José Wilker

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).

Known For

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Filmography

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Timeless Eye

Timeless Eye

Movie · as Old Franz

2023
Companhias do Teatro Brasileiro poster

Companhias do Teatro Brasileiro

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2021
Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina poster

Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina

Movie · as Self

2017
Dunas do Barato poster

Dunas do Barato

Movie · as Self

2017
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century poster

Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century

Movie · as Self

2016
As Aventuras do Pequeno Colombo poster

As Aventuras do Pequeno Colombo

Movie · as Conde de Saint-Germain

2016
Wilker Eterno

Wilker Eterno

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2015
Magnifica 70 poster

Magnifica 70

TV · as Tiradentes · 2 eps

2014
Isolados poster

Isolados

Movie · as Dr. Fausto

2014
The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail poster

The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail

Movie · as Chico Pacheco

2013
Giovanni Improtta poster

Giovanni Improtta

Movie · as Giovanni Improtta

2013
Golden Oldies 2 poster

Golden Oldies 2

Movie · as Juca

2013
VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro poster

VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro

Movie · as Self

2013
Invisible World poster

Invisible World

Movie · as Segment "Kreuko"

2013
Trail of Lies poster

Trail of Lies

TV · as Herbert Marques · 221 eps

2012
Gabriela poster

Gabriela

TV · as Coronel Jesuíno Mendonça · 77 eps

2012
O Brado Retumbante poster

O Brado Retumbante

TV · as Floriano Pedreira · 8 eps

2011
Tancredo - A Travessia poster

Tancredo - A Travessia

Movie

2011
The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga poster

The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga

Movie · as Joãozinho Bem-Bem

2011
Elvis & Madonna poster

Elvis & Madonna

Movie · as Pachecão

2011
A Melhor Idade poster

A Melhor Idade

Movie · as Antenor

2011
The Well Beloved One poster

The Well Beloved One

TV · as Zeca Diabo · 4 eps

2010
The Well Beloved One poster

The Well Beloved One

Movie · as Zeca Diabo

2010
Na Forma da Lei poster

Na Forma da Lei

TV · as Dr. Mourão · 8 eps

2009
O Sonho de Inacim poster

O Sonho de Inacim

Movie

2009
Now Boarding poster

Now Boarding

Movie · as Fulano

2009
Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado poster

Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado

Movie · as Self

2009
Cinquentinha poster

Cinquentinha

TV · as Daniel Lopes de Carvalho · 8 eps

2008
Romance poster

Romance

Movie · as Danilo

2008
Sexo com Amor? poster

Sexo com Amor?

Movie · as Jorge

2008
Golden Oldies poster

Golden Oldies

Movie · as Juca

2008
Três Irmãs poster

Três Irmãs

TV · as Augusto Pinheiro · 179 eps

2007
Amazônia: De Galvez a Chico Mendes poster

Amazônia: De Galvez a Chico Mendes

TV · as Luis Gálvez · 55 eps

2007
Two Faces poster

Two Faces

TV · as Francisco Macieira · 210 eps

2006
Canta Maria poster

Canta Maria

Movie · as Lampião

2006
The Greatest Love of All poster

The Greatest Love of All

Movie · as Antônio

2006
JK poster

JK

TV · as Juscelino Kubitschek · 47 eps

2004
Onde Anda Você poster

Onde Anda Você

Movie · as Mandarim

2004
Redeemer poster

Redeemer

Movie · as Dr. Sabóia

2004
Her Own Destiny poster

Her Own Destiny

TV · as Giovanni Improtta · 221 eps

2003
The Man of the Year poster

The Man of the Year

Movie · as Sílvio

2003
Mary, Mother of the Son of God poster

Mary, Mother of the Son of God

Movie · as Pilatos

2003
Viva Sapato! poster

Viva Sapato!

Movie · as Fernando

2003
Celebrity poster

Celebrity

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Dead in the Water poster

Dead in the Water

Movie · as Father

2002
Suspiros Republicanos ao Crepúsculo de um Império Tropical poster

Suspiros Republicanos ao Crepúsculo de um Império Tropical

Movie · as Narrator

2002
Banquete poster

Banquete

Movie

2002
Desejos de Mulher poster

Desejos de Mulher

TV · as Ariel Godoy · 185 eps

2002
The Fifth of Hell poster

The Fifth of Hell

TV · as Marquês de Marialva · 47 eps

2001
Movie Theaters of Rio poster

Movie Theaters of Rio

Movie · as Self

2001
Um Anjo Caiu do Céu poster

Um Anjo Caiu do Céu

TV · as Tarso de Montaltino · 185 eps

2000
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion poster

Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion

Movie · as Donizetti

2000
A Muralha poster

A Muralha

TV · as Dom Diogo · 3 eps

1999
Mild Poison poster

Mild Poison

TV · as Waldomiro Cerqueira · 209 eps

1998
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória poster

For All - O Trampolim da Vitória

Movie · as Giancarlo Sandrini

1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional poster

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

Movie · as Self

1997
Little Book of Love poster

Little Book of Love

Movie · as Alaor

1997
The Battle of Canudos poster

The Battle of Canudos

Movie · as Antônio Conselheiro

1997
A Justiceira poster

A Justiceira

TV · as Ronaldo · 1 ep

1997
The Battle of Canudos (Minisseries) poster

The Battle of Canudos (Minisseries)

TV · as Antônio Conselheiro · 4 eps

1996
Delicado poster

Delicado

Movie

1996
A Vida Como Ela É... poster

A Vida Como Ela É...

TV · as Narrador (voice) · 40 eps

1996
Sai de Baixo poster

Sai de Baixo

TV · 1 ep

1996
Anjo de Mim poster

Anjo de Mim

TV · as Bianor · 1 ep

1996
O Fim do Mundo poster

O Fim do Mundo

TV · as Sebastião "Tião" Socó · 35 eps

1995
The Next Victim poster

The Next Victim

TV · as Marcelo Rossi · 203 eps

1994
Josué de Castro, Cidadão do Mundo poster

Josué de Castro, Cidadão do Mundo

Movie · as Narrator

1993
Paixão e Guerra no Sertão de Canudos poster

Paixão e Guerra no Sertão de Canudos

Movie · as Narrador

1993
Black August poster

Black August

TV · as Pedro Lomagno · 16 eps

1993
Jequitibá poster

Jequitibá

TV · as Belarmino · 216 eps

1993
Fera Ferida poster

Fera Ferida

TV · as Demóstenes Maçaranduba da Costa · 210 eps

1992
Medicine Man poster

Medicine Man

Movie · as Dr. Miguel Ornega

1992
Anos Rebeldes poster

Anos Rebeldes

TV · as Fábio Brito · 20 eps

1990
Lovely Child poster

Lovely Child

Movie · as Álvaro

1990
Mico Preto poster

Mico Preto

TV · as Frederico Menezes Garcia · 179 eps

1989
Doida Demais poster

Doida Demais

Movie · as Noé

1989
Better Days Ahead poster

Better Days Ahead

Movie · as Wallace Caldeira

1989
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor poster

Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor

Movie

1989
A Porta Aberta poster

A Porta Aberta

Movie

1989
Mentira

Mentira

Movie

1989
O Salvador da Pátria poster

O Salvador da Pátria

TV · as João Matos / Miro Ferraz · 187 eps

1988
Prisoner of Rio poster

Prisoner of Rio

Movie · as Salo

1987
Leila Diniz poster

Leila Diniz

Movie · as Henrique Martins

1987
Subway to the Stars poster

Subway to the Stars

Movie · as Professor

1987
Besame Mucho poster

Besame Mucho

Movie · as Xico

1987
China, o Império do Centro poster

China, o Império do Centro

Movie · as Narrator

1987
Fonte da Saudade poster

Fonte da Saudade

Movie

1987
Carmem poster

Carmem

TV · as Camilo Prata · 192 eps

1987
Corpo Santo poster

Corpo Santo

TV · as Ulisses Queiróz · 161 eps

1986
The Man in the Black Cape poster

The Man in the Black Cape

Movie · as Tenório Cavalcanti

1986
Baixo Gávea poster

Baixo Gávea

Movie · as Maluco da bomba

1985
Roque Santeiro poster

Roque Santeiro

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

1985
Um Sonho a Mais poster

Um Sonho a Mais

TV · as chefe de reportagem · 155 eps

1984
Jango poster

Jango

Movie · as Narrator

1984
São Bernardo poster

São Bernardo

Movie

1984
Transas e Caretas poster

Transas e Caretas

TV · as Thiago Moura Imperial Leme · 167 eps

1983
O Bom Burguês poster

O Bom Burguês

Movie · as Lucas

1983
Bandidos da Falange poster

Bandidos da Falange

TV · as Tito Lívio · 20 eps

1982
The King of the Candle poster

The King of the Candle

Movie · as Abelardo Segundo

1982
Fiebre amarilla poster

Fiebre amarilla

Movie

1982
Final Feliz poster

Final Feliz

TV · as Rodrigo Mendonça · 161 eps

1981
Los crápulas poster

Los crápulas

Movie

1981
Cute but Ordinary poster

Cute but Ordinary

Movie · as Edgar

1981
Brilhante poster

Brilhante

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

1980
Bye Bye Brazil poster

Bye Bye Brazil

Movie · as Lorde Cigano

1980
Plumas & Paetês poster

Plumas & Paetês

TV · as Renato / Paulo · 191 eps

1978
Professor Kranz german in Germany poster

Professor Kranz german in Germany

Movie · as Leleco

1978
Diamante Bruto poster

Diamante Bruto

Movie

1978
Batalha dos Guararapes poster

Batalha dos Guararapes

Movie · as João Fernandes Vieira

1976
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands poster

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

Movie · as Waldomiro 'Vadinho' Santos Guimarães

1976
Xica poster

Xica

Movie · as Conde Valadares

1976
Confissões de Uma Viúva Moça poster

Confissões de Uma Viúva Moça

Movie

1976
Filmando Dona Flor poster

Filmando Dona Flor

Movie · as Self

1976
Anjo Mau poster

Anjo Mau

TV · as Rodrigo Medeiros · 173 eps

1975
O Casal poster

O Casal

Movie · as Alfredo Giacometti

1975
Ana, a Libertina poster

Ana, a Libertina

Movie

1975
Deliciosas Traições do Amor poster

Deliciosas Traições do Amor

Movie

1975
Gabriela poster

Gabriela

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

1974
Amor e Medo poster

Amor e Medo

Movie

1974
Corrida do Ouro poster

Corrida do Ouro

TV · as Fábio Rossi · 178 eps

1973
Cavalo de Aço poster

Cavalo de Aço

TV · as Atílio · 180 eps

1973
Os Ossos do Barão poster

Os Ossos do Barão

TV · as Martino · 127 eps

1972
The Conspirators poster

The Conspirators

Movie · as Tiradentes

1972
Dybbuk: The Demon poster

Dybbuk: The Demon

Movie · as Hannan

1972
O Bofe poster

O Bofe

TV · as Bandeira · 135 eps

1971
Bandeira 2 poster

Bandeira 2

TV · as Zelito · 179 eps

1971
Caso Especial poster

Caso Especial

TV · as assassino, Hanan · 1 ep

1970
Eu Sou Vida, Eu Não Sou Morte poster

Eu Sou Vida, Eu Não Sou Morte

Movie

1970
Estranho Triângulo poster

Estranho Triângulo

Movie

1968
On Borrowed Time poster

On Borrowed Time

Movie · as Torturador

1968
Massacre no Supermercado poster

Massacre no Supermercado

Movie

1967
El Justicero poster

El Justicero

Movie

1965
Paixão poster

Paixão

Movie

1965
The Deceased poster

The Deceased

Movie · as (uncredited)