Antônio Pitanga

Biography

Antônio Luiz Sampaio OMC (Salvador, June 13, 1939), better known as Antônio Pitanga, is a Brazilian actor and filmmaker, who became internationally known for playing several roles on films of the Cinema Novo movement in the 1960s.

Known For

The Clone

Celebrity

Anything Goes

The Next Victim

Kananga do Japão

Perfect Love

Chico Anysio Show

Side by Side

All Movies (126)

• Deixar a Vida Me Levar2027
• A Fúria2026 · as Pai de Santo
• Fernando Coni Campos: Cada um Vive como Sonha2026 · as himself
• The Taste of the Blackberry2026
• Tony Odyssey2026 · as Humberto
• Milton Gonçalves, Além do Espetáculo2025 · as Self
• Falas da Vida2025
• Malês2025 · as Pacífico Licutan
• Tributo: Tony Tornado2025 · as Self
• Coisa de Novela2025 · as Vicente
• Same Old West2025 · as Ermitão
• Margeado2025 · as Silvério
• Cartografia das Ondas2025
• A Vilã das Nove2024 · as Modesto Estrella
• Sérgio Ricardo: Uma Outra História do Cinema Novo2024
• Wedding Games2023 · as Marcelo
• Aunt Virginia2023 · as Tavares
• Lenita - Traces of a Lady2023 · as Self
• Nosso Sonho2023 · as Seu Américo
• Tinnitus2023 · as Inácio
• Favela do Papa2023 · as Self
• The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus2023
• A Força do Gigante2022 · as Self
• The Coup d'État Factory2022 · as Antônio Pitanga
• Memory House2022 · as Cristovam
• Our Children2022 · as Rodrigo
• Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Good Cinema2021
• Candango: Memoirs from a Festival2020 · as Self
• Porfírio do Amaral: A Verdade Sobre o Samba2020 · as Self
• A Day with Jerusa2020 · as Yoyo
• Os Escravos de Jó2020 · as Jérèmie Valés
• Pressed, Ripped Apart2019 · as (archive footage)
• Memórias do Grupo Opinião2019 · as Self
• Possessões2018 · as Pai Joaquim
• Riscados pela Memória2018
• Running After2018 · as Garçom Othelo
• O Poder Negro2018
• Carvana2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Bandeira de Retalhos2018 · as João da Lua
• Barravento Novo2017
• O Cinema Foi à Feira2016 · as Ele mesmo
• Pitanga2016 · as Self
• For Sale or Rent2013 · as Seu Capô
• The Great Kilapy2012 · as Pai de Joãozinho
• O Terno do Zé2012 · as Pai Pedro de Oxum Aiê
• Água de Meninos – A Feira do Cinema Novo2012 · as Himself
• A Promessa de Gerônimo2012 · as Geronimo
• I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips2011 · as Pastor Isaías
• Premonição2011 · as Seu Antero
• Lula, the Son of Brazil2010 · as Seu Cristóvão
• Lágrimas de Ogum2009
• Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha2007
• The Man Who Challenged the Devil2007 · as Preto Velho
• The Passenger: Adult Secrets2006 · as Delegado
• Zuzu Angel2006 · as Policial gentil
• Bom Dia, Eternidade2006 · as Calunga
• Referências2006 · as Self
• A Degola Fatal2005 · as Self (archive footage)
• Girls from ABC2003 · as Seu Aurélio
• Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth2003 · as Self
• Apolônio Brasil, Campeão da Alegria2003 · as Coice
• Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion2000 · as Joaquim
• A Terceira Morte de Joaquim Bolívar2000
• Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei1999 · as Valentim
• Como Ser Solteiro1998 · as Self
• Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional1997 · as Self
• O Marajá1993 · as Tato
• The Fifth Monkey1990 · as Drunk at the Party
• Barrela: Escola de Crimes1990
• Dedé Mamata1988
• Eternamente Pagu1987 · as Herculano
• No Tempo de Glauber1987
• The Manor of Araucaima1986 · as Cristobal
• The King of Rio1985 · as Geraldão
• Chico Rei1985
• Quilombo1984 · as Acaiuba
• Rio Babilonia1982 · as Bira
• The Brazilwood Man1982 · as César
• The Age of the Earth1980 · as Black Christ
• Na Boca do Mundo1979 · as Antônio
• Jorge Amado no Cinema1979
• Black Goddess1978
• SRTV 307 – Cinemateca: Almoço na Cinédia – nosso cinema 80 anos1978
• Cordão de Ouro1977 · as Cosme
• Sweet Thieves1977 · as Fuleiro
• The Force of Xango1977 · as Young Tônho Tiê (Uncredited)
• Di Cavalcanti Di Glauber1977 · as Self
• Deadly Cruelty1976 · as Deca
• Bahia1976
• Jouez Encore, Payez Encore1975
• Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável1974 · as Amâncio
• Um Homem Célebre1974
• Joanna Francesa1973
• Vozes do Medo1972
• When Carnaval Comes1972 · as Cuíca
• Câncer1972 · as Vagabundo
• Lost Love Juliana1970
• República da Traição1970
• Uma Nega Chamada Tereza1970
• The Woman of Everyone1969 · as Vampiro
• Corisco, o Diabo Loiro1969 · as Zé Baiano
• Golias Contra o Homem das Bolinhas1969
• Garden of War1969
• Tropico1969
• Compasso de Espera1969 · as Assis
• Colagem1967
• Cangaceiros de Lampião1967 · as Cravo Roxo
• Mar Corrente1967 · as Luiz
• Plantation Boy1966 · as Zé Guedes
• The Big City1966 · as Calunga
• My Home Is Copacabana1965
• Samba1965 · as Paulo's friend
• The Guns1964 · as Voice
• Senhor dos Navegantes1964
• Esse Mundo é Meu1964 · as Toninho
• Sol Sobre a Lama1963 · as Bom Rojão
• Lampião, King of the Badlands1963
• Ganga Zumba1963 · as Ganga Zumba / Antão
• The Turning Wind1962 · as Firmino
• The Given Word1962 · as Mestre Coca
• Tocaia no Asfalto1962 · as Matador de Caxias
• Bahia of All Saints1961 · as Pitanga
• A Grande Feira1961 · as Chico Diabo
• Justino—
• A Cabeça do Santo—

All TV Shows (40)

• Por Você2026
• Clube Spelunca2025
• Anything Goes2025 · as Salvador Gomes
• Children of the Church Steps2024 · as Célio
• Dois em Cena: Encontro de Gerações2023
• Perfect Love2023 · as Dom Vitório
• In Your Place2021 · as Gesiel
• Thin Air2017 · as José Nazário
• Sonhadores2016 · as Zinho
• Side by Side2012 · as Túlio
• Lilyhammer2012 · as Blind Man
• Celebrity2003 · as Comandante Roberto
• The Clone2001 · as Sebastião "Tião"
• The Next Victim1995 · as Kléber Noronha
• Guerra Sem Fim1993 · as Deputado Azulão
• O Fantasma da Ópera1991 · as operário do teatro
• A História de Ana Raio e Zé Trovão1990 · as Elomar
• Pantanal1990 · as Túlio
• Kananga do Japão1989 · as Bira
• Olho por Olho1988 · as Detetive Baba-Ovo (Ofélio Fonseca)
• Corpo Santo1987 · as Patrício
• Dona Beija1986 · as Moisés
• Tenda dos Milagres1985 · as Exú
• Tudo em Cima1985 · as Cheiroso
• Meu Destino É Pecar1984 · as Dioclécio
• Partido Alto1984 · as Jacaré
• Chico Anysio Show1982
• Terras do Sem Fim1981 · as Viriato
• O Amor é Nosso!1981 · as motorista
• Rosa Baiana1981 · as Raimundo
• A Viagem1975 · as Damião
• Ovelha Negra1975 · as Dito Preto
• Os Ossos do Barão1973 · as Misael
• Jerônimo, o Herói do Sertão1972 · as Zabumba
• Caso Especial1971
• O Homem Que Deve Morrer1971 · as Lucas Pé-na-Cova
• Dez Vidas1969 · as José do Patrocínio
• Sangue do Meu Sangue1969 · as José do Patrocínio
• Vidas em Conflito1969 · as Robson
• Ana1968 · as Antônio