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Grande Otelo

Grande Otelo

Birthday: 1915-10-18 | Place of Birth: Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2024
O Pó da Terra

as    (Archive Footage)

2024
Othelo The Great

as    Ele Mesmo (Imagem de Arquivo)

2023
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema

as    Self (archive footage)

2022
The Welles Raft

as    Himself (Archive Footage)

2020
O Samba é Primo do Jazz

as    (imagens de arquivo)

2019
Pressed, Ripped Apart

as    (archive footage)

2014
Naked Eye

as    Self (archive footage)

2008
A Paz é Dourada

as    Lepto

2005
Othelo

as    Self

1997
It's All Brazil

as    Self (archive footage)

1993
It's All True

as    Self

1990
Welles' Language

as    Narrator

1989
Jardim de Alah

as    Alah

1989
Republic

as    Patápio dos Prazeres

1988
Abolition

as    Himself

1988
Natal da Portela

as    Seu Napoleão

1987
Jubiabá

as    Jubiabá

1986
Quilombo

as    Babá

1986
It's Not All True

as    Himself