Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Born
18 ottobre 1915
Died
26 novembre 1993
Place of birth
Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil
Also known as
Grande Othelo · Grande Othello · Гранди Отелу · Grande Otello
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.
Conosciuto per
7.5
Series
Little Missy
Justo de Sá
1986
0.0
Series
Bandeira 2
Zé Catimba
1971–1972
9.4
Series
Feijão Maravilha
Benevides
1979
8.0
Series
Mandala
Jonas Caetano Barbosa
1987–1988
6.7
Series
Uma Rosa com Amor
Pimpinoni
1972–1973
7.6
Film
Fitzcarraldo
Station Master
1982
9.6
Series
Bravo!
Malaquias
1975–1976
9.8
Film
Romance Proibido
1944
8.0
Film
Moleque Tião
1943
9.0
Film
Tristezas Não Pagam Dívidas
1943
7.0
Film
Três Vagabundos
Rapadura/Milk Shake
1952
4.9
Film
Getúlio Vargas
(archive footage)
1974
9.0
Film
João Ninguém
1936
0.0
Film
Fala Mangueira!
Narrator
1983
9.3
Series
O Bem-Amado
Boca de Tramela
1980–1984
5.7
Film
Mulheres à Vista
1959
8.0
Series
Republic
Patápio dos Prazeres
1989
7.0
Series
Gabriela, Cravo e Canela
Tuísca
1961
9.0
Film
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023
7.0
Film
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2023
6.0
Film
O Samba é Primo do Jazz
(imagens de arquivo)
2020
Acting credits 21 titles
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
7.0
2023
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
9.0
2023
O Samba é Primo do Jazz
as (imagens de arquivo)
6.0
2020
Republic
as Patápio dos Prazeres
8.0
1989
Mandala
as Jonas Caetano Barbosa
8.0
1987–1988
Little Missy
as Justo de Sá
7.5
1986
Fala Mangueira!
as Narrator
0.0
1983
Fitzcarraldo
as Station Master
7.6
1982
O Bem-Amado
as Boca de Tramela
9.3
1980–1984
Feijão Maravilha
as Benevides
9.4
1979
Bravo!
as Malaquias
9.6
1975–1976
Getúlio Vargas
as (archive footage)
4.9
1974
Uma Rosa com Amor
as Pimpinoni
6.7
1972–1973
Bandeira 2
as Zé Catimba
0.0
1971–1972
Gabriela, Cravo e Canela
as Tuísca
7.0
1961
Mulheres à Vista
5.7
1959
Três Vagabundos
as Rapadura/Milk Shake
7.0
1952
Romance Proibido
9.8
1944
Moleque Tião
8.0
1943
Tristezas Não Pagam Dívidas
9.0
1943
João Ninguém
9.0
1936