Milhem Cortaz

Milhem Cortaz

Known for
Acting
Born
December 6, 1971 (age 54)
Birthplace
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Biography

Milhem Cortaz (São Paulo, December 6, 1971) is a Brazilian actor and presenter. Of Arab and Italian descent, Cortaz started in theater at the age of 11, led by actor Walmor Chagas when he performed in the play O Santo Milagroso, in 1983. He moved at the age of 15 to live in Italy with his aunt to get rid of his cocaine addiction, where he graduated from the Piccolo Teatro di Milano and began doing street theater under the influence of Commedia dell'arte but returned to Brazil in 1990, joining the Centro de Pesquisa Teatral (CPT) and stood out, among others, for his performances in O Melhor do Homem in 1995, directed by Ulysses Cruz. He is known for Carandiru (2003), Elite Squad (2007) and A Wolf at the Door (2013).

Known For

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Filmography

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As Aparecidas

As Aparecidas

Movie

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The Brokers

The Brokers

Movie · as Tibério

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In the Ogre's Garden

In the Ogre's Garden

Movie

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Vingança S/A

Vingança S/A

Movie

2026
Apenas 3 Meninas

Apenas 3 Meninas

Movie

2026
Por Você poster

Por Você

TV · as Juarez Lamarca · 84 eps

2026
Emergency 53 poster

Emergency 53

TV · as Capitão Souza · 10 eps

2025
Aurora poster

Aurora

Movie · as Pedro

2025
Blood Red: Under the Moonlight poster

Blood Red: Under the Moonlight

TV · as Martin · 20 eps

2024
Outlaw poster

Outlaw

Movie · as Seu Amoroso

2024
Volta por Cima poster

Volta por Cima

TV · as Osmar Pereira · 180 eps

2023
Overhaul poster

Overhaul

Movie · as Fumaça / Smokey

2023
Amores Pandêmicos poster

Amores Pandêmicos

Movie · as Mauro

2023
Atmosfera poster

Atmosfera

Movie

2023
Compro Likes poster

Compro Likes

TV · as Jorge · 5 eps

2023
Teenage Kiss: The Future Is Dead poster

Teenage Kiss: The Future Is Dead

TV · as Ed · 8 eps

2023
Anderson Spider Silva poster

Anderson Spider Silva

TV · 5 eps

2023
The Others poster

The Others

TV · as Wando · 12 eps

2022
Fortune cookie poster

Fortune cookie

Movie · as Paulo

2022
Até a Noite Terminar poster

Até a Noite Terminar

Movie · as Tom

2021
Bob Spit: We Do Not Like People poster

Bob Spit: We Do Not Like People

Movie · as Bob Cuspe (voice)

2019
Encarcerados poster

Encarcerados

Movie · as Narrator

2019
Cine Holliúdy 2: A Chibata Sideral poster

Cine Holliúdy 2: A Chibata Sideral

Movie · as Zé Coveiro

2019
Mão na Cabeça poster

Mão na Cabeça

Movie

2019
A Mother's Love poster

A Mother's Love

TV · as Dr. Matias Junqueira · 125 eps

2018
Tungstênio poster

Tungstênio

Movie · as Narrador

2018
Intimate Strangers poster

Intimate Strangers

Movie · as Pedro

2018
Life Is a Bitch poster

Life Is a Bitch

Movie · as Flávio

2018
Cano Serrado poster

Cano Serrado

Movie · as Rico

2018
The Last Grave poster

The Last Grave

Movie · as Regis

2018
Iron Island poster

Iron Island

TV · as Astério · 12 eps

2018
O Sétimo Guardião poster

O Sétimo Guardião

TV · as Delegado Joubert Machado "Machado" · 161 eps

2018
August Street poster

August Street

TV · as Raul · 12 eps

2017
Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte poster

Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte

Movie · as Próspero

2017
High Expectations poster

High Expectations

Movie

2017
Os Parças poster

Os Parças

Movie · as Policial Militar

2017
Malasartes poster

Malasartes

TV · as Próspero · 3 eps

2017
Aldo: Mais Forte que o Mundo poster

Aldo: Mais Forte que o Mundo

TV · as Treinador Dedé Pederneiras · 4 eps

2016
In Dog's Words poster

In Dog's Words

Movie · as Cebola

2016
Stronger Than The World poster

Stronger Than The World

Movie · as Dedé Pederneiras

2016
Jules and Dolores poster

Jules and Dolores

Movie · as Cortez

2016
Canastra Suja poster

Canastra Suja

Movie · as Celso

2016
Back and Forth poster

Back and Forth

Movie · as Seu Belmiro

2016
Vidas Partidas poster

Vidas Partidas

Movie · as Delegado Delmar

2016
Alone Man poster

Alone Man

Movie · as Cássio

2016
A Terra Prometida poster

A Terra Prometida

TV · as Calebe · 179 eps

2015
O Gorila poster

O Gorila

Movie · as Marquinhos

2015
Magnifica 70 poster

Magnifica 70

TV · as Agente Chagas · 1 ep

2014
Alemão poster

Alemão

Movie · as Branco

2014
Blue Blood poster

Blue Blood

Movie · as Inox

2014
Entreturnos poster

Entreturnos

Movie · as Cardoso

2014
Men Are from Mars... And That's Where I'm Going! poster

Men Are from Mars... And That's Where I'm Going!

Movie · as Escritor Livraria

2014
Road 47 poster

Road 47

Movie · as Coronel Lourenço

2014
Plano Alto poster

Plano Alto

TV · as João titino · 15 eps

2014
The Miracles of Jesus poster

The Miracles of Jesus

TV · as Barzilai · 14 eps

2013
A Wolf at the Door poster

A Wolf at the Door

Movie · as Bernardo

2013
Crô poster

Crô

Movie · as Riquelme

2013
Trinta poster

Trinta

Movie · as Tião

2013
Dores de Amores poster

Dores de Amores

Movie · as Ele

2013
O Negocio poster

O Negocio

TV · as Renan · 1 ep

2012
Augustas poster

Augustas

Movie

2012
Billi Pig poster

Billi Pig

Movie · as Ocílio

2012
Crossing the Line poster

Crossing the Line

TV · as Delegado Jorge Medeiros · 4 eps

2011
Federal Bank Heist poster

Federal Bank Heist

Movie · as Barão

2011
Amanhã Nunca Mais poster

Amanhã Nunca Mais

Movie · as Geraldo

2011
The Impassive Muse poster

The Impassive Muse

Movie · as Adilson

2011
VIPs poster

VIPs

Movie · as Eike Gomes

2011
Trap.com poster

Trap.com

Movie · as Pitboy

2011
Samson and Delilah poster

Samson and Delilah

TV · as Abbas · 18 eps

2010
Lula, the Son of Brazil poster

Lula, the Son of Brazil

Movie · as Aristides

2010
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within poster

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within

Movie · as Tenente-Coronel Fábio

2010
Boca poster

Boca

Movie · as Osmar

2009
Plastic City poster

Plastic City

Movie · as Not Dead

2008
Embodiment of Evil poster

Embodiment of Evil

Movie · as Padre Eugênio

2008
Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala poster

Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala

Movie · as Lupa Castilho

2008
If Nothing Else Works Out poster

If Nothing Else Works Out

Movie · as Sybelle

2008
Chamas da Vida poster

Chamas da Vida

TV · as Sargento Carlos José Lima / Cazé · 253 eps

2007
Elite Squad poster

Elite Squad

Movie · as Capitão Fabio

2007
O Magnata poster

O Magnata

Movie · as Lúcio Flávio

2007
Meu Mundo em Perigo poster

Meu Mundo em Perigo

Movie · as Fito

2007
Querô poster

Querô

Movie · as Edgar

2007
Not by Chance poster

Not by Chance

Movie

2007
Camila Jam poster

Camila Jam

Movie · as Locador

2006
Drained poster

Drained

Movie · as Encanador

2006
Journey to the End of the Night poster

Journey to the End of the Night

Movie · as Rodrigo

2006
Bom Dia, Eternidade poster

Bom Dia, Eternidade

Movie · as Jovem Capilé

2006
Cidadão Brasileiro poster

Cidadão Brasileiro

TV · as Américo Pereira · 213 eps

2005
Conception poster

Conception

Movie · as Lino

2005
De Glauber Para Jirges

De Glauber Para Jirges

Movie · as Glauber

2005
These Women poster

These Women

TV · as Lobato · 149 eps

2004
Nina poster

Nina

Movie · as Carlão

2004
Playing in the Dark poster

Playing in the Dark

Movie · as Espião do Doi Codi

2003
Carandiru poster

Carandiru

Movie · as Peixeira (Dagger)

2003
Garrincha: Lonely Star poster

Garrincha: Lonely Star

Movie · as uncredited

2003
Girls from ABC poster

Girls from ABC

Movie · as Alemão

2002
Desejos de Mulher poster

Desejos de Mulher

TV · as Jacaré · 2 eps

2000
Através da Janela poster

Através da Janela

Movie · as Raí's friend

1999
Por Trás do Pano

Por Trás do Pano

Movie · as Puck

1999
Força de um Desejo poster

Força de um Desejo

TV · as capanga · 1 ep

1996
Vida Bandida: Leonardo Pareja poster

Vida Bandida: Leonardo Pareja

Movie

1995
The Next Victim poster

The Next Victim

TV · as Ted · 1 ep