Overview
- The Secret Agent collected four Academy Award nominations, adding Best Picture, International Feature and the inaugural Casting category to Moura’s lead actor nod.
- Wagner Moura will compete with Timothée Chalamet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ethan Hawke and Michael B. Jordan at the March 15 Oscars at the Dolby Theatre, hosted by Conan O’Brien.
- Moura’s season already includes Best Actor wins at Cannes and the Golden Globes, milestones that marked firsts for a Brazilian performer.
- He is only the third Brazilian ever nominated for acting at the Oscars, following Fernanda Montenegro and Fernanda Torres.
- The film is a political thriller set during Brazil’s 1970s military dictatorship, with Moura portraying a father forced into hiding.