Alberto Magassela

{{Short description|Mozambican actor}}

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| birth_date = 1966

| birth_place = Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), Mozambique

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| years_active = 1996–present

| occupation = Actor

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Alberto Mateus Manja Magassela (born 1966, Lourenço Marques (now Maputo)) is a Mozambican actor based out of Portugal.{{citation|author=Dos Santos Afonso, Anabela|url=http://www.passmusica.pt/Passmusica/docs/Certidao%20de%20Lista%20de%20Associados%20GDA.ADG.pdf|title=Certidão de lista de associadas da Audiogest|date=25 July 2007|publisher=Inspector-General of Cultural Activities and the Portuguese Ministry of Culture|access-date=28 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224092836/http://www.passmusica.pt/Passmusica/docs/Certidao%20de%20Lista%20de%20Associados%20GDA.ADG.pdf|archive-date=24 December 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Biografia de Alberto Magassela|url=http://mag.sapo.pt/pessoas/alberto-magassela|website=SAPO Mag|publisher=Altice Portugal|access-date=28 July 2023}}{{cite web|url=http://www.redecultural.net/evento/5126/as-quartas-dos-contos-nkaringana-wa-nkaringana-por-alberto-magassela/|title=As Quartas dos Contos|publisher=RedeCultural.net|access-date=28 July 2023}}

Magassela began his career as an actor in the Mutumbela Gogo acting company in Maputo. He has been based out of Portugal since 1996. He regularly collaborates with the São João National Theatre in Porto, where he premiered with the Gil Vicente play A Tragicomédia de Dom Duardos, staged by fellow actor {{ill|Ricardo Pais|pt}}. He currently has more than 30 theater credits, along with having worked on various Portuguese films and television shows, including films such as Light Drops and O Crime do Padre Amaro.