Grande Otelo
Acting
Born: 1915-10-18 in Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil
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.
Known For
The Trapalhões
Ele mesmo (em Uberlândia)
The Trapalhões
Ele mesmo
Little Missy
Justo de Sá
Chico Anysio Show
Eustáquio
Chico Anysio Show
Various Characters
Uma Rosa com Amor
Pimpinoni
Bravo!
Malaquias
Feijão Maravilha
Benevides
A Gata Comeu
Self
Água Viva
Canivete
Jequitibá
Seu Francisco
Mandala
Jonas Caetano Barbosa
Maria, Maria
Preto Maravilha
O Amor é Nosso!
Pica-Pau (na peça "Viveiro de Pássaros")
Bandeira 2
Zé Catimba
Os Ossos do Barão
bêbado
O Bem-Amado
Boca de Tramela
Três Vagabundos
Rapadura/Milk Shake
Linguinha x Mr. Yes
Cassius Ali
Caso Especial
Nogueira
Obrigado, Doutor
Dico
The Agony
Sinhô
Moleque Tião
Fala Mangueira!
Narrator
Getúlio Vargas
(archive footage)
Fitzcarraldo
Station Master
João Ninguém
Escolinha do Professor Raimundo
Eustáquio
Estados Anysios de Chico City
Grandes Nomes
Self
Romance Proibido
Barnabé, You Are Mine
Abdula
Bairro Feliz
Compositor de Escola de Samba
Macunaima
Black Macunaíma / Macunaíma's son
O Flagrante
Republic
Patápio dos Prazeres
Blue Sky
Chocolate
Aviso aos Navegantes
Azulão
A, E, I, O... Urca
Ele mesmo