Gilberto Gil
Born: 1942-06-26 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Known For: Acting
Biography
Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (born June 26, 1942) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, musician, politician, and writer. With a career spanning over six decades, he is known for his significant contributions to Brazilian music and for winning Grammy Awards, Latin Grammy Awards, and the French government's National Order of Merit (1997). In 1999, he was named an "Artist for Peace" by UNESCO.
Filmography
2026
2025
- Tiny Desk Brazil as Self
- Singing Earth as Himself
- Cazuza Além da Música as Self
- Samba Infinite as Librarian
- Gilberto Gil @ Philharmonie De Paris as Self : Vocals & Guitar
- Ritas as Self (archive footage)
- Cazuza: Good News as Self
- Show 60 Anos as Self
- Beat - a film about Jazz as himself
- Noites de João as Ele próprio
- 3 Obás de Xangô as Self
- Rita Lee: Mania de Você as Self
- Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei - A Última Turnê as Self
2024
- Angélica: 50 & Uns
- Toquinho Maravilhoso as Self
- A Última Vanguarda as Self
- Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi as Self
- Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos as Self
2023
- Chic Show as Self
- They Shot the Piano Player as Self (voice)
- O Repórter do Poder as Self
- The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
- Germano Mathias - O Catedrático do Samba as Self
- Môa, Mother Africa Roots as Self
- Bios: Os Paralamas do Sucesso as Self
2022
- Gil Family as Self
- 2022 as Self
- Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu as Self (archive footage)
- O Presidente Improvável as Self
- Breaking Myths as Self (archive footage)
- Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer as Self
2021
- Pelé as Self
- Astral Journey as Self
- Gilberto Gil: Um Deus em seu Jardim as Self
- Arraial do Gil as Self
2020
2019
- October as Self
- Refavela 40 as Self
- O Barato de Iacanga as Self (archive footage)
- 1964: Brazil between weapons and books as Himself
- Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro as Self
- Mito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa as Self
- Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar as Self
- Gilberto Gil Antologia Vol.1 as Self
2018
- Amigos, Sons e Palavras as Self
- Smetak as Self (archive footage)
- O Outro Lado da Memória as Self
- All Love Songs as Self
- Dê Lembranças a Todos as Self
2017
- Conversa com Bial as Self
- O Nome Dela é Gal as Self
- Dunas do Barato as Self (archive footage)
- Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas as Self
- Axé: Music of a People as Self
- Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End as Self
- Tropicália: 50 Anos as Self (archive footage)
2016
- Vamos Tocar as Self
- Yorimatã as Self
- Beard, Hair & Stache as Self
- Pitanga as Self
- Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World as Self
- Chico Science: Um Caranguejo Elétrico as Self
2015
- Rogério Duarte, o Tropikaoslista as Self
- Circo Voador - A Nave as Self
- Two Friends, a Century of Music as Self
- André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music as Self
2014
- A Bola as NARRADOR
- Dominguinhos as Self
- Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo as Self
- Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração as Self
2013
- Precious Pearl ... (Theme Song Performance)
- Sítio do Picapau Amarelo: As Peripécias do Saci ... (Theme Song Performance)
- Viramundo as Self
- A Farra do Circo as Self
- Festive Land: Carnival in Bahia as Self
2012
- Tropicália as Self
- Sítio do Picapau Amarelo: Aventuras no Reino das Águas Claras ... (Theme Song Performance)
- Aperana Street 52 as Self
- Futuro do Pretérito: Tropicalismo Now! as Self
- Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust as Self
2011
2010
- Gilberto Gil – Fé Na Festa as Self
- 2012: Time for Change as Self
- Gilberto Gil, the Power of Music as Self
- A Night in 67 as Self
- Ana Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1 as Self
- Duetos as Self
2009
- Dzi Croquettes as Self
- Hello, Hello, Terezinha! as Self
- The Assailant ... (Songs)
- Loki: Arnaldo Baptista as Self
- Beyond Ipanema as Self
2008
- Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal as Self
- RiP!: A Remix Manifesto as Self
- The Man Who Bottled Clouds as Self
- Permanent Pan-Cinema as Self (voice)
- Beth Carvalho Canta o Samba da Bahia as Self
2007
- Schenberguianas as Self
- The Man Who Challenged the Devil ... (Songs)
- Cidade do Samba as Self
2006
- Por Toda Minha Vida as Self
- Fabricating Tom Zé as Self
- Por Toda Minha Vida: Elis Regina as Self
- Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra as Self
- Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day
- O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento as Self
2005
- Looking for Black Orpheus as Self
- Vinicius de Moraes as Self - Singer 'Formosa'
- Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume as Self
- Phono 73: A Country and its Music as Self (archive footage)
2004
- MTV Ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo - 10 Anos as Self
- Gilberto Gil : Electroacústico as Self
2003
- Celebrity as Self
- Reticulum Rex ... (Thanks)
- Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought as Self
- Born To Be Blind as Self (uncredited)
2002
- Desejos de Mulher as Self
- Rogério Duprat - Vida de Músico as Self
- Outros (Doces) Bárbaros as Self
- Acústico MTV: Cidade Negra as Self
- Viva São João! as Self
- Gilberto Gil: Kaya N'Gandaya as Self
2001
- Sítio do Picapau Amarelo ... (Theme Song Performance)
- Samba Riachão as Self
- Multishow Ao Vivo - Brasil as Self
- Brazil's Maria Bethânia as Self
- Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste
- O Cinema Segundo Vladimir Carvalho as Self
- Toquinho as Self
2000
- I Want as (voice)
- O Povo Brasileiro as Self
- Me, You, Them ... (Music)
1998
- Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds as Self - Narrator
1997
- Ed Mort as Silva 5
- Milton Nascimento - A Sede do Peixe as Self
1996
- Bahia de Todos os Sambas as Self
- Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei as Self
- Jorge Amado as Self
1995
- The Mandarin as Sinhô
1994
- Rio's Love Song ... (Music)
- Gilberto Gil: Unplugged as Self (vocals and acoustic guitar)
1993
1992
- Beijoqueiro: Portrait of a Serial Kisser as Self (archive footage)
- Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália as Self
1990
- Mico Preto ... (Theme Song Performance)
1989
- O Salvador da Pátria ... (Theme Song Performance)
- Ôrí as Self
- Dias de Euforia as Self
- Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy as Self
1988
- Hunting Season as Self
1987
- Sacrée soirée as Self
- Jubiabá ... (Original Music Composer)
- Subway to the Stars ... (Music)
- Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion as Self
1986
- Hipertensão ... (Theme Song Performance)
- Criança Esperança as Self
- Chico & Caetano
- Infinita Tropicália as Self
- Talking Cinema as Party Guest
1984
- Quilombo ... (Original Music Composer)
- Making of - Quilombo as Self
1983
1982
- Champs-Elysées as Self
- Chico Anysio Show as Self
1981
- Brasil as Self
1980
- Grandes Nomes as Self
1979
1978
- Sítio do Picapau Amarelo: O Minotauro ... (Original Music Composer)
1977
- The Trapalhões
- Tent of Miracles ... (Music)
- Os Doces Bárbaros as Self
1975
- Gilberto Gil - Refazenda as Self
1974
- Passe Livre as Self
- Álbum de Música as Self
- Bahia de Todos os Santos as Self
1972
- The Demiurge as Pã
- Semana de Arte Moderna as himself
1970
- Copacabana Mon Amour ... (Music)
- Beste ... (Music)
- O Tempo e o Som as Self
- Viva Cariri ... (Original Music Composer)
1969
- Bahia, For Example as Self
- Brazil Year 2000 ... (Music)
1968
- Domingo no Parque ... (Music)
1965
- Viramundo ... (Theme Song Performance)