
Grande Otelo
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.
Known for

Othelo The Great
2024 • Self (archive footage)

Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
2023 • Self (archive footage)

The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023

The Welles Raft
2022 • Himself (Archive Footage)

Katharsys
2022

Searching for Makunaima
2020 • Archive footage

Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020 • Self (archive footage)

O Samba é Primo do Jazz
2020 • (imagens de arquivo)
Full filmography
Jardim de Alah
View movie1989 • Alah
The Star Rises
View movie1974 • Grande Otelo
O Donzelo
View movie1971 • Motorista de Taxi
A Baronesa Transviada
View movie1957 • Benedito
























































































































