Milhem Cortaz
Born: 1971-12-06 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Known For: Acting
Biography
Milhem Cortaz (São Paulo, December 6, 1971) is a Brazilian actor and presenter. Of Arab and Italian descent, Cortaz started in theater at the age of 11, led by actor Walmor Chagas when he performed in the play O Santo Milagroso, in 1983. He moved at the age of 15 to live in Italy with his aunt to get rid of his cocaine addiction, where he graduated from the Piccolo Teatro di Milano and began doing street theater under the influence of Commedia dell'arte but returned to Brazil in 1990, joining the Centro de Pesquisa Teatral (CPT) and stood out, among others, for his performances in O Melhor do Homem in 1995, directed by Ulysses Cruz. He is known for Carandiru (2003), Elite Squad (2007) and A Wolf at the Door (2013).
Filmography
2026
- Por Você as Juarez
- Apenas 3 Meninas
2025
- Blood Red: Under the Moonlight as Martin
- Aurora as Pedro
2024
- Volta por Cima as Osmar Pereira
- Outlaw as Seu Amoroso
2023
- Teenage Kiss: The Future Is Dead as Ed
- Compro Likes as Jorge
- The Others as Wando
- Overhaul as Fumaça / Smokey
- Anderson Spider Silva
- Amores Pandêmicos as Mauro
- Atmosfera
2022
- Até a Noite Terminar as Tom
- Fortune cookie as Paulo
2021
- Bob Spit: We Do Not Like People as Bob Cuspe (voice)
2019
- A Mother's Love as Dr. Matias Junqueira
- Encarcerados as Narrator
- Mão na Cabeça
- Cine Holliúdy 2: A Chibata Sideral as Zé Coveiro
2018
- O Sétimo Guardião as Delegado Joubert Machado "Machado"
- Iron Island as Astério
- August Street as Raul
- Intimate Strangers as Pedro
- A Última Cova as Regis
- Tungstênio as Narrador
- Cano Serrado as Rico
- Life Is a Bitch as Flávio
2017
- High Expectations
- Malasartes as Próspero
- Aldo: Mais Forte que o Mundo as Treinador Dedé Pederneiras
- Os Parças as Policial Militar
- Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte as Próspero
2016
- A Terra Prometida as Calebe
- Jules and Dolores as Cortez
- Canastra Suja as Celso
- Stronger Than The World as Dedé Pederneiras
- Alone Man as Cássio
- Back and Forth as Seu Belmiro
- In Dog's Words as Cebola
- Vidas Partidas as Delegado Delmar
2015
- Magnifica 70 as Agente Chagas
- O Gorila as Marquinhos
2014
- The Miracles of Jesus as Barzilai
- Plano Alto as João titino
- Road 47 as Coronel Lourenço
- Alemão as Branco
- Entreturnos as Cardoso
- Blue Blood as Inox
- Men Are from Mars... And That's Where I'm Going! as Escritor Livraria
2013
- O Negocio as Renan
- A Wolf at the Door as Bernardo
- Dores de Amores as Ele
- Crô as Riquelme
- Trinta as Tião
2012
- Augustas
- Crossing the Line as Delegado Jorge Medeiros
- Billi Pig as Ocílio
2011
- Samson and Delilah as Abbas
- Amanhã Nunca Mais as Geraldo
- VIPs as Eike Gomes
- Federal Bank Heist as Barão
- The Impassive Muse as Adilson
- Trap.com as Pitboy
2010
- Elite Squad: The Enemy Within as Tenente-Coronel Fábio
- Boca as Osmar
- Lula, the Son of Brazil as Aristides
2009
- Plastic City as Not Dead
2008
- Chamas da Vida as Sargento Carlos José Lima / Cazé
- Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala as Lupa Castilho
- Embodiment of Evil as Padre Eugênio
- If Nothing Else Works Out as Sybelle
2007
- Elite Squad as Capitão Fabio
- Camila Jam as Locador
- Querô as Edgar
- O Magnata as Lúcio Flávio
- Not by Chance
- Meu Mundo em Perigo as Fito
2006
- Cidadão Brasileiro as Américo Pereira
- Journey to the End of the Night as Rodrigo
- Drained as Encanador
- Bom Dia, Eternidade as Jovem Capilé
2005
- These Women as Lobato
- Conception as Lino
- De Glauber Para Jirges as Glauber
2004
- Playing in the Dark as Espião do Doi Codi
- Nina as Carlão
2003
- Garrincha: Lonely Star as uncredited
- Carandiru as Peixeira (Dagger)
- Girls from ABC as Alemão
2002
- Desejos de Mulher as Jacaré
2000
- Através da Janela as Raí's friend
1999
- Força de um Desejo as capanga
- Por Trás do Pano as Puck
1995
- The Next Victim as Ted