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