Grande Otelo
October 18, 1915 (109 years old) in 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
Credits
- 2024 · Othelo The Great as Ele Mesmo (Imagem de Arquivo)
- 2023 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus as
- 2022 · The Welles Raft as Himself (Archive Footage)
- 2022 · Katharsys as
- 2020 · Searching for Makunaima as Archive footage
- 2020 · Candango: Memoirs from a Festival as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · O Samba é Primo do Jazz as (imagens de arquivo)
- 2019 · Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Pressed, Ripped Apart as (archive footage)
- 2019 · Memórias do Grupo Opinião as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado as Self
- 2008 · A Paz é Dourada as Lepto
- 2005 · Othelo as Self
- 1997 · It's All Brazil as Self (archive footage)
- 1997 · Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self
- 1994 · Cachoeiro em Três Tons as Self
- 1993 · It's All True as Self
- 1993 · Renascer as Seu Francisco
- 1991 · A Embaixatriz do Samba as Self
- 1991 · Troca de Cabeça as
- 1990 · Escolinha do Professor Raimundo as Eustáquio
- 1990 · Boca de Ouro as
- 1990 · Welles' Language as Narrator
- 1989 · República as Patápio dos Prazeres
- 1989 · Jardim de Alah as Alah
- 1988 · Abolition as Himself
- 1988 · Natal da Portela as Seu Napoleão
- 1987 · Mandala as Jonas Caetano Barbosa
- 1987 · Jubiabá as Jubiabá
- 1987 · Running Out of Luck as
- 1987 · Black Fragments of Samba - Cariocas, The City Musicians as Self
- 1987 · Black Fragments of Samba - Paulo Moura, Infinite Music as
- 1987 · Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion as Self
- 1987 · Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman as Self
- 1986 · It's Not All True as Himself
- 1986 · Brasa Adormecida as
- 1986 · Sinhá Moça as Justo de Sá
- 1986 · Exu-Piá, Coração de Macunaíma as
- 1985 · A Gata Comeu as Self
- 1984 · Quilombo as Babá
- 1983 · Parahyba Mulher Macho as Seu Pedro
- 1983 · Fala Mangueira! as Narrator
- 1982 · Fitzcarraldo as Station Master
- 1982 · The Brazilwood Man as Príncipe Tourvalou de Blesi
- 1981 · Brasil as Self (archive footage)
- 1981 · Noel por Noel as
- 1980 · O Bem-Amado as Boca de Tramela
- 1980 · Grandes Nomes as Self
- 1980 · Água Viva as Canivete
- 1980 · Asa Branca: A Brazilian Dream as
- 1979 · Feijão Maravilha as Benevides
- 1978 · As Aventuras de Robinson Crusoé as Sexta-Feira
- 1978 · A Noite dos Duros as Bides
- 1978 · A Noiva da Cidade as Líbero
- 1978 · Bloody Gold as
- 1977 · Sweet Thieves as Ruy Zebra
- 1977 · The Force of Xango as Beicinho
- 1977 · Lucio Flavio as Dondinho
- 1976 · The Agony as Sinhô
- 1976 · Ladrão de Bagdá as
- 1976 · Carioca Tigre as Omero
- 1976 · Bahia as
- 1976 · O Flagrante as
- 1976 · Tem Alguém na Minha Cama as
- 1975 · O Rei do Baralho as Rei do Baralho
- 1975 · Assim Era a Atlântida as
- 1975 · Deixa, Amorzinho... Deixa as
- 1975 · Viola Chinesa as
- 1975 · Aventuras d'um Detetive Português as
- 1974 · The Star Rises as Grande Otelo
- 1974 · Getúlio Vargas as (archive footage)
- 1973 · O Negrinho do Pastoreio as
- 1972 · Cassy Jones, O Magnífico Sedutor as Porteiro do teatro
- 1972 · Semana de Arte Moderna as himself
- 1971 · Bandeira 2 as
- 1971 · Cômicos... + Cômicos... as
- 1971 · O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões as João Otelo dos Anzóis Carapuça
- 1971 · Se Meu Dólar Falasse as Tisiu
- 1971 · O Donzelo as Motorista de Taxi
- 1971 · Sebastião Prata, ou Bem Dizendo, Grande Otelo as Ele mesmo
- 1970 · Em Ritmo Jovem as
- 1970 · A Familia do Barulho as Divina Dama
- 1970 · Não Aperta, Aparício as Tonico
- 1969 · A Doce Mulher Amada as
- 1969 · Macunaima as Black Macunaíma / Macunaíma's son
- 1969 · Alibi as tranviere
- 1968 · The Outsiders as
- 1968 · Massacre no Supermercado as
- 1967 · Doomed Lovers as Focinho
- 1967 · A Rose for Everyone as
- 1965 · Crônica da Cidade Amada as
- 1965 · Samba as Freitas
- 1963 · Quero Essa Mulher Assim Mesmo as
- 1962 · Assault on the Pay Train as Cachaça
- 1962 · The Cosmonauts as Zenóbio
- 1961 · O Homem Que Roubou a Copa do Mundo as
- 1961 · Um Candango na Belacap as
- 1961 · O Dono da Bola as
- 1960 · Vai Que é Mole as Brancura
- 1959 · Entrei de Gaiato as
- 1959 · Pistoleiro Bossa Nova as
- 1959 · Mulheres à Vista as
- 1959 · Garota Enxuta as
- 1959 · Os Três Cangaceiros as
- 1958 · Mujeres de fuego as
- 1958 · E o Bicho Não Deu as
- 1958 · É de Chuá! as
- 1957 · Com Jeito Vai as
- 1957 · Rio, Zona Norte as Espírito da Luz Soares
- 1957 · A Baronesa Transviada as Benedito
- 1957 · De Pernas Pro Ar as Faísca
- 1957 · Metido a Bacana as Coalhada
- 1957 · Pé na Tábua as
- 1956 · Depois Eu Conto as Veludo
- 1954 · Malandros em Quarta Dimensão as
- 1954 · Paixão nas Selvas as
- 1954 · Matar ou Correr as Ciscocada
- 1953 · A Dupla do Barulho as
- 1952 · Barnabé, You Are Mine as
- 1952 · I Loved a Bookie as Passarinho
- 1952 · Carnaval Atlântida as Miro
- 1952 · Três Vagabundos as Rapadura/Milk Shake
- 1950 · Aviso aos Navegantes as Azulão
- 1949 · Também Somos Irmãos as Moleque Miro
- 1949 · Terra Violenta as
- 1949 · O Caçula do Barulho as
- 1949 · ... E O Mundo Se Diverte as
- 1949 · Carnaval no Fogo as Empregado do Hotel
- 1948 · É com Este que Eu Vou as Lamparina
- 1947 · Luz dos Meus Olhos as
- 1947 · The World is a Tambourine as
- 1945 · Não Adianta Chorar as
- 1944 · Romance Proibido as
- 1943 · Tristezas Não Pagam Dívidas as
- 1943 · Moleque Tião as
- 1943 · Samba em Berlim as Empregado da pensão
- 1941 · Black Diamonds as Empregado da tendinha
- 1940 · Laranja da China as Boneco de Pixe
- 1939 · Family Football as Gibi
- 1939 · Onde Estás, Felicidade? as Sebastião
- 1936 · João Ninguém as
- 1935 · Noites Cariocas as