José Wilker
Birthday
1946/08/20
Day of death
2014/04/05 (67 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil
Also know as
Жозе Вилкер
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).
Acting
(1981) Los crápulas
as ---
(2003) The Man of the Year
as Sílvio
(1997) Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
(1992) Medicine Man
as Dr. Miguel Ornega
(1993) Paixão e Guerra no Sertão de Canudos
as Narrador
(1989) Doida Demais
as Noé
(1980) Bye Bye Brazil
as Lorde Cigano
(1976) Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
as Valdomiro 'Vadinho' Santos Guimarães
(2009) O Sonho de Inacim
as ---
(2008) Romance
as Danilo
(2010) The Well Beloved One
as Zeca Diabo
(1972) The Conspirators
as Tiradentes
(1988) Prisoner of Rio
as Salo
(2008) Sexo com Amor?
as Jorge
(2002) Dead in the Water
as Father
(1986) The Man in the Black Cape
as Tenório Cavalcanti
(1989) Better Days Ahead
as Wallace Caldeira
(2013) Giovanni Improtta
as Giovanni Improtta
(1981) Bonitinha mas Ordinária
as Edgar
(2009) Now Boarding
as Fulano
(2006) Canta Maria
as Lampião
(2000) Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
as Donizetti
(1997) Little Book of Love
as Alaor
(1990) Lovely Child
as Álvaro
(1976) Xica
as Conde Valadares
(2011) Tancredo - A Travessia
as ---
(1998) For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
as Giancarlo Sandrini
(2014) Isolados
as Dr. Fausto
(2006) The Greatest Love of All
as Antônio
(2003) Mary, Mother of the Son of God
as Pilatos
(1978) Professor Kranz tedesco di Germania
as Leleco
(2014) The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail
as Chico Pacheco
(1983) O Bom Burguês
as Lucas
(2004) Onde Anda Você
as Mandarim
(1978) Diamante Bruto
as ---
(1967) El Justicero
as ---
Timeless Eye
as Old Franz
(1987) Leila Diniz
as Henrique Martins
(2011) The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga
as Joãozinho Bem-Bem
(1975) O Casal
as Alfredo Giacometti
(1965) Paixão
as ---
(2017) Dunas do Barato
as Self
(2013) Golden Oldies 2
as Juca
(1965) The Deceased
as (uncredited)
(2015) As Aventuras do Pequeno Colombo
as Conde de Saint-Germain
(1976) Confissões de Uma Viúva Moça
as ---
(1984) Jango
as Narrator
(2001) Movie Theaters of Rio
as Self
(2002) Suspiros Republicanos ao Crepúsculo de um Império Tropical
as Narrator
(1987) Subway to the Stars
as Professor
(1994) Josué de Castro, Cidadão do Mundo
as Narrador
(2011) Elvis & Madonna
as Pachecão
(1974) Amor e Medo
as ---
(1970) Eu Sou Vida, Eu Não Sou Morte
as ---
(1970) Estranho Triângulo
as ---
(1982) The King of the Candle
as Abelardo Segundo
(2011) A Melhor Idade
as Antenor
(2008) Golden Oldies
as Juca
(1972) Dybbuk: The Demon
as Hannan
(1987) Besame Mucho
as Xico
(1968) On Borrowed Time
as Torturador
(1978) Batalha dos Guararapes
as João Fernandes Vieira
(1997) Guerra de Canudos
as Antônio Conselheiro
(1986) Baixo Gávea
as Maluco da bomba
(1968) Massacre no Supermercado
as ---
(2003) Viva Sapato!
as Fernando
(1987) China, o Império do Centro
as Narrator
(1983) Bandidos da Falange
as ---
(1989) Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
as ---
(1984) São Bernardo
as ---
(1989) A Porta Aberta
as ---
(1996) Delicado
as ---
(2002) Banquete
as ---
(2017) Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
as Self
(1982) Fiebre amarilla
as ---
(1975) Ana, a Libertina
as ---
(2009) Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
as Self
(1975) Deliciosas Traições do Amor
as ---
(2021) Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina
as Self
(2004) Redeemer
as Dr. Sabóia
(2013) VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro
as Self
(2016) Wilker Eterno
as Self (archive footage)
(2001) Um Anjo Caiu do Céu
as Tarso
(1995) A Próxima Vítima
as Marcelo Rossi
(1996) A Vida Como Ela É...
as Narrador (voice)
(2003) Celebridade
as Self
(2012) Gabriela
as Coronel Jesuíno Mendonça
(1985) Roque Santeiro
as Luis Roque Duarte ("Roque Santeiro")
(1971) Bandeira 2
as Zelito
(1973) Cavalo de Aço
as Atílio
(1981) Brilhante
as Sidney da Costa Pinto / Osvaldo Mesquita
(2002) Desejos de Mulher
as Ariel Godoy
(1993) Agosto
as Pedro Lomagno
(1996) Sai de Baixo
as ---
(1975) Gabriela
as Mundinho Falcão
(1993) Renascer
as Belarmino
(2006) JK
as Juscelino Kubitschek
(2011) O Bem Amado
as Zeca Diabo
(1990) Mico Preto
as Frederico Menezes Garcia
(2004) Senhora do Destino
as Giovanni Improtta
(1976) Anjo Mau
as Rodrigo Medeiros
(1996) Anjo de Mim
as Bianor
(2008) Três Irmãs
as Augusto Pinheiro
(2007) Amazônia: De Galvez a Chico Mendes
as Luis Gálvez
(2007) Duas Caras
as Francisco Macieira
(2013) Trail of Lies
as Herbert Marques
(1999) Suave Veneno
as Waldomiro Cerqueira
(2002) The Fifth of Hell
as Marquês de Marialva
(1984) Transas e Caretas
as Thiago Moura Imperial Leme
(1996) O Fim do Mundo
as Sebastião "Tião" Socó
(1992) Anos Rebeldes
as Fábio Brito
(1982) Final Feliz
as Rodrigo Mendonça
(1980) Plumas & Paetês
as Renato / Paulo
(2021) É Tudo Novela!
as Giovanni
(1973) Os Ossos do Barão
as Martino
(1987) Carmem
as Camilo
(1974) Corrida do Ouro
as Fábio Rossi
(1985) Um Sonho a Mais
as chefe de reportagem
(1972) O Bofe
as Bandeira
(1993) Fera Ferida
as Demóstenes Maçaranduba da Costa
(1983) Bandidos da Falange
as Tito Lívio
(1987) Corpo Santo
as Ulisses Queiróz
(1997) A Justiceira
as Ronaldo
(2010) Na Forma da Lei
as Dr. Mourão
(1971) Caso Especial
as assassino
(1971) Caso Especial
as Hanan