Jose Santa Cruz, voice actor for Dino da Silva Sauro, Magneto, Rubio Hagrid and other characters dies | Rio de Janeiro

Actor, voice actor, radio host and comedian Jose Santa Cruz died today (26 years old) at the age of 95, in Rio de Janeiro, Globo newspaper reported. The actor, who suffered from Parkinson's disease and was hospitalized with bronchopneumonia, leaves behind his wife, Iván María Méndez Bastos, to whom he was married for 72 years and to whom they had three children, Elen María, Elian María and Eduardo Luiz, all deceased.

Jose also leaves behind five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Santinha, as he was known by his friends and professional colleagues, will be buried this Saturday (27), in the Benitencia Cemetery, in Botafogo.

José Santa Cruz was born in Piqui, Paraíba, and began his artistic career at the age of eighteen, replacing a friend at a radio station. From there, it never stopped. He made his debut on television in 1960, in the opening of TV Clube, and in 1963 he went to TV Tupi and at the same time began acting as a voice actor, before arriving at TV Globo, in 1971.

“Honey, I'm here.” It is the voice that gave life to the phrase that became popular in the 90s – the phrase said by the father of “Família Dinossauros”, which started every episode of the successful series, shown on TV Globo, and which is still remembered today by generations of adults and TV fans. As a voice actor, he has lent his unique voice to many characters such as Magneto in the X-Men films and cartoons, Rubeo Hagrid in the Harry Potter saga, J.Jameson in the Spider-Man films, and actor Danny DeVito in most of his works. movies, among countless other characters.

On the Globo channel, he performed the song “Hello, Brasil!”. “Aquele Abraço” and “Zé das Mulheres” in the 1970s; “O Bem Amado” and “A Festa É Nossa” In the 1980s, between 2002 and 2015, he played characters such as Jojoca, Barbosa, Manoelito, Costado and Tesourinha in “Zorra Total” and between 2017 and 2015 he was in the title role. The cast of the movie “Zora”. His most recent role on TV Globo was as a priest in the TV series “Espelho da Vida” that aired in 2019.

In 2015, he participated in the series “Os Experiences”, where he spoke in an interview about his acting career. “There is no difficulty for me in doing something meaningful, whether it is laughing or crying. It is a human feeling, I see no difference between making people laugh a lot or cry a lot. It is the role of the actor, and the actor has to be prepared for all this. I have always worked On humor, it is important to do more serious roles as well. A comedian can suddenly become dramatic and that is part of the job. An actor has to be complete and I love what I do, whether I laugh or cry.