Acting credits
148
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Grande Otelo
Acting
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Movies: 128Series: 20Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 271982
IMDb ID: nm0652777
Known for: Acting
Born: October 18, 1915
Died: November 26, 1993
Age: 78
Place of birth: Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1935 - 2024
Years active: 90
Average TMDB rating: 7.54
Wikidata: Q1791093
Also known as
Grande Othelo • Grande Othello • Гранди Отелу • Grande Otello • グランデ・オセロ
Other jobs
Songs (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Grande Otelo.
Othelo The Great
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
7.0
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2023 Movie
9.0
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023 Movie
The Welles Raft
as Himself (Archive Footage)
2022 Movie
Katharsys
2022 Movie
Searching for Makunaima
as Archive footage
2020 Movie
5.0
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as Self (archive footage)
2020 Movie
6.0
O Samba é Primo do Jazz
as (imagens de arquivo)
2020 Movie
Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo
as Self (archive footage)
2019 Movie
Pressed, Ripped Apart
as (archive footage)
2019 Movie
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
as Self (archive footage)
2019 Movie
6.0
Naked Eye
as Self (archive footage)
2014 Movie
5.8
Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
as Self
2009 Movie
A Paz é Dourada
as Lepto
2008 Movie
Othelo
as Self
2005 Movie
6.2
It's All Brazil
as Self (archive footage)
1997 Movie
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
1997 Movie
Cachoeiro em Três Tons
as Self
1994 Movie
7.6
It's All True
as Self
1993 Movie
7.0
A Embaixatriz do Samba
as Self
1991 Movie
Troca de Cabeça
1991 Movie
7.0
Boca de Ouro
1990 Movie
7.0
Welles' Language
as Narrator
1990 Movie
6.7
Abolition
as Himself
1988 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Grande Otelo.
7.8
Rebirth
as Seu Francisco • 216 eps
1993 Series
8.8
Escolinha do Professor Raimundo
as Eustáquio • 16 eps
1990 Series
8.0
A, E, I, O... Urca
as Ele mesmo • 1 eps
1990 Series
8.0
Republic
as Patápio dos Prazeres • 4 eps
1989 Series
6.0
Mandala
as Jonas Caetano Barbosa • 185 eps
1987 Series
8.0
Sinhá Moça
as Justo de Sá • 173 eps
1986 Series
8.1
A Gata Comeu
as Self • 2 eps
1985 Series
9.5
Chico Anysio Show
as Eustáquio • 49 eps
1982 Series
9.0
O Bem-Amado
as Boca de Tramela • 7 eps
1980 Series
Grandes Nomes
as Self • 1 eps
1980 Series
8.0
Água Viva
as Canivete • 160 eps
1980 Series
9.7
Feijão Maravilha
as Benevides • 120 eps
1979 Series
8.0
Maria Maria
as Preto Maravilha • 119 eps
1978 Series
7.8
The Trapalhões
as Ele mesmo (em Uberlândia) • 1 eps
1977 Series
9.6
Bravo!
as Malaquias • 198 eps
1975 Series
8.0
Os Ossos do Barão
as bêbado • 127 eps
1973 Series
8.0
Uma Rosa com Amor
as Pimpinoni • 222 eps
1972 Series
Linguinha
as Cassius Ali • 1 eps
1971 Series
Bandeira 2
as Zé Catimba • 1 eps
1971 Series
6.0
Caso Especial
as Nogueira • 1 eps
1971 Series