Biography
Jesuíta Barbosa is a Brazilian actor. Born José Jesuíta Barbosa Neto on 26 June 1991 in Salgueiro, Pernambuco, he trained in theatre at the Federal Institute of Ceará after moving to Fortaleza as a child. He began his career in 2008 with the theatre collective As Travestidas and made his screen debut in the short film O Melhor Amigo (2013).
His early film roles include Fininha in Tattoo (2013), Navalhada in Bald Mountain (2013) and Ayrton in Futuro Beach (2014). He played Turk in Trash (2014) and has appeared in Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte (2017), The Great Mystical Circus (2018) and A Filha do Palhaço (2022). On television he is known for Jove in the telenovela Pantanal (2022) and roles in series such as Justiça (2016) and Verão 90 (2019). He is set to portray Ney Matogrosso in Latin Blood – The Ballad of Ney Matogrosso (2025).
