
Age: 50
male
Wagner Maniçoba de Moura (born June 27, 1976) is a Brazilian stage and screen actor, voice actor, and filmmaker. His accolades include the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Secret Agent (2025), as well as a Golden Globe nomination for portraying Pablo Escobar in Narcos, and an Annie Award nomination for his voice performance as Death in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022). Widely renowned in Brazil for his performances in popular films and TV shows, he is also one of the most reputable Brazilian actors internationally. He has starred in multiple feature films in Brazil and Hollywood, including Brazilian box office hits like Elite Squad, which won the Golden Bear at the 58th Berlin Internacional Film Festival. Elite Squad overseas success boosted Moura’s international recognition. Besides being a well-established and acclaimed actor in Brazil, Moura has achieved international success as a part of the movement that seeks positive representation for South Americans in Hollywood. In 2013 he debuted in Hollywood in the science fiction feature film Elysium, directed by Neill Blomkamp. In 2024, Moura starred alongside Kirsten Dunst in Civil War, directed by Alex Garland, marking his first leading role in a major Hollywood film. For his performance in The Secret Agent (2025), Moura became the first South American actor to win the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor.

Wagner Moura

Lewyn Martell
for Lewyn Martell in The Mad King (show)
Suggested by lumilkovich

The Mad King follows the rise and tragic downfall of Aerys II Targaryen, his troubled marriage to Rhaella, and the events that ultimately lead to the Tourney at Harrenhal and Robert’s Rebellion. I thought it would be better for the show to have a time jump, similar to House of the Dragon. So, for some characters, I chose two actors: one for their younger version before the time jump, and another for their older version after the time jump. The time jump happens before the Tourney at Harrenhal, so we see the older versions of the characters during the tourney and throughout the rebellion. The actors marked “(young)” are the versions we see before the time jump. After the time jump, the roles are recast with older actors.