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name: "Adhemar Ferreira da Silva"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/adhemar-ferreira-da-silva"
fi1m_id: "adhemar-ferreira-da-silva"
imdb_id: "nm0196195"
tmdb_id: 1116073
wikidata_id: "Q199631"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 September 1927"
died: "12 January 2001"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T08:55:58.455825+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Adhemar Ferreira da Silva

## Identity

Adhemar Ferreira da Silva

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/adhemar-ferreira-da-silva
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** adhemar-ferreira-da-silva
- **IMDb ID:** nm0196195
- **TMDB ID:** 1116073
- **Wikidata ID:** Q199631
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhemar_da_Silva, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199631, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0196195/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1116073

Actor. Born 29 September 1927 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Died 12 January 2001.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 September 1927, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- **Died:** 12 January 2001
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhemar_da_Silva, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199631, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0196195/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1116073

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Black Orpheus*](https://film.one/film/black-orpheus.md) (78)

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## Biography

Adhemar Ferreira da Silva (1927–2001) was a Brazilian actor and athlete from São Paulo. He first played the role of Death in Vinicius de Moraes’s stage play *Orfeu da Conceição* (1956) and reprised it in Marcel Camus’s film *Black Orpheus* (1959).

He is also known for Olympic gold medals in the triple jump at the 1952 Helsinki and 1956 Melbourne Games, as well as seven world records between 1951 and 1956. His other screen appearances include the 1988 television series *Abolition*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, ebiografia.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Black Orpheus* (1959), Fi1m 78, as Death — [page](https://film.one/film/black-orpheus.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Onde a Moeda Cai em Pé: A História do São Paulo Futebol Clube* (2018), Actor
- *Black Orpheus* (1959), as Death — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/black-orpheus.md)

## Gallery

- ![DA SILVA ADHEMAR: (1927-2001) Brazilian Athlete, Olympic Gold Medallist in the Triple Jump at Helsinki (1952) and Melbourne (1956). Vintage signed 6 x 8 photogr](https://film.one/media/person/3876827/gallery-36706e80e550.jpg) DA SILVA ADHEMAR: (1927-2001) Brazilian Athlete, Olympic Gold Medallist in the Triple Jump at Helsinki (1952) and Melbourne (1956). Vintage signed 6 x 8 photogr — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/1952_triple_jump_medal_ceremony_with_da_Silva_signature.jpg/1280px-1952_triple_jump_medal_ceremony_with_da_Silva_signature.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Adhemar Ferreira da Silva](https://film.one/media/person/3876827/gallery-a54db8b9896f.jpg) Adhemar Ferreira da Silva — UnknownUnknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Ademar_Ferreira_da_Silva_%281956%29.jpg/1280px-Ademar_Ferreira_da_Silva_%281956%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![1956 Wire Photo Summer Olympics Adhemar da Silva of Brazil triple jump record](https://film.one/media/person/3876827/gallery-9e7bf71e6d72.jpg) 1956 Wire Photo Summer Olympics Adhemar da Silva of Brazil triple jump record — Unknown (UPI), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Adhemar_da_Silva_1956c.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Silver Olympic Order 2000: Silver Olympic Order (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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