Alberto Paulo Ferraz (May 3, 1950 â April 3, 2010), known simply as Buza Ferraz, was a Brazilian actor and director.
Buza Ferraz was born in the city of Rio de Janeiro in 1950. A director linked to group theater and collective creation in the 1970s and early 1980s, he founded and directed the groups Companhia Tragicômica Jaz-o-Coração and Pessoal do Cabaré.
He made his television debut in 1972, in the soap opera Selva de Pedra, broadcast by TV Globo and written by Janete Clair. That same year, he played Regina Duarte's Jewish fiancé in '. In 1974, he appeared in Rede Globo's soap opera O Rebu, playing the character Cauê, with whom the millionaire Conrad Mahler, played by , was platonically in love. In the script, written by Bráulio Pedroso, the millionaire murders Cauê's girlfriend out of jealousy, which becomes the great mystery of the plot. But the story was censored by Military dictatorship. It was the first time that the main character in a Brazilian soap opera was homosexual, the first narrative to address the theme had been ', with the character Rodolfo Augusto, played by Ary Fontoura.
In the 1980s, he appeared in the soap operas Brilhante and ', as well as making guest appearances in series such as '. In 1984, he moved to Rede Manchete, where he participated in two miniseries, ' and '. The following year, he returned to TV Globo to appear in soap opera '. In 1987, he returned to Manchete to work on the soap opera '. While at the station, she participated in the soap operas Kananga do Japão and Pantanal.
Back at Globo, he worked on the soap opera Pedra sobre Pedra and the miniseries '. He was also in the cast of História de Amor and Páginas da Vida, both written by Manoel Carlos. His last TV role was in the fifteenth season of the teen series Malhação, broadcast by Globo in 2008.
Together with , he directed and wrote the screenplay for the film For All - O Trampolim da Vitória from 1997.
He had five children. He was a Botafogo soccer fan.
After suffering cardiac arrest in the early hours of April 3, 2010, he was taken to Samaritano Hospital in the Botafogo neighborhood, where he died. The actor suffered from leukemia, but the disease did not contribute to his death. His body was buried in the São João Batista cemetery in Rio.