José Wilker
Acting
August 20, 1946
Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil
Biography
José Wilker Almeida (20 August 1944 – 5 April 2014) was a Brazilian film, stage, and television actor and director. The actor gained fame in telenovelas like Roque Santeiro (1985), but became known internationally for his role as Vadinho, the husband who returns from the dead to tempt Sônia Braga's character in the movie Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976).
Movies
Josué de Castro, Cidadão do Mundo
1994
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
1998
Subway to the Stars
1987
Cute But Ordinary
1981
VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro
2013
The King of the Candle
1982
The Deceased
1965
Medicine Man
1992
The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga
2011
As Aventuras do Pequeno Colombo
2015
Now Boarding
2009
El Justicero
1967
Jango
1984
The Greatest Love of All
2006
Giovanni Improtta
2013
Viva Sapato!
2003
Romance
2008
Isolados
2014
Confissões de Uma Viúva Moça
1976
The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail
2014
TV Shows
Sai de Baixo
1996
Fera Ferida
1993
Celebridade
2003
A Vida Como Ela É...
1996
Amazônia: De Galvez a Chico Mendes
2007
Desejos de Mulher
2002
Corpo Santo
1987
Her Own Destiny
2004
Gabriela
2012
Plumas & Paetês
1980
Suave Veneno
1999
Duas Caras
2007
Roque Santeiro
1985
Cavalo de Aço
1973
Carmem
1987
Trail of Lies
2013
Três Irmãs
2008
The Fifth of Hell
2002
Gabriela
1975
Rebirth
1993