José Wilker
August 20, 1946 (79 years old) in Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil
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
Credits
- 2021 · Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina as Self
- 2017 · Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century as Self
- 2015 · As Aventuras do Pequeno Colombo as Conde de Saint-Germain
- 2015 · Magnifica 70 as Tiradentes
- 2014 · Isolados as Dr. Fausto
- 2014 · The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail as Chico Pacheco
- 2013 · Invisible World as Segment "Kreuko"
- 2013 · Trail of Lies as Herbert Marques
- 2013 · VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro as Self
- 2012 · Gabriela as Coronel Jesuíno Mendonça
- 2012 · O Brado Retumbante as Floriano Pedreira
- 2011 · Elvis & Madonna as Pachecão
- 2011 · The Well Beloved One as Zeca Diabo
- 2011 · The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga as Joãozinho Bem-Bem
- 2010 · The Well Beloved One as Zeca Diabo
- 2010 · Na Forma da Lei as Dr. Mourão
- 2009 · Now Boarding as Fulano
- 2009 · Cinquentinha as Daniel Lopes de Carvalho
- 2008 · Romance as Danilo
- 2008 · Golden Oldies as Juca
- 2008 · The Three Sisters as Augusto Pinheiro
- 2008 · Sexo com Amor? as Jorge
- 2007 · Two Faces as Francisco Macieira
- 2007 · Amazônia: De Galvez a Chico Mendes as Luis Gálvez
- 2006 · JK as Juscelino Kubitschek
- 2004 · Redeemer as Dr. Sabóia
- 2004 · Her Own Destiny as Giovanni Improtta
- 2004 · Onde Anda Você as Mandarim
- 2003 · Celebrity as Self
- 2003 · Mary, Mother of the Son of God as Pilatos
- 2003 · The Man of the Year as Sílvio
- 2003 · Viva Sapato! as Fernando
- 2002 · Dead in the Water as Father
- 2002 · Desejos de Mulher as Ariel Godoy
- 2002 · The Fifth of Hell as Marquês de Marialva
- 2001 · Um Anjo Caiu do Céu as Tarso de Montaltino
- 2000 · Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion as Donizetti
- 2000 · A Muralha as Dom Diogo
- 1999 · Mild Poison as Waldomiro Cerqueira
- 1998 · For All - O Trampolim da Vitória as Giancarlo Sandrini
- 1997 · The Battle of Canudos as Antônio Conselheiro
- 1997 · A Justiceira as Ronaldo
- 1997 · Little Book of Love as Alaor
- 1997 · Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self
- 1996 · Anjo de Mim as Bianor
- 1996 · O Fim do Mundo as Sebastião "Tião" Socó
- 1996 · Sai de Baixo as
- 1996 · A Vida Como Ela É... as Narrador (voice)
- 1995 · The Next Victim as Marcelo Rossi
- 1993 · Fera Ferida as Demóstenes Maçaranduba da Costa
- 1993 · Black August as Pedro Lomagno
- 1993 · Jequitibá as Belarmino
- 1992 · Anos Rebeldes as Fábio Brito
- 1992 · Medicine Man as Dr. Miguel Ornega
- 1990 · Mico Preto as Frederico Menezes Garcia
- 1990 · Lovely Child as Álvaro
- 1989 · Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor as
- 1989 · Better Days Ahead as Wallace Caldeira
- 1989 · O Salvador da Pátria as João Matos / Miro Ferraz
- 1988 · Prisoner of Rio as Salo
- 1987 · Leila Diniz as Henrique Martins
- 1987 · Carmem as Camilo Prata
- 1987 · Subway to the Stars as Professor
- 1987 · Corpo Santo as Ulisses Queiróz
- 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 as Luis Roque Duarte ("Roque Santeiro")
- 1985 · Um Sonho a Mais as chefe de reportagem
- 1984 · São Bernardo as
- 1984 · Transas e Caretas as Thiago Moura Imperial Leme
- 1984 · A Mulher do Atirador de Facas as
- 1983 · Bandidos da Falange as Tito Lívio
- 1982 · Final Feliz as Rodrigo Mendonça
- 1982 · Fiebre amarilla as
- 1981 · Brilhante as Sidney da Costa Pinto / Osvaldo Mesquita
- 1981 · Cute But Ordinary as Edgar
- 1980 · Plumas & Paetês as Renato / Paulo
- 1980 · Bye Bye Brazil as Lorde Cigano
- 1978 · Batalha dos Guararapes as João Fernandes Vieira
- 1978 · Professor Kranz german in Germany as Leleco
- 1976 · Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands as Waldomiro 'Vadinho' Santos Guimarães
- 1976 · Xica as Conde Valadares
- 1976 · Anjo Mau as Rodrigo Medeiros
- 1975 · Deliciosas Traições do Amor as
- 1975 · O Casal as Alfredo Giacometti
- 1975 · Gabriela as Mundinho Falcão (Raimundo Falcão)
- 1974 · Corrida do Ouro as Fábio Rossi
- 1973 · Os Ossos do Barão as Martino
- 1973 · Cavalo de Aço as Atílio
- 1972 · Dybbuk: The Demon as Hannan
- 1972 · O Bofe as Bandeira
- 1971 · Bandeira 2 as Zelito
- 1971 · Caso Especial as assassino
- 1971 · Caso Especial as Hanan
- 1968 · On Borrowed Time as Torturador
- 1965 · The Deceased as (uncredited)
- 1965 · Paixão as
- Future · Timeless Eye as Old Franz
- 2017 · Dunas do Barato as Self
- 2016 · Wilker Eterno as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Golden Oldies 2 as Juca
- 2013 · Giovanni Improtta as Giovanni Improtta
- 2011 · A Melhor Idade as Antenor
- 2011 · Tancredo - A Travessia as
- 2009 · Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado as Self
- 2009 · O Sonho de Inacim as
- 2006 · Canta Maria as Lampião
- 2006 · The Greatest Love of All as Antônio
- 2002 · Banquete as
- 2002 · Suspiros Republicanos ao Crepúsculo de um Império Tropical as Narrator
- 2001 · Movie Theaters of Rio as Self
- 1996 · Delicado as
- 1994 · Josué de Castro, Cidadão do Mundo as Narrator
- 1993 · Paixão e Guerra no Sertão de Canudos as Narrador
- 1989 · A Porta Aberta as
- 1989 · Doida Demais as Noé
- 1987 · China, o Império do Centro as Narrator
- 1987 · Fonte da Saudade as
- 1984 · Jango as Narrator
- 1983 · O Bom Burguês as Lucas
- 1982 · The King of the Candle as Abelardo Segundo
- 1981 · Los crápulas as
- 1978 · Diamante Bruto as
- 1976 · Confissões de Uma Viúva Moça as
- 1975 · Ana, a Libertina as
- 1974 · Amor e Medo as
- 1972 · The Conspirators as Tiradentes
- 1970 · Estranho Triângulo as
- 1970 · Eu Sou Vida, Eu Não Sou Morte as
- 1968 · Massacre no Supermercado as
- 1967 · El Justicero as