
Acting
Community Rating
6.1
TMDB estimate
Born
October 18, 1915
Died
November 26, 1993 (age 78)
Born in
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.

Othelo The Great
as Self (archive footage)
2024

Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2023

The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023

The Welles Raft
as Himself (Archive Footage)
2022

Katharsys
2022

Searching for Makunaima
as Archive footage
2020

Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as Self (archive footage)
2020

O Samba é Primo do Jazz
as (imagens de arquivo)
2020

Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo
as Self (archive footage)
2019

Pressed, Ripped Apart
as (archive footage)
2019

Memórias do Grupo Opinião
as Self (archive footage)
2019

Naked Eye
as Self (archive footage)
2014

Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
as Self
2009

A Paz é Dourada
as Lepto
2008

Othelo
as Self
2005

It's All Brazil
as Self (archive footage)
1997

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
1997

Cachoeiro em Três Tons
as Self
1994

It's All True
as Self
1993

Rebirth
as Seu Francisco
1993