Grande Otelo
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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Known For
Acting History
2024
Othelo The Great as Self (archive footage)
2023Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema as Self (archive footage)
2023The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2022The Welles Raft as Himself (Archive Footage)
2022Katharsys
2020Searching for Makunaima as Archive footage
2020Candango: Memoirs from a Festival as Self (archive footage)
2020O Samba é Primo do Jazz as (imagens de arquivo)
2019Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo as Self (archive footage)
2019Pressed, Ripped Apart as (archive footage)
2019Memórias do Grupo Opinião as Self (archive footage)
2014Naked Eye as Self (archive footage)
2009Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado as Self
2008A Paz é Dourada as Lepto
2005Othelo as Self
1997It's All Brazil as Self (archive footage)
1997Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self
1994Cachoeiro em Três Tons as Self
1993It's All True as Self
1993Rebirth as Seu Francisco
1991Estados Anysios de Chico City
1991A Embaixatriz do Samba as Self
1991Troca de Cabeça
1990Escolinha do Professor Raimundo as Eustáquio
1990A, E, I, O... Urca as Ele mesmo
1990Boca de Ouro
1990Welles' Language as Narrator
1989Republic as Patápio dos Prazeres
1989Jardim de Alah as Alah
1988Abolition as Himself
1988Natal da Portela as Seu Napoleão
1987Mandala as Jonas Caetano Barbosa
1987Jubiabá as Jubiabá
1987Running Out of Luck
1987Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion as Self
1987Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman as Self
1987Black Fragments of Samba - Cariocas, The City Musicians as Self
1987Black Fragments of Samba - Paulo Moura, Infinite Music
1986It's Not All True as Himself
1986Brasa Adormecida
1986Sinhá Moça as Justo de Sá
1986Exu-Piá, Coração de Macunaíma
1985A Gata Comeu as Self
1984Quilombo as Babá
1983Parahyba Mulher Macho as Seu Pedro
1983Fala Mangueira! as Narrator
1982Chico Anysio Show as Eustáquio
1982Chico Anysio Show as Various Characters
1982Fitzcarraldo as Station Master
1982The Brazilwood Man as Príncipe Tourvalou de Blesi
1981Brasil as Self (archive footage)
1981Noel por Noel
1980O Bem-Amado as Boca de Tramela
1980Grandes Nomes as Self
1980Água Viva as Canivete
1980Asa Branca: A Brazilian Dream
1979Feijão Maravilha as Benevides
1978As Aventuras de Robinson Crusoé as Sexta-Feira
1978A Noite dos Duros as Bides
1978A Noiva da Cidade as Líbero
1978Bloody Gold
1978Maria Maria as Preto Maravilha
1977Sweet Thieves as Ruy Zebra
1977The Force of Xango as Beicinho
1977The Bunglers as Ele mesmo (em Uberlândia)
1977The Bunglers as Ele mesmo
1977Lucio Flavio as Dondinho
1976The Agony as Sinhô
1976Ladrão de Bagdá
1976Carioca Tigre as Omero
1976Bahia
1976O Flagrante
1976Tem Alguém na Minha Cama
1975King of the Cards as Rei do Baralho
1975Assim Era a Atlântida
1975Deixa, Amorzinho... Deixa
1975Bravo! as Malaquias
1975Chinese Viola as Self
1975Aventuras d'um Detetive Português
1974The Star Rises as Grande Otelo
1974Getúlio Vargas as (archive footage)
1973O Negrinho do Pastoreio
1973Os Ossos do Barão as bêbado
1972Uma Rosa com Amor as Pimpinoni
1972Cassy Jones, the Magnificent Seducer as Porteiro do teatro
1972Semana de Arte Moderna as himself
1971Linguinha as Cassius Ali
1971Bandeira 2 as Zé Catimba
1971Caso Especial as Nogueira
1971Cômicos... + Cômicos...
1971O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões as João Otelo dos Anzóis Carapuça
1971Se Meu Dólar Falasse... as Tisiu
1971O Donzelo as Motorista de Taxi
1971Sebastião Prata, ou Bem Dizendo, Grande Otelo as Self
1970Em Ritmo Jovem
1970The Heirs as Americo
1970The Hullabaloo Family as Divina Dama
1970Não Aperta, Aparício as Tonico
1969A Doce Mulher Amada as Leo
1969Macunaima as Black Macunaíma / Macunaíma's son
1969Alibi as tranviere
1968The Outsiders
1968Massacre no Supermercado as Zé Gatinho
1967Doomed Lovers as Focinho
1967A Rose for Everyone
1965Crônica da Cidade Amada as (episódio "Um Pobre Morreu")
1965Samba as Freitas
1963Quero Essa Mulher Assim Mesmo
1962Assault on the Pay Train as Cachaça
1962The Cosmonauts as Zenóbio
1961O Homem Que Roubou a Copa do Mundo
1961Gabriela, Cravo e Canela as Tuísca
1961Um Candango na Belacap
1961O Dono da Bola
1960Vai Que é Mole as Brancura
1959Os Três Cangaceiros
1959Mulheres à Vista
1959Pistoleiro Bossa Nova
1959Entrei de Gaiato
1959Garota Enxuta
1958Mujeres de fuego
1958É de Chuá!
1958...E o Bicho Não Deu
1957Com Jeito Vai
1957Rio, Northern Zone as Espírito da Luz Soares
1957A Baronesa Transviada as Benedito
1957De Pernas Pro Ar as Faísca
1957Metido a Bacana as Coalhada
1957Pé na Tábua
1956Depois Eu Conto as Veludo
1954Malandros em Quarta Dimensão
1954Paixão nas Selvas
1954Matar ou Correr as Ciscocada
1953A Dupla do Barulho
1952Barnabé, You Are Mine
1952I Loved a Bookie as Passarinho
1952Carnaval Atlântida as Miro
1952Três Vagabundos as Rapadura/Milk Shake
1950Aviso aos Navegantes as Azulão
1949Também Somos Irmãos as Moleque Miro
1949Terra Violenta
1949O Caçula do Barulho
1949... E O Mundo Se Diverte
1949Carnaval no Fogo as Empregado do Hotel
1948É Com Este Que Eu Vou as Lamparina
1947Luz dos Meus Olhos
1947The World is a Tambourine
1945Não Adianta Chorar
1944Romance Proibido
1943Tristezas Não Pagam Dívidas
1943Moleque Tião
1943Caminho do Céu
1943Samba em Berlim as Empregado da pensão
1941Black Diamonds as Empregado da tendinha
1941Blue Sky as Chocolate
1940Laranja da China as Boneco de Pixe
1939Family Football as Gibi
1939Onde Estás, Felicidade? as Sebastião
1936João Ninguém
1935Noites Cariocas