Acting · Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil · Born August 20, 1946
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).
MovieDesire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina
2021
as Self
MovieDunas do Barato
2017
as Self
MovieBrazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
2017
as Self
Wilker Eterno
2016
as Self (archive footage)
MovieAs Aventuras do Pequeno Colombo
2016
as Conde de Saint-Germain
TVMagnifica 70
2015
as Tiradentes
MovieIsolados
2014
as Dr. Fausto
MovieThe Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail
2014
as Chico Pacheco
MovieGolden Oldies 2
2013
as Juca
MovieInvisible World
2013
as Segment "Kreuko"
TVTrail of Lies
2013
as Herbert Marques
MovieGiovanni Improtta
2013
as Giovanni Improtta
MovieVINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro
2013
as Self
TVGabriela
2012
as Coronel Jesuíno Mendonça
TVO Brado Retumbante
2012
as Floriano Pedreira
MovieElvis & Madonna
2011
as Pachecão
MovieA Melhor Idade
2011
as Antenor
TVThe Well Beloved One
2011
as Zeca Diabo
MovieThe Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga
2011
as Joãozinho Bem-Bem
MovieTancredo - A Travessia
2011
MovieThe Well Beloved One
2010
as Zeca Diabo
TVNa Forma da Lei
2010
as Dr. Mourão
MovieNow Boarding
2009
as Fulano
TVCinquentinha
2009
as Daniel Lopes de Carvalho
MoviePaulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
2009
as Self
MovieO Sonho de Inacim
2009
MovieRomance
2008
as Danilo
MovieGolden Oldies
2008
as Juca
TVThe Three Sisters
2008
as Augusto Pinheiro
MovieSexo com Amor?
2008
as Jorge
TVTwo Faces
2007
as Francisco Macieira
TVAmazônia: De Galvez a Chico Mendes
2007
as Luis Gálvez
MovieCanta Maria
2006
as Lampião
MovieThe Greatest Love of All
2006
as Antônio
TVJK
2006
as Juscelino Kubitschek
MovieRedeemer
2004
as Dr. Sabóia
TVHer Own Destiny
2004
as Giovanni Improtta
MovieOnde Anda Você
2004
as Mandarim
TVCelebrity
2003
as Self
MovieMary, Mother of the Son of God
2003
as Pilatos
MovieThe Man of the Year
2003
as Sílvio
MovieViva Sapato!
2003
as Fernando
MovieBanquete
2002
MovieDead in the Water
2002
as Father
TVDesejos de Mulher
2002
as Ariel Godoy
TVThe Fifth of Hell
2002
as Marquês de Marialva
MovieSuspiros Republicanos ao Crepúsculo de um Império Tropical
2002
as Narrator
MovieMovie Theaters of Rio
2001
as Self
TVUm Anjo Caiu do Céu
2001
as Tarso de Montaltino
MovieVilla-Lobos: A Life of Passion
2000
as Donizetti
TVA Muralha
2000
as Dom Diogo
TVMild Poison
1999
as Waldomiro Cerqueira
MovieFor All - O Trampolim da Vitória
1998
as Giancarlo Sandrini
TVGuerra de Canudos - Minissérie
1997
as Antônio Conselheiro
MovieThe Battle of Canudos
1997
as Antônio Conselheiro
TVA Justiceira
1997
as Ronaldo
MovieLittle Book of Love
1997
as Alaor
MovieCelebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997
as Self
TVAnjo de Mim
1996
as Bianor
MovieDelicado
1996
TVO Fim do Mundo
1996
as Sebastião "Tião" Socó
TVA Vida Como Ela É...
1996
as Narrador (voice)
TVSai de Baixo
1996
TVThe Next Victim
1995
as Marcelo Rossi
MovieJosué de Castro, Cidadão do Mundo
1994
as Narrator
TVFera Ferida
1993
as Demóstenes Maçaranduba da Costa
TVBlack August
1993
as Pedro Lomagno
TVJequitibá
1993
as Belarmino
MoviePaixão e Guerra no Sertão de Canudos
1993
as Narrador
TVAnos Rebeldes
1992
as Fábio Brito
MovieMedicine Man
1992
as Dr. Miguel Ornega
TVMico Preto
1990
as Frederico Menezes Garcia
MovieLovely Child
1990
as Álvaro
MovieA Porta Aberta
1989
MovieSolidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
1989
MovieBetter Days Ahead
1989
as Wallace Caldeira
TVO Salvador da Pátria
1989
as João Matos / Miro Ferraz
MovieDoida Demais
1989
as Noé
MoviePrisoner of Rio
1988
as Salo
MovieChina, o Império do Centro
1987
as Narrator
MovieLeila Diniz
1987
as Henrique Martins
TVCarmem
1987
as Camilo Prata
MovieFonte da Saudade
1987
MovieSubway to the Stars
1987
as Professor
TVCorpo Santo
1987
as Ulisses Queiróz
MovieBesame Mucho
1987
as Xico
MovieThe Man in the Black Cape
1986
as Tenório Cavalcanti
MovieBaixo Gávea
1986
as Maluco da bomba
TVRoque Santeiro
1985
as Luis Roque Duarte ("Roque Santeiro")
TVUm Sonho a Mais
1985
as chefe de reportagem
MovieJango
1984
as Narrator
MovieSão Bernardo
1984
TVTransas e Caretas
1984
as Thiago Moura Imperial Leme
MovieA Mulher do Atirador de Facas
1984
MovieO Bom Burguês
1983
as Lucas
TVBandidos da Falange
1983
as Tito Lívio
TVFinal Feliz
1982
as Rodrigo Mendonça
MovieFiebre amarilla
1982
MovieThe King of the Candle
1982
as Abelardo Segundo
TVBrilhante
1981
as Sidney da Costa Pinto / Osvaldo Mesquita
MovieLos crápulas
1981
MovieCute but Ordinary
1981
as Edgar
TVPlumas & Paetês
1980
as Renato / Paulo
MovieBye Bye Brazil
1980
as Lorde Cigano
MovieBatalha dos Guararapes
1978
as João Fernandes Vieira
MovieProfessor Kranz german in Germany
1978
as Leleco
MovieDiamante Bruto
1978
MovieConfissões de Uma Viúva Moça
1976
MovieDona Flor and Her Two Husbands
1976
as Waldomiro 'Vadinho' Santos Guimarães
MovieXica
1976
as Conde Valadares
TVAnjo Mau
1976
as Rodrigo Medeiros
MovieDeliciosas Traições do Amor
1975
MovieAna, a Libertina
1975
O Casal
1975
as Alfredo Giacometti
TVGabriela
1975
as Mundinho Falcão (Raimundo Falcão)
MovieAmor e Medo
1974
TVCorrida do Ouro
1974
as Fábio Rossi
TVOs Ossos do Barão
1973
as Martino
TVCavalo de Aço
1973
as Atílio
MovieDybbuk: The Demon
1972
as Hannan
TVO Bofe
1972
as Bandeira
MovieThe Conspirators
1972
as Tiradentes
TVBandeira 2
1971
as Zelito
TVCaso Especial
1971
as assassino
MovieEu Sou Vida, Eu Não Sou Morte
1970
MovieEstranho Triângulo
1970
MovieOn Borrowed Time
1968
as Torturador
MovieMassacre no Supermercado
1968
MovieEl Justicero
1967
MovieThe Deceased
1965
as (uncredited)
MoviePaixão
1965
Timeless Eye
as Old Franz
