Gilberto Gil

Biography

Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (born June 26, 1942) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, musician, politician, and writer. With a career spanning over six decades, he is known for his significant contributions to Brazilian music and for winning Grammy Awards, Latin Grammy Awards, and the French government's National Order of Merit (1997). In 1999, he was named an "Artist for Peace" by UNESCO.

Known For

Sacrée soirée

Champs-Elysées

Desejos de Mulher

The Trapalhões

Celebrity

Chico Anysio Show

Conversa com Bial

Pelé

All Movies (147)

• Noites de João2025 · as Ele próprio
• Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei - A Última Turnê2025 · as Self
• Beat - a film about Jazz2025 · as himself
• 3 Obás de Xangô2025 · as Self
• Cazuza: Good News2025 · as Self
• Ritas2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Samba Infinite2025 · as Librarian
• Rita Lee: Mania de Você2025 · as Self
• Show 60 Anos2025 · as Self
• Gilberto Gil @ Philharmonie De Paris2025 · as Self : Vocals & Guitar
• Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi2024 · as Self
• Kopenawa: Sonhar a Terra-Floresta2024
• Toquinho Maravilhoso2024 · as Self
• Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos2024 · as Self
• A Última Vanguarda2024 · as Self
• They Shot the Piano Player2023 · as Self (voice)
• Môa, Mother Africa Roots2023 · as Self
• Bios: Os Paralamas do Sucesso2023 · as Self
• Chic Show2023 · as Self
• Germano Mathias - O Catedrático do Samba2023 · as Self
• The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus2023
• Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer2022 · as Self
• Breaking Myths2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• O Presidente Improvável2022 · as Self
• Gilberto Gil: Um Deus em seu Jardim2021 · as Self
• Arraial do Gil2021 · as Self
• Pelé2021 · as Self
• Amor e Sorte com Gilberto Gil2020 · as Self
• De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade2020 · as Self
• Gilberto Gil - Concerto de Cordas & Máquinas de Ritmo2020 · as Self
• Encontros Tropicais2020 · as Self
• Gilberto Gil Antologia Vol.12019 · as Self
• Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar2019 · as Self
• Mito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa2019 · as Self
• Refavela 402019 · as Self
• October2019 · as Self
• Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro2019 · as Self
• 1964: Brazil between weapons and books2019 · as Himself
• O Barato de Iacanga2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• All Love Songs2018 · as Self
• O Outro Lado da Memória2018 · as Self
• Dê Lembranças a Todos2018 · as Self
• Smetak2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Tropicália: 50 Anos2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• Dunas do Barato2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End2017 · as Self
• Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas2017 · as Self
• Axé: Music of a People2017 · as Self
• Pitanga2016 · as Self
• Beard, Hair & Stache2016 · as Self
• Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World2016 · as Self
• Yorimatã2016 · as Self
• Chico Science: Um Caranguejo Elétrico2016 · as Self
• Rogério Duarte, o Tropikaoslista2015 · as Self
• Circo Voador - A Nave2015 · as Self
• Two Friends, a Century of Music2015 · as Self
• André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music2015 · as Self
• Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo2014 · as Self
• Dominguinhos2014 · as Self
• A Bola2014 · as NARRADOR
• Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração2014 · as Self
• A Farra do Circo2013 · as Self
• Viramundo2013 · as Self
• Festive Land: Carnival in Bahia2013 · as Self
• Futuro do Pretérito: Tropicalismo Now!2012 · as Self
• Tropicália2012 · as Self
• Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust2012 · as Self
• Aperana Street 522012 · as Self
• Especial: Ivete, Gil e Caetano2011 · as Self
• O Velho Guerreiro Não Morrerá - O Cangaceiro de Lima Barreto 50 Anos Depois2011 · as Self
• Canções do Exílio: A Labareda Que Lambeu Tudo2011 · as Self
• 2012: Time for Change2010 · as Self
• A Night in 672010 · as Self
• Ana Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+12010 · as Self
• Duetos2010 · as Self
• Gilberto Gil, the Power of Music2010 · as Self
• Gilberto Gil – Fé Na Festa2010 · as Self
• Hello, Hello, Terezinha!2009 · as Self
• Beyond Ipanema2009 · as Self
• Dzi Croquettes2009 · as Self
• Loki: Arnaldo Baptista2009 · as Self
• RiP!: A Remix Manifesto2008 · as Self
• Permanent Pan-Cinema2008 · as Self (voice)
• The Man Who Bottled Clouds2008 · as Self
• Beth Carvalho Canta o Samba da Bahia2008 · as Self
• Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal2008 · as Self
• Cidade do Samba2007 · as Self
• Schenberguianas2007 · as Self
• Por Toda Minha Vida: Elis Regina2006 · as Self
• 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 'Formosa'
• Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume2005 · as Self
• Looking for Black Orpheus2005 · as Self
• Phono 73: A Country and its Music2005 · as Self (archive footage)
• Gilberto Gil : Electroacústico2004 · as Self
• MTV ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo - 10 Anos2004 · as Self
• Born To Be Blind2003 · as Self (uncredited)
• Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought2003 · as Self
• Outros (Doces) Bárbaros2002 · as Self
• Viva São João!2002 · as Self
• Gilberto Gil: Kaya N'Gandaya2002 · as Self
• Acústico MTV: Cidade Negra2002 · as Self
• Rogério Duprat - Vida de Músico2002 · as Self
• Samba Riachão2001 · as Self
• Brazil's Maria Bethânia2001 · as Self
• Toquinho2001 · as Self
• O Cinema Segundo Vladimir Carvalho2001 · as Self
• Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste2001
• Multishow Ao Vivo - Brasil2001 · as Self
• I Want2000 · as (voice)
• Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds1998 · as Self - Narrator
• Ed Mort1997 · as Silva 5
• Milton Nascimento - A Sede do Peixe1997 · as Self
• Bahia de Todos os Sambas1996 · as Self
• Jorge Amado1996 · as Self
• Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei1996 · as Self
• The Mandarin1995 · as Sinhô
• Gilberto Gil: Unplugged1994 · as Self (vocals and acoustic guitar)
• Maldito Popular Brasileiro: Arnaldo Dias Baptista1993 · as Self
• Beijoqueiro: Portrait of a Serial Kisser1992 · as Self (archive footage)
• Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália1992 · as Self
• Dias de Euforia1989 · as Self
• Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy1989 · as Self
• Ôrí1989 · as Self
• Hunting Season1988 · as Self
• Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion1987 · as Self
• Talking Cinema1986 · as Party Guest
• Infinita Tropicália1986 · as Self
• Making of - Quilombo1984 · as Self
• Corações a Mil1983
• Gilbertianas Brasileiras1983 · as Self
• Brasil1981 · as Self
• Caterina Valente presents Brazilian music1979 · as Self
• Os Doces Bárbaros1977 · as Self
• Gilberto Gil - Refazenda1975 · as Self
• Bahia de Todos os Santos1974 · as Self
• Álbum de Música1974 · as Self
• Passe Livre1974 · as Self
• The Demiurge1972 · as Pã
• Semana de Arte Moderna1972 · as himself
• O Tempo e o Som1970 · as Self
• Bahia, For Example1969 · as Self
• Gilberto Gil— · as Self

All TV Shows (25)

• Cazuza Além da Música2025 · as Self
• Tiny Desk Brazil2025 · as Self
• Singing Earth2025 · as Himself
• Angélica: 50 & Uns2024
• O Repórter do Poder2023 · as Self
• Gil Family2022 · as Self
• 20222022 · as Self
• Astral Journey2021 · as Self
• Astral Journey2021
• Amigos, Sons e Palavras2018 · as Self
• O Nome Dela é Gal2017 · as Self
• Conversa com Bial2017 · as Self
• Vamos Tocar2016 · as Self
• Músicos de Latinoamérica2011 · as Self
• Por Toda Minha Vida2006 · as Self
• Celebrity2003 · as Self
• Desejos de Mulher2002 · as Self
• O Povo Brasileiro2000 · as Self
• Sacrée soirée1987 · as Self
• Criança Esperança1986 · as Self
• Chico & Caetano1986
• Chico Anysio Show1982 · as Self
• Champs-Elysées1982 · as Self
• Grandes Nomes1980 · as Self
• The Trapalhões1977