Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 18, 1915
Died
Nov 26, 1993
Place of Birth
Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil
Credits
160 titles
Grande Otelo
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
Filmography
Othelo The Great
Self (archive footage)
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
Self (archive footage)
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
The Welles Raft
Himself (Archive Footage)
Katharsys
Searching for Makunaima
Archive footage
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Self (archive footage)
O Samba é Primo do Jazz
(imagens de arquivo)
Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo
Self (archive footage)
Pressed, Ripped Apart
(archive footage)
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Self (archive footage)
Naked Eye
Self (archive footage)
Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
Self
A Paz é Dourada
Lepto
Othelo
Self
It's All Brazil
Self (archive footage)
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Self
Cachoeiro em Três Tons
Self
It's All True
Self
Jequitibá
Seu Francisco
Estados Anysios de Chico City
Troca de Cabeça
A Embaixatriz do Samba
Self
Escolinha do Professor Raimundo
Eustáquio
A, E, I, O... Urca
Ele mesmo
Boca de Ouro
Welles' Language
Narrator
Republic
Patápio dos Prazeres
Jardim de Alah
Alah
Abolition
Himself
Natal da Portela
Seu Napoleão
Mandala
Jonas Caetano Barbosa
Jubiabá
Jubiabá
Running Out of Luck
Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman
Self
Black Fragments of Samba - Cariocas, The City Musicians
Self
Black Fragments of Samba - Paulo Moura, Infinite Music
Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion
Self
It's Not All True
Himself
Brasa Adormecida
Little Missy
Justo de Sá
Exu-Piá, Coração de Macunaíma
A Gata Comeu
Self
Quilombo
Babá
Parahyba Mulher Macho
Seu Pedro
Fala Mangueira!
Narrator
Chico Anysio Show
Eustáquio
Fitzcarraldo
Station Master
The Brazilwood Man
Príncipe Tourvalou de Blesi
Brasil
Self (archive footage)