Grande Otelo
Known for Acting
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
Fitzcarraldo
1982
as Station Master
Quilombo
1984
as Babá
Running Out of Luck
1987
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997
as Self
Jubiabá
1987
as Jubiabá
Macunaima
1969
as Black Macunaíma / Macunaíma's son
Samba
1965
as Freitas
Alibi
1969
as tranviere
Lucio Flavio
1977
as Dondinho
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Welles' Language
1990
as Narrator
A Rose for Everyone
1967
Carnaval Atlântida
1952
as Miro
Othelo The Great
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Brasil
1981
as Self (archive footage)
Boca de Ouro
1990
Cassy Jones, the Magnificent Seducer
1972
as Porteiro do teatro
Assault on the Pay Train
1962
as Cachaça
Naked Eye
2014
as Self (archive footage)