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Grande Otelo

Acting Born Oct 18, 1915 Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Jequitibá

as Seu Francisco
Film

The Loft

as Canivete

A Gata Comeu

as Self

Little Missy

as Justo de Sá

Feijão Maravilha

as Benevides

O Bem-Amado

as Boca de Tramela
Film

Fitzcarraldo

as Station Master

Full filmography

  • The Trapalhões (1977) as Ele mesmo (em Uberlândia)
  • The Trapalhões (1977) as Ele mesmo
  • Chico Anysio Show (1982) as Eustáquio
  • Chico Anysio Show (1982) as Various Characters
  • Jequitibá (1993) as Seu Francisco
  • Água Viva (1980) as Canivete
  • A Gata Comeu (1985) as Self
  • Mandala (1987) as Jonas Caetano Barbosa
  • Uma Rosa com Amor (1972) as Pimpinoni
  • O Amor é Nosso! (1981) as Pica-Pau (na peça "Viveiro de Pássaros")
  • Bravo! (1975) as Malaquias
  • Bandeira 2 (1971) as Zé Catimba
  • Little Missy (1986) as Justo de Sá
  • Caso Especial (1971) as Nogueira
  • Feijão Maravilha (1979) as Benevides
  • Os Ossos do Barão (1973) as bêbado
  • Estados Anysios de Chico City (1991)
  • O Bem-Amado (1980) as Boca de Tramela
  • Fitzcarraldo (1982) as Station Master
  • Maria, Maria (1978) as Preto Maravilha
  • A, E, I, O... Urca (1990) as Ele mesmo
  • Escolinha do Professor Raimundo (1990) as Eustáquio
  • Grandes Nomes (1980) as Self
  • Linguinha x Mr. Yes (1971) as Cassius Ali