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Grande Otelo
Actor · Crew· Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil
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.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
37 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | It's All Brazil | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1993 | It's All True | Self | Film |
| 1990 | Welles' Language | Narrator | Film |
| 1989 | Republic | Patápio dos Prazeres | TV |
| 1988 | Natal da Portela | Seu Napoleão | Film |
| 1987 | Mandala | Jonas Caetano Barbosa | TV |
| 1987 | Jubiabá | Jubiabá | Film |
| 1987 | Running Out of Luck | Film | |
| 1986 | It's Not All True | Himself | Film |
| 1986 | Little Missy | Justo de Sá | TV |
| 1984 | Quilombo | Babá | Film |
| 1982 | The Brazilwood Man | Príncipe Tourvalou de Blesi | Film |
| 1982 | Fitzcarraldo | Station Master | Film |
| 1981 | Brasil | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1980 | Água Viva | Canivete | TV |
| 1980 | O Bem-Amado | Boca de Tramela | TV |
| 1977 | Sweet Thieves | Ruy Zebra | Film |
| 1977 | Lucio Flavio | Dondinho | Film |
| 1976 | The Agony | Sinhô | Film |
| 1975 | King of the Cards | Rei do Baralho | Film |
| 1971 | Bandeira 2 | Zé Catimba | TV |
| 1970 | The Heirs | Americo | Film |
| 1970 | The Hullabaloo Family | Divina Dama | Film |
| 1969 | Macunaima | Black Macunaíma / Macunaíma's son | Film |
| 1965 | Samba | Freitas | Film |
| 1962 | Assault on the Pay Train | Cachaça | Film |
| 1957 | Rio, Northern Zone | Espírito da Luz Soares | Film |
| 1957 | A Baronesa Transviada | Benedito | Film |
| 1957 | De Pernas Pro Ar | Faísca | Film |
| 1956 | Depois Eu Conto | Veludo | Film |
| 1954 | Matar ou Correr | Ciscocada | Film |
| 1952 | Carnaval Atlântida | Miro | Film |
| 1952 | I Loved a Bookie | Passarinho | Film |
| 1950 | Aviso aos Navegantes | Azulão | Film |
| 1949 | Carnaval no Fogo | Empregado do Hotel | Film |
| 1949 | Também Somos Irmãos | Moleque Miro | Film |
| 1947 | The World is a Tambourine | Film |
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