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José Wilker

Acting Born Aug 20, 1946 Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil 24 credits

Biography

José Wilker Almeida (20 August 1944 – 5 April 2014) was a Brazilian film, stage, and television actor and director. The actor gained fame in telenovelas like Roque Santeiro (1985), but became known internationally for his role as Vadinho, the husband who returns from the dead to tempt Sônia Braga's character in the movie Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976).

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Known for

Trail of Lies

as Herbert Marques

Gabriela

as Coronel Jesuíno Mendonça

Full filmography

  • Desejos de Mulher (2002) as Ariel Godoy
  • Celebrity (2003) as Self
  • Roque Santeiro (1985) as Luis Roque Duarte ("Roque Santeiro")
  • Trail of Lies (2013) as Herbert Marques
  • Her Own Destiny (2004) as Giovanni Improtta
  • Plumas & Paetês (1980) as Renato / Paulo
  • Jequitibá (1993) as Belarmino
  • Two Faces (2007) as Francisco Macieira
  • Mild Poison (1999) as Waldomiro Cerqueira
  • Fera Ferida (1993) as Demóstenes Maçaranduba da Costa
  • O Salvador da Pátria (1989) as João Matos / Miro Ferraz
  • The Next Victim (1995) as Marcelo Rossi
  • Corpo Santo (1987) as Ulisses Queiróz
  • Anjo Mau (1976) as Rodrigo Medeiros
  • The Three Sisters (2008) as Augusto Pinheiro
  • Carmem (1987) as Camilo Prata
  • Corrida do Ouro (1974) as Fábio Rossi
  • Um Sonho a Mais (1985) as chefe de reportagem
  • Gabriela (2012) as Coronel Jesuíno Mendonça
  • Sai de Baixo (1996)
  • JK (2006) as Juscelino Kubitschek
  • Transas e Caretas (1984) as Thiago Moura Imperial Leme
  • Gabriela (1975) as Mundinho Falcão (Raimundo Falcão)
  • Anjo de Mim (1996) as Bianor