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Milhem Cortaz

Acting Born Dec 6, 1971 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil 24 credits

Biography

Milhem Cortaz (São Paulo, December 6, 1971) is a Brazilian actor and presenter. Of Arab and Italian descent, Cortaz started in theater at the age of 11, led by actor Walmor Chagas when he performed in the play O Santo Milagroso, in 1983. He moved at the age of 15 to live in Italy with his aunt to get rid of his cocaine addiction, where he graduated from the Piccolo Teatro di Milano and began doing street theater under the influence of Commedia dell'arte but returned to Brazil in 1990, joining the Centro de Pesquisa Teatral (CPT) and stood out, among others, for his performances in O Melhor do Homem in 1995, directed by Ulysses Cruz. He is known for Carandiru (2003), Elite Squad (2007) and A Wolf at the Door (2013).

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Known for

Volta por Cima

as Osmar Pereira
Film

Elite Squad

as Capitão Fabio

Full filmography

  • A Terra Prometida (2016) as Calebe
  • Desejos de Mulher (2002) as Jacaré
  • Força de um Desejo (1999) as capanga
  • Volta por Cima (2024) as Osmar Pereira
  • The Next Victim (1995) as Ted
  • O Negocio (2013) as Renan
  • Cidadão Brasileiro (2006) as Américo Pereira
  • O Sétimo Guardião (2018) as Delegado Joubert Machado "Machado"
  • Chamas da Vida (2008) as Sargento Carlos José Lima / Cazé
  • A Mother's Love (2019) as Dr. Matias Junqueira
  • Elite Squad (2007) as Capitão Fabio
  • These Women (2005) as Lobato
  • The Others (2023) as Wando
  • Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010) as Tenente-Coronel Fábio
  • Magnifica 70 (2015) as Agente Chagas
  • Iron Island (2018) as Astério
  • Carandiru (2003) as Peixeira (Dagger)
  • Samson and Delilah (2011) as Abbas
  • Blood Red: Under the Moonlight (2025) as Martin
  • The Miracles of Jesus (2014) as Barzilai
  • Overhaul (2023) as Fumaça / Smokey
  • Outlaw (2024) as Seu Amoroso
  • August Street (2018) as Raul
  • Journey to the End of the Night (2006) as Rodrigo