1952Nominee
Best Performance
Três Vagabundos
Grande Otelo
Actor
Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil
October 18, 1915
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1982Winner
Best Performance
Fitzcarraldo
1974Nominee
Best Performance
Getúlio Vargas
Career Highlights
1976Highlight
Best Performance
The Agony
1976Highlight
Best Performance
O Flagrante
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Fitzcarraldo
Macunaima