Grande Otelo

Grande Otelo

Known for
Acting
Born
October 18, 1915
Died
November 26, 1993 (aged 78)
Birthplace
Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil

Biography

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

Photos

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Filmography

2024
Othelo The Great poster

Othelo The Great

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2023
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema poster

Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2023
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus poster

The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus

Movie

2022
Katharsys poster

Katharsys

Movie

2022
The Welles Raft poster

The Welles Raft

Movie · as Himself (Archive Footage)

2020
Searching for Makunaima poster

Searching for Makunaima

Movie · as Archive footage

2020
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival poster

Candango: Memoirs from a Festival

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
O Samba é Primo do Jazz poster

O Samba é Primo do Jazz

Movie · as (imagens de arquivo)

2019
Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo poster

Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
Memórias do Grupo Opinião poster

Memórias do Grupo Opinião

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
Pressed, Ripped Apart poster

Pressed, Ripped Apart

Movie · as (archive footage)

2014
Naked Eye poster

Naked Eye

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2009
Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado poster

Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado

Movie · as Self

2008
A Paz é Dourada poster

A Paz é Dourada

Movie · as Lepto

2005
Othelo poster

Othelo

Movie · as Self

1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional poster

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

Movie · as Self

1997
It's All Brazil poster

It's All Brazil

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1994
Cachoeiro em Três Tons poster

Cachoeiro em Três Tons

Movie · as Self

1993
It's All True poster

It's All True

Movie · as Self

1993
Jequitibá poster

Jequitibá

TV · as Seu Francisco · 216 eps

1991
A Embaixatriz do Samba poster

A Embaixatriz do Samba

Movie · as Self

1991
Troca de Cabeça poster

Troca de Cabeça

Movie

1991
Estados Anysios de Chico City poster

Estados Anysios de Chico City

TV · 37 eps

1990
Welles' Language poster

Welles' Language

Movie · as Narrator

1990
Boca de Ouro poster

Boca de Ouro

Movie

1990
Escolinha do Professor Raimundo poster

Escolinha do Professor Raimundo

TV · as Eustáquio · 16 eps

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

A, E, I, O... Urca

TV · as Ele mesmo · 1 ep

1989
Jardim de Alah

Jardim de Alah

Movie · as Alah

1989
Republic poster

Republic

TV · as Patápio dos Prazeres · 4 eps

1988
Natal da Portela poster

Natal da Portela

Movie · as Seu Napoleão

1988
Abolition poster

Abolition

Movie · as Himself

1987
Jubiabá poster

Jubiabá

Movie · as Jubiabá

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

Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman

Movie · as Self

1987
Running Out of Luck poster

Running Out of Luck

Movie

1987
Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion poster

Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion

Movie · as Self

1987
Black Fragments of Samba - Cariocas, The City Musicians poster

Black Fragments of Samba - Cariocas, The City Musicians

Movie · as Self

1987
Black Fragments of Samba - Paulo Moura, Infinite Music poster

Black Fragments of Samba - Paulo Moura, Infinite Music

Movie

1987
Mandala poster

Mandala

TV · as Jonas Caetano Barbosa · 185 eps

1986
It's Not All True poster

It's Not All True

Movie · as Himself

1986
Exu-Piá, Coração de Macunaíma

Exu-Piá, Coração de Macunaíma

Movie

1986
Brasa Adormecida poster

Brasa Adormecida

Movie

1986
Little Missy poster

Little Missy

TV · as Justo de Sá · 173 eps

1985
A Gata Comeu poster

A Gata Comeu

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1984
Quilombo poster

Quilombo

Movie · as Babá

1983
Parahyba Mulher Macho poster

Parahyba Mulher Macho

Movie · as Seu Pedro

1983
Fala Mangueira! poster

Fala Mangueira!

Movie · as Narrator

1982
Fitzcarraldo poster

Fitzcarraldo

Movie · as Station Master

1982
The Brazilwood Man poster

The Brazilwood Man

Movie · as Príncipe Tourvalou de Blesi

1982
Chico Anysio Show poster

Chico Anysio Show

TV · as Eustáquio, Various Characters · 49 eps

1981
Noel por Noel poster

Noel por Noel

Movie

1981
Brasil poster

Brasil

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1981
O Amor é Nosso! poster

O Amor é Nosso!

TV · as Pica-Pau (na peça "Viveiro de Pássaros") · 156 eps

1981
Obrigado, Doutor poster

Obrigado, Doutor

TV · as Dico · 1 ep

1980
Asa Branca: A Brazilian Dream poster

Asa Branca: A Brazilian Dream

Movie

1980
Grandes Nomes poster

Grandes Nomes

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1980
Água Viva poster

Água Viva

TV · as Canivete · 160 eps

1980
O Bem-Amado poster

O Bem-Amado

TV · as Boca de Tramela · 7 eps

1979
Feijão Maravilha poster

Feijão Maravilha

TV · as Benevides · 120 eps

1978
A Noite dos Duros poster

A Noite dos Duros

Movie · as Bides

1978
A Noiva da Cidade poster

A Noiva da Cidade

Movie · as Líbero

1978
As Aventuras de Robinson Crusoé poster

As Aventuras de Robinson Crusoé

Movie · as Sexta-Feira

1978
Bloody Gold poster

Bloody Gold

Movie

1978
Maria, Maria poster

Maria, Maria

TV · as Preto Maravilha · 119 eps

1977
Lucio Flavio poster

Lucio Flavio

Movie · as Dondinho

1977
The Force of Xango poster

The Force of Xango

Movie · as Beicinho

1977
Sweet Thieves poster

Sweet Thieves

Movie · as Ruy Zebra

1977
The Trapalhões poster

The Trapalhões

TV · as Ele mesmo (em Uberlândia) · 1 ep

1976
The Agony poster

The Agony

Movie · as Sinhô

1976
Bahia poster

Bahia

Movie

1976
Ladrão de Bagdá poster

Ladrão de Bagdá

Movie

1976
Tem Alguém na Minha Cama poster

Tem Alguém na Minha Cama

Movie

1976
Carioca Tigre poster

Carioca Tigre

Movie · as Omero

1976
O Flagrante poster

O Flagrante

Movie

1975
King of the Cards poster

King of the Cards

Movie · as Rei do Baralho

1975
Chinese Viola poster

Chinese Viola

Movie · as Self

1975
Aventuras d'um Detetive Português poster

Aventuras d'um Detetive Português

Movie

1975
Assim Era a Atlântida poster

Assim Era a Atlântida

Movie

1975
Deixa, Amorzinho... Deixa poster

Deixa, Amorzinho... Deixa

Movie

1975
Bravo! poster

Bravo!

TV · as Malaquias · 198 eps

1974
Getúlio Vargas poster

Getúlio Vargas

Movie · as (archive footage)

1974
The Star Rises

The Star Rises

Movie · as Grande Otelo

1973
The Little Negro poster

The Little Negro

Movie · as Negrinho do Pastoreio

1973
Os Ossos do Barão poster

Os Ossos do Barão

TV · as bêbado · 127 eps

1972
Cassy Jones, the Magnificent Seducer poster

Cassy Jones, the Magnificent Seducer

Movie · as Porteiro do teatro

1972
Semana de Arte Moderna poster

Semana de Arte Moderna

Movie · as himself

1972
Uma Rosa com Amor poster

Uma Rosa com Amor

TV · as Pimpinoni · 222 eps

1971
Se Meu Dólar Falasse... poster

Se Meu Dólar Falasse...

Movie · as Tisiu

1971
O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões poster

O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões

Movie · as João Otelo dos Anzóis Carapuça

1971
Sebastião Prata, ou Bem Dizendo, Grande Otelo poster

Sebastião Prata, ou Bem Dizendo, Grande Otelo

Movie · as Self

1971
O Donzelo poster

O Donzelo

Movie · as Motorista de Taxi

1971
Cômicos... + Cômicos... poster

Cômicos... + Cômicos...

Movie

1971
Bandeira 2 poster

Bandeira 2

TV · as Zé Catimba · 179 eps

1971
Linguinha x Mr. Yes poster

Linguinha x Mr. Yes

TV · as Cassius Ali · 130 eps

1971
Caso Especial poster

Caso Especial

TV · as Nogueira · 1 ep

1970
Em Ritmo Jovem poster

Em Ritmo Jovem

Movie

1970
The Rowdy Family poster

The Rowdy Family

Movie · as Divina Dama

1970
Não Aperta, Aparício poster

Não Aperta, Aparício

Movie · as Tonico

1970
The Heirs poster

The Heirs

Movie · as Americo

1969
Alibi poster

Alibi

Movie · as tranviere

1969
Macunaima poster

Macunaima

Movie · as Black Macunaíma / Macunaíma's son

1969
A Doce Mulher Amada poster

A Doce Mulher Amada

Movie · as Leo

1968
The Outsiders poster

The Outsiders

Movie

1968
Massacre no Supermercado poster

Massacre no Supermercado

Movie · as Zé Gatinho

1967
Doomed Lovers poster

Doomed Lovers

Movie · as Focinho

1967
A Rose for Everyone poster

A Rose for Everyone

Movie

1965
Samba poster

Samba

Movie · as Freitas

1965
Crônica da Cidade Amada poster

Crônica da Cidade Amada

Movie · as (episódio "Um Pobre Morreu")

1965
Bairro Feliz poster

Bairro Feliz

TV · as Compositor de Escola de Samba · 47 eps

1963
Quero Essa Mulher Assim Mesmo poster

Quero Essa Mulher Assim Mesmo

Movie

1962
Assault on the Pay Train poster

Assault on the Pay Train

Movie · as Cachaça

1962
The Cosmonauts poster

The Cosmonauts

Movie · as Zenóbio

1961
O Dono da Bola poster

O Dono da Bola

Movie

1961
Um Candango na Belacap poster

Um Candango na Belacap

Movie

1961
O Homem Que Roubou a Copa do Mundo poster

O Homem Que Roubou a Copa do Mundo

Movie

1961
Gabriela, Cravo e Canela

Gabriela, Cravo e Canela

TV · as Tuísca · 40 eps

1960
Vai Que é Mole poster

Vai Que é Mole

Movie · as Brancura

1959
Mulheres à Vista poster

Mulheres à Vista

Movie

1959
Pistoleiro Bossa Nova poster

Pistoleiro Bossa Nova

Movie

1959
Garota Enxuta poster

Garota Enxuta

Movie

1959
Os Três Cangaceiros poster

Os Três Cangaceiros

Movie

1959
Entrei de Gaiato poster

Entrei de Gaiato

Movie

1958
É de Chuá! poster

É de Chuá!

Movie

1958
Mujeres de fuego poster

Mujeres de fuego

Movie

1958
...E o Bicho Não Deu poster

...E o Bicho Não Deu

Movie

1957
Rio, Northern Zone poster

Rio, Northern Zone

Movie · as Espírito da Luz Soares

1957
A Baronesa Transviada poster

A Baronesa Transviada

Movie · as Benedito

1957
De Pernas Pro Ar poster

De Pernas Pro Ar

Movie · as Faísca

1957
Pé na Tábua

Pé na Tábua

Movie

1957
Metido a Bacana poster

Metido a Bacana

Movie · as Coalhada

1957
Com Jeito Vai poster

Com Jeito Vai

Movie

1956
Depois Eu Conto poster

Depois Eu Conto

Movie · as Veludo

1954
Matar ou Correr poster

Matar ou Correr

Movie · as Ciscocada

1954
Paixão nas Selvas poster

Paixão nas Selvas

Movie

1954
Malandros em Quarta Dimensão poster

Malandros em Quarta Dimensão

Movie

1953
A Dupla do Barulho poster

A Dupla do Barulho

Movie

1952
I Loved a Bookie poster

I Loved a Bookie

Movie · as Passarinho

1952
Carnaval Atlântida poster

Carnaval Atlântida

Movie · as Miro

1952
Barnabé, You Are Mine poster

Barnabé, You Are Mine

Movie · as Abdula

1952
Três Vagabundos poster

Três Vagabundos

Movie · as Rapadura/Milk Shake

1950
Aviso aos Navegantes poster

Aviso aos Navegantes

Movie · as Azulão

1949
Também Somos Irmãos poster

Também Somos Irmãos

Movie · as Moleque Miro

1949
Carnaval no Fogo poster

Carnaval no Fogo

Movie · as Empregado do Hotel

1949
... E o Mundo Se Diverte poster

... E o Mundo Se Diverte

Movie

1949
O Caçula do Barulho poster

O Caçula do Barulho

Movie

1949
Terra Violenta poster

Terra Violenta

Movie

1948
That's What I'm Gonna Do poster

That's What I'm Gonna Do

Movie · as Lamparina

1947
Luz dos Meus Olhos poster

Luz dos Meus Olhos

Movie

1947
The World is a Tambourine poster

The World is a Tambourine

Movie

1945
Não Adianta Chorar poster

Não Adianta Chorar

Movie

1944
Romance Proibido poster

Romance Proibido

Movie

1943
Moleque Tião

Moleque Tião

Movie

1943
Tristezas Não Pagam Dívidas poster

Tristezas Não Pagam Dívidas

Movie

1943
Samba em Berlim poster

Samba em Berlim

Movie · as Empregado da pensão

1943
Caminho do Céu poster

Caminho do Céu

Movie

1941
Black Diamonds poster

Black Diamonds

Movie · as Empregado da tendinha

1941
Blue Sky poster

Blue Sky

Movie · as Chocolate

1940
Laranja da China poster

Laranja da China

Movie · as Boneco de Pixe

1939
Onde Estás, Felicidade? poster

Onde Estás, Felicidade?

Movie · as Sebastião

1939
Family Football poster

Family Football

Movie · as Gibi

1936
João Ninguém poster

João Ninguém

Movie

1935
Noites Cariocas poster

Noites Cariocas

Movie