Grande Otelo
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.
Filmography
Othelo The Great
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
2023
as Self (archive footage)
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023
The Welles Raft
2022
as Himself (Archive Footage)
Katharsys
2022
Searching for Makunaima
2020
as Archive footage
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020
as Self (archive footage)
O Samba é Primo do Jazz
2020
as (imagens de arquivo)
Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Pressed, Ripped Apart
2019
as (archive footage)
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Naked Eye
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
2009
as Self
A Paz é Dourada
2008
as Lepto
Othelo
2005
as Self
It's All Brazil
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997
as Self
Cachoeiro em Três Tons
1994
as Self
It's All True
1993
as Self
A Embaixatriz do Samba
1991
as Self
Troca de Cabeça
1991
Boca de Ouro
1990
Welles' Language
1990
as Narrator
- No poster
Jardim de Alah
1989
as Alah