Antônio Pitanga
June 13, 1939 (86 years old) in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Antônio Luiz Sampaio OMC (Salvador, June 13, 1939), better known as Antônio Pitanga, is a Brazilian actor and filmmaker, who became internationally known for playing several roles on films of the Cinema Novo movement in the 1960s.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Milton Gonçalves, Além do Espetáculo as Self
- 2025 · Falas da Vida as
- 2025 · Cartografia das Ondas as
- 2023 · Our Dream as Seu Américo
- 2023 · Tinnitus as Inácio
- 2022 · A Força do Gigante as Self
- 2021 · The Good Cinema as
- 2018 · Riscados pela Memória as
- 2018 · Carvana as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Água de Meninos – A Feira do Cinema Novo as Himself
- 2010 · Lula, the Son of Brazil as Seu Cristóvão
- 1997 · Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self
- 1988 · Dedé Mamata as
- 1987 · Eternamente Pagu as Herculano
- 1985 · Tenda dos Milagres as Exú
- 1981 · Boundless Lands as Viriato
- 1981 · Rosa Baiana as Raimundo
- 1978 · Black Goddess as
- 1978 · SRTV 307 – Cinemateca: Almoço na Cinédia – nosso cinema 80 anos as
- 1977 · Di Cavalcanti Di Glauber as Self
- 1976 · Bahia as
- 1975 · Jouez Encore, Payez Encore as
- 1972 · Vozes do Medo as
- 1972 · When Carnaval Comes as Cuíca
- 1971 · Caso Especial as
- 1971 · O Homem Que Deve Morrer as Lucas Pé-na-Cova
- 1969 · Dez Vidas as José do Patrocínio
- 1969 · Garden of War as
- 1969 · Tropico as
- 1967 · Colagem as
- 1967 · Cangaceiros de Lampião as Cravo Roxo
- 1966 · Plantation Boy as Zé Guedes
- 1965 · My Home Is Copacabana as
- 1964 · Senhor dos Navegantes as
- 1963 · Ganga Zumba as Ganga Zumba / Antão
- 1962 · The Turning Wind as Firmino
- 1962 · The Given Word as Mestre Coca
- Future · Tony Odyssey as Humberto
- 2025 · Clube Spelunca as
- 2025 · Malês as Pacífico Licutan
- 2025 · Coisa de Novela as Vicente
- 2025 · Anything Goes as Salvador Gomes
- 2025 · Same Old West as Ermitão
- 2025 · Margeado as Silvério
- 2024 · A Vilã das Nove as Modesto Estrella
- 2024 · Sérgio Ricardo: Uma Outra História do Cinema Novo as
- 2023 · Wedding Games as Marcelo
- 2023 · Aunt Virginia as Tavares
- 2023 · Lenita - Traces of a Lady as Self
- 2023 · Dois em Cena: Encontro de Gerações as
- 2023 · Favela do Papa as Self
- 2023 · Perfect Love as Dom Vitório
- 2023 · The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus as
- 2022 · The Coup d'État Factory as Antônio Pitanga
- 2022 · Memory House as Cristovam
- 2022 · Our Children as Rodrigo
- 2021 · In Your Place as Gesiel
- 2021 · Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Candango: Memoirs from a Festival as Self
- 2020 · Porfírio do Amaral: A Verdade Sobre o Samba as Self
- 2020 · A Day with Jerusa as Yoyo
- 2020 · Os Escravos de Jó as Jérèmie Valés
- 2019 · Pressed, Ripped Apart as (archive footage)
- 2019 · Memórias do Grupo Opinião as Self
- 2018 · Possessões as Pai Joaquim
- 2018 · Running After as Garçom Othelo
- 2018 · O Poder Negro as
- 2018 · Bandeira de Retalhos as João da Lua
- 2017 · Barravento Novo as
- 2017 · Thin Air as José Nazário
- 2016 · O Cinema Foi à Feira as Ele mesmo
- 2016 · Pitanga as Self
- 2016 · Sonhadores as Zinho
- 2013 · For Sale or Rent as Seu Capô
- 2012 · Side by Side as Túlio
- 2012 · The Great Kilapy as Pai de Joãozinho
- 2012 · O Terno do Zé as Pai Pedro de Oxum Aiê
- 2012 · A Promessa de Gerônimo as Geronimo
- 2012 · Lilyhammer as Blind Man
- 2011 · I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips as Pastor Isaías
- 2011 · Premonição as Seu Antero
- 2009 · Lágrimas de Ogum as
- 2007 · Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha as
- 2007 · The Man Who Challenged the Devil as Preto Velho
- 2006 · The Passenger: Adult Secrets as Delegado
- 2006 · Zuzu Angel as Policial gentil
- 2006 · Referências as Self
- 2006 · Bom Dia, Eternidade as Calunga
- 2005 · A Degola Fatal as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · Girls from ABC as Seu Aurélio
- 2003 · Celebridade as Comandante Roberto
- 2003 · Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth as Self
- 2003 · Apolônio Brasil, Campeão da Alegria as Coice
- 2001 · The Clone as Sebastião "Tião"
- 2000 · Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion as Joaquim
- 2000 · A Terceira Morte de Joaquim Bolívar as
- 1999 · Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei as Valentim
- 1998 · Como Ser Solteiro as Self
- 1995 · A Próxima Vítima as Kléber Noronha
- 1993 · O Marajá as Tato
- 1991 · O Fantasma da Ópera as operário do teatro
- 1990 · The Fifth Monkey as Drunk at the Party
- 1990 · Barrela: Escola de Crimes as
- 1989 · Kananga do Japão as Bira
- 1988 · Olho por Olho as Detetive Baba-Ovo
- 1987 · Corpo Santo as Patrício
- 1987 · No Tempo de Glauber as
- 1986 · The Manor of Araucaima as Cristobal
- 1985 · The King of Rio as Geraldão
- 1985 · Chico Rei as
- 1984 · Quilombo as Acaiuba
- 1984 · Meu Destino É Pecar as Dioclécio
- 1984 · Partido Alto as Jacaré
- 1983 · Bandidos da Falange as
- 1982 · Rio Babilonia as Bira
- 1982 · Chico Anysio Show as
- 1982 · The Brazilwood Man as César
- 1980 · The Age of the Earth as Black Christ
- 1979 · Na Boca do Mundo as Antônio
- 1979 · Jorge Amado no Cinema as
- 1977 · Cordão de Ouro as Cosme
- 1977 · Sweet Thieves as Fuleiro
- 1977 · The Force of Xango as Young Tônho Tiê (Uncredited)
- 1976 · Deadly Cruelty as Deca
- 1975 · A Viagem as Damião
- 1975 · Ovelha Negra as Dito Preto
- 1974 · Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável as Amâncio
- 1973 · Joanna Francesa as
- 1973 · Os Ossos do Barão as Misael
- 1972 · Jerônimo, o Herói do Sertão as Zabumba
- 1972 · Câncer as
- 1970 · Uma Nega Chamada Tereza as
- 1970 · Lost Love Juliana as
- 1970 · República da Traição as
- 1969 · The Woman of Everyone as Vampiro
- 1969 · Corisco, o Diabo Loiro as Zé Baiano
- 1969 · Golias Contra o Homem das Bolinhas as
- 1969 · Sangue do Meu Sangue as José do Patrocínio
- 1969 · Compasso de Espera as Assis
- 1968 · Ana as Antônio
- 1967 · Mar Corrente as Luiz
- 1966 · The Big City as Calunga
- 1965 · Samba as Paulo's friend
- 1964 · The Guns as Voice
- 1964 · Esse Mundo é Meu as Toninho
- 1963 · Sol Sobre a Lama as Bom Rojão
- 1963 · Lampião, King of the Badlands as
- 1962 · Tocaia no Asfalto as Matador de Caxias
- 1961 · Bahia of All Saints as Pitanga
- 1961 · A Grande Feira as Chico Diabo
- Future · Justino as