Grande Otelo
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1915-10-18 – 1993-11-26
Place of birth: Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil
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
Searching for Makunaima
2020Archive footage
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997Self
Fitzcarraldo
1982Station Master
Noel por Noel
1981
Alibi
1969tranviere
The Agony
1976Sinhô
Em Ritmo Jovem
1970
Macunaima
1969Black Macunaíma / Macunaíma's son
It's All True
1993Self
A Noite dos Duros
1978Bides
I Loved a Bookie
1952Passarinho
King of the Cards
1975Rei do Baralho
Rio, Northern Zone
1957Espírito da Luz Soares
Getúlio Vargas
1974(archive footage)
The Hullabaloo Family
1970Divina Dama
It's All Brazil
1997Self (archive footage)
Carnaval Atlântida
1952Miro
Matar ou Correr
1954Ciscocada
Aviso aos Navegantes
1950Azulão