Cast of
The Burning Season

About The Burning Season

Based on the true story of a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against government and developers, who want to cut down their part of the rainforest for a new road and ranch land. The rich and the powerful will stop at nothing, and frequently resort to murder

Full Cast of The Burning Season

Raúl Juliá
plays Chico Mendes

Carmen Argenziano
plays Alfredo Sezero

Sônia Braga
plays Regina de Carvalho

Kamala Lopez
plays Ilzamar

Luis Guzmán
plays Estate Boss

Luis Guzmán as Estate Boss

Luis Guzmán (born August 28, 1956) is an actor from Puerto Rico. He is known for his character work. For much of his ...

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Nigel Havers
plays Steven Kaye

Tomas Milian
plays Darli Alves

Esai Morales
plays Jair

Esai Morales as Jair

Esai Morales (born October 1, 1962) is an American actor known for his role as Bob Valenzuela in La Bamba. He also ap...

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Edward James Olmos
plays Wilson Pinheiro

Edward James Olmos as Wilson Pinheiro

Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is an American actor, director, producer, and activist. He is best known...

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Tony Plana
plays Galvao

Tony Plana as Galvao

Tony Plana is a Cuban-American stage, film and television actor and director, best known for playing Ignacio Suarez, ...

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Marco Rodríguez
plays Tavora

Carlos Carrasco
plays Helio

Jonathan Carrasco
plays Genesio

Jeffrey Licon
plays Young Chico Mendes

José Pérez
plays Moacir

Tony Perez
plays Francisco Mendes

Briana Romero
plays Elenia Mendes

Jorge Viteri
plays Father Ceppi

Valentin Santana
plays Oloci Alves

Alberto Isaac
plays Jose

Loló Navarro
plays Dona

Gerardo Albarrán
plays Darci Alves

Carlos Romero
plays Partenza

Enrique Novi
plays Nilu Sergio

Gerardo Zepeda
plays Santos

Mario Arévalo
plays Gunman

Angel Casman
plays Union Man

René Pereyra
plays Disk Jockey

Roger Cudney
plays Reporter

Carl Mergenthaler
plays German Banker

Gabriel Eduardo Castanon
plays Young Boy

Joaquín Garrido
plays Joao

José Antonio Estrada
plays Condemed Tapper

Julian Bucio
plays Military Lieutenant

Alfredo Gutiérrez 'El Turco'
plays Forest Worker

Javier Lambert
plays Platoon Commander

Gustavo Campos
plays Cutter

Terrence Beasor
plays Narrator (uncredited)

Terrence Beasor was born on February 2, 1935 and is currently 89 years old.

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Ricky Damazio
plays Hitman (uncredited)

Muriel Minot
plays Funeral Soloist (uncredited)

Josefina Echánove
plays Town Woman

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