José Wilker
Born: 1946-08-20 in Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil
Died: 2014-04-05
Known For: Acting
Biography
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).
Filmography
2023
- Companhias do Teatro Brasileiro as Self (archive footage)
2021
2017
- Dunas do Barato as Self
- Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century as Self
2016
- As Aventuras do Pequeno Colombo as Conde de Saint-Germain
- Wilker Eterno as Self (archive footage)
2015
- Magnifica 70 as Tiradentes
2014
- The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail as Chico Pacheco
- Isolados as Dr. Fausto
2013
- Trail of Lies as Herbert Marques
- Golden Oldies 2 as Juca
- Giovanni Improtta as Giovanni Improtta
- Invisible World as Segment "Kreuko"
- VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro as Self
2012
- Gabriela as Coronel Jesuíno Mendonça
- O Brado Retumbante as Floriano Pedreira
2011
- The Well Beloved One as Zeca Diabo
- The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga as Joãozinho Bem-Bem
- Elvis & Madonna as Pachecão
- A Melhor Idade as Antenor
- Tancredo - A Travessia
2010
- Na Forma da Lei as Dr. Mourão
- The Well Beloved One as Zeca Diabo
2009
- Cinquentinha as Daniel Lopes de Carvalho
- Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado as Self
- Now Boarding as Fulano
- O Sonho de Inacim
2008
- Três Irmãs as Augusto Pinheiro
- Golden Oldies as Juca
- Romance as Danilo
- Sexo com Amor? as Jorge
2007
- Two Faces as Francisco Macieira
- Amazônia: De Galvez a Chico Mendes as Luis Gálvez
2006
- JK as Juscelino Kubitschek
- Canta Maria as Lampião
- The Greatest Love of All as Antônio
2004
- Her Own Destiny as Giovanni Improtta
- Redeemer as Dr. Sabóia
- Onde Anda Você as Mandarim
2003
- Celebrity as Self
- The Man of the Year as Sílvio
- Mary, Mother of the Son of God as Pilatos
- Viva Sapato! as Fernando
2002
- Desejos de Mulher as Ariel Godoy
- The Fifth of Hell as Marquês de Marialva
- Dead in the Water as Father
- Banquete
- Suspiros Republicanos ao Crepúsculo de um Império Tropical as Narrator
2001
- Um Anjo Caiu do Céu as Tarso de Montaltino
- Movie Theaters of Rio as Self
2000
- A Muralha as Dom Diogo
- Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion as Donizetti
1999
- Mild Poison as Waldomiro Cerqueira
1998
- For All - O Trampolim da Vitória as Giancarlo Sandrini
1997
- A Justiceira as Ronaldo
- The Battle of Canudos (Minisseries) as Antônio Conselheiro
- Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self
- The Battle of Canudos as Antônio Conselheiro
- Little Book of Love as Alaor
1996
- Sai de Baixo
- Anjo de Mim as Bianor
- A Vida Como Ela É... as Narrador (voice)
- O Fim do Mundo as Sebastião "Tião" Socó
- Delicado
1995
- The Next Victim as Marcelo Rossi
1994
- Josué de Castro, Cidadão do Mundo as Narrator
1993
- Jequitibá as Belarmino
- Fera Ferida as Demóstenes Maçaranduba da Costa
- Black August as Pedro Lomagno
- Paixão e Guerra no Sertão de Canudos as Narrador
1992
- Anos Rebeldes as Fábio Brito
- Medicine Man as Dr. Miguel Ornega
1990
- Mico Preto as Frederico Menezes Garcia
- Lovely Child as Álvaro
1989
- O Salvador da Pátria as João Matos / Miro Ferraz
- Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
- Better Days Ahead as Wallace Caldeira
- Doida Demais as Noé
- A Porta Aberta
1988
- Prisoner of Rio as Salo
1987
- Carmem as Camilo Prata
- Helena ... (Director)
- Corpo Santo as Ulisses Queiróz
- Subway to the Stars as Professor
- China, o Império do Centro as Narrator
- Leila Diniz as Henrique Martins
- Fonte da Saudade
- Besame Mucho as Xico
1986
- Baixo Gávea as Maluco da bomba
- The Man in the Black Cape as Tenório Cavalcanti
1985
- Roque Santeiro as Luis Roque Duarte ("Roque Santeiro")
- Um Sonho a Mais as chefe de reportagem
1984
- Transas e Caretas as Thiago Moura Imperial Leme
- Jango as Narrator
- São Bernardo
1983
- Mad Love ... (Director)
- Bandidos da Falange as Tito Lívio
- O Bom Burguês as Lucas
1982
- Final Feliz as Rodrigo Mendonça
- The King of the Candle as Abelardo Segundo
- Fiebre amarilla
1981
- Brilhante as Sidney da Costa Pinto / Osvaldo Mesquita
- Cute but Ordinary as Edgar
- Los crápulas
1980
- Plumas & Paetês as Renato / Paulo
- Bye Bye Brazil as Lorde Cigano
1978
- Diamante Bruto
- Batalha dos Guararapes as João Fernandes Vieira
- Professor Kranz german in Germany as Leleco
1976
- Anjo Mau as Rodrigo Medeiros
- Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands as Waldomiro 'Vadinho' Santos Guimarães
- Confissões de Uma Viúva Moça
- Xica as Conde Valadares
- Filmando Dona Flor as Self
1975
- Gabriela as Mundinho Falcão (Raimundo Falcão)
- O Casal as Alfredo Giacometti
- Deliciosas Traições do Amor
- Ana, a Libertina
1974
- Corrida do Ouro as Fábio Rossi
- Amor e Medo
1973
- Cavalo de Aço as Atílio
- Os Ossos do Barão as Martino
1972
- O Bofe as Bandeira
- The Conspirators as Tiradentes
- Dybbuk: The Demon as Hannan
1971
- Bandeira 2 as Zelito
- Caso Especial as assassino
1968
- Massacre no Supermercado
- On Borrowed Time as Torturador
1967
1965
- The Deceased as (uncredited)
- Paixão