Grande Otelo
Known for Acting
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
Fitzcarraldo
1982
as Station Master
Cassy Jones, the Magnificent Seducer
1972
as Porteiro do teatro
Carioca Tigre
1976
as Omero
Macunaima
1969
as Black Macunaíma / Macunaíma's son
Getúlio Vargas
1974
as (archive footage)
Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
2009
as Self
Alibi
1969
as tranviere
Running Out of Luck
1987
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997
as Self
Pistoleiro Bossa Nova
1959
O Flagrante
1976
Natal da Portela
1988
as Seu Napoleão
Quilombo
1984
as Babá
Othelo The Great
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Lucio Flavio
1977
as Dondinho
O Caçula do Barulho
1949
Matar ou Correr
1954
as Ciscocada
It's All True
1993
as Self
Welles' Language
1990
as Narrator
The Force of Xango
1977
as Beicinho