Acting

Milhem Cortaz

Born 1971-12-06 · São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Milhem Cortaz (São Paulo, December 6, 1971) is a Brazilian actor and presenter. Of Arab and Italian descent, Cortaz started in theater at the age of 11, led by actor Walmor Chagas when he performed in the play O Santo Milagroso, in 1983. He moved at the age of 15 to live in Italy with his aunt to get rid of his cocaine addiction, where he graduated from the Piccolo Teatro di Milano and began doing street theater under the influence of Commedia dell'arte but returned to Brazil in 1990, joining the Centro de Pesquisa Teatral (CPT) and stood out, among others, for his performances in O Melhor do Homem in 1995, directed by Ulysses Cruz. He is known for Carandiru (2003), Elite Squad (2007) and A Wolf at the Door (2013).

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Apenas 3 Meninas
2026
Emergency 53
as Capitão Souza
2026
Por Você
as Juarez Lamarca
2026
Aurora
as Pedro
2025
Blood Red: Under the Moonlight
as Martin
2025
Volta por Cima
as Osmar Pereira
2024
Outlaw
as Seu Amoroso
2024
Anderson Spider Silva
2023
Teenage Kiss: The Future Is Dead
as Ed
2023
Atmosfera
2023
Compro Likes
as Jorge
2023
Overhaul
as Fumaça / Smokey
2023
Amores Pandêmicos
as Mauro
2023
The Others
as Wando
2023
Fortune cookie
as Paulo
2022
Até a Noite Terminar
as Tom
2022
Bob Spit: We Do Not Like People
as Bob Cuspe (voice)
2021
A Mother's Love
as Dr. Matias Junqueira
2019
Encarcerados
as Narrator
2019
Cine Holliúdy 2: A Chibata Sideral
as Zé Coveiro
2019
Mão na Cabeça
2019
Iron Island
as Astério
2018
O Sétimo Guardião
as Delegado Joubert Machado "Machado"
2018
Cano Serrado
as Rico
2018
Intimate Strangers
as Pedro
2018
Tungstênio
as Narrador
2018
The Last Grave
as Regis
2018
Life Is a Bitch
as Flávio
2018
August Street
as Raul
2018
Malasartes
as Próspero
2017
Os Parças
as Policial Militar
2017
High Expectations
2017
Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte
as Próspero
2017
Aldo: Mais Forte que o Mundo
as Treinador Dedé Pederneiras
2017
Canastra Suja
as Celso
2016
Alone Man
as Cássio
2016
Jules and Dolores
as Cortez
2016
Back and Forth
as Seu Belmiro
2016
A Terra Prometida
as Calebe
2016
Stronger Than The World
as Dedé Pederneiras
2016
In Dog's Words
as Cebola
2016
Vidas Partidas
as Delegado Delmar
2016
O Gorila
as Marquinhos
2015
Magnifica 70
as Agente Chagas
2015
Plano Alto
as João titino
2014
Blue Blood
as Inox
2014
Entreturnos
as Cardoso
2014
Road 47
as Coronel Lourenço
2014
Men Are from Mars... And That's Where I'm Going!
as Escritor Livraria
2014
Alemão
as Branco
2014
The Miracles of Jesus
as Barzilai
2014
Crô
as Riquelme
2013
Trinta
as Tião
2013
A Wolf at the Door
as Bernardo
2013
O Negocio
as Renan
2013
Dores de Amores
as Ele
2013
Crossing the Line
as Delegado Jorge Medeiros
2012
Billi Pig
as Ocílio
2012
Augustas
2012
Amanhã Nunca Mais
as Geraldo
2011
Federal Bank Heist
as Barão
2011
Trap.com
as Pitboy
2011
The Impassive Muse
as Adilson
2011
VIPs
as Eike Gomes
2011
Samson and Delilah
as Abbas
2011
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
as Tenente-Coronel Fábio
2010
Boca
as Osmar
2010
Lula, the Son of Brazil
as Aristides
2010
Plastic City
as Not Dead
2009
Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala
as Lupa Castilho
2008
Embodiment of Evil
as Padre Eugênio
2008
If Nothing Else Works Out
as Sybelle
2008
Chamas da Vida
as Sargento Carlos José Lima / Cazé
2008
O Magnata
as Lúcio Flávio
2007
Elite Squad
as Capitão Fabio
2007
Camila Jam
as Locador
2007
Not by Chance
2007
Querô
as Edgar
2007
Meu Mundo em Perigo
as Fito
2007
Drained
as Encanador
2006