Grande Otelo
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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.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2023 | The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus | - | HIT | |
| 2020 | O Samba é Primo do Jazz | (imagens de arquivo) | FLOP | |
| 2014 | Naked Eye | Self (archive footage) | FLOP | |
| 2009 | Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado | Self | FLOP | |
| 1997 | It's All Brazil | Self (archive footage) | FLOP | |
| 1993 | It's All True | Self | HIT | |
| 1991 | A Embaixatriz do Samba | Self | HIT | |
| 1990 | Boca de Ouro | - | HIT | |
| 1990 | Welles' Language | Narrator | FLOP | |
| 1988 | Abolition | Himself | HIT | |
| 1988 | Natal da Portela | Seu Napoleão | HIT | |
| 1987 | Jubiabá | Jubiabá | FLOP | |
| 1987 | Running Out of Luck | - | FLOP | |
| 1986 | It's Not All True | Himself | HIT | |
| 1984 | Quilombo | Babá | HIT | |
| 1982 | Fitzcarraldo | Station Master | HIT | |
| 1981 | Brasil | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1981 | Noel por Noel | - | FLOP | |
| 1980 | Asa Branca: A Brazilian Dream | - | FLOP | |
| 1977 | Sweet Thieves | Ruy Zebra | HIT | |
| 1977 | Lucio Flavio | Dondinho | HIT | |
| 1976 | The Agony | Sinhô | HIT | |
| 1976 | Bahia | - | FLOP | |
| 1975 | King of the Cards | Rei do Baralho | FLOP | |
| 1975 | Assim Era a Atlântida | - | HIT | |
| 1975 | Chinese Viola | Self | FLOP | |
| 1974 | The Star Rises | Grande Otelo | FLOP | |
| 1973 | O Negrinho do Pastoreio | - | HIT | |
| 1972 | Cassy Jones, the Magnificent Seducer | Porteiro do teatro | FLOP | |
| 1971 | Se Meu Dólar Falasse... | Tisiu | FLOP | |
| 1970 | The Heirs | Americo | FLOP | |
| 1970 | The Hullabaloo Family | Divina Dama | FLOP | |
| 1969 | Macunaima | Black Macunaíma / Macunaíma's son | HIT | |
| 1969 | Alibi | tranviere | FLOP | |
| 1962 | Assault on the Pay Train | Cachaça | HIT | |
| 1962 | The Cosmonauts | Zenóbio | FLOP | |
| 1961 | O Dono da Bola | - | FLOP | |
| 1959 | Os Três Cangaceiros | - | FLOP | |
| 1957 | Com Jeito Vai | - | HIT | |
| 1957 | Rio, Northern Zone | Espírito da Luz Soares | HIT | |
| 1957 | A Baronesa Transviada | Benedito | FLOP | |
| 1957 | Metido a Bacana | Coalhada | HIT | |
| 1954 | Matar ou Correr | Ciscocada | HIT | |
| 1952 | I Loved a Bookie | Passarinho | FLOP | |
| 1952 | Carnaval Atlântida | Miro | HIT | |
| 1950 | Aviso aos Navegantes | Azulão | HIT | |
| 1949 | Também Somos Irmãos | Moleque Miro | HIT | |
| 1947 | Luz dos Meus Olhos | - | FLOP | |
| 1944 | Romance Proibido | - | HIT |