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Nuno Frederico Calvo Sierra Homem de Sá (born Lisbon, 25 February 1962) is a Portuguese actor.

Family

Nuno is the son of Adrião Fernando Coelho de Sampaio e Castro Toscano de Albuquerque Homem de Sá (1931–2009) and his first wife Rosa Maria Calvo Sierra (1943–present), daughter of Rafael Luis Calvo and his wife María Dolores Sierra.

Nuno Homem de Sá has a sister, also from his father's first marriage, Catarina Sofia Calvo Sierra Homem de Sá (1965). From his father's second marriage to Maria Eunice de Almeida Martins Cerqueira (1947), he has a half-brother, Ricardo Bruno Martins Cerqueira Homem de Sá. His paternal grandparents were Carlos Homem de Sá e Serpa and his wife Maria Madalena Coelho de Sampaio e Castro Toscano de Albuquerque, paternal granddaughter through illegitimate children from the second marriage of the 1st Viscount of Valdoeiro.

Nuno has three children.

Biography

Nuno made his debut at age 20 and gained popularity due to his role in the first Portuguese soap opera, Vila Faia, in 1982. In 1983 he had another acting role in the second national telenovela, Origens, which also proved to be successful. Nuno Homem de Sá's talent and on-screen presence earned him an invitation to participate in the British series Widows produced in 1984 by Thames Television.

Nuno left for the United States of America in 1984, where he studied music, computer science, and biology at Cabrillo College in Aptos, California, obtaining an Associate degree in Science and Arts in 1989. In 1994, he obtained a bachelor's degree in filmmaking, a specific course within the Theater Arts program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He returned to Portugal that year for a role in the 1995 RTP telenovela, Roseira Brava.

In 1997 Nuno formed the rock group Banda Nuno e os Homens de Sá, where he was the vocalist, guitarist and composer. In 1998 he acted in the French film "La Capitale du Monde" as well as in the play "Olhares de Perfil" by Roberto Cordovani at, at the Aguimez International Festival in the Canary Islands, Spain. The following year he appeared in another Cordovani play, Isadora Duncan, at the Teatro Auditório do Casino Estoril. In 1999, he took the same play to the 1st International Theatre Festival of La Paz, in Bolivia, as well as a four-month tour of the play in Brazil, followed by a tour in Orlando, of an adaptation of a text by Virginia Woolf.

Marriage and descendants

Nuno has one natural son, Marco Jay Chamberlain Homem de Sá, born on 7 February 1990, and one natural daughter, Joana Maria de Medeiros Sierra Homem de Sá, daughter of Marina de Medeiros, born on 13 December 2002.

On 23 September 2008, he married Carina Isabel Cró Rodrigues, with whom he has one daughter, Sofia Maria Cró Sierra Homem de Sá (June 27, 2010). They separated in 2013.

Controversies

In 2025, Nuno Homem de Sá was indicted by the Public Prosecutor's Office on August 31, 2025, for the crimes of domestic violence, trespassing, and disturbing the privacy of his ex-girlfriend Frederica Lima. Nuno Homem de Sá was also accused of having pursued Frederica Lima on the A1 motorway after the GNR (National Republican Guard) intercepted the actor's car.

On September 26, 2025, the Criminal Investigation Judge of the Loures Court ruled that actor Nuno Homem de Sá would be prohibited from contacting or approaching his ex-girlfriend Frederica Lima. During the court hearing to reassess the restraining order, the actor also learned that he would remain subject to a Term of Identity and Residence, and is prohibited from approaching within 500 meters of the victim's workplace and residence. Professional and amateur actors and viewers complained on social media about the actor's crimes and misconduct, and called for his preventive detention.

Filmography

Television