Milhem Cortaz
Biography
Milhem Cortaz (São Paulo, December 6, 1971) is a Brazilian actor and presenter. Of Arab and Italian descent, Cortaz started in theater at the age of 11, led by actor Walmor Chagas when he performed in the play O Santo Milagroso, in 1983. He moved at the age of 15 to live in Italy with his aunt to get rid of his cocaine addiction, where he graduated from the Piccolo Teatro di Milano and began doing street theater under the influence of Commedia dell'arte but returned to Brazil in 1990, joining the Centro de Pesquisa Teatral (CPT) and stood out, among others, for his performances in O Melhor do Homem in 1995, directed by Ulysses Cruz. He is known for Carandiru (2003), Elite Squad (2007) and A Wolf at the Door (2013).
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Acting History
2025
Aurora 15 as Pedro
2025Vermelho Sangue as Martin
2024Volta por Cima as Osmar Pereira
2024Outlaw as Seu Amoroso
2023Anderson "The Spider" Silva
2023Teenage Kiss: The Future Is Dead as Ed
2023Atmosfera
2023Compro Likes as Jorge
2023Overhaul as Fumaça / Smokey
2023Amores Pandêmicos as Mauro
2023The Others as Wando
2022Fortune cookie as Paulo
2022Até a Noite Terminar as Tom
2021Bob Spit: We Do Not Like People as Bob Cuspe (voice)
2019A Mother's Love as Dr. Matias
2019Encarcerados as Narrator
2019Cine Holliúdy 2: A Chibata Sideral as Zé Coveiro
2019Mão na Cabeça
2018Iron Island as Astério
2018O Sétimo Guardião as Delegado Joubert Machado "Machado"
2018Cano Serrado as Rico
2018Intimate Strangers as Pedro
2018Tungstênio as Narrador
2018A Última Cova as Regis
2018Life Is a Bitch as Flávio
2018August Street as Raul
2017Malasartes as Próspero
2017Os Parças as Policial Militar
2017High Expectations
2017Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte as Próspero
2017Aldo: Mais Forte que o Mundo as Treinador Dedé Pederneiras
2016Canastra Suja as Celso
2016Alone Man as Cássio
2016Jules and Dolores as Cortez
2016Back and Forth as Seu Belmiro
2016A Terra Prometida as Calebe
2016Stronger Than The World as Dedé Pederneiras
2016In Dog's Words as Cebola
2016Vidas Partidas as Delegado Delmar
2015O Gorila as Marquinhos
2015Magnifica 70 as Agente Chagas
2014Plano Alto as João titino
2014Blue Blood as Inox
2014Entreturnos as Cardoso
2014Road 47 as Coronel Lourenço
2014Men Are from Mars... And That's Where I'm Going! as Escritor Livraria
2014Alemão as Branco
2014The Miracles of Jesus as Barzilai
2013Crô as Riquelme
2013Trinta as Tião
2013A Wolf at the Door as Bernardo
2013O Negocio as Renan
2013Dores de Amores as Ele
2012Crossing the Line as Delegado Jorge Medeiros
2012Billi Pig as Ocílio
2012Augustas
2011Amanhã Nunca Mais as Geraldo
2011Federal Bank Heist as Barão
2011Trap.com as Pitboy
2011The Impassive Muse as Adilson
2011VIPs as Eike Gomes
2011Samson and Delilah as Abbas
2010Elite Squad: The Enemy Within as Tenente-Coronel Fábio
2010Boca as Osmar
2010Lula, the Son of Brazil as Aristides
2009Plastic City as Not Dead
2008Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala as Lupa Castilho
2008Embodiment of Evil as Padre Eugênio
2008If Nothing Else Works Out as Sybelle
2008Chamas da Vida as Sargento Carlos José Lima / Cazé
2007O Magnata as Lúcio Flávio
2007Elite Squad as Capitao Fabio
2007Camila Jam as Locador
2007Not by Chance
2007Querô as Edgar
2007Meu Mundo em Perigo as Fito
2006Drained as Encanador
2006Journey to the End of the Night as Rodrigo
2006Cidadão Brasileiro as Américo Pereira
2006Bom Dia, Eternidade as Jovem Capilé
2005Conception as Lino
2005These Women as Lobato
2005De Glauber Para Jirges as Glauber
2004Playing in the Dark as Espião do Doi Codi
2004Nina as Carlão
2003Girls from ABC as Alemão
2003Garrincha: Lonely Star as uncredited
2003Carandiru as Peixeira (Dagger)
2002Desejos de Mulher as Jacaré
2000Através da Janela as Raí's friend
1999Por Trás do Pano as Puck
1999The Power of Desire as capanga
1996Vida Bandida: Leonardo Pareja
1995A Próxima Vítima as Ted
—Os Corretores as Tibério
—Apenas 3 Meninas
—As Aparecidas