José Dumont

José Dumont (born 1 August 1950 in Belém, Paraíba) is a Brazilian TV and movie actor, known for his role as the family father in Behind the Sun (Abril Despedaçado), a film by director Walter Salles. He is also known by his role as the slick artist agent-entrepreneur in the 2005 Brazilian drama film Two Sons of Francisco.

Born in the state of Paraíba, in Brazilian Northeast, Dumont has the typical physique du rôle of its inhabitants, and because of this used to be often chosen to portray them. He began his award-studded acting career in the theater and cinema, in 1975. He became better known throughout the country by his noted participation in the films Lucio Flavio, directed by Hector Babenco in 1977, and Gaijin: Roads to Freedom, directed by Tizuka Yamasaki, in 1980. His first awards came in 1979, as the best actor in the film festivals of Gramado and Brasília, in O Homem que Virou Suco, directed by João Batista de Andrade, and in the film festival of Cuba. In 2004 he was again awarded as best actor in Narradores de Javé.

Dumont also acted in many TV series and telenovelas. He was in the permanent cast of Rede Globo. His most notable portrayals were in América (2005), Terra Nostra (1999), Tocaia Grande (1995), Guerra Sem Fim (1993), Amazônia (1991), A História de Ana Raio e Zé Trovão (1990), Pantanal (1990), Grande Sertão: Veredas (1985), Corpo a Corpo (1984), Padre Cícero (1984), Fernando da Gata (1983), Bandidos da Falange (1983) and Lampião e Maria Bonita (1982), this last being his first TV appearance, with a role as lieutenant Zé Rufino in the story about the bandit (cangaceiro) Lampião.