Acting

José Wilker

Born 1946-08-20 · Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil

Died 2014-04-05

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).

Credits

Newest first

Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina
as Self
2021
Dunas do Barato
as Self
2017
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
as Self
2017
Wilker Eterno
as Self (archive footage)
2016
As Aventuras do Pequeno Colombo
as Conde de Saint-Germain
2016
Magnifica 70
as Tiradentes
2015
Isolados
as Dr. Fausto
2014
The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail
as Chico Pacheco
2014
Golden Oldies 2
as Juca
2013
Invisible World
as Segment "Kreuko"
2013
Trail of Lies
as Herbert Marques
2013
Giovanni Improtta
as Giovanni Improtta
2013
Giovanni Improtta
Director
2013
VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro
as Self
2013
Gabriela
as Coronel Jesuíno Mendonça
2012
O Brado Retumbante
as Floriano Pedreira
2012
Elvis & Madonna
as Pachecão
2011
A Melhor Idade
as Antenor
2011
The Well Beloved One
as Zeca Diabo
2011
The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga
as Joãozinho Bem-Bem
2011
Tancredo - A Travessia
2011
The Well Beloved One
as Zeca Diabo
2010
Na Forma da Lei
as Dr. Mourão
2010
Now Boarding
as Fulano
2009
Cinquentinha
as Daniel Lopes de Carvalho
2009
Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
as Self
2009
O Sonho de Inacim
2009
Romance
as Danilo
2008
Golden Oldies
as Juca
2008
The Three Sisters
as Augusto Pinheiro
2008
Sexo com Amor?
as Jorge
2008
Two Faces
as Francisco Macieira
2007
Amazônia: De Galvez a Chico Mendes
as Luis Gálvez
2007
Canta Maria
as Lampião
2006
The Greatest Love of All
as Antônio
2006
JK
as Juscelino Kubitschek
2006
Redeemer
as Dr. Sabóia
2004
Her Own Destiny
as Giovanni Improtta
2004
Onde Anda Você
as Mandarim
2004
Celebrity
as Self
2003
Mary, Mother of the Son of God
as Pilatos
2003
The Man of the Year
as Sílvio
2003
Viva Sapato!
as Fernando
2003
Banquete
2002
Dead in the Water
as Father
2002
Desejos de Mulher
as Ariel Godoy
2002
The Fifth of Hell
as Marquês de Marialva
2002
Suspiros Republicanos ao Crepúsculo de um Império Tropical
as Narrator
2002
Movie Theaters of Rio
as Self
2001
Um Anjo Caiu do Céu
as Tarso de Montaltino
2001
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
as Donizetti
2000
A Muralha
as Dom Diogo
2000
Mild Poison
as Waldomiro Cerqueira
1999
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
as Giancarlo Sandrini
1998
Guerra de Canudos - Minissérie
as Antônio Conselheiro
1997
Guerra de Canudos - Minissérie
Co-Producer
1997
The Battle of Canudos
as Antônio Conselheiro
1997
The Battle of Canudos
Producer
1997
A Justiceira
as Ronaldo
1997
Little Book of Love
as Alaor
1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
1997
Anjo de Mim
as Bianor
1996
Delicado
1996
O Fim do Mundo
as Sebastião "Tião" Socó
1996
A Vida Como Ela É...
as Narrador (voice)
1996
Sai de Baixo
1996
The Next Victim
as Marcelo Rossi
1995
Josué de Castro, Cidadão do Mundo
as Narrator
1994
Fera Ferida
as Demóstenes Maçaranduba da Costa
1993
Black August
as Pedro Lomagno
1993
Jequitibá
as Belarmino
1993
Paixão e Guerra no Sertão de Canudos
as Narrador
1993
Anos Rebeldes
as Fábio Brito
1992
Medicine Man
as Dr. Miguel Ornega
1992
Mico Preto
as Frederico Menezes Garcia
1990
Lovely Child
as Álvaro
1990
A Porta Aberta
1989
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
1989
Better Days Ahead
as Wallace Caldeira
1989
O Salvador da Pátria
as João Matos / Miro Ferraz
1989