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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 18, 1915
Died
November 26, 1993
Place of Birth
Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil
Also Known As
- Grande Othelo
- Grande Othello
- Гранди Отелу
- Grande Otello
- グランデ・オセロ
Grande Otelo
0.5 Popularity
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
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Self (archive footage)
Othelo The Great
2024
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
2023
9.0
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023
0.0
Himself (Archive Footage)
The Welles Raft
2022
0.0
Katharsys
2022
0.0
Archive footage
Searching for Makunaima
2020
5.0
Self (archive footage)
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020
6.0
(imagens de arquivo)
O Samba é Primo do Jazz
2020
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo
2019
0.0
(archive footage)
Pressed, Ripped Apart
2019
Credits
Othelo The Great
as Self (archive footage)
2024
0.0
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2023
7.0
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023
9.0
The Welles Raft
as Himself (Archive Footage)
2022
0.0
Katharsys
2022
0.0
Searching for Makunaima
as Archive footage
2020
0.0
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as Self (archive footage)
2020
5.0
O Samba é Primo do Jazz
as (imagens de arquivo)
2020
6.0
Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo
as Self (archive footage)
2019
0.0
Pressed, Ripped Apart
as (archive footage)
2019
0.0
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
as Self (archive footage)
2019
0.0
Naked Eye
as Self (archive footage)
2014
6.0
Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
as Self
2009
5.8
A Paz é Dourada
as Lepto
2008
0.0
Othelo
as Self
2005
0.0
It's All Brazil
as Self (archive footage)
1997
6.2
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
1997
0.0
Cachoeiro em Três Tons
as Self
1994
0.0
It's All True
as Self
1993
7.6
Rebirth
as Seu Francisco
1993
7.8
🎬
Estados Anysios de Chico City
1991
9.5
A Embaixatriz do Samba
as Self
1991
7.0
Troca de Cabeça
1991
0.0
Escolinha do Professor Raimundo
as Eustáquio
1990
8.8
A, E, I, O... Urca
as Ele mesmo
1990
8.0
Boca de Ouro
1990
7.0
Welles' Language
as Narrator
1990
6.0
Republic
as Patápio dos Prazeres
1989
8.0
🎬
Jardim de Alah
as Alah
1989
0.0
Abolition
as Himself
1988
6.7
Natal da Portela
as Seu Napoleão
1988
7.2
Mandala
as Jonas Caetano Barbosa
1987
6.0
Jubiabá
as Jubiabá
1987
5.2
Running Out of Luck
1987
5.8
Black Fragments of Samba - Cariocas, The City Musicians
as Self
1987
0.0
Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman
as Self
1987
0.0
Black Fragments of Samba - Paulo Moura, Infinite Music
1987
0.0
Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion
as Self
1987
0.0
It's Not All True
as Himself
1986
6.5
Brasa Adormecida
1986
5.0
Sinhá Moça
as Justo de Sá
1986
8.0
🎬
Exu-Piá, Coração de Macunaíma
1986
0.0
A Gata Comeu
as Self
1985
8.1
Quilombo
as Babá
1984
6.9
Parahyba Mulher Macho
as Seu Pedro
1983
4.5
Fala Mangueira!
as Narrator
1983
0.0
Chico Anysio Show
as Eustáquio
1982
9.5
Chico Anysio Show
as Various Characters
1982
9.5
Fitzcarraldo
as Station Master
1982
7.6
The Brazilwood Man
as Príncipe Tourvalou de Blesi
1982
4.5
Brasil
as Self (archive footage)
1981
7.5
Noel por Noel
1981
6.0
O Bem-Amado
as Boca de Tramela
1980
9.0
Grandes Nomes
as Self
1980
0.0
Água Viva
as Canivete
1980
8.0
Asa Branca: A Brazilian Dream
1980
5.6
Feijão Maravilha
as Benevides
1979
9.6
As Aventuras de Robinson Crusoé
as Sexta-Feira
1978
5.0
A Noite dos Duros
as Bides
1978
0.0
A Noiva da Cidade
as Líbero
1978
0.0
Bloody Gold
1978
0.0
Maria Maria
as Preto Maravilha
1978
8.0
Sweet Thieves
as Ruy Zebra
1977
7.0
The Force of Xango
as Beicinho
1977
4.0
The Bunglers
as Ele mesmo (em Uberlândia)
1977
7.8
The Bunglers
as Ele mesmo
1977
7.8
Lucio Flavio
as Dondinho
1977
7.0
The Agony
as Sinhô
1976
7.8
Ladrão de Bagdá
1976
0.0
Carioca Tigre
as Omero
1976
0.0
Bahia
1976
5.3
O Flagrante
1976
0.0
Tem Alguém na Minha Cama
1976
0.0
King of the Cards
as Rei do Baralho
1975
5.7
Assim Era a Atlântida
1975
7.5
Deixa, Amorzinho... Deixa
1975
0.0
Bravo!
as Malaquias
1975
9.6
Chinese Viola
as Self
1975
6.0
Aventuras d'um Detetive Português
1975
0.0
🎬
The Star Rises
as Grande Otelo
1974
6.0
Getúlio Vargas
as (archive footage)
1974
4.2
O Negrinho do Pastoreio
1973
8.0
Os Ossos do Barão
as bêbado
1973
8.0
Uma Rosa com Amor
as Pimpinoni
1972
8.0
Cassy Jones, the Magnificent Seducer
as Porteiro do teatro
1972
5.2
Semana de Arte Moderna
as himself
1972
0.0
Linguinha
as Cassius Ali
1971
0.0
Bandeira 2
as Zé Catimba
1971
0.0
Caso Especial
as Nogueira
1971
6.0
Cômicos... + Cômicos...
1971
0.0
O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões
as João Otelo dos Anzóis Carapuça
1971
4.8
Se Meu Dólar Falasse...
as Tisiu
1971
5.0
🎬
O Donzelo
as Motorista de Taxi
1971
0.0
Sebastião Prata, ou Bem Dizendo, Grande Otelo
as Self
1971
0.0
Em Ritmo Jovem
1970
0.0
The Heirs
as Americo
1970
5.8
The Hullabaloo Family
as Divina Dama
1970
6.0
Não Aperta, Aparício
as Tonico
1970
0.0
A Doce Mulher Amada
as Leo
1969
0.0
Macunaima
as Black Macunaíma / Macunaíma's son
1969
6.9
Alibi
as tranviere
1969
5.0
The Outsiders
1968
0.0
Massacre no Supermercado
as Zé Gatinho
1968
5.0
Doomed Lovers
as Focinho
1967
0.0
A Rose for Everyone
1967
4.5
Crônica da Cidade Amada
as (episódio "Um Pobre Morreu")
1965
0.0
Samba
as Freitas
1965
2.6
Quero Essa Mulher Assim Mesmo
1963
0.0
Assault on the Pay Train
as Cachaça
1962
8.0
The Cosmonauts
as Zenóbio
1962
6.2
O Homem Que Roubou a Copa do Mundo
1961
0.0
🎬
Gabriela, Cravo e Canela
as Tuísca
1961
0.0
Um Candango na Belacap
1961
0.0
O Dono da Bola
1961
6.0
Vai Que é Mole
as Brancura
1960
4.0
Entrei de Gaiato
1959
5.0
Pistoleiro Bossa Nova
1959
5.0
Os Três Cangaceiros
1959
6.0
Mulheres à Vista
1959
5.0
Garota Enxuta
1959
0.0
Mujeres de fuego
1958
2.0
É de Chuá!
1958
5.0
...E o Bicho Não Deu
1958
5.0
Com Jeito Vai
1957
7.0
Rio, Northern Zone
as Espírito da Luz Soares
1957
8.2
🎬
A Baronesa Transviada
as Benedito
1957
5.8
De Pernas Pro Ar
as Faísca
1957
0.0
Metido a Bacana
as Coalhada
1957
7.0
🎬
Pé na Tábua
1957
0.0
Depois Eu Conto
as Veludo
1956
0.0
Malandros em Quarta Dimensão
1954
0.0
Paixão nas Selvas
1954
0.0
Matar ou Correr
as Ciscocada
1954
7.3
A Dupla do Barulho
1953
0.0
Barnabé, You Are Mine
1952
0.0
I Loved a Bookie
as Passarinho
1952
6.3
Carnaval Atlântida
as Miro
1952
7.3
Três Vagabundos
as Rapadura/Milk Shake
1952
0.0
Aviso aos Navegantes
as Azulão
1950
6.5
Também Somos Irmãos
as Moleque Miro
1949
7.5
Terra Violenta
1949
0.0
O Caçula do Barulho
1949
0.0
... E O Mundo Se Diverte
1949
5.0
Carnaval no Fogo
as Empregado do Hotel
1949
0.0
É Com Este Que Eu Vou
as Lamparina
1948
0.0
Luz dos Meus Olhos
1947
6.0
The World is a Tambourine
1947
0.0
🎬
Não Adianta Chorar
1945
0.0
Romance Proibido
1944
9.5
Tristezas Não Pagam Dívidas
1943
0.0
🎬
Moleque Tião
1943
0.0
🎬
Caminho do Céu
1943
0.0
Samba em Berlim
as Empregado da pensão
1943
0.0
Black Diamonds
as Empregado da tendinha
1941
0.0
Blue Sky
as Chocolate
1941
0.0
🎬
Laranja da China
as Boneco de Pixe
1940
0.0
Family Football
as Gibi
1939
0.0
Onde Estás, Felicidade?
as Sebastião
1939
0.0
João Ninguém
1936
0.0
Noites Cariocas
1935
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