--- name: "Carlinhos Brown" canonical: "https://film.one/person/carlinhos-brown" fi1m_id: "carlinhos-brown" imdb_id: "nm0113198" tmdb_id: 563826 wikidata_id: "Q727249" roles: ["Composer"] born: "23 November 1962" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_over: 0 updated: "2026-09-24T03:57:46.327589+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." --- # Carlinhos Brown ## Identity Carlinhos Brown - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/carlinhos-brown - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** carlinhos-brown - **IMDb ID:** nm0113198 - **TMDB ID:** 563826 - **Wikidata ID:** Q727249 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlinhos_Brown, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q727249, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0113198/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/563826 Composer. Born 23 November 1962 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. ## Details - **Work:** Composer - **Born:** 23 November 1962, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil - **Active:** 1997–2011 - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 36 (1), 2010s 70 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlinhos_Brown, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q727249, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0113198/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/563826 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*Rio*](https://film.one/film/rio.md) (70) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Carlinhos Brown, born Antônio Carlos Santos de Freitas, is a Brazilian singer, percussionist, composer and actor. He was born on 23 November 1962 in Salvador, Bahia. Brown contributed music and performed on the soundtrack of *Rio* (2011), including the Oscar-nominated song "Real in Rio", and provided additional voices for the film. He voiced the Audition Bird in *Rio 2* (2014) and appeared as a singer in *Speed 2: Cruise Control* (1997). He is also credited as Duende Músico in *Xuxa and the Elves* (2001). He is married to Helena Buarque de Hollanda and has received awards including a Goya Award and Latin Grammy nominations. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Rio* (2011), Fi1m 70, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/rio.md) - *Speed 2: Cruise Control* (1997), Fi1m 36, as Singer — [page](https://film.one/film/speed-2-cruise-control.md) ## Complete filmography (22) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Groove Under the Groove* (2026), Actor - *Pimenta no Clima* (2025), Actor - *WR Records - A Musical Invention* (2024), Actor - *Tribalistas 2017* (2022), Co-Producer - *Tribalistas Ao Vivo* (2018), as Ele Mesmo - *Do Corpo à Caxirola* (2016), Actor - *Òrun Àiyé: A Criação do Mundo* (2016), as Oxalá (voice) - *Rio 2* (2014), as Audition Bird (voice) - *Captains of the Sands* (2011), Original Music Composer - *Rio* (2011), as Additional Voices (voice) · Music, Songs — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/rio.md) - *Ó Paí, Ó: A Série* (2008), series, Actor - *Lower City* (2005), Original Music Composer - *Carlinhos Brown ‎– Inside Carlito Marron* (2004), Actor - *És tu, Brasil* (2003), Actor - *Tribalistas* (2002), as Co-Producer - *Xuxa and the Elves* (2001), as Duende Músico - *Louise's Wedding* (2001), Original Music Composer - *Olha que Coisa Mais Linda - Uma Homenagem a Tom Jobim* (2001), Actor - *Marisa Monte: Barulhinho Bom - Uma Viagem Musical* (1997), Actor - *Razor in the Flesh* (1997), Actor - *Speed 2: Cruise Control* (1997), as Singer — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/speed-2-cruise-control.md) - *Criança Esperança* (1986), series, Actor ## Gallery - ![Carlinhos Brown](https://film.one/media/person/463145/gallery-d90012f2e444.jpg) Carlinhos Brown — livepict.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Carlinhos_Brown_2007.07.35_011.jpg/1280px-Carlinhos_Brown_2007.07.35_011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![carlinhos a bilbao nel marzo 2005](https://film.one/media/person/463145/gallery-e92f42ad84e2.jpg) carlinhos a bilbao nel marzo 2005 — Francisco83pv, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Carlinhos-bilbo.JPG/1280px-Carlinhos-bilbo.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Foto: Marcos Madi (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/463145/gallery-fae1b315e9d2.jpg) Foto: Marcos Madi (2011) — O Boticário SPFW, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Carlinhos_Brown%2C_Ronaldo_Fraga_e_Paulo_Borges_discutem_o_futuro_da_moda_%40_S%C3%A3o_Paulo_Fashion_Week_em_Junho_de_2011.jpg/1280px-Carlinhos_Brown%2C_Ronaldo_Fraga_e_Paulo_Borges_discutem_o_futuro_da_moda_%40_S%C3%A3o_Paulo_Fashion_Week_em_Junho_de_2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Carlinhos Brown a Valencia prima del suo Carnevale itinerante (2005)](https://film.one/media/person/463145/gallery-8b14f35bd517.jpg) Carlinhos Brown a Valencia prima del suo Carnevale itinerante (2005) — Francisco83pv, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Carlinhos_Brown.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Carlinhos Brown (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/463145/gallery-389b424e261a.jpg) Carlinhos Brown (2007) — livepict.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Carlinhos_Brown_2007.07.35_001.jpg/1280px-Carlinhos_Brown_2007.07.35_001.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Carlinhos Brown (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/463145/gallery-a6cdb5836ea6.jpg) Carlinhos Brown (2007) — livepict.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Carlinhos_Brown_2007.07.35_002.jpg/1280px-Carlinhos_Brown_2007.07.35_002.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - 2012: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Real in Rio* ### Other awards — 1 won - Officer of the Order of Rio Branco 2006: Officer of the Order of Rio Branco (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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