Grande Otelo
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.
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Movies (41)
Othelo The Great
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2023
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023
The Welles Raft
as Himself (Archive Footage)
2022
Katharsys
2022
Searching for Makunaima
as Archive footage
2020
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as Self (archive footage)
2020
O Samba é Primo do Jazz
as (imagens de arquivo)
2020
Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Pressed, Ripped Apart
as (archive footage)
2019
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Naked Eye
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
as Self
2009
A Paz é Dourada
as Lepto
2008
Othelo
as Self
2005
It's All Brazil
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
1997
Cachoeiro em Três Tons
as Self
1994
It's All True
as Self
1993
A Embaixatriz do Samba
as Self
1991
Troca de Cabeça
1991
Boca de Ouro
1990
Welles' Language
as Narrator
1990
Jardim de Alah
as Alah
1989
Abolition
as Himself
1988
Natal da Portela
as Seu Napoleão
1988
Jubiabá
as Jubiabá
1987
Running Out of Luck
1987
Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman
as Self
1987
Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion
as Self
1987
Black Fragments of Samba - Cariocas, The City Musicians
as Self
1987
Black Fragments of Samba - Paulo Moura, Infinite Music
1987
It's Not All True
as Himself
1986
Brasa Adormecida
1986
Exu-Piá, Coração de Macunaíma
1986
Quilombo
as Babá
1984
Parahyba Mulher Macho
as Seu Pedro
1983
Fala Mangueira!
as Narrator
1983
Fitzcarraldo
as Station Master
1982
The Brazilwood Man
as Príncipe Tourvalou de Blesi
1982
Brasil
as Self (archive footage)
1981
TV Shows (9)
Rebirth
as Seu Francisco
1993
Estados Anysios de Chico City
1991
Escolinha do Professor Raimundo
as Eustáquio
1990
A, E, I, O... Urca
as Ele mesmo
1990
Republic
as Patápio dos Prazeres
1989
Mandala
as Jonas Caetano Barbosa
1987
Sinhá Moça
as Justo de Sá
1986
A Gata Comeu
as Self
1985
Chico Anysio Show
as Eustáquio
1982