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
★ 5.01981
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.
Eu Sou Vida, Eu Não Sou Morte · 1970Eu Sou Vida, Eu Não Sou Morte
★ 9.01970
MovieDrama
Play written by Qorpo Santo, in 1866, about a love triangle in which the husband kills his rival in the name of honor, pride, dignity and national integrity.
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.
Paixão · 1965Paixão
1965
MovieComedy
Parable about the 1964 military coup in Brazil, where three characters unite through the exercise of the word.
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.
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.
Sexo com Amor? · 2008Sexo com Amor?
★ 4.32008
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.
Filmography
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Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands · 1976Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
★ 6.81976
MovieComedyDrama
After the death of her handsome but good-for-nothing husband Vadinho, Flor, a widow, marries Dr. Teodoro, a respectable gentleman. Hilarity ensues when Vadinho's spirit returns into her life.
Waldomiro 'Vadinho' Santos Guimarães
Fera Ferida · 1993Fera Ferida
★ 7.61993
SeriesSoapDrama
Marked by tragedy, Feliciano Júnior returns to Tubiacanga as Raimundo Flamel, driven by the desire to avenge the death of his parents.
Demóstenes Maçaranduba da Costa
Brilhante · 1981Brilhante
★ 7.51981
SeriesSoapDrama
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