
José Wilker
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 20, 1946
- Died
- April 5, 2014 (aged 67)
- Birthplace
- Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil
Biography
José Wilker Almeida (20 August 1944 – 5 April 2014) was a Brazilian film, stage, and television actor and director. The actor gained fame in telenovelas like Roque Santeiro (1985), but became known internationally for his role as Vadinho, the husband who returns from the dead to tempt Sônia Braga's character in the movie Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976).
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Filmography
Timeless Eye
Movie · as Old Franz

Companhias do Teatro Brasileiro
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina
Movie · as Self

Dunas do Barato
Movie · as Self

Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
Movie · as Self

As Aventuras do Pequeno Colombo
Movie · as Conde de Saint-Germain
Wilker Eterno
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Magnifica 70
TV · as Tiradentes · 2 eps

Isolados
Movie · as Dr. Fausto

The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail
Movie · as Chico Pacheco

Giovanni Improtta
Movie · as Giovanni Improtta

Golden Oldies 2
Movie · as Juca

VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro
Movie · as Self

Invisible World
Movie · as Segment "Kreuko"

Trail of Lies
TV · as Herbert Marques · 221 eps

Gabriela
TV · as Coronel Jesuíno Mendonça · 77 eps

O Brado Retumbante
TV · as Floriano Pedreira · 8 eps

Tancredo - A Travessia
Movie

The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga
Movie · as Joãozinho Bem-Bem

Elvis & Madonna
Movie · as Pachecão

A Melhor Idade
Movie · as Antenor

The Well Beloved One
TV · as Zeca Diabo · 4 eps

The Well Beloved One
Movie · as Zeca Diabo

Na Forma da Lei
TV · as Dr. Mourão · 8 eps

O Sonho de Inacim
Movie

Now Boarding
Movie · as Fulano

Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
Movie · as Self

Cinquentinha
TV · as Daniel Lopes de Carvalho · 8 eps

Romance
Movie · as Danilo

Sexo com Amor?
Movie · as Jorge

Golden Oldies
Movie · as Juca

Três Irmãs
TV · as Augusto Pinheiro · 179 eps

Amazônia: De Galvez a Chico Mendes
TV · as Luis Gálvez · 55 eps

Two Faces
TV · as Francisco Macieira · 210 eps

Canta Maria
Movie · as Lampião

The Greatest Love of All
Movie · as Antônio

JK
TV · as Juscelino Kubitschek · 47 eps

Onde Anda Você
Movie · as Mandarim

Redeemer
Movie · as Dr. Sabóia

Her Own Destiny
TV · as Giovanni Improtta · 221 eps

The Man of the Year
Movie · as Sílvio

Mary, Mother of the Son of God
Movie · as Pilatos

Viva Sapato!
Movie · as Fernando

Celebrity
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Dead in the Water
Movie · as Father

Suspiros Republicanos ao Crepúsculo de um Império Tropical
Movie · as Narrator

Banquete
Movie

Desejos de Mulher
TV · as Ariel Godoy · 185 eps

The Fifth of Hell
TV · as Marquês de Marialva · 47 eps

Movie Theaters of Rio
Movie · as Self

Um Anjo Caiu do Céu
TV · as Tarso de Montaltino · 185 eps

Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
Movie · as Donizetti

A Muralha
TV · as Dom Diogo · 3 eps

Mild Poison
TV · as Waldomiro Cerqueira · 209 eps

For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
Movie · as Giancarlo Sandrini

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Movie · as Self

Little Book of Love
Movie · as Alaor

The Battle of Canudos
Movie · as Antônio Conselheiro

A Justiceira
TV · as Ronaldo · 1 ep

The Battle of Canudos (Minisseries)
TV · as Antônio Conselheiro · 4 eps

Delicado
Movie

A Vida Como Ela É...
TV · as Narrador (voice) · 40 eps

Sai de Baixo
TV · 1 ep

Anjo de Mim
TV · as Bianor · 1 ep

O Fim do Mundo
TV · as Sebastião "Tião" Socó · 35 eps

The Next Victim
TV · as Marcelo Rossi · 203 eps

Josué de Castro, Cidadão do Mundo
Movie · as Narrator

Paixão e Guerra no Sertão de Canudos
Movie · as Narrador

Black August
TV · as Pedro Lomagno · 16 eps

Jequitibá
TV · as Belarmino · 216 eps

Fera Ferida
TV · as Demóstenes Maçaranduba da Costa · 210 eps

Medicine Man
Movie · as Dr. Miguel Ornega

Anos Rebeldes
TV · as Fábio Brito · 20 eps

Lovely Child
Movie · as Álvaro

Mico Preto
TV · as Frederico Menezes Garcia · 179 eps

Doida Demais
Movie · as Noé

Better Days Ahead
Movie · as Wallace Caldeira

Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
Movie

A Porta Aberta
Movie
Mentira
Movie

O Salvador da Pátria
TV · as João Matos / Miro Ferraz · 187 eps

Prisoner of Rio
Movie · as Salo

Leila Diniz
Movie · as Henrique Martins

Subway to the Stars
Movie · as Professor

Besame Mucho
Movie · as Xico

China, o Império do Centro
Movie · as Narrator

Fonte da Saudade
Movie

Carmem
TV · as Camilo Prata · 192 eps

Corpo Santo
TV · as Ulisses Queiróz · 161 eps

The Man in the Black Cape
Movie · as Tenório Cavalcanti

Baixo Gávea
Movie · as Maluco da bomba

Roque Santeiro
TV · as Luis Roque Duarte ("Roque Santeiro") · 209 eps

Um Sonho a Mais
TV · as chefe de reportagem · 155 eps

Jango
Movie · as Narrator

São Bernardo
Movie

Transas e Caretas
TV · as Thiago Moura Imperial Leme · 167 eps

O Bom Burguês
Movie · as Lucas

Bandidos da Falange
TV · as Tito Lívio · 20 eps

The King of the Candle
Movie · as Abelardo Segundo

Fiebre amarilla
Movie

Final Feliz
TV · as Rodrigo Mendonça · 161 eps

Los crápulas
Movie

Cute but Ordinary
Movie · as Edgar

Brilhante
TV · as Sidney da Costa Pinto / Osvaldo Mesquita · 155 eps

Bye Bye Brazil
Movie · as Lorde Cigano

Plumas & Paetês
TV · as Renato / Paulo · 191 eps

Professor Kranz german in Germany
Movie · as Leleco

Diamante Bruto
Movie

Batalha dos Guararapes
Movie · as João Fernandes Vieira

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Movie · as Waldomiro 'Vadinho' Santos Guimarães

Xica
Movie · as Conde Valadares

Confissões de Uma Viúva Moça
Movie

Filmando Dona Flor
Movie · as Self

Anjo Mau
TV · as Rodrigo Medeiros · 173 eps

O Casal
Movie · as Alfredo Giacometti

Ana, a Libertina
Movie

Deliciosas Traições do Amor
Movie

Gabriela
TV · as Mundinho Falcão (Raimundo Falcão) · 132 eps

Amor e Medo
Movie

Corrida do Ouro
TV · as Fábio Rossi · 178 eps

Cavalo de Aço
TV · as Atílio · 180 eps

Os Ossos do Barão
TV · as Martino · 127 eps

The Conspirators
Movie · as Tiradentes

Dybbuk: The Demon
Movie · as Hannan

O Bofe
TV · as Bandeira · 135 eps

Bandeira 2
TV · as Zelito · 179 eps

Caso Especial
TV · as assassino, Hanan · 1 ep

Eu Sou Vida, Eu Não Sou Morte
Movie

Estranho Triângulo
Movie

On Borrowed Time
Movie · as Torturador

Massacre no Supermercado
Movie

El Justicero
Movie

Paixão
Movie

The Deceased
Movie · as (uncredited)




