Wagner Moura made history at the Golden Globes, winning Best Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for his riveting performance in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto). Moura’s victory comes just a year after Fernanda Torres became the first Brazilian performer to win the Best Female Actor award for I’m Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui), highlighting a remarkable moment for Brazilian talent on the international stage.
Set in the late 1970s, during the final years of Brazil’s military dictatorship, The Secret Agent is a taut political thriller that follows a former intelligence operative pulled back into a tightening web of surveillance, state violence, and personal reckoning. With its deft combination of genre tension and incisive political commentary, the film revisits one of the darkest chapters of Brazil’s recent history while speaking to contemporary global anxieties.
Moura’s performance has been widely acclaimed for its depth, intensity, and humanity, earning him recognition not only at the Golden Globes but also from critics around the world. In his acceptance speech, Moura expressed gratitude to director Kleber Mendonça Filho, acknowledging the filmmaker’s vision and the collaborative spirit that brought this powerful story to life.
