Marco Mendonça is an actor based in Portugal, who took his degree in acting at the Lisbon Film and Theatre School. After finishing his studies, he was cast as an intern at Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, where he worked with directors and companies such as Tiago Rodrigues, Formiga Atómica, Paula Diogo and Faustin Linyekula. After the internship, he worked in performance and theatre creations from Mala Voadora, Gary Hill, Tonan Quito, Kassys, Artistas Unidos, Má-Criação, Foguetes Maravilha, among many others. In 2019, he co-wrote and co-created his first play “Parlamento Elefante” at Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, alongside Eduardo Molina and João Pedro Leal. In 2021, their second production “Cordyceps” toured around eight Portuguese cities. In the past years he’s also been touring internationally with the play “Catarina and the beauty of killing fascists”, written and directed by Tiago Rodrigues.
He has also worked in film and TV productions with directors such as Tiago Guedes, Pedro Cabeleira, Francisco Valente, Sebastião Salgado, João Maia, Filipa Amaro and Miguel Afonso Carranca.
In 2022, his first original play was edited in Portuguese and Spanish by Teatro Bombón, from Argentina. Besides his work as an actor, writer and director, he translated English plays for independent productions from Mala Voadora and Teatro do Vão.

Marco Mendonça