Acting
Grande Otelo
Born 1915-10-18
Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Grande Otelo
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Fitzcarraldo
1982
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Little Missy
1986
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The Trapalhões
1977
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Chico Anysio Show
1982
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Jequitibá
1993
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Macunaima
1969
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Maria, Maria
1978
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Água Viva
1980
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A Gata Comeu
1985
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Bravo!
1975
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (164 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Othelo The Great | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2024 |
 | Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2023 |
 | The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2023 |
 | The Welles Raft | Himself (Archive Footage) | Movie | 2022 |
 | Katharsys | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2022 |
 | Searching for Makunaima | Archive footage | Movie | 2020 |
 | Candango: Memoirs from a Festival | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2020 |
 | O Samba é Primo do Jazz | (imagens de arquivo) | Movie | 2020 |
 | Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2019 |
 | Pressed, Ripped Apart | (archive footage) | Movie | 2019 |
 | Memórias do Grupo Opinião | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2019 |
 | Naked Eye | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2014 |
 | Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado | Self | Movie | 2009 |
 | A Paz é Dourada | Lepto | Movie | 2008 |
 | Othelo | Self | Movie | 2005 |
 | It's All Brazil | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1997 |
 | Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional | Self | Movie | 1997 |
 | Cachoeiro em Três Tons | Self | Movie | 1994 |
 | It's All True | Self | Movie | 1993 |
 | Jequitibá | Seu Francisco | TV Series | 1993 |
| Estados Anysios de Chico City | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1991 | |
 | A Embaixatriz do Samba | Self | Movie | 1991 |
 | Troca de Cabeça | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1991 |
 | Escolinha do Professor Raimundo | Eustáquio | TV Series | 1990 |
 | A, E, I, O... Urca | Ele mesmo | TV Series | 1990 |
 | Boca de Ouro | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1990 |
 | Welles' Language | Narrator | Movie | 1990 |
 | Republic | Patápio dos Prazeres | TV Series | 1989 |
| Jardim de Alah | Alah | Movie | 1989 | |
 | Abolition | Himself | Movie | 1988 |
 | Natal da Portela | Seu Napoleão | Movie | 1988 |
 | Mandala | Jonas Caetano Barbosa | TV Series | 1987 |
 | Jubiabá | Jubiabá | Movie | 1987 |
 | Running Out of Luck | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1987 |
 | Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman | Self | Movie | 1987 |
 | Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion | Self | Movie | 1987 |
 | Black Fragments of Samba - Cariocas, The City Musicians | Self | Movie | 1987 |
 | Black Fragments of Samba - Paulo Moura, Infinite Music | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1987 |
 | It's Not All True | Himself | Movie | 1986 |
 | Brasa Adormecida | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1986 |
 | Little Missy | Justo de Sá | TV Series | 1986 |
| Exu-Piá, Coração de Macunaíma | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1986 | |
 | A Gata Comeu | Self | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Quilombo | Babá | Movie | 1984 |
 | Parahyba Mulher Macho | Seu Pedro | Movie | 1983 |
 | Fala Mangueira! | Narrator | Movie | 1983 |
 | Chico Anysio Show | Eustáquio | TV Series | 1982 |
| Chico Anysio Show | Various Characters | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Fitzcarraldo | Station Master | Movie | 1982 |
 | The Brazilwood Man | Príncipe Tourvalou de Blesi | Movie | 1982 |
 | Brasil | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1981 |
 | O Amor é Nosso! | Pica-Pau (na peça "Viveiro de Pássaros") | TV Series | 1981 |
 | Obrigado, Doutor | Dico | TV Series | 1981 |
 | Noel por Noel | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1981 |
 | O Bem-Amado | Boca de Tramela | TV Series | 1980 |
 | Grandes Nomes | Self | TV Series | 1980 |
 | Água Viva | Canivete | TV Series | 1980 |
 | Asa Branca: A Brazilian Dream | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1980 |
 | Feijão Maravilha | Benevides | TV Series | 1979 |
 | As Aventuras de Robinson Crusoé | Sexta-Feira | Movie | 1978 |
 | A Noite dos Duros | Bides | Movie | 1978 |
 | A Noiva da Cidade | Líbero | Movie | 1978 |
 | Bloody Gold | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1978 |
 | Maria, Maria | Preto Maravilha | TV Series | 1978 |
 | Sweet Thieves | Ruy Zebra | Movie | 1977 |
 | The Force of Xango | Beicinho | Movie | 1977 |
 | The Trapalhões | Ele mesmo (em Uberlândia) | TV Series | 1977 |
| The Trapalhões | Ele mesmo | TV Series | 1977 |
 | Lucio Flavio | Dondinho | Movie | 1977 |
 | The Agony | Sinhô | Movie | 1976 |
 | Ladrão de Bagdá | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1976 |
 | Carioca Tigre | Omero | Movie | 1976 |
 | Bahia | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1976 |
 | O Flagrante | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1976 |
 | Tem Alguém na Minha Cama | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1976 |
 | King of the Cards | Rei do Baralho | Movie | 1975 |
 | Assim Era a Atlântida | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1975 |
 | Deixa, Amorzinho... Deixa | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1975 |
 | Bravo! | Malaquias | TV Series | 1975 |
 | Chinese Viola | Self | Movie | 1975 |
 | Aventuras d'um Detetive Português | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1975 |
| The Star Rises | Grande Otelo | Movie | 1974 | |
 | Getúlio Vargas | (archive footage) | Movie | 1974 |
 | O Negrinho do Pastoreio | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1973 |
 | Os Ossos do Barão | bêbado | TV Series | 1973 |
 | Uma Rosa com Amor | Pimpinoni | TV Series | 1972 |
 | Cassy Jones, the Magnificent Seducer | Porteiro do teatro | Movie | 1972 |
 | Semana de Arte Moderna | himself | Movie | 1972 |
 | Linguinha x Mr. Yes | Cassius Ali | TV Series | 1971 |
 | Bandeira 2 | Zé Catimba | TV Series | 1971 |
 | Caso Especial | Nogueira | TV Series | 1971 |
 | Cômicos... + Cômicos... | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 |
 | O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões | João Otelo dos Anzóis Carapuça | Movie | 1971 |
 | Se Meu Dólar Falasse... | Tisiu | Movie | 1971 |
 | O Donzelo | Motorista de Taxi | Movie | 1971 |
 | Sebastião Prata, ou Bem Dizendo, Grande Otelo | Self | Movie | 1971 |
 | Em Ritmo Jovem | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 |
 | The Heirs | Americo | Movie | 1970 |
 | The Rowdy Family | Divina Dama | Movie | 1970 |
 | Não Aperta, Aparício | Tonico | Movie | 1970 |
 | A Doce Mulher Amada | Leo | Movie | 1969 |
 | Macunaima | Black Macunaíma / Macunaíma's son | Movie | 1969 |
 | Alibi | tranviere | Movie | 1969 |
 | The Outsiders | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1968 |
 | Massacre no Supermercado | Zé Gatinho | Movie | 1968 |
 | Doomed Lovers | Focinho | Movie | 1967 |
 | A Rose for Everyone | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1967 |
 | Bairro Feliz | Compositor de Escola de Samba | TV Series | 1965 |
 | Crônica da Cidade Amada | (episódio "Um Pobre Morreu") | Movie | 1965 |
| Crônica da Cidade Amada | Songs | Movie | 1965 |
 | Samba | Freitas | Movie | 1965 |
 | Quero Essa Mulher Assim Mesmo | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1963 |
 | Assault on the Pay Train | Cachaça | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Cosmonauts | Zenóbio | Movie | 1962 |
 | O Homem Que Roubou a Copa do Mundo | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
| Gabriela, Cravo e Canela | Tuísca | TV Series | 1961 | |
 | O Dono da Bola | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Um Candango na Belacap | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Vai Que é Mole | Brancura | Movie | 1960 |
 | Mulheres à Vista | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Pistoleiro Bossa Nova | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Garota Enxuta | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Os Três Cangaceiros | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Entrei de Gaiato | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Mujeres de fuego | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
 | É de Chuá! | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
 | ...E o Bicho Não Deu | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
 | Com Jeito Vai | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1957 |
 | Rio, Northern Zone | Espírito da Luz Soares | Movie | 1957 |
 | A Baronesa Transviada | Benedito | Movie | 1957 |
 | De Pernas Pro Ar | Faísca | Movie | 1957 |
 | Metido a Bacana | Coalhada | Movie | 1957 |
| Pé na Tábua | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1957 | |
 | Depois Eu Conto | Veludo | Movie | 1956 |
 | Malandros em Quarta Dimensão | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1954 |
 | Paixão nas Selvas | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1954 |
 | Matar ou Correr | Ciscocada | Movie | 1954 |
 | A Dupla do Barulho | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1953 |
 | Barnabé, You Are Mine | Abdula | Movie | 1952 |
 | I Loved a Bookie | Passarinho | Movie | 1952 |
 | Carnaval Atlântida | Miro | Movie | 1952 |
 | Três Vagabundos | Rapadura/Milk Shake | Movie | 1952 |
 | Aviso aos Navegantes | Azulão | Movie | 1950 |
 | Também Somos Irmãos | Moleque Miro | Movie | 1949 |
 | Terra Violenta | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1949 |
 | O Caçula do Barulho | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1949 |
 | ... E o Mundo Se Diverte | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1949 |
 | Carnaval no Fogo | Empregado do Hotel | Movie | 1949 |
 | That's What I'm Gonna Do | Lamparina | Movie | 1948 |
 | Luz dos Meus Olhos | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1947 |
 | The World is a Tambourine | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1947 |
 | Não Adianta Chorar | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1945 |
 | Romance Proibido | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1944 |
 | Tristezas Não Pagam Dívidas | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1943 |
| Moleque Tião | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1943 | |
 | Caminho do Céu | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1943 |
 | Samba em Berlim | Empregado da pensão | Movie | 1943 |
 | Black Diamonds | Empregado da tendinha | Movie | 1941 |
 | Blue Sky | Chocolate | Movie | 1941 |
 | Laranja da China | Boneco de Pixe | Movie | 1940 |
 | Family Football | Gibi | Movie | 1939 |
 | Onde Estás, Felicidade? | Sebastião | Movie | 1939 |
 | João Ninguém | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1936 |
 | Noites Cariocas | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1935 |