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