Grande Otelo
Acting
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
2024Othelo The Great
Self (archive footage)
2023Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2023The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2022Katharsys
2022The Welles Raft
Himself (Archive Footage)
2020Searching for Makunaima
Archive footage
2020Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Self (archive footage)
2020O Samba é Primo do Jazz
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2019Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo
Self (archive footage)
2019Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Self (archive footage)
2019Pressed, Ripped Apart
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2014Naked Eye
Self (archive footage)
2009Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
Self
2008A Paz é Dourada
Lepto
2005Othelo
Self
1997Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Self
1997It's All Brazil
Self (archive footage)
1994Cachoeiro em Três Tons
Self
1993It's All True
Self
1991A Embaixatriz do Samba
Self
1991Troca de Cabeça
1990Welles' Language
Narrator
1990Boca de Ouro
1988Natal da Portela
Seu Napoleão