On Critics Choice Eve, Wagner Moura’s Awards Surge Puts Brazilian Cinema in the Spotlight

Overview

• The Critics Choice Awards take place on Jan. 4 at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, with live coverage in Brazil on TNT and HBO Max starting at 21:00 Brasília time.
• Moura is nominated for Best Actor for O Agente Secreto and for supporting actor in a limited series for Apple TV+’s Ladrões de Drogas, a rare same-night recognition in film and television for a Brazilian performer.
• Kleber Mendonça Filho’s O Agente Secreto is also nominated for Best International Film, and the director has traveled to California for the ceremony.
• Moura appears on The Hollywood Reporter’s Oscar Roundtable cover with Adam Sandler, Dwayne Johnson, Michael B. Jordan, Jacob Elordi, Jeremy Allen White and Mark Hamill in a feature on contenders seeking a first nomination.
• With Oscar nominations due Jan. 22, trade outlets point to O Agente Secreto and Moura as likely contenders following Academy shortlist placements, though final slates have not been announced.