Grande Otelo
Acting1915Ubêrlandia, 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.
Known For
Acting History
2024
Othelo The Great
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2022
The Welles Raft
as Himself (Archive Footage)
2020
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as Self (archive footage)
Searching for Makunaima
as Archive footage
O Samba é Primo do Jazz
as (imagens de arquivo)
2019
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
as Self (archive footage)
Pressed, Ripped Apart
as (archive footage)
Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Naked Eye
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
as Self
2008
A Paz é Dourada
as Lepto
2005
Othelo
as Self
1997
It's All Brazil
as Self (archive footage)
1994
Cachoeiro em Três Tons
as Self
1993
It's All True
as Self
Rebirth
TVas Seu Francisco
1990
Welles' Language
as Narrator
Escolinha do Professor Raimundo
TVas Eustáquio
A, E, I, O... Urca
TVas Ele mesmo
1989
Jardim de Alah
as Alah
Republic
TVas Patápio dos Prazeres
1988
Abolition
as Himself
Natal da Portela
as Seu Napoleão
1986
1985
A Gata Comeu
TVas Self• 2 eps
1984
Quilombo
as Babá
1983
Parahyba Mulher Macho
as Seu Pedro
Fala Mangueira!
as Narrator
1982
Fitzcarraldo
as Station Master
The Brazilwood Man
as Príncipe Tourvalou de Blesi
Chico Anysio Show
TVas Eustáquio / Various Characters
1981
Brasil
as Self (archive footage)
1980
1979
Feijão Maravilha
TVas Benevides
1978
A Noiva da Cidade
as Líbero
As Aventuras de Robinson Crusoé
as Sexta-Feira
A Noite dos Duros
as Bides
Maria, Maria
TVas Preto Maravilha
1977
1976
1975
1974
Getúlio Vargas
as (archive footage)
The Star Rises
as Grande Otelo
1973
Os Ossos do Barão
TVas bêbado
1972
Cassy Jones, the Magnificent Seducer
as Porteiro do teatro
Semana de Arte Moderna
as himself
Uma Rosa com Amor
TVas Pimpinoni
1971
O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões
as João Otelo dos Anzóis Carapuça
Se Meu Dólar Falasse...
as Tisiu
O Donzelo
as Motorista de Taxi
Caso Especial
TVas Nogueira
Bandeira 2
TVas Zé Catimba
Linguinha
TVas Cassius Ali
1970
1969
1968
Massacre no Supermercado
as Zé Gatinho
1967
Doomed Lovers
as Focinho
1965
1962
The Cosmonauts
as Zenóbio
Assault on the Pay Train
as Cachaça
1960
Vai Que é Mole
as Brancura
1957
Rio, Northern Zone
as Espírito da Luz Soares
A Baronesa Transviada
as Benedito
De Pernas Pro Ar
as Faísca
Metido a Bacana
as Coalhada
1956
Depois Eu Conto
as Veludo
1954
1952
1950
Aviso aos Navegantes
as Azulão
1949
Também Somos Irmãos
as Moleque Miro
Carnaval no Fogo
as Empregado do Hotel
1948
That's What I'm Gonna Do
as Lamparina
1944
1943
1941
Black Diamonds
as Empregado da tendinha
Blue Sky
as Chocolate
1940
Laranja da China
as Boneco de Pixe
1939
Onde Estás, Felicidade?
as Sebastião
Family Football
as Gibi
1936
1935