Acting · Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil · Born October 18, 1915
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.
MovieOthelo The Great
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MovieNelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
2023
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023
MovieThe Welles Raft
2022
as Himself (Archive Footage)
MovieKatharsys
2022
MovieSearching for Makunaima
2020
as Archive footage
MovieCandango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MovieO Samba é Primo do Jazz
2020
as (imagens de arquivo)
MovieNão Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo
2019
as Self (archive footage)
MoviePressed, Ripped Apart
2019
as (archive footage)
MovieMemórias do Grupo Opinião
2019
as Self (archive footage)
MovieNaked Eye
2014
as Self (archive footage)
MoviePaulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
2009
as Self
MovieA Paz é Dourada
2008
as Lepto
MovieOthelo
2005
as Self
MovieIt's All Brazil
1997
as Self (archive footage)
MovieCelebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997
as Self
MovieCachoeiro em Três Tons
1994
as Self
MovieIt's All True
1993
as Self
TVJequitibá
1993
as Seu Francisco
Estados Anysios de Chico City
1991
MovieA Embaixatriz do Samba
1991
as Self
MovieTroca de Cabeça
1991
TVEscolinha do Professor Raimundo
1990
as Eustáquio
TVA, E, I, O... Urca
1990
as Ele mesmo
MovieBoca de Ouro
1990
MovieWelles' Language
1990
as Narrator
TVRepublic
1989
as Patápio dos Prazeres
Jardim de Alah
1989
as Alah
MovieAbolition
1988
as Himself
MovieNatal da Portela
1988
as Seu Napoleão
TVMandala
1987
as Jonas Caetano Barbosa
MovieJubiabá
1987
as Jubiabá
MovieRunning Out of Luck
1987
MovieBlack Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman
1987
as Self
MovieBlack Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion
1987
as Self
MovieBlack Fragments of Samba - Cariocas, The City Musicians
1987
as Self
MovieBlack Fragments of Samba - Paulo Moura, Infinite Music
1987
MovieIt's Not All True
1986
as Himself
MovieBrasa Adormecida
1986
TVLittle Missy
1986
as Justo de Sá
Exu-Piá, Coração de Macunaíma
1986
TVA Gata Comeu
1985
as Self
MovieQuilombo
1984
as Babá
MovieParahyba Mulher Macho
1983
as Seu Pedro
MovieFala Mangueira!
1983
as Narrator
TVChico Anysio Show
1982
as Eustáquio
MovieFitzcarraldo
1982
as Station Master
MovieThe Brazilwood Man
1982
as Príncipe Tourvalou de Blesi
MovieBrasil
1981
as Self (archive footage)
TVO Amor é Nosso!
1981
as Pica-Pau (na peça "Viveiro de Pássaros")
MovieNoel por Noel
1981
TVO Bem-Amado
1980
as Boca de Tramela
TVGrandes Nomes
1980
as Self
TVÁgua Viva
1980
as Canivete
MovieAsa Branca: A Brazilian Dream
1980
TVFeijão Maravilha
1979
as Benevides
MovieAs Aventuras de Robinson Crusoé
1978
as Sexta-Feira
MovieA Noite dos Duros
1978
as Bides
MovieA Noiva da Cidade
1978
as Líbero
MovieBloody Gold
1978
TVMaria, Maria
1978
as Preto Maravilha
MovieSweet Thieves
1977
as Ruy Zebra
MovieThe Force of Xango
1977
as Beicinho
TVThe Trapalhões
1977
as Ele mesmo (em Uberlândia)
MovieLucio Flavio
1977
as Dondinho
MovieThe Agony
1976
as Sinhô
MovieLadrão de Bagdá
1976
MovieCarioca Tigre
1976
as Omero
MovieBahia
1976
MovieO Flagrante
1976
MovieTem Alguém na Minha Cama
1976
MovieKing of the Cards
1975
as Rei do Baralho
MovieAssim Era a Atlântida
1975
MovieDeixa, Amorzinho... Deixa
1975
TVBravo!
1975
as Malaquias
MovieChinese Viola
1975
as Self
MovieAventuras d'um Detetive Português
1975
The Star Rises
1974
as Grande Otelo
MovieGetúlio Vargas
1974
as (archive footage)
MovieO Negrinho do Pastoreio
1973
TVOs Ossos do Barão
1973
as bêbado
TVUma Rosa com Amor
1972
as Pimpinoni
MovieCassy Jones, the Magnificent Seducer
1972
as Porteiro do teatro
MovieSemana de Arte Moderna
1972
as himself
TVLinguinha x Mr. Yes
1971
as Cassius Ali
TVBandeira 2
1971
as Zé Catimba
TVCaso Especial
1971
as Nogueira
MovieCômicos... + Cômicos...
1971
MovieO Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões
1971
as João Otelo dos Anzóis Carapuça
MovieSe Meu Dólar Falasse...
1971
as Tisiu
MovieO Donzelo
1971
as Motorista de Taxi
MovieSebastião Prata, ou Bem Dizendo, Grande Otelo
1971
as Self
MovieEm Ritmo Jovem
1970
MovieThe Heirs
1970
as Americo
MovieThe Hullabaloo Family
1970
as Divina Dama
MovieNão Aperta, Aparício
1970
as Tonico
MovieA Doce Mulher Amada
1969
as Leo
MovieMacunaima
1969
as Black Macunaíma / Macunaíma's son
MovieAlibi
1969
as tranviere
MovieThe Outsiders
1968
MovieMassacre no Supermercado
1968
as Zé Gatinho
MovieDoomed Lovers
1967
as Focinho
MovieA Rose for Everyone
1967
MovieCrônica da Cidade Amada
1965
as (episódio "Um Pobre Morreu")
MovieSamba
1965
as Freitas
MovieQuero Essa Mulher Assim Mesmo
1963
MovieAssault on the Pay Train
1962
as Cachaça
MovieThe Cosmonauts
1962
as Zenóbio
MovieO Homem Que Roubou a Copa do Mundo
1961
Gabriela, Cravo e Canela
1961
as Tuísca
MovieO Dono da Bola
1961
MovieUm Candango na Belacap
1961
MovieVai Que é Mole
1960
as Brancura
MovieMulheres à Vista
1959
MoviePistoleiro Bossa Nova
1959
MovieGarota Enxuta
1959
MovieOs Três Cangaceiros
1959
MovieEntrei de Gaiato
1959
MovieMujeres de fuego
1958
MovieÉ de Chuá!
1958
Movie...E o Bicho Não Deu
1958
MovieCom Jeito Vai
1957
MovieRio, Northern Zone
1957
as Espírito da Luz Soares
MovieA Baronesa Transviada
1957
as Benedito
MovieDe Pernas Pro Ar
1957
as Faísca
MovieMetido a Bacana
1957
as Coalhada
Pé na Tábua
1957
MovieDepois Eu Conto
1956
as Veludo
MovieMalandros em Quarta Dimensão
1954
MoviePaixão nas Selvas
1954
MovieMatar ou Correr
1954
as Ciscocada
MovieA Dupla do Barulho
1953
MovieBarnabé, You Are Mine
1952
MovieI Loved a Bookie
1952
as Passarinho
MovieCarnaval Atlântida
1952
as Miro
MovieTrês Vagabundos
1952
as Rapadura/Milk Shake
MovieAviso aos Navegantes
1950
as Azulão
MovieTambém Somos Irmãos
1949
as Moleque Miro
MovieTerra Violenta
1949
MovieO Caçula do Barulho
1949
Movie... E O Mundo Se Diverte
1949
MovieCarnaval no Fogo
1949
as Empregado do Hotel
MovieThat's What I'm Gonna Do
1948
as Lamparina
MovieLuz dos Meus Olhos
1947
MovieThe World is a Tambourine
1947
MovieNão Adianta Chorar
1945
MovieRomance Proibido
1944
MovieTristezas Não Pagam Dívidas
1943
Moleque Tião
1943
MovieCaminho do Céu
1943
MovieSamba em Berlim
1943
as Empregado da pensão
MovieBlack Diamonds
1941
as Empregado da tendinha
MovieBlue Sky
1941
as Chocolate
MovieLaranja da China
1940
as Boneco de Pixe
MovieFamily Football
1939
as Gibi
MovieOnde Estás, Felicidade?
1939
as Sebastião
MovieJoão Ninguém
1936
MovieNoites Cariocas
1935
