Grande Otelo

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Grande Otelo

Acting October 18, 1915

Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil

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, pr…

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Fitzcarraldo

Fitzcarraldo

7.6 1982 Movie
Little Missy

Little Missy

7.5 1986 TV Show
Jequitibá

Jequitibá

7.8 1993 TV Show
The Trapalhões

The Trapalhões

8.0 1977 TV Show
Chico Anysio Show

Chico Anysio Show

9.0 1982 TV Show
Bravo!

Bravo!

9.6 1975 TV Show
Macunaima

Macunaima

6.9 1969 Movie
Água Viva

Água Viva

8.2 1980 TV Show
A Gata Comeu

A Gata Comeu

8.1 1985 TV Show
Uma Rosa com Amor

Uma Rosa com Amor

6.7 1972 TV Show
Mandala

Mandala

8.0 1987 TV Show
Maria, Maria

Maria, Maria

8.0 1978 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2024
    Othelo The Great

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2023
    Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 2023
    The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus

    Movie

  4. 2022
    The Welles Raft

    Movie Himself (Archive Footage)

  5. 2022
    Katharsys

    Movie

  6. 2020
    Searching for Makunaima

    Movie Archive footage

  7. 2020
    Candango: Memoirs from a Festival

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  8. 2020
    O Samba é Primo do Jazz

    Movie (imagens de arquivo)

  9. 2019
    Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  10. 2019
    Pressed, Ripped Apart

    Movie (archive footage)

  11. 2019
    Memórias do Grupo Opinião

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  12. 2014
    Naked Eye

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  13. 2009
    Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado

    Movie Self

  14. 2008
    A Paz é Dourada

    Movie Lepto

  15. 2005
    Othelo

    Movie Self

  16. 1997
    It's All Brazil

    Movie Self (archive footage)

More credits
  1. 1997
    Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

    Movie Self

  2. 1994
    Cachoeiro em Três Tons

    Movie Self

  3. 1993
    It's All True

    Movie Self

  4. 1993
    Jequitibá

    TV show Seu Francisco

  5. 1991
    Estados Anysios de Chico City

    TV show

  6. 1991
    Troca de Cabeça

    Movie

  7. 1991
    A Embaixatriz do Samba

    Movie Self

  8. 1990
    Escolinha do Professor Raimundo

    TV show Eustáquio

  9. 1990
    A, E, I, O... Urca

    TV show Ele mesmo

  10. 1990
    Boca de Ouro

    Movie

  11. 1990
    Welles' Language

    Movie Narrator

  12. 1989
    Republic

    TV show Patápio dos Prazeres

  13. 1989
    Jardim de Alah

    Movie Alah

  14. 1988
    Abolition

    Movie Himself

  15. 1988
    Natal da Portela

    Movie Seu Napoleão

  16. 1987
    Mandala

    TV show Jonas Caetano Barbosa

  17. 1987
    Jubiabá

    Movie Jubiabá

  18. 1987
    Running Out of Luck

    Movie

  19. 1987
    Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman

    Movie Self

  20. 1987
    Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion

    Movie Self

  21. 1987
    Black Fragments of Samba - Cariocas, The City Musicians

    Movie Self

  22. 1987
    Black Fragments of Samba - Paulo Moura, Infinite Music

    Movie

  23. 1986
    It's Not All True

    Movie Himself

  24. 1986
    Brasa Adormecida

    Movie