Grande Otelo
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1915-10-18
Day of Death
1993-11-26 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil
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.
Acting
(2024)
Othelo The Great
as Self (archive footage)
(2023)
(2023)
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
The Welles Raft
as Himself (Archive Footage)
(2022)
(2020)
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
Searching for Makunaima
as Archive footage
(2020)
O Samba é Primo do Jazz
as (imagens de arquivo)
(2019)
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Pressed, Ripped Apart
as (archive footage)
(2019)
Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
Naked Eye
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
as Self
(2008)
A Paz é Dourada
as Lepto
(2005)
Othelo
as Self
(1997)
(1997)
It's All Brazil
as Self (archive footage)
(1994)
Cachoeiro em Três Tons
as Self
(1993)
It's All True
as Self
(1991)
A Embaixatriz do Samba
as Self
(1991)
(1990)
(1990)
Welles' Language
as Narrator
(1989)
Jardim de Alah
as Alah
(1988)
Abolition
as Himself
(1988)
Natal da Portela
as Seu Napoleão
(1987)
(1987)
Jubiabá
as Jubiabá
(1987)
(1987)
(1987)
(1987)
(1986)
It's Not All True
as Himself
(1986)
(1986)
(1984)
Quilombo
as Babá
(1983)
Parahyba Mulher Macho
as Seu Pedro
(1983)
Fala Mangueira!
as Narrator
(1982)
Fitzcarraldo
as Station Master
(1982)
The Brazilwood Man
as Príncipe Tourvalou de Blesi
(1981)
Brasil
as Self (archive footage)
(1981)
(1980)
(1978)
A Noite dos Duros
as Bides
(1978)
As Aventuras de Robinson Crusoé
as Sexta-Feira
(1978)
(1978)
A Noiva da Cidade
as Líbero
(1977)
The Force of Xango
as Beicinho
(1977)
Sweet Thieves
as Ruy Zebra
(1977)
Lucio Flavio
as Dondinho
(1976)
(1976)
Carioca Tigre
as Omero
(1976)
The Agony
as Sinhô
(1976)
(1976)
(1976)
(1975)
(1975)
O Rei do Baralho
as Rei do Baralho
(1975)
Chinese Viola
as Self
(1975)
(1975)
(1974)
The Star Rises
as Grande Otelo
(1974)
Getúlio Vargas
as (archive footage)
(1973)
(1972)
Cassy Jones, O Magnífico Sedutor
as Porteiro do teatro
(1972)
Semana de Arte Moderna
as himself
(1971)
Se Meu Dólar Falasse
as Tisiu
(1971)
O Donzelo
as Motorista de Taxi
(1971)
(1971)
(1971)
O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões
as João Otelo dos Anzóis Carapuça
(1970)
The Heirs
as Americo
(1970)
The Hullabaloo Family
as Divina Dama
(1970)
Não Aperta, Aparício
as Tonico
(1970)
(1969)
(1969)
Macunaima
as Black Macunaíma / Macunaíma's son
(1969)
Alibi
as tranviere
(1968)
(1968)
Massacre no Supermercado
as Zé Gatinho
(1967)
(1967)
Doomed Lovers
as Focinho
(1965)
Samba
as Freitas
(1965)
Crônica da Cidade Amada
as (episódio "Um Pobre Morreu")
(1963)
(1962)
Assault on the Pay Train
as Cachaça
(1962)
The Cosmonauts
as Zenóbio
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1960)
Vai Que é Mole
as Brancura
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1957)
Rio, Northern Zone
as Espírito da Luz Soares
(1957)
(1957)
De Pernas Pro Ar
as Faísca
(1957)
Metido a Bacana
as Coalhada
(1957)
(1957)
A Baronesa Transviada
as Benedito
(1956)
Depois Eu Conto
as Veludo
(1954)
Matar ou Correr
as Ciscocada
(1954)
(1954)
(1953)
(1952)
Carnaval Atlântida
as Miro
(1952)
I Loved a Bookie
as Passarinho
(1952)
Três Vagabundos
as Rapadura/Milk Shake
(1952)
(1950)
Aviso aos Navegantes
as Azulão
(1949)
(1949)
Também Somos Irmãos
as Moleque Miro
(1949)
(1949)
Carnaval no Fogo
as Empregado do Hotel
(1949)
(1948)
É com Este que Eu Vou
as Lamparina
(1947)
(1947)
(1945)
(1944)
(1943)
Samba em Berlim
as Empregado da pensão
(1943)
(1943)
(1943)
(1941)
Black Diamonds
as Empregado da tendinha
(1941)
Blue Sky
as Chocolate
(1940)
Laranja da China
as Boneco de Pixe
(1939)
Onde Estás, Felicidade?
as Sebastião
(1939)
Family Football
as Gibi
(1936)
(1935)
Crew
(1965)