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Who is the Roman officer we saw at the end of A Vida de Jó?

Discover more about Antonius, the imposing Roman officer played by Nando Rodrigues, who appeared in A Vida de Jó and will be important in Ben-Hur.

2 min readBy Editorial team

Those who have followed Seriella's productions for a while recognized actor Nando Rodrigues's face the instant the imposing Antonius, with a bearing as fearsome as it was provocative, stepped out onto the Porch of the Temple of Solomon in the final episode of A Vida de Jó.

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The incident in Jerusalem in which he appears already left some clues to his character: violent, full of authority and the type who arrives to show who is in charge. Like a true Roman, his superior attitude toward the Jews and everything representing them is almost a trademark—as is his obvious pleasure in subjugating them.

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Bringing historical facts, biblical events and dialogue to the screen, alongside an unprecedented version of a classic narrative—portrayed in series format for the first time—and all shaped by immersion in the cultural and social layers of the era, *Ben-Hur* arrives in 2026, and Antonius is more important to this story than we can reveal here 🤭.

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