Grande Otelo
Acting
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.
Filmography 159
Movies (136)
Othelo The Great2024Self (archive footage)
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema2023Self (archive footage)
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus2023
The Welles Raft2022Himself (Archive Footage)
Katharsys2022
Searching for Makunaima2020Archive footage
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival2020Self (archive footage)
O Samba é Primo do Jazz2020(imagens de arquivo)
Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo2019Self (archive footage)
Pressed, Ripped Apart2019(archive footage)
Memórias do Grupo Opinião2019Self (archive footage)
Naked Eye2014Self (archive footage)
Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado2009Self
A Paz é Dourada2008Lepto
Othelo2005Self
It's All Brazil1997Self (archive footage)
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional1997Self
Cachoeiro em Três Tons1994Self
It's All True1993Self
Troca de Cabeça1991
A Embaixatriz do Samba1991Self
Boca de Ouro1990
Welles' Language1990Narrator- Jardim de Alah1989Alah
Abolition1988Himself
Natal da Portela1988Seu Napoleão
Jubiabá1987Jubiabá
Running Out of Luck1987
Black Fragments of Samba - Paulo Moura, Infinite Music1987
Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion1987Self
Shows (23)
Jequitibá1993Seu Francisco- Estados Anysios de Chico City1991
Escolinha do Professor Raimundo1990Eustáquio
A, E, I, O... Urca1990Ele mesmo
Republic1989Patápio dos Prazeres
Mandala1987Jonas Caetano Barbosa
Little Missy1986Justo de Sá
A Gata Comeu1985Self
Chico Anysio Show1982Eustáquio
O Amor é Nosso!1981Pica-Pau (na peça "Viveiro de Pássaros")
O Bem-Amado1980Boca de Tramela
Grandes Nomes1980Self
Água Viva1980Canivete
Feijão Maravilha1979Benevides
Maria, Maria1978Preto Maravilha
The Trapalhões1977Ele mesmo (em Uberlândia)
Bravo!1975Malaquias
Os Ossos do Barão1973bêbado
Uma Rosa com Amor1972Pimpinoni
Linguinha x Mr. Yes1971Cassius Ali
Bandeira 21971Zé Catimba
Caso Especial1971Nogueira- Gabriela, Cravo e Canela1961Tuísca