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Alberto Guzik

Brazilian actor (1944–2010)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ4712064
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Alberto Guzik (June 9, 1944 – June 26, 2010) was a Brazilian actor, director, teacher, theater critic, and writer from São Paulo, Brazil. He wrote for the newspapers Ultima Hora and the Jornal da Tarde.

Early life and career

In 1949, aged 5, Guzik began his career when he entered the Theater School in São Paulo, he joined a group led by Julius Gouvea and Tatiana Belinky, and joined the cast of Peter Pan with Clovis Garcia, staying connected to groups that specialized in amateur theatre productions. From 1964 to 1966, he attended the School of Dramatic Art. In 1967, his professional acting debut in The Process, which is based on the novel by Kafka, assembled core 2 of the Arena Theatre, under the direction of Leonardo Lopes. Before the end of the season, his career on stage, moved to the audience which provided critical expertise.

In 1971, Guzik began writing theatre reviews, later working for Ultima Hora (1974–78) and Istoe (1978–81). In 1982, he earned a master's degree in theatre from the School of Communications and Arts, University of São Paulo, defending his dissertation, TBC: Chronicle of a Dream. He worked as a professor of theater at EAD (1968–78) and at the ECA/USP (1969–80). Guzik later ran a version of The Spark of Abdon Milanez.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Alberto Guzik” as brazilian actor (1944–2010). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1944, 2010, 1949, 1964—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1944-06-09. The account is most persuasive where Alberto, Guzik and Brazilian can be independently traced.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4712064. VIAF identifies the subject as 18683553. The Library of Congress control number is n85360763. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1944, 2010, 1949 and 1964.

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This entry incorporates text from Alberto Guzik” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.