Antônio Pitanga

Antônio Pitanga

Known for
Acting
Born
June 13, 1939 (age 87)
Birthplace
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Biography

Antônio Luiz Sampaio OMC (Salvador, June 13, 1939), better known as Antônio Pitanga, is a Brazilian actor and filmmaker, who became internationally known for playing several roles on films of the Cinema Novo movement in the 1960s.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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A Cabeça do Santo poster

A Cabeça do Santo

Movie

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A Solidez da Água

A Solidez da Água

Movie

2027
Deixar a Vida Me Levar

Deixar a Vida Me Levar

Movie

2026
Margeado poster

Margeado

Movie · as Silvério

2026
Tony Odyssey poster

Tony Odyssey

Movie · as Humberto

2026
Justino - Behind the Kingdom poster

Justino - Behind the Kingdom

Movie

2026
The Taste of the Blackberry poster

The Taste of the Blackberry

Movie · as Mauro

2026
Fernando Coni Campos: Cada um Vive como Sonha poster

Fernando Coni Campos: Cada um Vive como Sonha

Movie · as Self

2026
A Fúria poster

A Fúria

Movie · as Pai de Santo

2026
Leite em Pó poster

Leite em Pó

Movie

2026
Smart Love poster

Smart Love

Movie

2026
Por Você poster

Por Você

TV · as Clemente Portela · 84 eps

2025
Same Old West poster

Same Old West

Movie · as Ermitão

2025
Malês poster

Malês

Movie · as Pacífico Licutan

2025
Cartografia das Ondas poster

Cartografia das Ondas

Movie

2025
Coisa de Novela poster

Coisa de Novela

Movie · as Vicente

2025
Milton Gonçalves, Além do Espetáculo poster

Milton Gonçalves, Além do Espetáculo

Movie · as Self

2025
Falas da Vida poster

Falas da Vida

Movie

2025
Tributo: Tony Tornado poster

Tributo: Tony Tornado

Movie · as Self

2025
Anything Goes poster

Anything Goes

TV · as Salvador Gomes · 1 ep

2025
Clube Spelunca poster

Clube Spelunca

TV · 10 eps

2024
A Vilã das Nove poster

A Vilã das Nove

Movie · as Modesto Estrella

2024
Sérgio Ricardo: Uma Outra História do Cinema Novo poster

Sérgio Ricardo: Uma Outra História do Cinema Novo

Movie

2024
Children of the Church Steps poster

Children of the Church Steps

TV · as Célio · 4 eps

2023
Favela do Papa poster

Favela do Papa

Movie · as Self

2023
Aunt Virginia poster

Aunt Virginia

Movie · as Tavares

2023
Nosso Sonho poster

Nosso Sonho

Movie · as Seu Américo

2023
Tinnitus poster

Tinnitus

Movie · as Inácio

2023
Lenita - Traces of a Lady poster

Lenita - Traces of a Lady

Movie · as Self

2023
Wedding Games poster

Wedding Games

Movie · as Marcelo

2023
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus poster

The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus

Movie

2023
Dois em Cena: Encontro de Gerações poster

Dois em Cena: Encontro de Gerações

TV · 1 ep

2023
Perfect Love poster

Perfect Love

TV · as Dom Vitório · 161 eps

2022
The Coup d'État Factory poster

The Coup d'État Factory

Movie · as Antônio Pitanga

2022
A Força do Gigante poster

A Força do Gigante

Movie · as Self

2022
Memory House poster

Memory House

Movie · as Cristovam

2021
The Good Cinema poster

The Good Cinema

Movie

2021
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar poster

Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
In Your Place poster

In Your Place

TV · as Gesiel · 3 eps

2020
Os Escravos de Jó poster

Os Escravos de Jó

Movie · as Jérèmie Valés

2020
A Day with Jerusa poster

A Day with Jerusa

Movie · as Sebastião

2020
Porfírio do Amaral: A Verdade Sobre o Samba poster

Porfírio do Amaral: A Verdade Sobre o Samba

Movie · as Self

2020
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival poster

Candango: Memoirs from a Festival

Movie · as Self

2019
Our Children poster

Our Children

Movie · as Rodrigo

2019
Memórias do Grupo Opinião poster

Memórias do Grupo Opinião

Movie · as Self

2019
Pressed, Ripped Apart poster

Pressed, Ripped Apart

Movie · as (archive footage)

2018
Running After poster

Running After

Movie · as Garçom Othelo

2018
Carvana poster

Carvana

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2018
Possessões poster

Possessões

Movie · as Pai Joaquim

2018
Bandeira de Retalhos poster

Bandeira de Retalhos

Movie · as João da Lua

2018
Riscados pela Memória poster

Riscados pela Memória

Movie

2018
O Poder Negro poster

O Poder Negro

Movie

2017
Barravento Novo poster

Barravento Novo

Movie

2017
Thin Air poster

Thin Air

TV · as José Nazário · 5 eps

2016
Pitanga poster

Pitanga

Movie · as Self

2016
O Cinema Foi à Feira

O Cinema Foi à Feira

Movie · as Ele mesmo

2016
Sonhadores poster

Sonhadores

TV · as Zinho · 8 eps

2016
O País do Cinema poster

O País do Cinema

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
For Sale or Rent poster

For Sale or Rent

Movie · as Seu Capô

2012
The Great Kilapy poster

The Great Kilapy

Movie · as Pai de Joãozinho

2012
A Promessa de Gerônimo poster

A Promessa de Gerônimo

Movie · as Geronimo

2012
Água de Meninos – A Feira do Cinema Novo poster

Água de Meninos – A Feira do Cinema Novo

Movie · as Himself

2012
O Terno do Zé poster

O Terno do Zé

Movie · as Pai Pedro de Oxum Aiê

2012
Side by Side poster

Side by Side

TV · as Túlio · 154 eps

2012
Lilyhammer poster

Lilyhammer

TV · as Blind Man · 1 ep

2011
I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips poster

I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips

Movie · as Pastor Isaías

2011
Premonition

Premonition

Movie · as Seu Antero

2010
Lula, the Son of Brazil poster

Lula, the Son of Brazil

Movie · as Seu Cristóvão

2010
S.O.S. Emergência poster

S.O.S. Emergência

TV · as Antônio · 1 ep

2009
Lágrimas de Ogum

Lágrimas de Ogum

Movie

2007
The Man Who Challenged the Devil poster

The Man Who Challenged the Devil

Movie · as Preto Velho

2007
Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha poster

Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha

Movie

2006
The Passenger: Adult Secrets poster

The Passenger: Adult Secrets

Movie · as Delegado

2006
Zuzu Angel poster

Zuzu Angel

Movie · as Policial gentil

2006
Bom Dia, Eternidade poster

Bom Dia, Eternidade

Movie · as Calunga

2006
Referências poster

Referências

Movie · as Self

2005
A Degola Fatal poster

A Degola Fatal

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2003
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth poster

Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth

Movie · as Self

2003
Apolônio Brasil, Campeão da Alegria poster

Apolônio Brasil, Campeão da Alegria

Movie · as Coice

2003
Girls from ABC poster

Girls from ABC

Movie · as Seu Aurélio

2003
Celebrity poster

Celebrity

TV · as Comandante Roberto · 13 eps

2001
The Clone poster

The Clone

TV · as Sebastião "Tião" · 221 eps

2000
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion poster

Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion

Movie · as Joaquim

2000
A Terceira Morte de Joaquim Bolívar poster

A Terceira Morte de Joaquim Bolívar

Movie

1999
Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei poster

Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei

Movie · as Valentim

1998
Como Ser Solteiro poster

Como Ser Solteiro

Movie · as Self

1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional poster

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

Movie · as Self

1995
The Next Victim poster

The Next Victim

TV · as Kléber Noronha · 203 eps

1993
Guerra Sem Fim

Guerra Sem Fim

TV · as Deputado Azulão · 86 eps

1991
O Fantasma da Ópera poster

O Fantasma da Ópera

TV · as operário do teatro · 37 eps

1990
Barrela: Escola de Crimes poster

Barrela: Escola de Crimes

Movie

1990
The Fifth Monkey poster

The Fifth Monkey

Movie · as Drunk at the Party

1990
Pantanal poster

Pantanal

TV · as Túlio · 223 eps

1990
A História de Ana Raio e Zé Trovão poster

A História de Ana Raio e Zé Trovão

TV · as Elomar · 251 eps

1989
Kananga do Japão poster

Kananga do Japão

TV · as Bira · 214 eps

1988
Dedé Mamata poster

Dedé Mamata

Movie

1988
Olho por Olho poster

Olho por Olho

TV · as Detetive Baba-Ovo (Ofélio Fonseca) · 119 eps

1987
Eternamente Pagu poster

Eternamente Pagu

Movie · as Herculano

1987
No Tempo de Glauber poster

No Tempo de Glauber

Movie

1987
Corpo Santo poster

Corpo Santo

TV · as Patrício · 161 eps

1986
The Manor of Araucaima poster

The Manor of Araucaima

Movie · as Cristobal

1986
Dona Beija poster

Dona Beija

TV · as Moisés · 89 eps

1985
The King of Rio poster

The King of Rio

Movie · as Geraldão

1985
Chico Rei poster

Chico Rei

Movie

1985
Tenda dos Milagres poster

Tenda dos Milagres

TV · as Exú · 30 eps

1985
Tudo em Cima poster

Tudo em Cima

TV · as Cheiroso · 25 eps

1985
Roque Santeiro poster

Roque Santeiro

TV · as Atirador · 2 eps

1984
Quilombo poster

Quilombo

Movie · as Acaiuba

1984
Meu Destino É Pecar poster

Meu Destino É Pecar

TV · as Dioclécio · 35 eps

1984
Partido Alto poster

Partido Alto

TV · as Jacaré · 174 eps

1982
Rio Babilonia poster

Rio Babilonia

Movie · as Bira

1982
The Brazilwood Man poster

The Brazilwood Man

Movie · as César

1982
Chico Anysio Show poster

Chico Anysio Show

TV · 3 eps

1981
Rosa Baiana poster

Rosa Baiana

TV · as Raimundo · 149 eps

1981
Terras do Sem Fim poster

Terras do Sem Fim

TV · as Viriato · 90 eps

1981
O Amor é Nosso! poster

O Amor é Nosso!

TV · as motorista · 156 eps

1980
The Age of the Earth poster

The Age of the Earth

Movie · as Black Christ

1979
Na Boca do Mundo poster

Na Boca do Mundo

Movie · as Antônio

1979
Jorge Amado no Cinema poster

Jorge Amado no Cinema

Movie

1978
Black Goddess poster

Black Goddess

Movie

1978
SRTV 307 – Cinemateca: Almoço na Cinédia – nosso cinema 80 anos poster

SRTV 307 – Cinemateca: Almoço na Cinédia – nosso cinema 80 anos

Movie

1977
The Force of Xango poster

The Force of Xango

Movie · as Young Tônho Tiê (Uncredited)

1977
Cordão de Ouro poster

Cordão de Ouro

Movie · as Cosme

1977
Di Cavalcanti Di Glauber poster

Di Cavalcanti Di Glauber

Movie · as Self

1977
Sweet Thieves poster

Sweet Thieves

Movie · as Fuleiro

1976
Bahia poster

Bahia

Movie

1976
Deadly Cruelty poster

Deadly Cruelty

Movie · as Deca

1975
Jouez Encore, Payez Encore poster

Jouez Encore, Payez Encore

Movie

1975
Ovelha Negra

Ovelha Negra

TV · as Dito Preto · 100 eps

1975
A Viagem poster

A Viagem

TV · as Damião · 154 eps

1974
Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável poster

Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável

Movie · as Amâncio

1974
Um Homem Célebre poster

Um Homem Célebre

Movie

1973
Joanna Francesa poster

Joanna Francesa

Movie

1973
Os Ossos do Barão poster

Os Ossos do Barão

TV · as Misael · 127 eps

1972
Câncer poster

Câncer

Movie · as Vagabundo

1972
When Carnaval Comes poster

When Carnaval Comes

Movie · as Cuíca

1972
Vozes do Medo poster

Vozes do Medo

Movie

1972
Jerônimo, o Herói do Sertão

Jerônimo, o Herói do Sertão

TV · as Zabumba · 305 eps

1971
O Homem Que Deve Morrer poster

O Homem Que Deve Morrer

TV · as Lucas Pé-na-Cova · 258 eps

1971
Caso Especial poster

Caso Especial

TV · 1 ep

1970
Lost Love Juliana poster

Lost Love Juliana

Movie · as Jiboia

1970
República da Traição poster

República da Traição

Movie

1970
Uma Nega Chamada Tereza poster

Uma Nega Chamada Tereza

Movie

1969
Golias Contra o Homem das Bolinhas poster

Golias Contra o Homem das Bolinhas

Movie

1969
Tropico poster

Tropico

Movie

1969
Compasso de Espera poster

Compasso de Espera

Movie · as Assis

1969
The Woman of Everyone poster

The Woman of Everyone

Movie · as Vampiro

1969
Corisco, o Diabo Loiro poster

Corisco, o Diabo Loiro

Movie · as Zé Baiano

1969
Garden of War poster

Garden of War

Movie

1969
Sangue do Meu Sangue poster

Sangue do Meu Sangue

TV · as José do Patrocínio · 284 eps

1969
Dez Vidas poster

Dez Vidas

TV · as José do Patrocínio · 209 eps

1969
Vidas em Conflito

Vidas em Conflito

TV · as Robson · 112 eps

1968
Ana

Ana

TV · as Antônio · 125 eps

1967
Cangaceiros de Lampião poster

Cangaceiros de Lampião

Movie · as Cravo Roxo

1967
Mar Corrente

Mar Corrente

Movie · as Luiz

1967
Colagem poster

Colagem

Movie

1966
Plantation Boy poster

Plantation Boy

Movie · as Zé Guedes

1966
The Big City poster

The Big City

Movie · as Calunga

1965
Samba poster

Samba

Movie · as Paulo's friend

1965
My Home Is Copacabana poster

My Home Is Copacabana

Movie

1964
The Guns poster

The Guns

Movie · as Voice

1964
Esse Mundo é Meu poster

Esse Mundo é Meu

Movie · as Toninho

1964
Senhor dos Navegantes poster

Senhor dos Navegantes

Movie

1963
Ganga Zumba poster

Ganga Zumba

Movie · as Ganga Zumba / Antão

1963
Lampião, King of the Badlands poster

Lampião, King of the Badlands

Movie

1963
Sol Sobre a Lama poster

Sol Sobre a Lama

Movie · as Bom Rojão

1962
The Turning Wind poster

The Turning Wind

Movie · as Firmino

1962
Tocaia no Asfalto poster

Tocaia no Asfalto

Movie · as Matador de Caxias

1962
The Given Word poster

The Given Word

Movie · as Mestre Coca

1961
A Grande Feira poster

A Grande Feira

Movie · as Chico Diabo

1961
Bahia of All Saints poster

Bahia of All Saints

Movie · as Pitanga