Grande Otelo
Actor
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.
Filmography
Macunaima
as Black Macunaíma / Macunaíma's son 1969
Lucio Flavio
as Dondinho 1977
Rio, Northern Zone
as Espírito da Luz Soares 1957
Assault on the Pay Train
as Cachaça 1962
It's All True
as Self 1993
Quilombo
as Babá 1984
Samba
as Freitas 1965
The Brazilwood Man
as Príncipe Tourvalou de Blesi 1982
Cassy Jones, the Magnificent Seducer
as Porteiro do teatro 1972
Chinese Viola
as Self 1975
Abolition
as Himself 1988
Brasil
as Self (archive footage) 1981
The Agony
as Sinhô 1976
Carnaval Atlântida
as Miro 1952
It's Not All True
as Himself 1986
Jubiabá
as Jubiabá 1987