Caetano Veloso

Biography

Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso (7 August 1942), better known as Caetano Veloso, is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo which encompassed theatre, poetry and music in the 1960s, at the beginning of the Brazilian military dictatorship. He has remained a constant creative influence and best-selling performing artist and composer ever since.

Known For

The Oscars

Numéro un

The Trapalhões

Le Grand Échiquier

Lady Night

Casseta & Planeta, Urgente!

Talk to Her

Grandes Nomes

All Movies (150)

• Todo Mundo no Rio com Shakira2026 · as Self
• Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo2025 · as Self
• Ritas2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Luiz Melodia - Within the Heart of Brazil2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi2024 · as Self
• Transe2024 · as Caetano
• Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos2024 · as Self
• Anna Mariani - Photographic Notes2024 · as Narrator
• A Última Vanguarda2024 · as Self
• They Shot the Piano Player2023 · as Self (voice)
• Môa, Mother Africa Roots2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Grupo Corpo Pela Música2023
• The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus2023
• Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Especial Caetano Veloso 80 Anos2022 · as Self
• Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina2021 · as Self
• Race Antenna2020 · as Self
• Ney - À Flor da Pele2020 · as Self
• Narcissus Off Duty2020 · as Self
• Caetano Veloso - Live2020 · as Self
• Numéro un - Demis Roussos2020 · as Self
• Mito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa2019 · as Self
• Orlamundo2019 · as Self
• 1964: Brazil between weapons and books2019 · as Himself
• Amigo Arrigo2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Fevereiros2019 · as Self
• Antes que Me Esqueçam, Meu Nome É Edy Star2019 · as Self
• Emicida: 10 Anos de Triunfo - Ao vivo2018 · as Self
• Com a Palavra, Arnaldo Antunes2018 · as Self
• Dê Lembranças a Todos2018 · as Self
• Gabeira2017 · as Self
• Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone2017
• Tropicália: 50 Anos2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End2017 · as Self
• Barão Vermelho: Por que a gente é assim?2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas2017 · as Self
• Jovem aos 50 - A História de Meio Século da Jovem Guarda2017 · as Self
• Axé: Music of a People2017 · as Self
• Pitanga2016 · as Self
• Sobre Noiz2016 · as Self
• Guitarra Baiana - A Voz do Carnaval2016 · as Self
• Chico: Brazilian Artist2015 · as Self (archive footage)
• Rogério Duarte, o Tropikaoslista2015 · as Self
• Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro2015 · as Self
• 26º Prêmio da Música Brasileira - Homenagem a Maria Bethânia2015 · as ele mesmo
• Two Friends, a Century of Music2015 · as Self
• André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music2015 · as Self
• Naked Eye2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• Multishow ao Vivo: Caetano Veloso – Abraçaço2014 · as Self
• A Farra do Circo2013 · as Self
• Tropicália2012 · as Self
• The Music According to Tom Jobim2012 · as Self (archive footage)
• Raul: O Início, o Fim e o Meio2012 · as Self
• Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust2012 · as Self
• Aperana Street 522012 · as Self
• Agamenon: The Film2012 · as Self
• Especial: Ivete, Gil e Caetano2011 · as Self
• Chitãozinho & Xororó 40 Anos Sinfônico2011 · as Self
• Rock Brasília - Era de Ouro2011 · as Self
• Multishow Ao Vivo Caetano e Maria Gadú2011 · as Self
• Consideração do Poema2011
• MTV ao Vivo: Caetano - Zii e Zie2011 · as Self
• MTV Ao Vivo: Zii E Zie (Edição Especial)2011 · as Self
• Canções do Exílio: A Labareda Que Lambeu Tudo2011 · as Self
• Disquiet2010
• A Night in 672010 · as Self
• Intrépida Trupe - Será que o Tempo Realmente Passa?2010 · as Self
• Beyond Ipanema2009 · as Self
• Wandering Heart2009 · as Self
• Loki: Arnaldo Baptista2009 · as Self (archive footage)
• Palavra (En)Cantada2009 · as Self (archive footage)
• Roberto Carlos e Caetano Veloso - A Música de Tom Jobim2008 · as Self
• Permanent Pan-Cinema2008 · as Self
• Before and After S. Bernardo2008 · as Self
• Um Barzinho, Um Violão: Novelas Anos 702008 · as Self - interpreta Moça
• The Man Who Bottled Clouds2008 · as Self
• Beth Carvalho Canta o Samba da Bahia2008 · as Self
• Fados2007 · as Self
• Rita Lee - Biograffiti: Ovelha Negra2007 · as Self
• Rita Lee - Biograffiti: Cor de Rosa Choque2007 · as Self
• Grupo Corpo: Dance Theatre from Brazil2007 · as Self
• Pixote In Memoriam2007 · as Self
• Maria Bethânia: Pedrinha de Aruanda2007 · as Self
• Jorge Ben Jor - Energia2007
• O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento2006 · as Self
• Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day2006
• Fabricating Tom Zé2006 · as Self
• Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra2006 · as Self
• Vinicius de Moraes2005 · as Self - Singer 'Poema dos Olhos da Amada'
• Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume2005 · as Self
• Phono 73: A Country and its Music2005 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Miracle of Candeal2004 · as Self
• Welcome to São Paulo2004 · as Narrator
• MPB dos Tempos da Repressão2004 · as Self
• O Baú do Raul - Uma Homenagem a Raul Seixas2004 · as Self
• Heliorama2004 · as Self
• Miguel's Destiny2004 · as Garçom
• Caetano Veloso – Un Caballero De Fina Estampa2003 · as Self
• Casa de Samba2003 · as Self
• Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought2003 · as Self
• Outros (Doces) Bárbaros2002 · as Self
• Talk to Her2002 · as Singer at Party
• Rogério Duprat - Vida de Músico2002 · as Self
• Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino2002 · as Self
• Caetano Veloso: Noites do Norte – Ao Vivo2002 · as Self
• Samba Riachão2001 · as Self
• Brazil's Maria Bethânia2001 · as Self
• Rita Lee: 30012001
• Caetano - Prenda Minha2001 · as Self
• Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste2001
• Multishow Ao Vivo - Brasil2001 · as Self
• Pavarotti & Friends 7 - For Cambodia and Tibet2000 · as Self
• Orfeu1999 · as Cantor
• Milton Nascimento - A Sede do Peixe1997 · as Self
• Bahia de Todos os Sambas1996 · as Self
• Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei1996 · as Self
• The Mandarin1995 · as Lamartine Babo
• Trovoada1995 · as Self (uncredited)
• Circuladô1992
• Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália1992 · as Self
• A Embaixatriz do Samba1991 · as Self
• Sermões1989
• Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion1987 · as Self
• Talking Cinema1986 · as Self / Singer "Língua"
• Onda Nova1984 · as Self
• Vinicius de Moraes, Um Rapaz de Família1983 · as Self
• Tabu1983 · as Lamartine Babo
• Corações a Mil1983
• Rita Lee & Roberto de Carvalho: O Circo1982 · as Self
• The King of the Candle1982
• Brasil1981 · as Self
• O Mundo Mágico dos Trapalhões1981 · as Self
• Certas Palavras com Chico Buarque1980 · as Self
• Fênix1980 · as Self
• Abertura1979 · as Self
• HO1979 · as Self
• Os Doces Bárbaros1977 · as Self
• Conteúdo Zero, um Filme para Desentendidos1974 · as Self
• Loucura e Cultura1973 · as Self
• The Demiurge1972 · as Demiurgo
• Semana de Arte Moderna1972 · as himself
• The Heirs1970
• O Tempo e o Som1970 · as Self
• Bahia, For Example1969 · as Self
• A Última Ceia Segundo Ziraldo1968
• Bethânia Bem de Perto: A Propósito de um Show1966 · as Self
• Caetano Veloso in Bahia—
• Caetano Veloso - Ao Vivo no Ginásio da Unicamp, 1987—
• Arto Lindsay, Simply Are...— · as Self

All TV Shows (21)

• Cazuza Além da Música2025 · as Self
• Fernando Collor: The Maharajah Hunter2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Chico Anysio: Um Homem à Procura de Um Personagem2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• 20222022 · as Self
• Elza & Mané: Amor em Linhas Tortas2022 · as Self
• O Canto Livre de Nara Leão2022 · as Self
• O Nome Dela é Gal2017 · as Self
• Lady Night2017 · as Self
• Minha Estupidez2016
• Vamos Tocar2016 · as Self
• Paulo Gustavo na Estrada2013
• Músicos de Latinoamérica2011 · as Self
• Casseta & Planeta, Urgente!1992
• Criança Esperança1986 · as Self
• Chico & Caetano1986 · as Self
• Mixto Quente1986
• Grandes Nomes1980 · as Self
• The Trapalhões1977
• Numéro un1975 · as Self
• Le Grand Échiquier1972 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self