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José Wilker

Actor, Director, Producer
Born August 20, 1946Died April 5, 2014 (67 years)
José Wilker Almeida (20 August 1944 – 5 April 2014) was a Brazilian film, stage, and television actor and director. The actor gained fame in telenovelas like Roque Santeiro (1985), but became known internationally for his role as Vadinho, the husband who returns from the dead to tempt Sônia Braga's character in the movie Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976).
Known For
  • Medicine Man
  • Bye Bye Brazil
  • Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
  • The Battle of Canudos
  • Sai de Baixo
  • Roque Santeiro
  • The Next Victim
  • The Man in the Black Cape
  • The Well Beloved One
  • Senhora do Destino
  • The Conspirators
  • Golden Oldies
  • JK
  • Jango
  • Isolados
  • Dead in the Water
  • Suave Veneno
  • A vida como ela é
  • Romance
  • For All: Springboard to Victory
  • Golden Oldies 2
  • Little Book of Love
  • Xica
  • The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga

Filmography

2021
É Tudo Novela! (TV Series) · as Giovanni Improtta
2016
As Aventuras do Pequeno Colombo · as Conde De Saint-Germain
2015
2014
Isolados · as Dr. Fausto
2013
Golden Oldies 2 · as Juca
2013
Trail of Lies (TV Series) · as Herbert Marques
2013
Giovanni Improtta · as Giovanni Improtta
2012
Invisible World · as (segment "kreoko")
2012
Gabriela (TV Series) · as Coronel Jesuíno Mendonça
2012
O Brado Retumbante (TV Series) · as Floriano Pedreira
2011
The Invisible Woman (TV Series) · as Reinaldo Fachetti
2011
O Bem Amado (2011) (TV Series) · as Zeca Diabo
2011
Insensato Coração (TV Series) · as Umberto Brandão
2011
The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga · as Joãozinho Bem-Bem
2010
Elvis & Madonna · as Pachecão
2010
2010
In the Form of the Law (TV Series) · as Mourão
2010
The Well Beloved One · as Zeca Diabo
2009
Now Boarding · as Fulano
2009
Cinquentinha (TV Series) · as Daniel Carvalho
2008
Romance · as Danilo
2008
Golden Oldies · as Juca
2008
Três Irmãs (TV Series) · as Augusto Pinheiro
2008
Sexo com Amor? · as Jorge
2007
Duas Caras (TV Series) · as Francisco Macieira
2007
Amazônia, de Galvez a Chico Mendes (TV Series) · as Luis Gálvez
2006
Canta Maria · as Lampião
2006
2006
JK (TV Series) · as Juscelino Kubitschek
2004
Redentor · as Dr. Sabóia
2004
Senhora do Destino (TV Series) · as Giovanni Improtta
2004
Onde Anda Você · as Mandarim
2003
2003
The Man of the Year · as Sílvio
2003
Viva Sapato! · as Fernando
2002
2002
Dead in the Water · as Father
2002
Desejos de Mulher (TV Series) · as Ariel Godoy
2002
O Quinto dos Infernos (TV Series) · as Marquês De Marialva
2001
The Angel Fell from Heaven (TV Series) · as Tarso
2000
2000
A Muralha (TV Series) · as Dom Diego
1999
Suave Veneno (TV Series) · as Waldomiro Cerqueira
1998
Mulher (TV Series) · as Fernando
1997
The Battle of Canudos · as Antônio Conselheiro
1997
For All: Springboard to Victory · as Giancarlo Sandrini
1997
A Justiceira (TV Series) · as Ronaldo Schneider
1997
1996
Salsa e Merengue (TV Series) · as Urbano
1996
Angel of Me (TV Series) · as Bianor
1996
O Fim do Mundo (TV Series) · as Sebastião "tião" Socó
1996
Sai de Baixo (TV Series)
1996
A vida como ela é (TV Series) · as Narrador (voice)
1995
The Next Victim (TV Series) · as Marcelo Rossi
1993
Fera Ferida (TV Series) · as Demóstenes Maçaranduba De Pinho
1993
Agosto (TV Series) · as Pedro Lomagno
1993
Jequitiba (TV Series) · as Belarmino
1992
Anos Rebeldes (TV Series) · as Fábio Brito
1992
Medicine Man · as Dr. Miguel Ornega
1990
Mico Preto (TV Series) · as Frederico Menezes Garcia
1990
Lovely Child · as Álvaro
1989
Too Crazy · as Noé
1989
Better Days Ahead · as Wallace Caldeira
1989
O Salvador da Patria (TV Series) · as João Matos
1988
Prisoner of Rio · as Salo
1987
Leila Diniz · as Henrique Martins
1987
Subway to the Stars · as Professor
1987
Besame Mucho · as Xico
1986
The Man in the Black Cape · as Tenório Cavalcanti
1986
Baixo Gávea · as Maluco Da Bomba
1985
Roque Santeiro (TV Series) · as Luis Roque Duarte ("roque Santeiro")
1984
Jango · as Narrator
1983
The Good Bourgeois · as Lucas
1983
Bandidos da Falange (TV Series) · as Tito Lívio
1983
King of Candle · as Abelardo Segundo
1981
Brilhante (TV Series) · as Oswaldo
1981
1980
Plumas e Paetês (TV Series) · as Renato / Paulo
1980
Bye Bye Brazil · as Lorde Cigano
1978
1976
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands · as Valdomiro 'vadinho' Santos Guimarães
1976
Xica · as Conde Valadares
1976
Anjo Mau (TV Series) · as Rodrigo Medeiros
1975
1975
Gabriela (1975) (TV Series) · as Mundinho Falcão
1974
1972
The Conspirators · as Tiradentes
1970
1968
A Vida Provisória · as Torturador
1967
1965
The Deceased · as (uncredited)

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