FrameThrower · Actors · Wagner Moura
Wagner Moura
3 films · 155 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2013–2024
Born 27 June 1976 · Rodelas, Bahia, Brazil
Wagner Maniçoba de Moura is a Brazilian actor and filmmaker. His accolades include a Golden Globe, a Cannes Film Festival Award, and five Brazilian Academy Film Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, an Annie Award, and a Critics' Choice Award. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2026.
After establishing himself in Brazil with a leading role as Captain Nascimento in the crime film Elite Squad (2007) and its 2010 sequel, Moura expanded into American cinema with a supporting role in the science fiction film Elysium (2013), finding himself part of the movement that seeks positive representation for South Americans in Hollywood. In…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 155 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2013–2024
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama2026
- Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor2025
- Time 1002026
- Cinema Brazil Grand Prize for Best Actor
How their films are shot
Measured across 155 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Wagner takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 53% of their frames are day, 45% natural — the look of the work Wagner takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 155 frames from Wagner Moura's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.