Grande Otelo
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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
Credits
Moleque Tião (1943)
Actor
Três Vagabundos (1952)
as Rapadura/Milk Shake
Getúlio Vargas (1974)
as (archive footage)
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
as Station Master
Tristezas Não Pagam Dívidas (1943)
Actor
Troca de Cabeça (1991)
Actor
Aventuras d'um Detetive Português (1975)
Actor
Blue Sky (1941)
as Chocolate
O Caçula do Barulho (1949)
Actor
Romance Proibido (1944)
Actor
Mulheres à Vista (1959)
Actor
Paixão nas Selvas (1954)
Actor
Macunaima (1969)
as Black Macunaíma / Macunaíma's son
João Ninguém (1936)
Actor
The Agony (1976)
as Sinhô
Ladrão de Bagdá (1976)
Actor
Assim Era a Atlântida (1975)
Actor
O Flagrante (1976)
Actor
Othelo (2005)
as Self
Mujeres de fuego (1958)
Actor
Fala Mangueira! (1983)
as Narrator
Katharsys (2022)
Actor
Barnabé, You Are Mine (1952)
as Abdula
Malandros em Quarta Dimensão (1954)
Actor
Noites Cariocas (1935)
Actor
Othelo The Great (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Carioca Tigre (1976)
as Omero
Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado (2009)
as Self
Asa Branca: A Brazilian Dream (1980)
Actor
Não Aperta, Aparício (1970)
as Tonico
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional (1997)
as Self
Chinese Viola (1975)
as Self
Deixa, Amorzinho... Deixa (1975)
Actor
Não Adianta Chorar (1945)
Actor
Caminho do Céu (1943)
Actor
Bloody Gold (1978)
Actor
... E o Mundo Se Diverte (1949)
Actor
O Negrinho do Pastoreio (1973)
Actor
Black Diamonds (1941)
as Empregado da tendinha
The Heirs (1970)
as Americo
The Force of Xango (1977)
as Beicinho
Lucio Flavio (1977)
as Dondinho
Se Meu Dólar Falasse... (1971)
as Tisiu
That's What I'm Gonna Do (1948)
as Lamparina
Parahyba Mulher Macho (1983)
as Seu Pedro
Pistoleiro Bossa Nova (1959)
Actor
Em Ritmo Jovem (1970)
Actor
Aviso aos Navegantes (1950)
as Azulão
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Onde Estás, Felicidade? (1939)
as Sebastião
A Doce Mulher Amada (1969)
as Leo
Luz dos Meus Olhos (1947)
Actor
Massacre no Supermercado (1968)
as Zé Gatinho
Cassy Jones, the Magnificent Seducer (1972)
as Porteiro do teatro
Running Out of Luck (1987)
Actor
Laranja da China (1940)
as Boneco de Pixe
Noel por Noel (1981)
Actor
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus (2023)
Actor
Natal da Portela (1988)
as Seu Napoleão
Rio, Northern Zone (1957)
as Espírito da Luz Soares
Cachoeiro em Três Tons (1994)
as Self
Alibi (1969)
as tranviere
A Embaixatriz do Samba (1991)
as Self
A Rose for Everyone (1967)
Actor
Também Somos Irmãos (1949)
as Moleque Miro
Carnaval Atlântida (1952)
as Miro
Matar ou Correr (1954)
as Ciscocada
A Baronesa Transviada (1957)
as Benedito
It's All True (1993)
as Self
Family Football (1939)
as Gibi
Welles' Language (1990)
as Narrator
Quilombo (1984)
as Babá
Naked Eye (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
It's All Brazil (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Bahia (1976)
Actor
The Outsiders (1968)
Actor
Sebastião Prata, ou Bem Dizendo, Grande Otelo (1971)
as Self
The Brazilwood Man (1982)
as Príncipe Tourvalou de Blesi
Boca de Ouro (1990)
Actor
Memórias do Grupo Opinião (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Brasil (1981)
as Self (archive footage)
Brasa Adormecida (1986)
Actor
Doomed Lovers (1967)
as Focinho
Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion (1987)
as Self
Assault on the Pay Train (1962)
as Cachaça
Entrei de Gaiato (1959)
Actor
Terra Violenta (1949)
Actor
Sweet Thieves (1977)
as Ruy Zebra
Jubiabá (1987)
as Jubiabá
Searching for Makunaima (2020)
as Archive footage
Carnaval no Fogo (1949)
as Empregado do Hotel
O Donzelo (1971)
as Motorista de Taxi
Jardim de Alah (1989)
as Alah
It's Not All True (1986)
as Himself
Pressed, Ripped Apart (2019)
as (archive footage)
Um Candango na Belacap (1961)
Actor
I Loved a Bookie (1952)
as Passarinho
...E o Bicho Não Deu (1958)
Actor
The Welles Raft (2022)
as Himself (Archive Footage)
The Rowdy Family (1970)
as Divina Dama
As Aventuras de Robinson Crusoé (1978)
as Sexta-Feira
O Dono da Bola (1961)
Actor
Vai Que é Mole (1960)
as Brancura
Semana de Arte Moderna (1972)
as himself
Samba (1965)
as Freitas
A Dupla do Barulho (1953)
Actor
Depois Eu Conto (1956)
as Veludo
Metido a Bacana (1957)
as Coalhada
Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Abolition (1988)
as Himself
De Pernas Pro Ar (1957)
as Faísca
O Homem Que Roubou a Copa do Mundo (1961)
Actor
O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões (1971)
as João Otelo dos Anzóis Carapuça
Tem Alguém na Minha Cama (1976)
Actor
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
The Star Rises (1974)
as Grande Otelo
The Cosmonauts (1962)
as Zenóbio
Com Jeito Vai (1957)
Actor
A Paz é Dourada (2008)
as Lepto
Crônica da Cidade Amada (1965)
as (episódio "Um Pobre Morreu")
Garota Enxuta (1959)
Actor
Os Três Cangaceiros (1959)
Actor
Cômicos... + Cômicos... (1971)
Actor
The World is a Tambourine (1947)
Actor
A Noite dos Duros (1978)
as Bides
Black Fragments of Samba - Paulo Moura, Infinite Music (1987)
Actor
Samba em Berlim (1943)
as Empregado da pensão
Exu-Piá, Coração de Macunaíma (1986)
Actor
Quero Essa Mulher Assim Mesmo (1963)
Actor
Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman (1987)
as Self
Pé na Tábua (1957)
Actor
A Noiva da Cidade (1978)
as Líbero
O Samba é Primo do Jazz (2020)
as (imagens de arquivo)
Black Fragments of Samba - Cariocas, The City Musicians (1987)
as Self
É de Chuá! (1958)
Actor
King of the Cards (1975)
as Rei do Baralho