Grande Otelo
Acting
October 18, 1915
Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil
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.
Movies
O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões
1971
Malandros em Quarta Dimensão
1954
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020
The World is a Tambourine
1947
Vai Que é Mole
1960
Black Fragments of Samba - Paulo Moura, Infinite Music
1987
... E O Mundo Se Diverte
1949
Fitzcarraldo
1982
Welles' Language
1990
The Welles Raft
2022
Bloody Gold
1978
Ladrão de Bagdá
1976
O Samba é Primo do Jazz
2020
Samba em Berlim
1943
The Outsiders
1968
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
2019
Getúlio Vargas
1974
Um Candango na Belacap
1961
Cômicos... + Cômicos...
1971
Em Ritmo Jovem
1970
TV Shows
The Bunglers
1977
The Bunglers
1977
Sinhá Moça
1986
Mandala
1987
A Gata Comeu
1985
Água Viva
1980
Bravo!
1975
Rebirth
1993
Maria Maria
1978
Feijão Maravilha
1979
Chico Anysio Show
1982
Chico Anysio Show
1982
Caso Especial
1971
Os Ossos do Barão
1973
Uma Rosa com Amor
1972
Escolinha do Professor Raimundo
1990
O Bem-Amado
1980
A, E, I, O... Urca
1990
Grandes Nomes
1980
Bandeira 2
1971