Grande Otelo
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.
Filmography (159 titles)
MovieOthelo The Great
Self (archive footage) · 2024
7.0MovieNelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
Self (archive footage) · 2023
9.0MovieThe Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023
MovieThe Welles Raft
Himself (Archive Footage) · 2022
MovieKatharsys
2022
MovieSearching for Makunaima
Archive footage · 2020
5.0MovieCandango: Memoirs from a Festival
Self (archive footage) · 2020
6.0MovieO Samba é Primo do Jazz
(imagens de arquivo) · 2020
MovieNão Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo
Self (archive footage) · 2019
MoviePressed, Ripped Apart
(archive footage) · 2019
MovieMemórias do Grupo Opinião
Self (archive footage) · 2019
6.0MovieNaked Eye
Self (archive footage) · 2014
5.8MoviePaulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
Self · 2009
9.0MovieA Paz é Dourada
Lepto · 2008
7.0MovieOthelo
Self · 2005
6.4MovieIt's All Brazil
Self (archive footage) · 1997
MovieCelebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Self · 1997
MovieCachoeiro em Três Tons
Self · 1994
7.6MovieIt's All True
Self · 1993
7.8ShowJequitibá
Seu Francisco · 1993
Estados Anysios de Chico City
1991
7.0MovieA Embaixatriz do Samba
Self · 1991
MovieTroca de Cabeça
1991
8.6ShowEscolinha do Professor Raimundo
Eustáquio · 1990
8.3ShowA, E, I, O... Urca
Ele mesmo · 1990
8.0MovieBoca de Ouro
1990
7.3MovieWelles' Language
Narrator · 1990
8.0ShowRepublic
Patápio dos Prazeres · 1989
Jardim de Alah
Alah · 1989
6.9MovieAbolition
Himself · 1988