Milhem Cortaz
Biography
Milhem Cortaz (São Paulo, December 6, 1971) is a Brazilian actor and presenter. Of Arab and Italian descent, Cortaz started in theater at the age of 11, led by actor Walmor Chagas when he performed in the play O Santo Milagroso, in 1983. He moved at the age of 15 to live in Italy with his aunt to get rid of his cocaine addiction, where he graduated from the Piccolo Teatro di Milano and began doing street theater under the influence of Commedia dell'arte but returned to Brazil in 1990, joining the Centro de Pesquisa Teatral (CPT) and stood out, among others, for his performances in O Melhor do Homem in 1995, directed by Ulysses Cruz. He is known for Carandiru (2003), Elite Squad (2007) and A Wolf at the Door (2013).
Known For
Volta por Cima
A Terra Prometida
Desejos de Mulher
Força de um Desejo
Cidadão Brasileiro
The Next Victim
O Sétimo Guardião
Chamas da Vida
All Movies (74)
- Aurora2025 · as Pedro
- Outlaw2024 · as Seu Amoroso
- Atmosfera2023
- Overhaul2023 · as Fumaça / Smokey
- Amores Pandêmicos2023 · as Mauro
- Fortune cookie2022 · as Paulo
- Até a Noite Terminar2022 · as Tom
- Bob Spit: We Do Not Like People2021 · as Bob Cuspe (voice)
- Encarcerados2019 · as Narrator
- Cine Holliúdy 2: A Chibata Sideral2019 · as Zé Coveiro
- Mão na Cabeça2019
- Cano Serrado2018 · as Rico
- Intimate Strangers2018 · as Pedro
- Tungstênio2018 · as Narrador
- A Última Cova2018 · as Regis
- Life Is a Bitch2018 · as Flávio
- Os Parças2017 · as Policial Militar
- High Expectations2017
- Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte2017 · as Próspero
- Canastra Suja2016 · as Celso
- Alone Man2016 · as Cássio
- Jules and Dolores2016 · as Cortez
- Back and Forth2016 · as Seu Belmiro
- Stronger Than The World2016 · as Dedé Pederneiras
- In Dog's Words2016 · as Cebola
- Vidas Partidas2016 · as Delegado Delmar
- O Gorila2015 · as Marquinhos
- Blue Blood2014 · as Inox
- Entreturnos2014 · as Cardoso
- Road 472014 · as Coronel Lourenço
- Men Are from Mars... And That's Where I'm Going!2014 · as Escritor Livraria
- Alemão2014 · as Branco
- Crô2013 · as Riquelme
- Trinta2013 · as Tião
- A Wolf at the Door2013 · as Bernardo
- Dores de Amores2013 · as Ele
- Billi Pig2012 · as Ocílio
- Augustas2012
- Amanhã Nunca Mais2011 · as Geraldo
- Federal Bank Heist2011 · as Barão
- Trap.com2011 · as Pitboy
- The Impassive Muse2011 · as Adilson
- VIPs2011 · as Eike Gomes
- Elite Squad: The Enemy Within2010 · as Tenente-Coronel Fábio
- Boca2010 · as Osmar
- Lula, the Son of Brazil2010 · as Aristides
- Plastic City2009 · as Not Dead
- Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala2008 · as Lupa Castilho
- Embodiment of Evil2008 · as Padre Eugênio
- If Nothing Else Works Out2008 · as Sybelle
- O Magnata2007 · as Lúcio Flávio
- Elite Squad2007 · as Capitão Fabio
- Camila Jam2007 · as Locador
- Not by Chance2007
- Querô2007 · as Edgar
- Meu Mundo em Perigo2007 · as Fito
- Drained2006 · as Encanador
- Journey to the End of the Night2006 · as Rodrigo
- Bom Dia, Eternidade2006 · as Jovem Capilé
- Conception2005 · as Lino
- De Glauber Para Jirges2005 · as Glauber
- Playing in the Dark2004 · as Espião do Doi Codi
- Nina2004 · as Carlão
- Girls from ABC2003 · as Alemão
- Garrincha: Lonely Star2003 · as uncredited
- Carandiru2003 · as Peixeira (Dagger)
- Através da Janela2000 · as Raí's friend
- Por Trás do Pano1999 · as Puck
- Vida Bandida: Leonardo Pareja1996
- As Aparecidas—
- Apenas 3 Meninas—
- The Brokers— · as Tibério
- In the Ogre's Garden—
- Vingança S/A—
All TV Shows (26)
- Por Você2026 · as Juarez
- Blood Red: Under the Moonlight2025 · as Martin
- Volta por Cima2024 · as Osmar Pereira
- Anderson Spider Silva2023
- Teenage Kiss: The Future Is Dead2023 · as Ed
- Compro Likes2023 · as Jorge
- The Others2023 · as Wando
- A Mother's Love2019 · as Dr. Matias Junqueira
- Iron Island2018 · as Astério
- O Sétimo Guardião2018 · as Delegado Joubert Machado "Machado"
- August Street2018 · as Raul
- Malasartes2017 · as Próspero
- Aldo: Mais Forte que o Mundo2017 · as Treinador Dedé Pederneiras
- A Terra Prometida2016 · as Calebe
- Magnifica 702015 · as Agente Chagas
- Plano Alto2014 · as João titino
- The Miracles of Jesus2014 · as Barzilai
- O Negocio2013 · as Renan
- Crossing the Line2012 · as Delegado Jorge Medeiros
- Samson and Delilah2011 · as Abbas
- Chamas da Vida2008 · as Sargento Carlos José Lima / Cazé
- Cidadão Brasileiro2006 · as Américo Pereira
- These Women2005 · as Lobato
- Desejos de Mulher2002 · as Jacaré
- Força de um Desejo1999 · as capanga
- The Next Victim1995 · as Ted