassador for the International Labor Organization supporting campaigns to help end forced labor.

He was awarded the Best Actor 2025 at Cannes Film Festival for his performance in “The secret agent” direct by Kleber Mendonça Filho.