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Actor
Grande Otelo
- Born October 18, 1915 in Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil
- Died November 26, 1993
Grande Otelo, pseudonym of Sebastião Bernardes de Souza Prata OMC (Uberlândia, October 18, 1915 – Roissy-en-France, November 26, 1993), was a Brazilian actor, comedian, singer, producer and composer. He was an artist in Rio's casinos and in the so-called revue theater, he participated in several successful Brazilian films, including the famous chanchadas in the 1940s and 1950s, which he starred in in partnership with the comic Oscarito, and the film version of Macunaíma, made in 1969. He is often cited as one of the most important actors in Brazilian history.
Known for
Fitzcarraldo1982
Macunaima1969
Lucio Flavio1977
Rio, Northern Zone1957
Assault on the Pay Train1962
The Trapalhões1977
Quilombo1984
Samba1965
Filmography
- 2024Othelo The GreatFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2023The Long Voyage of the Yellow BusFilm
- 2023Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of CinemaFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2022KatharsysFilm
- 2022The Welles RaftFilmHimself (Archive Footage)
- 2020Candango: Memoirs from a FestivalFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2020O Samba é Primo do JazzFilm(imagens de arquivo)
- 2020Searching for MakunaimaFilmArchive footage
- 2019Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem TempoFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2019Memórias do Grupo OpiniãoFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2019Pressed, Ripped ApartFilm(archive footage)
- 2014Naked EyeFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2009Paulo Gracindo - O Bem AmadoFilmSelf
- 2008A Paz é DouradaFilmLepto
- 2005OtheloFilmSelf
- 1997It's All BrazilFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 1997Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema NacionalFilmSelf
- 1994Cachoeiro em Três TonsFilmSelf
- 1993It's All TrueFilmSelf
- 1993JequitibáSeriesSeu Francisco
- 1991Estados Anysios de Chico CitySeries
- 1991A Embaixatriz do SambaFilmSelf
- 1991Troca de CabeçaFilm
- 1990Escolinha do Professor RaimundoSeriesEustáquio
- 1990Welles' LanguageFilmNarrator
- 1990A, E, I, O... UrcaSeriesEle mesmo
- 1990Boca de OuroFilm
- 1989Jardim de AlahFilmAlah
- 1989RepublicSeriesPatápio dos Prazeres
- 1988AbolitionFilmHimself
- 1988Natal da PortelaFilmSeu Napoleão
- 1987JubiabáFilmJubiabá
- 1987Running Out of LuckFilm
- 1987MandalaSeriesJonas Caetano Barbosa
- 1987Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted WomanFilmSelf
- 1987Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene PassionFilmSelf
- 1987Black Fragments of Samba - Cariocas, The City MusiciansFilmSelf
- 1987Black Fragments of Samba - Paulo Moura, Infinite MusicFilm
- 1986It's Not All TrueFilmHimself
- 1986Little MissySeriesJusto de Sá
- 1986Brasa AdormecidaFilm
- 1986Exu-Piá, Coração de MacunaímaFilm
- 1985A Gata ComeuSeriesSelf
- 1984QuilomboFilmBabá
- 1983Parahyba Mulher MachoFilmSeu Pedro
- 1983Fala Mangueira!FilmNarrator
- 1982FitzcarraldoFilmStation Master
- 1982The Brazilwood ManFilmPríncipe Tourvalou de Blesi
- 1982Chico Anysio ShowSeriesEustáquio, Various Characters
- 1981BrasilFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 1981Noel por NoelFilm
- 1981O Amor é Nosso!SeriesPica-Pau (na peça "Viveiro de Pássaros")
- 1981Obrigado, DoutorSeriesDico
- 1980Asa Branca: A Brazilian DreamFilm
- 1980Água VivaSeriesCanivete
- 1980O Bem-AmadoSeriesBoca de Tramela
- 1980Grandes NomesSeriesSelf
- 1979Feijão MaravilhaSeriesBenevides
- 1978As Aventuras de Robinson CrusoéFilmSexta-Feira
- 1978Maria, MariaSeriesPreto Maravilha
- 1978A Noite dos DurosFilmBides
- 1978A Noiva da CidadeFilmLíbero
- 1978Bloody GoldFilm
- 1977Lucio FlavioFilmDondinho
- 1977The TrapalhõesSeriesEle mesmo (em Uberlândia), Ele mesmo
- 1977Sweet ThievesFilmRuy Zebra
- 1977The Force of XangoFilmBeicinho
- 1976The AgonyFilmSinhô
- 1976BahiaFilm
- 1976Ladrão de BagdáFilm
- 1976Tem Alguém na Minha CamaFilm
- 1976Carioca TigreFilmOmero
- 1976O FlagranteFilm
- 1975Chinese ViolaFilmSelf
- 1975King of the CardsFilmRei do Baralho
- 1975Bravo!SeriesMalaquias
- 1975Assim Era a AtlântidaFilm
- 1975Aventuras d'um Detetive PortuguêsFilm
- 1975Deixa, Amorzinho... DeixaFilm
- 1974Getúlio VargasFilm(archive footage)