--- name: "Grande Otelo" canonical: "https://film.one/person/grande-otelo" fi1m_id: "grande-otelo" imdb_id: "nm0652777" tmdb_id: 271982 wikidata_id: "Q1791093" roles: ["Actor"] born: "18 October 1915" died: "26 November 1993" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-22T01:05:00.739820+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." --- # Grande Otelo ## Identity Grande Otelo - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/grande-otelo - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** grande-otelo - **IMDb ID:** nm0652777 - **TMDB ID:** 271982 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1791093 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_Otelo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1791093, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0652777/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/271982 Actor. Born 18 October 1915 in Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil. Died 26 November 1993. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 18 October 1915, Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil - **Died:** 26 November 1993 - **Also known as:** Grande Othelo, Grande Othello, Гранди Отелу, Grande Otello, グランデ・オセロ, Sebastião Bernardes de Souza Prata - **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (1), 1990s 78 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_Otelo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1791093, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0652777/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/271982 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Fitzcarraldo*](https://film.one/film/fitzcarraldo.md) (82) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Grande Otelo, born Sebastião Bernardes de Souza Prata, was a Brazilian actor, comedian, singer, composer and producer. He was born on 18 October 1915 in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, and died on 26 November 1993 in Roissy-en-France, France. He began his career in the circus and revue theatre before appearing in films from 1935. He became known for his long partnership with Oscarito in chanchada comedies of the 1940s and 1950s. He also appeared in Cinema Novo productions and international films. His notable screen roles include the title character in *Macunaíma* (1969) and the station master in *Fitzcarraldo* (1982). He is credited with appearances in around 100 films. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, encyclopedia.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) ### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these - *Fitzcarraldo* (1982), Fi1m 82, as Station Master — [page](https://film.one/film/fitzcarraldo.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *It's All True* (1993), Fi1m 78, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/its-all-true.md) ## Complete filmography (134) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus* (2023), Actor - *Katharsys* (2022), Actor - *O Samba é Primo do Jazz* (2020), as (imagens de arquivo) - *Pressed, Ripped Apart* (2019), as (archive footage) - *A Paz é Dourada* (2008), as Lepto - *Jequitibá* (1993), series, as Seu Francisco - *Estados Anysios de Chico City* (1991), series, Actor - *Troca de Cabeça* (1991), Actor - *Escolinha do Professor Raimundo* (1990), series, as Eustáquio - *A, E, I, O... Urca* (1990), series, as Ele mesmo - *Boca de Ouro* (1990), Actor - *Welles' Language* (1990), as Narrator - *Republic* (1989), series, as Patápio dos Prazeres - *Jardim de Alah* (1989), as Alah - *Natal da Portela* (1988), as Seu Napoleão - *Mandala* (1987), series, as Jonas Caetano Barbosa - *Jubiabá* (1987), as Jubiabá - *Running Out of Luck* (1987), Actor - *Black Fragments of Samba - Paulo Moura, Infinite Music* (1987), Actor - *Brasa Adormecida* (1986), Actor - *Little Missy* (1986), series, as Justo de Sá - *Exu-Piá, Coração de Macunaíma* (1986), Actor - *Quilombo* (1984), as Babá - *Parahyba Mulher Macho* (1983), as Seu Pedro - *Fala Mangueira!* (1983), as Narrator - *Chico Anysio Show* (1982), series, as Eustáquio · Various Characters - *Fitzcarraldo* (1982), as Station Master — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/fitzcarraldo.md) - *The Brazilwood Man* (1982), as Príncipe Tourvalou de Blesi - *O Amor é Nosso!* (1981), series, as Pica-Pau (na peça "Viveiro de Pássaros") - *Obrigado, Doutor* (1981), series, as Dico - *Noel por Noel* (1981), Actor - *O Bem-Amado* (1980), series, as Boca de Tramela - *Água Viva* (1980), series, as Canivete - *Asa Branca: A Brazilian Dream* (1980), Actor - *Feijão Maravilha* (1979), series, as Benevides - *As Aventuras de Robinson Crusoé* (1978), as Sexta-Feira - *A Noite dos Duros* (1978), as Bides - *A Noiva da Cidade* (1978), as Líbero - *Bloody Gold* (1978), Actor - *Maria, Maria* (1978), series, as Preto Maravilha - *Sweet Thieves* (1977), as Ruy Zebra - *The Force of Xango* (1977), as Beicinho - *The Trapalhões* (1977), series, as Ele mesmo (em Uberlândia), Ele mesmo - *Lucio Flavio* (1977), as Dondinho - *The Agony* (1976), as Sinhô - *Ladrão de Bagdá* (1976), Actor - *Carioca Tigre* (1976), as Omero - *Bahia* (1976), Actor - *O Flagrante* (1976), Actor - *Tem Alguém na Minha Cama* (1976), Actor - *King of the Cards* (1975), as Rei do Baralho - *Assim Era a Atlântida* (1975), Actor - *Deixa, Amorzinho... Deixa* (1975), Actor - *Bravo!* (1975), series, as Malaquias - *Aventuras d'um Detetive Português* (1975), Actor - *The Star Rises* (1974), as Grande Otelo - *Getúlio Vargas* (1974), as (archive footage) - *O Negrinho do Pastoreio* (1973), Actor - *Uma Rosa com Amor* (1972), series, as Pimpinoni - *Cassy Jones, the Magnificent Seducer* (1972), as Porteiro do teatro - *Linguinha x Mr. Yes* (1971), series, as Cassius Ali - *Bandeira 2* (1971), series, as Zé Catimba - *Caso Especial* (1971), series, as Nogueira - *Cômicos... + Cômicos...* (1971), Actor - *O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões* (1971), as João Otelo dos Anzóis Carapuça - *Se Meu Dólar Falasse...* (1971), as Tisiu - *O Donzelo* (1971), as Motorista de Taxi - *Em Ritmo Jovem* (1970), Actor - *The Heirs* (1970), as Americo - *The Rowdy Family* (1970), as Divina Dama - *Não Aperta, Aparício* (1970), as Tonico - *A Doce Mulher Amada* (1969), as Leo - *Macunaima* (1969), as Black Macunaíma / Macunaíma's son - *Alibi* (1969), as tranviere - *The Outsiders* (1968), Actor - *Massacre no Supermercado* (1968), as Zé Gatinho - *Doomed Lovers* (1967), as Focinho - *A Rose for Everyone* (1967), Actor - *Bairro Feliz* (1965), series, as Compositor de Escola de Samba - *Crônica da Cidade Amada* (1965), as (episódio "Um Pobre Morreu"), Songs - *Samba* (1965), as Freitas - *Quero Essa Mulher Assim Mesmo* (1963), Actor - *Assault on the Pay Train* (1962), as Cachaça - *The Cosmonauts* (1962), as Zenóbio - *O Homem Que Roubou a Copa do Mundo* (1961), Actor - *Gabriela, Cravo e Canela* (1961), series, as Tuísca - *O Dono da Bola* (1961), Actor - *Um Candango na Belacap* (1961), Actor - *Vai Que é Mole* (1960), as Brancura - *Pistoleiro Bossa Nova* (1959), Actor - *Mulheres à Vista* (1959), Actor - *Os Três Cangaceiros* (1959), Actor - *Entrei de Gaiato* (1959), Actor - *Garota Enxuta* (1959), Actor - *Mujeres de fuego* (1958), Actor - *É de Chuá!* (1958), Actor - *...E o Bicho Não Deu* (1958), Actor - *Com Jeito Vai* (1957), Actor - *Rio, Northern Zone* (1957), as Espírito da Luz Soares - *A Baronesa Transviada* (1957), as Benedito - *De Pernas Pro Ar* (1957), as Faísca - *Metido a Bacana* (1957), as Coalhada - *Pé na Tábua* (1957), Actor - *Depois Eu Conto* (1956), as Veludo - *Malandros em Quarta Dimensão* (1954), Actor - *Paixão nas Selvas* (1954), Actor - *Matar ou Correr* (1954), as Ciscocada - *A Dupla do Barulho* (1953), Actor - *Barnabé, You Are Mine* (1952), as Abdula - *I Loved a Bookie* (1952), as Passarinho - *Carnaval Atlântida* (1952), as Miro - *Três Vagabundos* (1952), as Rapadura/Milk Shake - *Aviso aos Navegantes* (1950), as Azulão - *Também Somos Irmãos* (1949), as Moleque Miro - *Terra Violenta* (1949), Actor - *O Caçula do Barulho* (1949), Actor - *... E o Mundo Se Diverte* (1949), Actor - *Carnaval no Fogo* (1949), as Empregado do Hotel - *That's What I'm Gonna Do* (1948), as Lamparina - *Luz dos Meus Olhos* (1947), Actor - *The World is a Tambourine* (1947), Actor - *Não Adianta Chorar* (1945), Actor - *Romance Proibido* (1944), Actor - *Tristezas Não Pagam Dívidas* (1943), Actor - *Moleque Tião* (1943), Actor - *Caminho do Céu* (1943), Actor - *Samba em Berlim* (1943), as Empregado da pensão - *Black Diamonds* (1941), as Empregado da tendinha - *Blue Sky* (1941), as Chocolate - *Laranja da China* (1940), as Boneco de Pixe - *Family Football* (1939), as Gibi - *Onde Estás, Felicidade?* (1939), as Sebastião - *João Ninguém* (1936), Actor - *Noites Cariocas* (1935), Actor ## Gallery - ![Grande Otelo](https://film.one/media/person/117767/gallery-9113bc05b851.jpg) Grande Otelo — UnknownUnknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Grande_Otelo%2C_sem_data.tif/lossy-page1-1280px-Grande_Otelo%2C_sem_data.tif.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Cena da peça teatral "Algemas Quebradas" onde aparecem Grande Othelo, Pérola Negra, De Carambola, Apolo Correa e Índia do Brasil, em matéria da revista "Carioca (1938)](https://film.one/media/person/117767/gallery-ce9f4e06ce53.jpg) Cena da peça teatral "Algemas Quebradas" onde aparecem Grande Othelo, Pérola Negra, De Carambola, Apolo Correa e Índia do Brasil, em matéria da revista "Carioca (1938) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Cia_Negra_de_Operetas_e_Revistas_cena_Algemas_Quebradas_1938.jpg/1280px-Cia_Negra_de_Operetas_e_Revistas_cena_Algemas_Quebradas_1938.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Desfile-Carnaval-Rio (1983)](https://film.one/media/person/117767/gallery-952cb8d5ea5d.jpg) Desfile-Carnaval-Rio (1983) — Nicolau Drei from Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Desfile-Carnaval-Rio_%28Beija-Flor_Grande_Otelo_1983%29.jpg/1280px-Desfile-Carnaval-Rio_%28Beija-Flor_Grande_Otelo_1983%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![13.02.1983 - Fotógrafo Luiz Pinto - Desfile da Escola de Samba "Beija-Flor de Nilópolis", com o enredo "A GRANDE CONSTELAÇÃO DAS ESTRELAS NEGRAS", do carnavales](https://film.one/media/person/117767/gallery-59ec1c2bfd7a.jpg) 13.02.1983 - Fotógrafo Luiz Pinto - Desfile da Escola de Samba "Beija-Flor de Nilópolis", com o enredo "A GRANDE CONSTELAÇÃO DAS ESTRELAS NEGRAS", do carnavales — Luiz Pinto from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Desfile_da_Escola_de_Samba_Beija-Flor_-_1983.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Grande Otelo](https://film.one/media/person/117767/gallery-7fdd4a73e24b.jpg) Grande Otelo — Image via TMDB - ![Desfile da Beija-Flor de Nilópolis 1983](https://film.one/media/person/117767/gallery-9c86e02914c0.jpg) Desfile da Beija-Flor de Nilópolis 1983 — Ricardo Chaves from Brasil, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Grande_Otelo_-_Beija-Flor_de_Nil%C3%B3polis_1983.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Legenda original da imagem: "Othello - O furor da Companhia Negra de Revistas, no República"A Companhia Negra de Revistas (1926-1927) foi a primeira companhia t](https://film.one/media/person/117767/gallery-c328669a50c6.png) Legenda original da imagem: "Othello - O furor da Companhia Negra de Revistas, no República"A Companhia Negra de Revistas (1926-1927) foi a primeira companhia t — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Grande_Otelo_1927_Companhia_Negra_de_Revistas_in_Para_Todos.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) 2007: Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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