José Wilker
August 20, 1946 (78 years old) in Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil
José Wilker Almeida (20 August 1944 – 5 April 2014) was a Brazilian film, stage, and television actor and director. The actor gained fame in telenovelas like Roque Santeiro (1985), but became known internationally for his role as Vadinho, the husband who returns from the dead to tempt Sônia Braga's character in the movie Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976).
Known For
Credits
- 2021 · Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina as Self
- 2017 · Dunas do Barato as Self
- 2017 · Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century as Self
- 2015 · As Aventuras do Pequeno Colombo as Conde de Saint-Germain
- 2014 · Isolados as Dr. Fausto
- 2014 · The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail as Chico Pacheco
- 2013 · Golden Oldies 2 as Juca
- 2013 · Trail of Lies as Herbert Marques
- 2013 · Giovanni Improtta as Giovanni Improtta
- 2012 · Gabriela as Coronel Jesuíno Mendonça
- 2011 · Elvis & Madonna as Pachecão
- 2011 · A Melhor Idade as Antenor
- 2011 · O Bem Amado as Zeca Diabo
- 2011 · The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga as Joãozinho Bem-Bem
- 2011 · Tancredo - A Travessia as
- 2010 · The Well Beloved One as Zeca Diabo
- 2009 · Now Boarding as Fulano
- 2009 · Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado as Self
- 2009 · O Sonho de Inacim as
- 2008 · Romance as Danilo
- 2008 · Golden Oldies as Juca
- 2008 · Três Irmãs as Augusto Pinheiro
- 2008 · Sexo com Amor? as Jorge
- 2007 · Duas Caras as Francisco Macieira
- 2007 · Amazônia: De Galvez a Chico Mendes as Luis Gálvez
- 2006 · Canta Maria as Lampião
- 2006 · The Greatest Love of All as Antônio
- 2006 · JK as Juscelino Kubitschek
- 2004 · Redeemer as Dr. Sabóia
- 2004 · Senhora do Destino as Giovanni Improtta
- 2004 · Onde Anda Você as Mandarim
- 2003 · Celebridade as Self
- 2003 · Mary, Mother of the Son of God as Pilatos
- 2003 · The Man of the Year as Sílvio
- 2003 · Viva Sapato! as Fernando
- 2002 · Banquete as
- 2002 · Dead in the Water as Father
- 2002 · Desejos de Mulher as Ariel Godoy
- 2002 · The Fifth of Hell as Marquês de Marialva
- 2002 · Suspiros Republicanos ao Crepúsculo de um Império Tropical as Narrator
- 2001 · Movie Theaters of Rio as Self
- 2001 · Um Anjo Caiu do Céu as Tarso
- 2000 · Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion as Donizetti
- 1999 · Suave Veneno as Waldomiro Cerqueira
- 1998 · For All - O Trampolim da Vitória as Giancarlo Sandrini
- 1997 · Guerra de Canudos as Antônio Conselheiro
- 1997 · Little Book of Love as Alaor
- 1997 · Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self
- 1996 · Anjo de Mim as Bianor
- 1996 · Delicado as
- 1996 · O Fim do Mundo as Sebastião "Tião" Socó
- 1996 · Sai de Baixo as
- 1996 · A Vida Como Ela É... as Narrador (voice)
- 1995 · A Próxima Vítima as Marcelo Rossi
- 1994 · Josué de Castro, Cidadão do Mundo as Narrador
- 1993 · Agosto as Pedro Lomagno
- 1993 · Renascer as Belarmino
- 1993 · Paixão e Guerra no Sertão de Canudos as Narrador
- 1992 · Anos Rebeldes as Fábio Brito
- 1992 · Medicine Man as Dr. Miguel Ornega
- 1990 · Mico Preto as Frederico Menezes Garcia
- 1990 · Lovely Child as Álvaro
- 1989 · A Porta Aberta as
- 1989 · Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor as
- 1989 · Better Days Ahead as Wallace Caldeira
- 1989 · Doida Demais as Noé
- 1988 · Prisoner of Rio as Salo
- 1987 · China, o Império do Centro as Narrator
- 1987 · Leila Diniz as Henrique Martins
- 1987 · Subway to the Stars as Professor
- 1987 · Besame Mucho as Xico
- 1986 · The Man in the Black Cape as Tenório Cavalcanti
- 1986 · Baixo Gávea as Maluco da bomba
- 1985 · Roque Santeiro as Luis Roque Duarte ("Roque Santeiro")
- 1984 · Jango as Narrator
- 1984 · São Bernardo as
- 1984 · Transas e Caretas as Thiago Moura Imperial Leme
- 1983 · O Bom Burguês as Lucas
- 1983 · Bandidos da Falange as
- 1982 · Final Feliz as Rodrigo Mendonça
- 1982 · Fiebre amarilla as
- 1982 · The King of the Candle as Abelardo Segundo
- 1981 · Brilhante as Sidney da Costa Pinto / Osvaldo Mesquita
- 1981 · Los crápulas as
- 1981 · Bonitinha mas Ordinária as Edgar
- 1980 · Plumas & Paetês as Renato / Paulo
- 1980 · Bye Bye Brazil as Lorde Cigano
- 1978 · Batalha dos Guararapes as João Fernandes Vieira
- 1978 · Professor Kranz tedesco di Germania as Leleco
- 1978 · Diamante Bruto as
- 1976 · Confissões de Uma Viúva Moça as
- 1976 · Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands as Valdomiro 'Vadinho' Santos Guimarães
- 1976 · Xica as Conde Valadares
- 1976 · Anjo Mau as Rodrigo Medeiros
- 1975 · Deliciosas Traições do Amor as
- 1975 · Ana, a Libertina as
- 1975 · O Casal as
- 1975 · Gabriela as Mundinho Falcão
- 1974 · Amor e Medo as
- 1973 · Cavalo de Aço as Atílio
- 1972 · Dybbuk: The Demon as Hannan
- 1972 · The Conspirators as Tiradentes
- 1971 · Bandeira 2 as
- 1970 · Eu Sou Vida, Eu Não Sou Morte as
- 1970 · Estranho Triângulo as
- 1968 · On Borrowed Time as Torturador
- 1968 · Massacre no Supermercado as
- 1967 · El Justicero as
- 1965 · The Deceased as (uncredited)
- Future · Timeless Eye as Old Franz
- 1965 · Paixão as