Gilberto Gil

Gilberto Gil

Known for
Acting
Born
June 26, 1942 (age 84)
Birthplace
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Biography

Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (born June 26, 1942) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, musician, politician, and writer. With a career spanning over six decades, he is known for his significant contributions to Brazilian music and for winning Grammy Awards, Latin Grammy Awards, and the French government's National Order of Merit (1997). In 1999, he was named an "Artist for Peace" by UNESCO.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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Gilberto Gil

Gilberto Gil

Movie · as Self

2026
Kopenawa: Sonhar a Terra-Floresta poster

Kopenawa: Sonhar a Terra-Floresta

Movie

2026
Preta - Eu Não Ando Só poster

Preta - Eu Não Ando Só

Movie · as Self

2026
Ney Behind the Masks poster

Ney Behind the Masks

Movie · as Self

2026
A Virada poster

A Virada

Movie

2025
3 Obás de Xangô poster

3 Obás de Xangô

Movie · as Self

2025
Show 60 Anos poster

Show 60 Anos

Movie · as Self

2025
Samba Infinito poster

Samba Infinito

Movie · as Librarian

2025
Rita Lee: Mania de Você poster

Rita Lee: Mania de Você

Movie · as Self

2025
Ritas poster

Ritas

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2025
Cazuza: Good News poster

Cazuza: Good News

Movie · as Self

2025
Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei - A Última Turnê poster

Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei - A Última Turnê

Movie · as Self

2025
Gilberto Gil @ Philharmonie De Paris poster

Gilberto Gil @ Philharmonie De Paris

Movie · as Self : Vocals & Guitar

2025
Beat - a film about Jazz

Beat - a film about Jazz

Movie · as himself

2025
Noites de João

Noites de João

Movie · as Ele próprio

2025
Cazuza Além da Música poster

Cazuza Além da Música

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2025
Singing Earth

Singing Earth

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

2025
Tiny Desk Brazil poster

Tiny Desk Brazil

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2024
A Última Vanguarda poster

A Última Vanguarda

Movie · as Self

2024
Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos poster

Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos

Movie · as Self

2024
Toquinho Maravilhoso poster

Toquinho Maravilhoso

Movie · as Self

2024
Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi poster

Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi

Movie · as Self

2024
Sala São Paulo - 25 Anos de Espetáculo poster

Sala São Paulo - 25 Anos de Espetáculo

Movie

2024
Angélica: 50 & Uns poster

Angélica: 50 & Uns

TV · 1 ep

2023
Chic Show poster

Chic Show

Movie · as Self

2023
Môa, Mother Africa Roots poster

Môa, Mother Africa Roots

Movie · as Self

2023
They Shot the Piano Player poster

They Shot the Piano Player

Movie · as Self (voice)

2023
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus poster

The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus

Movie

2023
Germano Mathias - O Catedrático do Samba poster

Germano Mathias - O Catedrático do Samba

Movie · as Self

2023
Bios: Os Paralamas do Sucesso poster

Bios: Os Paralamas do Sucesso

Movie · as Self

2023
O Repórter do Poder poster

O Repórter do Poder

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2022
Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer poster

Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer

Movie · as Self

2022
Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu poster

Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2022
O Presidente Improvável poster

O Presidente Improvável

Movie · as Self

2022
Breaking Myths poster

Breaking Myths

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2022
2022 poster

2022

TV · as Self · 8 eps

2022
Gil Family poster

Gil Family

TV · as Self · 11 eps

2021
Pelé poster

Pelé

Movie · as Self

2021
Arraial do Gil poster

Arraial do Gil

Movie · as Self

2021
Gilberto Gil: Um Deus em seu Jardim poster

Gilberto Gil: Um Deus em seu Jardim

Movie · as Self

2021
Astral Journey poster

Astral Journey

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Amor e Sorte com Gilberto Gil poster

Amor e Sorte com Gilberto Gil

Movie · as Self

2020
Encontros Tropicais poster

Encontros Tropicais

Movie · as Self

2020
De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade poster

De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade

Movie · as Self

2020
Gilberto Gil - Concerto de Cordas & Máquinas de Ritmo poster

Gilberto Gil - Concerto de Cordas & Máquinas de Ritmo

Movie · as Self

2019
October poster

October

Movie · as Self

2019
Mito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa poster

Mito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa

Movie · as Self

2019
Gilberto Gil Antologia Vol.1 poster

Gilberto Gil Antologia Vol.1

Movie · as Self

2019
Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar poster

Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar

Movie · as Self

2019
O Barato de Iacanga poster

O Barato de Iacanga

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
Refavela 40 poster

Refavela 40

Movie · as Self

2019
Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro poster

Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro

Movie · as Self

2019
1964: Brazil between weapons and books poster

1964: Brazil between weapons and books

Movie · as Himself

2018
Smetak poster

Smetak

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2018
All Love Songs poster

All Love Songs

Movie · as Self

2018
O Outro Lado da Memória poster

O Outro Lado da Memória

Movie · as Self

2018
Dê Lembranças a Todos poster

Dê Lembranças a Todos

Movie · as Self

2018
Amigos, Sons e Palavras poster

Amigos, Sons e Palavras

TV · as Self · 38 eps

2017
Tropicália: 50 Anos poster

Tropicália: 50 Anos

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2017
Axé: Music of a People poster

Axé: Music of a People

Movie · as Self

2017
Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas poster

Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas

Movie · as Self

2017
Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End poster

Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End

Movie · as Self

2017
Dunas do Barato poster

Dunas do Barato

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2017
O Nome Dela é Gal poster

O Nome Dela é Gal

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2017
Conversa com Bial poster

Conversa com Bial

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Yorimatã poster

Yorimatã

Movie · as Self

2016
Beard, Hair & Stache poster

Beard, Hair & Stache

Movie · as Self

2016
Pitanga poster

Pitanga

Movie · as Self

2016
Chico Science: Um Caranguejo Elétrico poster

Chico Science: Um Caranguejo Elétrico

Movie · as Self

2016
Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World poster

Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World

Movie · as Self

2016
Sandy: Meu Canto - Ao Vivo no Teatro Municipal de Niterói poster

Sandy: Meu Canto - Ao Vivo no Teatro Municipal de Niterói

Movie · as Self

2016
Vamos Tocar poster

Vamos Tocar

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Two Friends, a Century of Music poster

Two Friends, a Century of Music

Movie · as Self

2015
Rogério Duarte, o Tropikaoslista poster

Rogério Duarte, o Tropikaoslista

Movie · as Self

2015
Circo Voador - A Nave poster

Circo Voador - A Nave

Movie · as Self

2015
André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music poster

André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music

Movie · as Self

2014
Dominguinhos poster

Dominguinhos

Movie · as Self

2014
Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração poster

Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração

Movie · as Self

2014
Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo poster

Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo

Movie · as Self

2014
A Bola

A Bola

Movie · as NARRADOR

2013
Viramundo poster

Viramundo

Movie · as Self

2013
Festive Land: Carnival in Bahia

Festive Land: Carnival in Bahia

Movie · as Self

2013
A Farra do Circo poster

A Farra do Circo

Movie · as Self

2012
Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust poster

Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust

Movie · as Self

2012
Futuro do Pretérito: Tropicalismo Now! poster

Futuro do Pretérito: Tropicalismo Now!

Movie · as Self

2012
Tropicália poster

Tropicália

Movie · as Self

2012
Aperana Street 52 poster

Aperana Street 52

Movie · as Self

2011
O Velho Guerreiro Não Morrerá - O Cangaceiro de Lima Barreto 50 Anos Depois poster

O Velho Guerreiro Não Morrerá - O Cangaceiro de Lima Barreto 50 Anos Depois

Movie · as Self

2011
Canções do Exílio: A Labareda Que Lambeu Tudo poster

Canções do Exílio: A Labareda Que Lambeu Tudo

Movie · as Self

2011
Especial: Ivete, Gil e Caetano poster

Especial: Ivete, Gil e Caetano

Movie · as Self

2011
JMB, O Famigerado poster

JMB, O Famigerado

Movie · as Self

2011
Músicos de Latinoamérica

Músicos de Latinoamérica

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
A Night in 67 poster

A Night in 67

Movie · as Self

2010
Ana Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1 poster

Ana Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1

Movie · as Self

2010
2012: Time for Change poster

2012: Time for Change

Movie · as Self

2010
Gilberto Gil, the Power of Music

Gilberto Gil, the Power of Music

Movie · as Self

2010
Gilberto Gil – Fé Na Festa poster

Gilberto Gil – Fé Na Festa

Movie · as Self

2010
Duetos poster

Duetos

Movie · as Self

2009
Dzi Croquettes poster

Dzi Croquettes

Movie · as Self

2009
Loki: Arnaldo Baptista poster

Loki: Arnaldo Baptista

Movie · as Self

2009
Beyond Ipanema poster

Beyond Ipanema

Movie · as Self

2009
Hello, Hello, Terezinha! poster

Hello, Hello, Terezinha!

Movie · as Self

2008
The Man Who Bottled Clouds poster

The Man Who Bottled Clouds

Movie · as Self

2008
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal poster

Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal

Movie · as Self

2008
RiP!: A Remix Manifesto poster

RiP!: A Remix Manifesto

Movie · as Self

2008
Permanent Pan-Cinema poster

Permanent Pan-Cinema

Movie · as Self (voice)

2008
Beth Carvalho Canta o Samba da Bahia poster

Beth Carvalho Canta o Samba da Bahia

Movie · as Self

2007
Cidade do Samba poster

Cidade do Samba

Movie · as Self

2007
Schenberguianas poster

Schenberguianas

Movie · as Self

2006
Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day poster

Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day

Movie

2006
Fabricating Tom Zé poster

Fabricating Tom Zé

Movie · as Self

2006
Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra poster

Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra

Movie · as Self

2006
O Sol - Caminhando Contra o Vento poster

O Sol - Caminhando Contra o Vento

Movie · as Self

2006
Por Toda Minha Vida: Elis Regina poster

Por Toda Minha Vida: Elis Regina

Movie · as Self

2006
Por Toda Minha Vida poster

Por Toda Minha Vida

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume poster

Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume

Movie · as Self

2005
Vinicius de Moraes poster

Vinicius de Moraes

Movie · as Self - Singer 'Formosa'

2005
Looking for Black Orpheus poster

Looking for Black Orpheus

Movie · as Self

2005
Phono 73: A Country and its Music poster

Phono 73: A Country and its Music

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2004
MTV Ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo - 10 Anos poster

MTV Ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo - 10 Anos

Movie · as Self

2004
Gilberto Gil : Electroacústico poster

Gilberto Gil : Electroacústico

Movie · as Self

2003
Born To Be Blind

Born To Be Blind

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

2003
Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought poster

Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought

Movie · as Self

2003
Celebrity poster

Celebrity

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Gilberto Gil: Kaya N'Gandaya poster

Gilberto Gil: Kaya N'Gandaya

Movie · as Self

2002
Rogério Duprat - Vida de Músico poster

Rogério Duprat - Vida de Músico

Movie · as Self

2002
Viva São João!

Viva São João!

Movie · as Self

2002
Outros (Doces) Bárbaros poster

Outros (Doces) Bárbaros

Movie · as Self

2002
Acústico MTV: Cidade Negra poster

Acústico MTV: Cidade Negra

Movie · as Self

2002
Desejos de Mulher poster

Desejos de Mulher

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
O Cinema Segundo Vladimir Carvalho poster

O Cinema Segundo Vladimir Carvalho

Movie · as Self

2001
Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste poster

Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste

Movie

2001
Samba Riachão poster

Samba Riachão

Movie · as Self

2001
Toquinho

Toquinho

Movie · as Self

2001
Brazil's Maria Bethânia poster

Brazil's Maria Bethânia

Movie · as Self

2001
Multishow Ao Vivo - Brasil

Multishow Ao Vivo - Brasil

Movie · as Self

2000
I Want poster

I Want

Movie · as (voice)

2000
O Povo Brasileiro poster

O Povo Brasileiro

TV · as Self · 10 eps

1998
Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds poster

Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds

Movie · as Self - Narrator

1997
Ed Mort poster

Ed Mort

Movie · as Silva 5

1997
Milton Nascimento - A Sede do Peixe poster

Milton Nascimento - A Sede do Peixe

Movie · as Self

1996
Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei poster

Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei

Movie · as Self

1996
Bahia de Todos os Sambas poster

Bahia de Todos os Sambas

Movie · as Self

1996
Jorge Amado

Jorge Amado

Movie · as Self

1995
The Mandarin poster

The Mandarin

Movie · as Sinhô

1994
Gilberto Gil: Unplugged poster

Gilberto Gil: Unplugged

Movie · as Self (vocals and acoustic guitar)

1993
Maldito Popular Brasileiro: Arnaldo Dias Baptista poster

Maldito Popular Brasileiro: Arnaldo Dias Baptista

Movie · as Self

1992
Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália poster

Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália

Movie · as Self

1992
Beijoqueiro: Portrait of a Serial Kisser poster

Beijoqueiro: Portrait of a Serial Kisser

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1989
Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy poster

Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy

Movie · as Self

1989
Ôrí poster

Ôrí

Movie · as Self

1989
Dias de Euforia poster

Dias de Euforia

Movie · as Self

1988
Hunting Season poster

Hunting Season

Movie · as Self

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

Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion

Movie · as Self

1987
Sacrée soirée poster

Sacrée soirée

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1986
Talking Cinema poster

Talking Cinema

Movie · as Party Guest

1986
Infinita Tropicália poster

Infinita Tropicália

Movie · as Self

1986
Criança Esperança poster

Criança Esperança

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1986
Chico & Caetano poster

Chico & Caetano

TV · 1 ep

1985
Rock in Rio poster

Rock in Rio

TV · as Self - Performer · 1 ep

1984
Making of - Quilombo

Making of - Quilombo

Movie · as Self

1983
Corações a Mil poster

Corações a Mil

Movie · as Ele mesmo

1983
Gilbertianas Brasileiras

Gilbertianas Brasileiras

Movie · as Self

1982
Champs-Elysées poster

Champs-Elysées

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1982
Chico Anysio Show poster

Chico Anysio Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
Brasil poster

Brasil

Movie · as Self

1980
Grandes Nomes poster

Grandes Nomes

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1979
Caterina Valente presents Brazilian music poster

Caterina Valente presents Brazilian music

Movie · as Self

1977
Os Doces Bárbaros poster

Os Doces Bárbaros

Movie · as Self

1977
The Trapalhões poster

The Trapalhões

TV · 1 ep

1975
Gilberto Gil - Refazenda poster

Gilberto Gil - Refazenda

Movie · as Self

1974
Álbum de Música poster

Álbum de Música

Movie · as Self

1974
Bahia de Todos os Santos poster

Bahia de Todos os Santos

Movie · as Self

1974
Passe Livre

Passe Livre

Movie · as Self

1972
The Demiurge poster

The Demiurge

Movie · as Pã

1972
Semana de Arte Moderna poster

Semana de Arte Moderna

Movie · as himself

1970
O Tempo e o Som poster

O Tempo e o Som

Movie · as Self

1969
Bahia, For Example poster

Bahia, For Example

Movie · as Self