José Wilker
Biography
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).
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Known For
Acting History
2021
Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina as Self
2017Dunas do Barato as Self
2017Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century as Self
2016Wilker Eterno as Self (archive footage)
2015As Aventuras do Pequeno Colombo as Conde de Saint-Germain
2014Isolados as Dr. Fausto
2014The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail as Chico Pacheco
2013Golden Oldies 2 as Juca
2013Invisible World as Segment "Kreuko"
2013Trail of Lies as Herbert Marques
2013Giovanni Improtta as Giovanni Improtta
2013VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro as Self
2012Gabriela as Coronel Jesuíno Mendonça
2012O Brado Retumbante as Floriano Pedreira
2011Elvis & Madonna as Pachecão
2011A Melhor Idade as Antenor
2011The Well Beloved One as Zeca Diabo
2011The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga as Joãozinho Bem-Bem
2011Tancredo - A Travessia
2010The Well Beloved One as Zeca Diabo
2010Na Forma da Lei as Dr. Mourão
2009Now Boarding as Fulano
2009Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado as Self
2009O Sonho de Inacim
2008Romance as Danilo
2008Golden Oldies as Juca
2008Três Irmãs as Augusto Pinheiro
2008Sexo com Amor? as Jorge
2007Duas Caras as Francisco Macieira
2007Amazônia: De Galvez a Chico Mendes as Luis Gálvez
2006Canta Maria as Lampião
2006The Greatest Love of All as Antônio
2006JK as Juscelino Kubitschek
2004Redeemer as Dr. Sabóia
2004Her Own Destiny as Giovanni Improtta
2004Onde Anda Você as Mandarim
2003Celebridade as Self
2003Mary, Mother of the Son of God as Pilatos
2003The Man of the Year as Sílvio
2003Viva Sapato! as Fernando
2002Banquete
2002Dead in the Water as Father
2002Desejos de Mulher as Ariel Godoy
2002The Fifth of Hell as Marquês de Marialva
2002Suspiros Republicanos ao Crepúsculo de um Império Tropical as Narrator
2001Movie Theaters of Rio as Self
2001Um Anjo Caiu do Céu as Tarso de Montaltino
2000Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion as Donizetti
2000A Muralha as Dom Diogo
1999Suave Veneno as Waldomiro Cerqueira
1998For All - O Trampolim da Vitória as Giancarlo Sandrini
1997The Battle of Canudos as Antônio Conselheiro
1997A Justiceira as Ronaldo
1997Little Book of Love as Alaor
1997Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self
1996Anjo de Mim as Bianor
1996Delicado
1996O Fim do Mundo as Sebastião "Tião" Socó
1996Sai de Baixo
1996A Vida Como Ela É... as Narrador (voice)
1995A Próxima Vítima as Marcelo Rossi
1994Josué de Castro, Cidadão do Mundo as Narrator
1993Fera Ferida as Demóstenes Maçaranduba da Costa
1993Black August as Pedro Lomagno
1993Rebirth as Belarmino
1993Paixão e Guerra no Sertão de Canudos as Narrador
1992Anos Rebeldes as Fábio Brito
1992Medicine Man as Dr. Miguel Ornega
1990Mico Preto as Frederico Menezes Garcia
1990Lovely Child as Álvaro
1989A Porta Aberta
1989Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
1989Better Days Ahead as Wallace Caldeira
1989Doida Demais as Noé
1988Prisoner of Rio as Salo
1987China, o Império do Centro as Narrator
1987Leila Diniz as Henrique Martins
1987Carmem as Camilo
1987Fonte da Saudade
1987Subway to the Stars as Professor
1987Corpo Santo as Ulisses Queiróz
1987Besame Mucho as Xico
1986The Man in the Black Cape as Tenório Cavalcanti
1986Baixo Gávea as Maluco da bomba
1985Roque Santeiro as Luis Roque Duarte ("Roque Santeiro")
1985Um Sonho a Mais as chefe de reportagem
1984Jango as Narrator
1984São Bernardo
1984Transas e Caretas as Thiago Moura Imperial Leme
1984A Mulher do Atirador de Facas
1983O Bom Burguês as Lucas
1983Bandidos da Falange
1983Bandidos da Falange as Tito Lívio
1982Final Feliz as Rodrigo Mendonça
1982Fiebre amarilla
1982The King of the Candle as Abelardo Segundo
1981Brilhante as Sidney da Costa Pinto / Osvaldo Mesquita
1981Los crápulas
1981Cute But Ordinary as Edgar
1980Plumas & Paetês as Renato / Paulo
1980Bye Bye Brazil as Lorde Cigano
1978Batalha dos Guararapes as João Fernandes Vieira
1978Professor Kranz german in Germany as Leleco
1978Diamante Bruto
1976Confissões de Uma Viúva Moça
1976Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands as Valdomiro 'Vadinho' Santos Guimarães
1976Xica as Conde Valadares
1976Anjo Mau as Rodrigo Medeiros
1975Deliciosas Traições do Amor
1975Ana, a Libertina
1975O Casal as Alfredo Giacometti
1975Gabriela as Mundinho Falcão
1974Amor e Medo
1974Corrida do Ouro as Fábio Rossi
1973Os Ossos do Barão as Martino
1973Cavalo de Aço as Atílio
1972Dybbuk: The Demon as Hannan
1972O Bofe as Bandeira
1972The Conspirators as Tiradentes
1971Bandeira 2 as Zelito
1971Caso Especial as assassino
1971Caso Especial as Hanan
1970Eu Sou Vida, Eu Não Sou Morte
1970Estranho Triângulo
1968On Borrowed Time as Torturador
1968Massacre no Supermercado
1967El Justicero
1965The Deceased as (uncredited)
1965Paixão
—Timeless Eye as Old Franz