
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
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Filmography

Othelo The Great
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
Movie

Katharsys
Movie

The Welles Raft
Movie · as Himself (Archive Footage)

Searching for Makunaima
Movie · as Archive footage

Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

O Samba é Primo do Jazz
Movie · as (imagens de arquivo)

Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Pressed, Ripped Apart
Movie · as (archive footage)

Naked Eye
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
Movie · as Self

A Paz é Dourada
Movie · as Lepto

Othelo
Movie · as Self

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Movie · as Self

It's All Brazil
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Cachoeiro em Três Tons
Movie · as Self

It's All True
Movie · as Self

Jequitibá
TV · as Seu Francisco · 216 eps

A Embaixatriz do Samba
Movie · as Self

Troca de Cabeça
Movie

Estados Anysios de Chico City
TV · 37 eps

Welles' Language
Movie · as Narrator

Boca de Ouro
Movie

Escolinha do Professor Raimundo
TV · as Eustáquio · 16 eps

A, E, I, O... Urca
TV · as Ele mesmo · 1 ep
Jardim de Alah
Movie · as Alah

Republic
TV · as Patápio dos Prazeres · 4 eps

Natal da Portela
Movie · as Seu Napoleão

Abolition
Movie · as Himself

Jubiabá
Movie · as Jubiabá

Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman
Movie · as Self

Running Out of Luck
Movie

Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion
Movie · as Self

Black Fragments of Samba - Cariocas, The City Musicians
Movie · as Self

Black Fragments of Samba - Paulo Moura, Infinite Music
Movie

Mandala
TV · as Jonas Caetano Barbosa · 185 eps

It's Not All True
Movie · as Himself
Exu-Piá, Coração de Macunaíma
Movie

Brasa Adormecida
Movie

Little Missy
TV · as Justo de Sá · 173 eps

A Gata Comeu
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Quilombo
Movie · as Babá

Parahyba Mulher Macho
Movie · as Seu Pedro

Fala Mangueira!
Movie · as Narrator

Fitzcarraldo
Movie · as Station Master

The Brazilwood Man
Movie · as Príncipe Tourvalou de Blesi

Chico Anysio Show
TV · as Eustáquio, Various Characters · 49 eps

Noel por Noel
Movie

Brasil
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

O Amor é Nosso!
TV · as Pica-Pau (na peça "Viveiro de Pássaros") · 156 eps

Obrigado, Doutor
TV · as Dico · 1 ep

Asa Branca: A Brazilian Dream
Movie

Grandes Nomes
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Água Viva
TV · as Canivete · 160 eps

O Bem-Amado
TV · as Boca de Tramela · 7 eps

Feijão Maravilha
TV · as Benevides · 120 eps

A Noite dos Duros
Movie · as Bides

A Noiva da Cidade
Movie · as Líbero

As Aventuras de Robinson Crusoé
Movie · as Sexta-Feira

Bloody Gold
Movie

Maria, Maria
TV · as Preto Maravilha · 119 eps

Lucio Flavio
Movie · as Dondinho

The Force of Xango
Movie · as Beicinho

Sweet Thieves
Movie · as Ruy Zebra

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

The Agony
Movie · as Sinhô

Bahia
Movie

Ladrão de Bagdá
Movie

Tem Alguém na Minha Cama
Movie

Carioca Tigre
Movie · as Omero

O Flagrante
Movie

King of the Cards
Movie · as Rei do Baralho

Chinese Viola
Movie · as Self

Aventuras d'um Detetive Português
Movie

Assim Era a Atlântida
Movie

Deixa, Amorzinho... Deixa
Movie

Bravo!
TV · as Malaquias · 198 eps

Getúlio Vargas
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Star Rises
Movie · as Grande Otelo

The Little Negro
Movie · as Negrinho do Pastoreio

Os Ossos do Barão
TV · as bêbado · 127 eps

Cassy Jones, the Magnificent Seducer
Movie · as Porteiro do teatro

Semana de Arte Moderna
Movie · as himself

Uma Rosa com Amor
TV · as Pimpinoni · 222 eps

Se Meu Dólar Falasse...
Movie · as Tisiu

O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões
Movie · as João Otelo dos Anzóis Carapuça

Sebastião Prata, ou Bem Dizendo, Grande Otelo
Movie · as Self

O Donzelo
Movie · as Motorista de Taxi

Cômicos... + Cômicos...
Movie

Bandeira 2
TV · as Zé Catimba · 179 eps

Linguinha x Mr. Yes
TV · as Cassius Ali · 130 eps

Caso Especial
TV · as Nogueira · 1 ep

Em Ritmo Jovem
Movie

The Rowdy Family
Movie · as Divina Dama

Não Aperta, Aparício
Movie · as Tonico

The Heirs
Movie · as Americo

Alibi
Movie · as tranviere

Macunaima
Movie · as Black Macunaíma / Macunaíma's son

A Doce Mulher Amada
Movie · as Leo

The Outsiders
Movie

Massacre no Supermercado
Movie · as Zé Gatinho

Doomed Lovers
Movie · as Focinho

A Rose for Everyone
Movie

Samba
Movie · as Freitas

Crônica da Cidade Amada
Movie · as (episódio "Um Pobre Morreu")

Bairro Feliz
TV · as Compositor de Escola de Samba · 47 eps

Quero Essa Mulher Assim Mesmo
Movie

Assault on the Pay Train
Movie · as Cachaça

The Cosmonauts
Movie · as Zenóbio

O Dono da Bola
Movie

Um Candango na Belacap
Movie

O Homem Que Roubou a Copa do Mundo
Movie
Gabriela, Cravo e Canela
TV · as Tuísca · 40 eps

Vai Que é Mole
Movie · as Brancura

Mulheres à Vista
Movie

Pistoleiro Bossa Nova
Movie

Garota Enxuta
Movie

Os Três Cangaceiros
Movie

Entrei de Gaiato
Movie

É de Chuá!
Movie

Mujeres de fuego
Movie

...E o Bicho Não Deu
Movie

Rio, Northern Zone
Movie · as Espírito da Luz Soares

A Baronesa Transviada
Movie · as Benedito

De Pernas Pro Ar
Movie · as Faísca
Pé na Tábua
Movie

Metido a Bacana
Movie · as Coalhada

Com Jeito Vai
Movie

Depois Eu Conto
Movie · as Veludo

Matar ou Correr
Movie · as Ciscocada

Paixão nas Selvas
Movie

Malandros em Quarta Dimensão
Movie

A Dupla do Barulho
Movie

I Loved a Bookie
Movie · as Passarinho

Carnaval Atlântida
Movie · as Miro

Barnabé, You Are Mine
Movie · as Abdula

Três Vagabundos
Movie · as Rapadura/Milk Shake

Aviso aos Navegantes
Movie · as Azulão

Também Somos Irmãos
Movie · as Moleque Miro

Carnaval no Fogo
Movie · as Empregado do Hotel

... E o Mundo Se Diverte
Movie

O Caçula do Barulho
Movie

Terra Violenta
Movie

That's What I'm Gonna Do
Movie · as Lamparina

Luz dos Meus Olhos
Movie

The World is a Tambourine
Movie

Não Adianta Chorar
Movie

Romance Proibido
Movie
Moleque Tião
Movie

Tristezas Não Pagam Dívidas
Movie

Samba em Berlim
Movie · as Empregado da pensão

Caminho do Céu
Movie

Black Diamonds
Movie · as Empregado da tendinha

Blue Sky
Movie · as Chocolate

Laranja da China
Movie · as Boneco de Pixe

Onde Estás, Felicidade?
Movie · as Sebastião

Family Football
Movie · as Gibi

João Ninguém
Movie

Noites Cariocas
Movie

