Grande Otelo
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday18 October 1915
Died26 November 1993 (age 78)
Place of birthUbêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil
Known credits161
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.
Othelo The Great
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
2023 · Self (archive footage)
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023
The Welles Raft
2022 · Himself (Archive Footage)
Katharsys
2022
Searching for Makunaima
2020 · Archive footage
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020 · Self (archive footage)
O Samba é Primo do Jazz
2020 · (imagens de arquivo)
Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Pressed, Ripped Apart
2019 · (archive footage)
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Naked Eye
2014 · Self (archive footage)
Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
2009 · Self
A Paz é Dourada
2008 · Lepto
Othelo
2005 · Self
It's All Brazil
1997 · Self (archive footage)
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997 · Self
Cachoeiro em Três Tons
1994 · Self
It's All True
1993 · Self
Jequitibá
1993 · Seu Francisco
Estados Anysios de Chico City
1991
A Embaixatriz do Samba
1991 · Self
Troca de Cabeça
1991
Escolinha do Professor Raimundo
1990 · Eustáquio
A, E, I, O... Urca
1990 · Ele mesmo
Boca de Ouro
1990
Welles' Language
1990 · Narrator
Republic
1989 · Patápio dos Prazeres
Jardim de Alah
1989 · Alah
Abolition
1988 · Himself
Natal da Portela
1988 · Seu Napoleão
Mandala
1987 · Jonas Caetano Barbosa
Jubiabá
1987 · Jubiabá
Running Out of Luck
1987
Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman
1987 · Self
Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion
1987 · Self
Black Fragments of Samba - Cariocas, The City Musicians
1987 · Self
Black Fragments of Samba - Paulo Moura, Infinite Music
1987
It's Not All True
1986 · Himself
Brasa Adormecida
1986
Little Missy
1986 · Justo de Sá
Exu-Piá, Coração de Macunaíma
1986
A Gata Comeu
1985 · Self
Quilombo
1984 · Babá
Parahyba Mulher Macho
1983 · Seu Pedro
Fala Mangueira!
1983 · Narrator
Chico Anysio Show
1982 · Eustáquio
Chico Anysio Show
1982 · Various Characters
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