Grande Otelo
Birthday
1915/10/18
Day of death
1993/11/26 (78 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil
Also know as
Grande Othelo, Grande Othello, Гранди Отелу, Grande Otello, グランデ・オセロ
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.
Acting
(2020) Searching for Makunaima
as Archive footage
(1997) Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
(1982) Fitzcarraldo
as Station Master
(1981) Noel por Noel
as ---
(1969) Alibi
as tranviere
(1976) The Agony
as Sinhô
(1970) Em Ritmo Jovem
as ---
(1969) Macunaima
as Black Macunaíma / Macunaíma's son
(1993) It's All True
as Self
(1978) A Noite dos Duros
as Bides
(1952) I Loved a Bookie
as Passarinho
(1975) King of the Cards
as Rei do Baralho
(1957) Rio, Northern Zone
as Espírito da Luz Soares
(1974) Getúlio Vargas
as (archive footage)
(1970) The Hullabaloo Family
as Divina Dama
(1997) It's All Brazil
as Self (archive footage)
(1950) Aviso aos Navegantes
as Azulão
(1952) Carnaval Atlântida
as Miro
(1954) Matar ou Correr
as Ciscocada
(1957) A Baronesa Transviada
as Benedito
(1956) Depois Eu Conto
as Veludo
(1957) De Pernas Pro Ar
as Faísca
(1986) It's Not All True
as Himself
(1949) Também Somos Irmãos
as Moleque Miro
(1988) Natal da Portela
as Seu Napoleão
(1977) Lucio Flavio
as Dondinho
(1969) A Doce Mulher Amada
as Leo
(2024) Othelo The Great
as Self (archive footage)
(1949) Carnaval no Fogo
as Empregado do Hotel
(1990) Welles' Language
as Narrator
(1971) Se Meu Dólar Falasse...
as Tisiu
(1961) O Dono da Bola
as ---
(1960) Vai Que é Mole
as Brancura
(1957) Pé na Tábua
as ---
(1959) Mulheres à Vista
as ---
(1959) Pistoleiro Bossa Nova
as ---
(1959) Garota Enxuta
as ---
(1961) Um Candango na Belacap
as ---
(2022) Katharsys
as ---
(1958) É de Chuá!
as ---
(1975) Chinese Viola
as Self
(1962) Assault on the Pay Train
as Cachaça
(1975) Aventuras d'um Detetive Português
as ---
(1994) Cachoeiro em Três Tons
as Self
(1986) Exu-Piá, Coração de Macunaíma
as ---
(1987) Jubiabá
as Jubiabá
(2020) Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as Self (archive footage)
(2005) Othelo
as Self
(2019) Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo
as Self (archive footage)
(1982) The Brazilwood Man
as Príncipe Tourvalou de Blesi
(1965) Samba
as Freitas
(1984) Quilombo
as Babá
(1976) Bahia
as ---
(1959) Os Três Cangaceiros
as ---
(1959) Entrei de Gaiato
as ---
(1983) Parahyba Mulher Macho
as Seu Pedro
(1971) O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões
as João Otelo dos Anzóis Carapuça
(1957) Metido a Bacana
as Coalhada
(1975) Assim Era a Atlântida
as ---
(1977) The Force of Xango
as Beicinho
(1978) A Noiva da Cidade
as Líbero
(1962) The Cosmonauts
as Zenóbio
(1977) Sweet Thieves
as Ruy Zebra
(1963) Quero Essa Mulher Assim Mesmo
as ---
(1967) Doomed Lovers
as Focinho
(1980) Asa Branca: A Brazilian Dream
as ---
(2019) Memórias do Grupo Opinião
as Self (archive footage)
(1967) A Rose for Everyone
as ---
(1954) Paixão nas Selvas
as ---
(1943) Moleque Tião
as ---
(1961) O Homem Que Roubou a Copa do Mundo
as ---
(1965) Crônica da Cidade Amada
as (episódio "Um Pobre Morreu")
(1958) Mujeres de fuego
as ---
(1974) The Star Rises
as Grande Otelo
(1957) Com Jeito Vai
as ---
(1954) Malandros em Quarta Dimensão
as ---
(1973) O Negrinho do Pastoreio
as ---
(1952) Barnabé, You Are Mine
as ---
(1976) Ladrão de Bagdá
as ---
(1976) Tem Alguém na Minha Cama
as ---
(1968) The Outsiders
as ---
(2023) Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
(1958) ...E o Bicho Não Deu
as ---
(1948) É Com Este Que Eu Vou
as Lamparina
(1952) Três Vagabundos
as Rapadura/Milk Shake
(1939) Onde Estás, Felicidade?
as Sebastião
(2023) The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
as ---
(1988) Abolition
as Himself
(1953) A Dupla do Barulho
as ---
(1986) Brasa Adormecida
as ---
(1987) Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman
as Self
(1989) Jardim de Alah
as Alah
(1943) Tristezas Não Pagam Dívidas
as ---
(1991) A Embaixatriz do Samba
as Self
(1949) ... E O Mundo Se Diverte
as ---
(1968) Massacre no Supermercado
as Zé Gatinho
(1939) Family Football
as Gibi
(1983) Fala Mangueira!
as Narrator
(1990) Boca de Ouro
as ---
(1943) Samba em Berlim
as Empregado da pensão
(1971) Sebastião Prata, ou Bem Dizendo, Grande Otelo
as Self
(1987) Running Out of Luck
as ---
(1991) Troca de Cabeça
as ---
(1976) Carioca Tigre
as Omero
(1971) O Donzelo
as Motorista de Taxi
(1947) Luz dos Meus Olhos
as ---
(1972) Cassy Jones, the Magnificent Seducer
as Porteiro do teatro
(2008) A Paz é Dourada
as Lepto
(1949) O Caçula do Barulho
as ---
(1940) Laranja da China
as Boneco de Pixe
(1935) Noites Cariocas
as ---
(1970) Não Aperta, Aparício
as Tonico
(1947) The World is a Tambourine
as ---
(1941) Black Diamonds
as Empregado da tendinha
(1936) João Ninguém
as ---
(1978) As Aventuras de Robinson Crusoé
as Sexta-Feira
(2022) The Welles Raft
as Himself (Archive Footage)
(1975) Deixa, Amorzinho... Deixa
as ---
(1944) Romance Proibido
as ---
(2019) Pressed, Ripped Apart
as (archive footage)
(1987) Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion
as Self
(1976) O Flagrante
as ---
(1987) Black Fragments of Samba - Cariocas, The City Musicians
as Self
(1987) Black Fragments of Samba - Paulo Moura, Infinite Music
as ---
(2009) Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
as Self
(1949) Terra Violenta
as ---
(1981) Brasil
as Self (archive footage)
(2020) O Samba é Primo do Jazz
as (imagens de arquivo)
(1971) Cômicos... + Cômicos...
as ---
(1945) Não Adianta Chorar
as ---
(1978) Bloody Gold
as ---
(1972) Semana de Arte Moderna
as himself
(2014) Naked Eye
as Self (archive footage)
(1943) Caminho do Céu
as ---
(1970) The Heirs
as Americo
(1941) Blue Sky
as Chocolate
(1971) Bandeira 2
as Zé Catimba
(1980) Grandes Nomes
as Self
(1980) Água Viva
as Canivete
(1993) Rebirth
as Seu Francisco
(1985) A Gata Comeu
as Self
(1986) Sinhá Moça
as Justo de Sá
(1987) Mandala
as Jonas Caetano Barbosa
(1989) Republic
as Patápio dos Prazeres
(1990) Escolinha do Professor Raimundo
as Eustáquio
(1980) O Bem-Amado
as Boca de Tramela
(1979) Feijão Maravilha
as Benevides
(1982) Chico Anysio Show
as Eustáquio
(1975) Bravo!
as Malaquias
(1971) Linguinha
as Cassius Ali
(1973) Os Ossos do Barão
as bêbado
(1972) Uma Rosa com Amor
as Pimpinoni
(1991) Estados Anysios de Chico City
as ---
(1977) The Bunglers
as Ele mesmo (em Uberlândia)
(1971) Caso Especial
as Nogueira
(1990) A, E, I, O... Urca
as Ele mesmo
(1961) Gabriela, Cravo e Canela
as Tuísca
(1977) The Bunglers
as Ele mesmo
(1982) Chico Anysio Show
as Various Characters