Carloto Cotta, a talented and passionate actor born in 1984 in Paris, France. He studied at the EPTC in Cascais from 2000 to 2004 and later at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in Los Angeles in 2014.
Throughout his career, Cotta has appeared in numerous films, including Diamantino, which earned him the Best Actor Golden Globes Portugal 2019 award and the Grand Prix at Cannes - Critics Week. He has also co-starred in Ira Sach's Frankie, which was selected for the Cannes Official Selection, and starred in Miguel Gomes' Tabu, which won the Silver Bear and Fipresci at the Berlinale.
Cotta has worked with a variety of acclaimed directors, such as 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.
In addition to his film work, Cotta has appeared in numerous Portuguese television series, soap operas, and made-for-TV movies. He has also worked on stage productions with Carlos Avilez, Íñigo Ramírez de Haro, and Gonçalo Amorim.
Director Gabriel Abrantes praises Cotta, stating, "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."
