Milton Gonçalves
Biography
Milton Gonçalves OMC (Monte Santo de Minas, December 9, 1933 – Rio de Janeiro, May 30, 2022) was a Brazilian actor, director, singer, voice actor and producer. He's one of the most famous black actors in Brazil, having collaborated twice with acclaimed director Hector Babenco.
Gonçalves started his career in São Paulo, in an amateur group. As he moved to a professional group, he met Augusto Boal, who was looking for an actor to play an old black man. Joining Boal's Teatro de Arena, Milton Gonçalves found an open environment for political, philosophical and artistic discussion, where he was not discriminated for his race.
Gonçalves wrote four plays, one of which was staged by the Teatro Experimental do Negro and directed by Dalmo Ferreira. "There I learnt everything I know about Theater. It was fundamental for my comprehension of the world."
A Black Movement activist, Milton Gonçalves tried a political career, in the 1990s, as a candidate to Rio de Janeiro state governorship.
Father of actor Maurício Gonçalves, he is married to Oda Gonçalves since 1966.
Filmography
Ecos do Teatro Experimental do Negro
2026
Milton Gonçalves, Além do Espetáculo
2025
as Self
Juntos A Magia Acontece 2
2021
as Orlando
Hermanoteu na Terra de Godah: O Filme
2021
as Cardeal Fairtown
Pixinguinha, an Affectionate Man
2021
as Alfredo Vianna
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020
as Self
Juntos a Magia Acontece
2019
as Orlando
Carcereiros: O Filme
2019
as Dr. Louveira
Aperto
2019
as Agenor (fase 3)
Pressed, Ripped Apart
2019
as (archive footage)
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Mussum: Um Filme do Cacildis
2019
as Self
All Paulos in the World - Paulo José
2017
Jovem aos 50 - A História de Meio Século da Jovem Guarda
2017
as Narrador
Pitanga
2016
as Self
Pelé: Birth of a Legend
2016
as Waldemar de Brito
Chico Eterno
2015
as Self
The Violin Teacher
2015
as Laerte's father (voice)
Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Dona Flor e Seus 2 Maridos - O Filme
2015
as Padre Clemente
Meus Dois Amores
2015
as Monsenhor Fidélis
Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: As Noivas de Copacabana - O Filme
2015
as Dr. Fernando
Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Força-Tarefa - O Filme
2015
as Coronel Caetano
The Adventures of the Red Plane
2014
The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail
2014
as Governador