Acting

Grande Otelo

Born 1915-10-18 · Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil

Died 1993-11-26

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.

Credits

Newest first

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
Jequitibá
as Seu Francisco
1993
Estados Anysios de Chico City
1991
A Embaixatriz do Samba
as Self
1991
Troca de Cabeça
1991
Escolinha do Professor Raimundo
as Eustáquio
1990
A, E, I, O... Urca
as Ele mesmo
1990
Boca de Ouro
1990
Welles' Language
as Narrator
1990
Republic
as Patápio dos Prazeres
1989
Jardim de Alah
as Alah
1989
Abolition
as Himself
1988
Natal da Portela
as Seu Napoleão
1988
Mandala
as Jonas Caetano Barbosa
1987
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
Little Missy
as Justo de Sá
1986
Exu-Piá, Coração de Macunaíma
1986
A Gata Comeu
as Self
1985
Quilombo
as Babá
1984
Parahyba Mulher Macho
as Seu Pedro
1983
Fala Mangueira!
as Narrator
1983
Chico Anysio Show
as Eustáquio
1982
Chico Anysio Show
as Various Characters
1982
Fitzcarraldo
as Station Master
1982
The Brazilwood Man
as Príncipe Tourvalou de Blesi
1982
Brasil
as Self (archive footage)
1981
O Amor é Nosso!
as Pica-Pau (na peça "Viveiro de Pássaros")
1981
Obrigado, Doutor
as Dico
1981
Noel por Noel
1981
O Bem-Amado
as Boca de Tramela
1980
Grandes Nomes
as Self
1980
Água Viva
as Canivete
1980
Asa Branca: A Brazilian Dream
1980
Feijão Maravilha
as Benevides
1979
As Aventuras de Robinson Crusoé
as Sexta-Feira
1978
A Noite dos Duros
as Bides
1978
A Noiva da Cidade
as Líbero
1978
Bloody Gold
1978
Maria, Maria
as Preto Maravilha
1978
Sweet Thieves
as Ruy Zebra
1977
The Force of Xango
as Beicinho
1977
The Trapalhões
as Ele mesmo (em Uberlândia)
1977
The Trapalhões
as Ele mesmo
1977
Lucio Flavio
as Dondinho
1977
The Agony
as Sinhô
1976
Ladrão de Bagdá
1976
Carioca Tigre
as Omero
1976
Bahia
1976
O Flagrante
1976
Tem Alguém na Minha Cama
1976
King of the Cards
as Rei do Baralho
1975
Assim Era a Atlântida
1975
Deixa, Amorzinho... Deixa
1975
Bravo!
as Malaquias
1975
Chinese Viola
as Self
1975