Acting
José Wilker
Born August 20, 1946 · Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil
Died April 5, 2014 · aged 67
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
Cute but Ordinary · 1981Cute but Ordinary
★ 4.91981
MovieDramaThriller
The youngest daughter of a rich man has been raped by five black men in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, and her father arranges her marriage to one of his employees in order to save the family’s honor.
Medicine Man · 1992Medicine Man
★ 6.01992
MovieAdventureDrama
An eccentric scientist in the Amazon jungle rejects his research assistant for being a woman, but as bulldozers threaten their work on a potential cancer cure, they learn to collaborate and begin to fall in love.
Elvis & Madonna · 2011Elvis & Madonna
★ 5.82011
MovieComedyRomance
In Copacabana, lesbian photographer Elvis is hired to deliver pizzas in the night shift on her motorcycle. Her first assignment is a delivery to the transgender hairdresser Lady Madonna, whom she falls in love with.
Romance · 2008Romance
★ 7.42008
MovieRomance
During a remake of the play Tristan and Isolde, actors Pedro and Ana fall in love. While the characters live an idealized love, the interpreters are living a true story, which they try to spice it up with the intensity of the fiction.
Baixo Gávea · 1986Baixo Gávea
★ 5.51986
MovieDrama
Clara directs the rehearsals of a theatrical play about Fernando Pessoa while constantly seeking the right man and the love of his life. One of the actresses is the lesbian Ana, who interprets the poet Mário de Sá Carneiro. She is Clara's friend and confidant with whom she shares an apartment. Clara does not perceive Ana's love for her, that always helps her to recover from the disappointments. Unlike the character Sá Carneiro, poet of decadentism, nostalgia, metaphysics and vague, Ana is the pragmatic side of Clara, who often brings a disillusioned vision as if it were Fernando Pessoa himself, who may be associated with concepts of the poet's heteronyms.
The Man of the Year · 2003The Man of the Year
★ 6.82003
MovieDramaCrime
Maiquél has lost a bet and dyed his hair blond. This seemingly innocuous event triggers a head-on collision with destiny in which he goes from nobody to hero to outlaw — all in 24 hours.
Sexo com Amor? · 2008Sexo com Amor?
★ 4.22008
MovieComedy
Three children are caught in school with an erotic book. His parents are called by the leadership to discuss the problem. During the meeting, comes to surface the love and sexual problems of these three couples; such as lack of desire, betrayal, love, passion, insecurity and provocations.
Onde Anda Você · 2004Onde Anda Você
★ 4.02004
MovieDramaComedy
Felício, an old comedian, is in decadence after his partner Mandarim's suicide. When he finds out his former love Paloma has died, he leaves São Paulo and heads for the faraway State of Piauí, North of Brazil, in search of a new partner. He believes that if he manages to find him, the good times will return.
Movies
Cute but Ordinary · 1981Cute but Ordinary
★ 4.91981
MovieDramaThriller
The youngest daughter of a rich man has been raped by five black men in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, and her father arranges her marriage to one of his employees in order to save the family’s honor.
Medicine Man · 1992Medicine Man
★ 6.01992
MovieAdventureDrama
An eccentric scientist in the Amazon jungle rejects his research assistant for being a woman, but as bulldozers threaten their work on a potential cancer cure, they learn to collaborate and begin to fall in love.
Elvis & Madonna · 2011Elvis & Madonna
★ 5.82011
MovieComedyRomance
In Copacabana, lesbian photographer Elvis is hired to deliver pizzas in the night shift on her motorcycle. Her first assignment is a delivery to the transgender hairdresser Lady Madonna, whom she falls in love with.
Romance · 2008Romance
★ 7.42008
MovieRomance
During a remake of the play Tristan and Isolde, actors Pedro and Ana fall in love. While the characters live an idealized love, the interpreters are living a true story, which they try to spice it up with the intensity of the fiction.
Baixo Gávea · 1986Baixo Gávea
★ 5.51986
MovieDrama
Clara directs the rehearsals of a theatrical play about Fernando Pessoa while constantly seeking the right man and the love of his life. One of the actresses is the lesbian Ana, who interprets the poet Mário de Sá Carneiro. She is Clara's friend and confidant with whom she shares an apartment. Clara does not perceive Ana's love for her, that always helps her to recover from the disappointments. Unlike the character Sá Carneiro, poet of decadentism, nostalgia, metaphysics and vague, Ana is the pragmatic side of Clara, who often brings a disillusioned vision as if it were Fernando Pessoa himself, who may be associated with concepts of the poet's heteronyms.
The Man of the Year · 2003The Man of the Year
★ 6.82003
MovieDramaCrime
Maiquél has lost a bet and dyed his hair blond. This seemingly innocuous event triggers a head-on collision with destiny in which he goes from nobody to hero to outlaw — all in 24 hours.
Sexo com Amor? · 2008Sexo com Amor?
★ 4.22008
MovieComedy
Three children are caught in school with an erotic book. His parents are called by the leadership to discuss the problem. During the meeting, comes to surface the love and sexual problems of these three couples; such as lack of desire, betrayal, love, passion, insecurity and provocations.
Onde Anda Você · 2004Onde Anda Você
★ 4.02004
MovieDramaComedy
Felício, an old comedian, is in decadence after his partner Mandarim's suicide. When he finds out his former love Paloma has died, he leaves São Paulo and heads for the faraway State of Piauí, North of Brazil, in search of a new partner. He believes that if he manages to find him, the good times will return.
Lovely Child · 1990Lovely Child
★ 7.11990
MovieCrimeDrama
Maria is a sweet child. She hasn’t father and doesn’t like her mother. She has a boyfriend, A bandit who would like to change his class.
Fiebre amarilla · 1982Fiebre amarilla
★ 7.01982
MovieDrama
During the yellow fever epidemic of 1870, a fugitive enters the mansion where three women had locked themselves in.
Canta Maria · 2006Canta Maria
★ 6.02006
MovieDramaHistory
After her parents were killed by a troupe of soldiers in search of Lampião, an outlaw living in Northeastern Brazil, Maria marries Filipe, a horse whisperer. But his nephew Coriolano soon develops an attraction for Maria, while a jealous Filipe decides to break his marriage and sends Maria away.
Dunas do Barato · 2017Dunas do Barato
★ 5.52017
MovieDocumentary
A rescue of the history of Ipanema beach in the 1970s, when the construction of a pier changed the landscape and created fertile soil for a generation of artists and sportsmen.
São Bernardo · 1984São Bernardo
1984
MovieDramaHistory
Better Days Ahead · 1989Better Days Ahead
★ 6.81989
MovieComedyDrama
Earning her living by dubbing American TV Series, a woman dreams of becoming an international Hollywood star.
Banquete · 2002Banquete
★ 10.02002
Movie
Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado · 2009Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
★ 5.82009
MovieDocumentary
The life of a famous Brazilian film and television actor, including testimonials from people who knew him and worked with him, as well as excerpts from films and videos in which he acted.