Biography

Carloto Cotta, b. 1984, Paris, France. Cotta studied at EPTC in Cascais (2000-2004) and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in Los Angeles (2014). Recently, he starred in Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt's Diamantino (Best Actor Golden Globes Portugal 2019 Winner and Grand Prix at Cannes - Critics Week), he co-starred in Ira Sach's Frankie (Cannes Official Selection) and starred in Miguel Gomes' Tabu (Winner of the Silver Bear and Fipresci at Berlinal ), Eugene Green's Como Fernando Pessoa Salvou Portugal, and João Salaviza's short-film Arena, (Palme d'Or - Cannes). He has acted in the films of Raul Ruiz, Werner Schroeter, Dominga Sotomayor, Ben Rivers, Valeria Sarmiento, Jean Pierre Rawson, Christine Laurent, Paula Gaitán, Manuel Mozos, Jorge Cramez, Marco Martins, Carlos Conceição, Teresa Villaverde, and Margarida Gil. Cotta has starred in many popular Portuguese television series, soap operas and made for TV movies. For the stage, he has worked with Carlos Avilez, Íñigo Ramírez de Haro and Gonçalo Amorim.

"Carloto is one of the most talented and passionate actors I have ever met, constantly innovating and working on his characters. He manages to project and juggle a series of seemingly contradictory sentiments, that make him profoundly relatable and touching - In Diamantino he manages to make the title character sexy, fragile, funny and strong all at the same time. Diamantino, as a film, was saved by Cotta's talents."

• Gabriel Abrantes, director of Diamantino

- IMDb mini biography by: film giraffe