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.
Known For
All Movies (136)
- Othelo The Great2024 · as Self (archive footage)
- Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema2023 · as Self (archive footage)
- The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus2023
- The Welles Raft2022 · as Himself (Archive Footage)
- Katharsys2022
- Searching for Makunaima2020 · as Archive footage
- Candango: Memoirs from a Festival2020 · as Self (archive footage)
- O Samba é Primo do Jazz2020 · as (imagens de arquivo)
- Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo2019 · as Self (archive footage)
- Pressed, Ripped Apart2019 · as (archive footage)
- Memórias do Grupo Opinião2019 · as Self (archive footage)
- Naked Eye2014 · as Self (archive footage)
- Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado2009 · as Self
- A Paz é Dourada2008 · as Lepto
- Othelo2005 · as Self
- It's All Brazil1997 · as Self (archive footage)
- Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional1997 · as Self
- Cachoeiro em Três Tons1994 · as Self
- It's All True1993 · as Self
- A Embaixatriz do Samba1991 · as Self
- Troca de Cabeça1991
- Boca de Ouro1990
- Welles' Language1990 · as Narrator
- Jardim de Alah1989 · as Alah
- Abolition1988 · as Himself
- Natal da Portela1988 · as Seu Napoleão
- Jubiabá1987 · as Jubiabá
- Running Out of Luck1987
- Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman1987 · as Self
- Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion1987 · as Self
- Black Fragments of Samba - Cariocas, The City Musicians1987 · as Self
- Black Fragments of Samba - Paulo Moura, Infinite Music1987
- It's Not All True1986 · as Himself
- Brasa Adormecida1986
- Exu-Piá, Coração de Macunaíma1986
- Quilombo1984 · as Babá
- Parahyba Mulher Macho1983 · as Seu Pedro
- Fala Mangueira!1983 · as Narrator
- Fitzcarraldo1982 · as Station Master
- The Brazilwood Man1982 · as Príncipe Tourvalou de Blesi
- Brasil1981 · as Self (archive footage)
- Noel por Noel1981
- Asa Branca: A Brazilian Dream1980
- As Aventuras de Robinson Crusoé1978 · as Sexta-Feira
- A Noite dos Duros1978 · as Bides
- A Noiva da Cidade1978 · as Líbero
- Bloody Gold1978
- Sweet Thieves1977 · as Ruy Zebra
- The Force of Xango1977 · as Beicinho
- Lucio Flavio1977 · as Dondinho
- The Agony1976 · as Sinhô
- Ladrão de Bagdá1976
- Carioca Tigre1976 · as Omero
- Bahia1976
- O Flagrante1976
- Tem Alguém na Minha Cama1976
- King of the Cards1975 · as Rei do Baralho
- Assim Era a Atlântida1975
- Deixa, Amorzinho... Deixa1975
- Chinese Viola1975 · as Self
- Aventuras d'um Detetive Português1975
- The Star Rises1974 · as Grande Otelo
- Getúlio Vargas1974 · as (archive footage)
- O Negrinho do Pastoreio1973
- Cassy Jones, the Magnificent Seducer1972 · as Porteiro do teatro
- Semana de Arte Moderna1972 · as himself
- Cômicos... + Cômicos...1971
- O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões1971 · as João Otelo dos Anzóis Carapuça
- Se Meu Dólar Falasse...1971 · as Tisiu
- O Donzelo1971 · as Motorista de Taxi
- Sebastião Prata, ou Bem Dizendo, Grande Otelo1971 · as Self
- Em Ritmo Jovem1970
- The Heirs1970 · as Americo
- The Hullabaloo Family1970 · as Divina Dama
- Não Aperta, Aparício1970 · as Tonico
- A Doce Mulher Amada1969 · as Leo
- Macunaima1969 · as Black Macunaíma / Macunaíma's son
- Alibi1969 · as tranviere
- The Outsiders1968
- Massacre no Supermercado1968 · as Zé Gatinho
- Doomed Lovers1967 · as Focinho
- A Rose for Everyone1967
- Crônica da Cidade Amada1965 · as (episódio "Um Pobre Morreu")
- Samba1965 · as Freitas
- Quero Essa Mulher Assim Mesmo1963
- Assault on the Pay Train1962 · as Cachaça
- The Cosmonauts1962 · as Zenóbio
- O Homem Que Roubou a Copa do Mundo1961
- O Dono da Bola1961
- Um Candango na Belacap1961
- Vai Que é Mole1960 · as Brancura
- Mulheres à Vista1959
- Pistoleiro Bossa Nova1959
- Garota Enxuta1959
- Os Três Cangaceiros1959
- Entrei de Gaiato1959
- Mujeres de fuego1958
- É de Chuá!1958
- ...E o Bicho Não Deu1958
- Com Jeito Vai1957
- Rio, Northern Zone1957 · as Espírito da Luz Soares
- A Baronesa Transviada1957 · as Benedito
- De Pernas Pro Ar1957 · as Faísca
- Metido a Bacana1957 · as Coalhada
- Pé na Tábua1957
- Depois Eu Conto1956 · as Veludo
- Malandros em Quarta Dimensão1954
- Paixão nas Selvas1954
- Matar ou Correr1954 · as Ciscocada
- A Dupla do Barulho1953
- Barnabé, You Are Mine1952
- I Loved a Bookie1952 · as Passarinho
- Carnaval Atlântida1952 · as Miro
- Três Vagabundos1952 · as Rapadura/Milk Shake
- Aviso aos Navegantes1950 · as Azulão
- Também Somos Irmãos1949 · as Moleque Miro
- Terra Violenta1949
- O Caçula do Barulho1949
- ... E O Mundo Se Diverte1949
- Carnaval no Fogo1949 · as Empregado do Hotel
- That's What I'm Gonna Do1948 · as Lamparina
- Luz dos Meus Olhos1947
- The World is a Tambourine1947
- Não Adianta Chorar1945
- Romance Proibido1944
- Tristezas Não Pagam Dívidas1943
- Moleque Tião1943
- Caminho do Céu1943
- Samba em Berlim1943 · as Empregado da pensão
- Black Diamonds1941 · as Empregado da tendinha
- Blue Sky1941 · as Chocolate
- Laranja da China1940 · as Boneco de Pixe
- Family Football1939 · as Gibi
- Onde Estás, Felicidade?1939 · as Sebastião
- João Ninguém1936
- Noites Cariocas1935
All TV Shows (25)
- Jequitibá1993 · as Seu Francisco
- Estados Anysios de Chico City1991
- Escolinha do Professor Raimundo1990 · as Eustáquio
- A, E, I, O... Urca1990 · as Ele mesmo
- Republic1989 · as Patápio dos Prazeres
- Mandala1987 · as Jonas Caetano Barbosa
- Little Missy1986 · as Justo de Sá
- A Gata Comeu1985 · as Self
- Chico Anysio Show1982 · as Eustáquio
- Chico Anysio Show1982 · as Various Characters
- O Amor é Nosso!1981 · as Pica-Pau (na peça "Viveiro de Pássaros")
- O Bem-Amado1980 · as Boca de Tramela
- Grandes Nomes1980 · as Self
- Água Viva1980 · as Canivete
- Feijão Maravilha1979 · as Benevides
- Maria, Maria1978 · as Preto Maravilha
- The Trapalhões1977 · as Ele mesmo (em Uberlândia)
- The Trapalhões1977 · as Ele mesmo
- Bravo!1975 · as Malaquias
- Os Ossos do Barão1973 · as bêbado
- Uma Rosa com Amor1972 · as Pimpinoni
- Linguinha x Mr. Yes1971 · as Cassius Ali
- Bandeira 21971 · as Zé Catimba
- Caso Especial1971 · as Nogueira
- Gabriela, Cravo e Canela1961 · as Tuísca