Grande Otelo

Grande Otelo

1915-10-18 – 1993-11-26 (age 78) Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil
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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.

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Known For

Fitzcarraldo
Fitzcarraldo

1982

as Station Master

Macunaima
Macunaima

1969

as Black Macunaíma / Macunaíma's son

João Ninguém
Noites Cariocas
Katharsys
O Flagrante
Romance Proibido
Troca de Cabeça
It's All True
It's All True

1993

as Self

Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival

2020

as Self (archive footage)

Fala Mangueira!
Fala Mangueira!

1983

as Narrator

A Embaixatriz do Samba
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
Welles' Language
Welles' Language

1990

as Narrator

Carioca Tigre
Carioca Tigre

1976

as Omero