João Nicolau de Melo Breyner Moreira Lopes GOIH GOM (30 July 1940 – 14 March 2016), known professionally as Nicolau Breyner, was a Portuguese actor, screenwriter, producer, director and television host.

[2] He first enrolled in a Law school but later switched to vocal studies at the Conservatório Nacional.

[2] Breyner's acting debut in theater was in the play Leonor Telles by Marcelino Mesquita.

Breyner's first marriage was to Mafalda Maria de Alpoim Vieira Barbosa.

His body was cremated at the Alto de São João Cemetery in Lisbon.