José Wilker
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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).
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina | Self | FLOP | |
| 2017 | Dunas do Barato | Self | FLOP | |
| 2015 | As Aventuras do Pequeno Colombo | Conde de Saint-Germain | FLOP | |
| 2014 | Isolados | Dr. Fausto | FLOP | |
| 2014 | The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail | Chico Pacheco | FLOP | |
| 2013 | Golden Oldies 2 | Juca | FLOP | |
| 2013 | Invisible World | Segment "Kreuko" | FLOP | |
| 2011 | Elvis & Madonna | Pachecão | FLOP | |
| 2011 | The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga | Joãozinho Bem-Bem | HIT | |
| 2011 | Tancredo - A Travessia | - | HIT | |
| 2010 | The Well Beloved One | Zeca Diabo | FLOP | |
| 2009 | Now Boarding | Fulano | FLOP | |
| 2009 | Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado | Self | FLOP | |
| 2008 | Romance | Danilo | HIT | |
| 2008 | Golden Oldies | Juca | FLOP | |
| 2006 | Canta Maria | Lampião | FLOP | |
| 2006 | The Greatest Love of All | Antônio | FLOP | |
| 2004 | Redeemer | Dr. Sabóia | HIT | |
| 2003 | Mary, Mother of the Son of God | Pilatos | FLOP | |
| 2003 | The Man of the Year | Sílvio | HIT | |
| 2003 | Viva Sapato! | Fernando | FLOP | |
| 2002 | Banquete | - | HIT | |
| 2002 | Dead in the Water | Father | FLOP | |
| 2000 | Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion | Donizetti | FLOP | |
| 1998 | For All - O Trampolim da Vitória | Giancarlo Sandrini | FLOP | |
| 1997 | The Battle of Canudos | Antônio Conselheiro | HIT | |
| 1997 | Little Book of Love | Alaor | FLOP | |
| 1996 | Delicado | - | HIT | |
| 1993 | Paixão e Guerra no Sertão de Canudos | Narrador | FLOP | |
| 1992 | Medicine Man | Dr. Miguel Ornega | FLOP | |
| 1990 | Lovely Child | Álvaro | FLOP | |
| 1989 | Better Days Ahead | Wallace Caldeira | HIT | |
| 1988 | Prisoner of Rio | Salo | FLOP | |
| 1987 | Leila Diniz | Henrique Martins | FLOP | |
| 1987 | Subway to the Stars | Professor | FLOP | |
| 1986 | The Man in the Black Cape | Tenório Cavalcanti | HIT | |
| 1986 | Baixo Gávea | Maluco da bomba | FLOP | |
| 1984 | Jango | Narrator | HIT | |
| 1983 | Bandidos da Falange | - | HIT | |
| 1982 | The King of the Candle | Abelardo Segundo | FLOP | |
| 1981 | Cute But Ordinary | Edgar | FLOP | |
| 1980 | Bye Bye Brazil | Lorde Cigano | HIT | |
| 1978 | Professor Kranz german in Germany | Leleco | FLOP | |
| 1976 | Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands | Valdomiro 'Vadinho' Santos Guimarães | HIT | |
| 1976 | Xica | Conde Valadares | HIT | |
| 1972 | The Conspirators | Tiradentes | HIT | |
| 1968 | On Borrowed Time | Torturador | HIT | |
| 1968 | Massacre no Supermercado | - | FLOP | |
| 1967 | El Justicero | - | FLOP | |
| 1965 | The Deceased | (uncredited) | HIT |