Grande Otelo

Known for: Acting

Born: 1915-10-18 – 1993-11-26 (aged 78)

From: 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.

Filmography (159)

MOVIE
Othelo The Great
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
2023
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023
MOVIE
The Welles Raft
2022
as Himself (Archive Footage)
MOVIE
Katharsys
2022
MOVIE
Searching for Makunaima
2020
as Archive footage
MOVIE★ 5.0
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.0
O Samba é Primo do Jazz
2020
as (imagens de arquivo)
MOVIE
Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo
2019
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Pressed, Ripped Apart
2019
as (archive footage)
MOVIE
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
2019
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Naked Eye
2014
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 5.8
Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
2009
as Self
MOVIE★ 9.0
A Paz é Dourada
2008
as Lepto
MOVIE★ 7.0
Othelo
2005
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.4
It's All Brazil
1997
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997
as Self
MOVIE
Cachoeiro em Três Tons
1994
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.6
It's All True
1993
as Self
TV★ 7.8
Jequitibá
1993
as Seu Francisco
TV★ 9.5
Estados Anysios de Chico City
1991
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Embaixatriz do Samba
1991
as Self
MOVIE
Troca de Cabeça
1991
TV★ 8.6
Escolinha do Professor Raimundo
1990
as Eustáquio
TV★ 8.3
A, E, I, O... Urca
1990
as Ele mesmo
MOVIE★ 8.0
Boca de Ouro
1990
MOVIE★ 7.3
Welles' Language
1990
as Narrator
TV★ 8.0
Republic
1989
as Patápio dos Prazeres
MOVIE★ 9.0
Jardim de Alah
1989
as Alah
MOVIE★ 6.9
Abolition
1988
as Himself
MOVIE★ 7.1
Natal da Portela
1988
as Seu Napoleão
TV★ 8.0
Mandala
1987
as Jonas Caetano Barbosa
MOVIE★ 5.6
Jubiabá
1987
as Jubiabá
MOVIE★ 5.8
Running Out of Luck
1987
MOVIE
Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman
1987
as Self
MOVIE
Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion
1987
as Self
MOVIE
Black Fragments of Samba - Cariocas, The City Musicians
1987
as Self
MOVIE
Black Fragments of Samba - Paulo Moura, Infinite Music
1987
MOVIE★ 6.9
It's Not All True
1986
as Himself
MOVIE★ 6.0
Brasa Adormecida
1986
TV★ 7.8
Little Missy
1986
as Justo de Sá
MOVIE★ 10.0
Exu-Piá, Coração de Macunaíma
1986
TV★ 8.1
A Gata Comeu
1985
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.9
Quilombo
1984
as Babá
MOVIE★ 5.9
Parahyba Mulher Macho
1983
as Seu Pedro
MOVIE
Fala Mangueira!
1983
as Narrator
TV★ 9.0
Chico Anysio Show
1982
as Eustáquio
MOVIE★ 7.6
Fitzcarraldo
1982
as Station Master
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Brazilwood Man
1982
as Príncipe Tourvalou de Blesi
MOVIE★ 7.5
Brasil
1981
as Self (archive footage)
TV★ 7.0
O Amor é Nosso!
1981
as Pica-Pau (na peça "Viveiro de Pássaros")
MOVIE★ 8.0
Noel por Noel
1981
TV★ 9.3
O Bem-Amado
1980
as Boca de Tramela
TV
Grandes Nomes
1980
as Self
TV★ 8.2
Água Viva
1980
as Canivete
MOVIE★ 5.8
Asa Branca: A Brazilian Dream
1980
TV★ 9.4
Feijão Maravilha
1979
as Benevides
MOVIE★ 7.5
As Aventuras de Robinson Crusoé
1978
as Sexta-Feira
MOVIE★ 8.0
A Noite dos Duros
1978
as Bides
MOVIE★ 8.0
A Noiva da Cidade
1978
as Líbero
MOVIE★ 10.0
Bloody Gold
1978
TV★ 8.0
Maria, Maria
1978
as Preto Maravilha
MOVIE★ 7.0
Sweet Thieves
1977
as Ruy Zebra
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Force of Xango
1977
as Beicinho
TV★ 8.0
The Trapalhões
1977
as Ele mesmo (em Uberlândia)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Lucio Flavio
1977
as Dondinho
MOVIE★ 7.8
The Agony
1976
as Sinhô
MOVIE★ 9.0
Ladrão de Bagdá
1976
MOVIE★ 9.0
Carioca Tigre
1976
as Omero
MOVIE★ 6.3
Bahia
1976
MOVIE★ 8.0
O Flagrante
1976
MOVIE★ 8.0
Tem Alguém na Minha Cama
1976
MOVIE★ 6.2
King of the Cards
1975
as Rei do Baralho
MOVIE★ 8.1
Assim Era a Atlântida
1975
MOVIE★ 10.0
Deixa, Amorzinho... Deixa
1975
TV★ 9.6
Bravo!
1975
as Malaquias
MOVIE★ 6.0
Chinese Viola
1975
as Self
MOVIE★ 9.0
Aventuras d'um Detetive Português
1975
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Star Rises
1974
as Grande Otelo
MOVIE★ 4.9
Getúlio Vargas
1974
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.5
O Negrinho do Pastoreio
1973
TV★ 8.5
Os Ossos do Barão
1973
as bêbado
TV★ 6.7
Uma Rosa com Amor
1972
as Pimpinoni
MOVIE★ 5.7
Cassy Jones, the Magnificent Seducer
1972
as Porteiro do teatro
MOVIE
Semana de Arte Moderna
1972
as himself
TV
Linguinha x Mr. Yes
1971
as Cassius Ali
TV
Bandeira 2
1971
as Zé Catimba
TV★ 6.0
Caso Especial
1971
as Nogueira
MOVIE★ 7.0
Cômicos... + Cômicos...
1971
MOVIE★ 5.7
O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões
1971
as João Otelo dos Anzóis Carapuça
MOVIE★ 6.0
Se Meu Dólar Falasse...
1971
as Tisiu
MOVIE★ 10.0
O Donzelo
1971
as Motorista de Taxi
MOVIE★ 9.0
Sebastião Prata, ou Bem Dizendo, Grande Otelo
1971
as Self
MOVIE★ 9.0
Em Ritmo Jovem
1970
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Heirs
1970
as Americo
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Hullabaloo Family
1970
as Divina Dama
MOVIE★ 9.0
Não Aperta, Aparício
1970
as Tonico
MOVIE★ 10.0
A Doce Mulher Amada
1969
as Leo
MOVIE★ 6.9
Macunaima
1969
as Black Macunaíma / Macunaíma's son
MOVIE★ 6.0
Alibi
1969
as tranviere
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Outsiders
1968
MOVIE★ 5.5
Massacre no Supermercado
1968
as Zé Gatinho
MOVIE★ 8.0
Doomed Lovers
1967
as Focinho
MOVIE★ 6.0
A Rose for Everyone
1967
MOVIE★ 7.0
Crônica da Cidade Amada
1965
as (episódio "Um Pobre Morreu")
MOVIE★ 3.1
Samba
1965
as Freitas
MOVIE★ 10.0
Quero Essa Mulher Assim Mesmo
1963
MOVIE★ 8.0
Assault on the Pay Train
1962
as Cachaça
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Cosmonauts
1962
as Zenóbio
MOVIE★ 8.0
O Homem Que Roubou a Copa do Mundo
1961
TV★ 7.0
Gabriela, Cravo e Canela
1961
as Tuísca
MOVIE★ 6.3
O Dono da Bola
1961
MOVIE★ 8.0
Um Candango na Belacap
1961
MOVIE★ 4.0
Vai Que é Mole
1960
as Brancura
MOVIE★ 5.7
Mulheres à Vista
1959
MOVIE★ 6.0
Pistoleiro Bossa Nova
1959
MOVIE★ 10.0
Garota Enxuta
1959
MOVIE★ 7.0
Os Três Cangaceiros
1959
MOVIE★ 6.0
Entrei de Gaiato
1959
MOVIE★ 4.5
Mujeres de fuego
1958
MOVIE★ 6.5
É de Chuá!
1958
MOVIE★ 6.0
...E o Bicho Não Deu
1958
MOVIE★ 8.0
Com Jeito Vai
1957
MOVIE★ 8.2
Rio, Northern Zone
1957
as Espírito da Luz Soares
MOVIE★ 6.0
A Baronesa Transviada
1957
as Benedito
MOVIE★ 8.0
De Pernas Pro Ar
1957
as Faísca
MOVIE★ 7.5
Metido a Bacana
1957
as Coalhada
MOVIE★ 7.0
Pé na Tábua
1957
MOVIE★ 10.0
Depois Eu Conto
1956
as Veludo
MOVIE★ 9.0
Malandros em Quarta Dimensão
1954
MOVIE★ 7.0
Paixão nas Selvas
1954
MOVIE★ 7.4
Matar ou Correr
1954
as Ciscocada
MOVIE★ 9.0
A Dupla do Barulho
1953
MOVIE★ 7.0
Barnabé, You Are Mine
1952
MOVIE★ 7.0
I Loved a Bookie
1952
as Passarinho
MOVIE★ 7.1
Carnaval Atlântida
1952
as Miro
MOVIE★ 7.0
Três Vagabundos
1952
as Rapadura/Milk Shake
MOVIE★ 7.0
Aviso aos Navegantes
1950
as Azulão
MOVIE★ 7.6
Também Somos Irmãos
1949
as Moleque Miro
MOVIE★ 9.0
Terra Violenta
1949
MOVIE★ 9.0
O Caçula do Barulho
1949
MOVIE★ 6.0
... E O Mundo Se Diverte
1949
MOVIE★ 10.0
Carnaval no Fogo
1949
as Empregado do Hotel
MOVIE★ 7.0
That's What I'm Gonna Do
1948
as Lamparina
MOVIE★ 7.5
Luz dos Meus Olhos
1947
MOVIE★ 10.0
The World is a Tambourine
1947
MOVIE★ 7.0
Não Adianta Chorar
1945
MOVIE★ 9.8
Romance Proibido
1944
MOVIE★ 9.0
Tristezas Não Pagam Dívidas
1943
MOVIE★ 8.0
Moleque Tião
1943
MOVIE★ 7.0
Caminho do Céu
1943
MOVIE★ 9.0
Samba em Berlim
1943
as Empregado da pensão
MOVIE★ 9.0
Black Diamonds
1941
as Empregado da tendinha
MOVIE★ 9.0
Blue Sky
1941
as Chocolate
MOVIE★ 7.0
Laranja da China
1940
as Boneco de Pixe
MOVIE★ 10.0
Family Football
1939
as Gibi
MOVIE★ 10.0
Onde Estás, Felicidade?
1939
as Sebastião
MOVIE★ 9.0
João Ninguém
1936
MOVIE★ 10.0
Noites Cariocas
1935