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
2025
- Tiny Desk Brazil as Self
- Ritas as Self (archive footage)
- Show 60 Anos as Self
- 3 Obás de Xangô as Self
- Cazuza Além da Música as Self
- Singing Earth as Himself
- Rita Lee: Mania de Você as Self
- Cazuza: Good News as Self
- Samba Infinite as Librarian
- Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei - A Última Turnê as Self
- Beat - a film about Jazz as himself
- Gilberto Gil @ Philharmonie De Paris as Self : Vocals & Guitar
2024
2023
- They Shot the Piano Player as Self (voice)
- O Repórter do Poder as Self
- Môa, Mother Africa Roots as Self
- The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
- Bios: Os Paralamas do Sucesso as Self
- Chic Show as Self
- Germano Mathias - O Catedrático do Samba as Self
2022
- 2022 as Self
- Gil Family as Self
- Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu as Self (archive footage)
- Breaking Myths as Self (archive footage)
- Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer as Self
- O Presidente Improvável 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
- 1964: Brazil between weapons and books as Himself
- October as Self
- Mito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa as Self
- O Barato de Iacanga as Self (archive footage)
- Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro as Self
- Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar as Self
- Refavela 40 as Self
- Gilberto Gil Antologia Vol.1 as Self
2018
- All Love Songs as Self
- Amigos, Sons e Palavras as Self
- O Outro Lado da Memória as Self
- Dê Lembranças a Todos as Self
- Smetak as Self (archive footage)
2017
- Conversa com Bial as Self
- O Nome Dela é Gal as Self
- Axé: Music of a People as Self
- Dunas do Barato as Self (archive footage)
- Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas as Self
- Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End as Self
- Tropicália: 50 Anos as Self (archive footage)
2016
- Pitanga as Self
- Vamos Tocar as Self
- Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World as Self
- Chico Science: Um Caranguejo Elétrico as Self
- Yorimatã as Self
- Beard, Hair & Stache as Self
2015
- André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music as Self
- Two Friends, a Century of Music as Self
- Rogério Duarte, o Tropikaoslista as Self
- Circo Voador - A Nave as Self
2014
- Dominguinhos as Self
- Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração as Self
- Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo as Self
- A Bola as NARRADOR
2013
- Precious Pearl ... (Theme Song Performance)
- Festive Land: Carnival in Bahia as Self
- A Farra do Circo as Self
- Viramundo as Self
2012
- Aperana Street 52 as Self
- Tropicália as Self
- Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust as Self
- Futuro do Pretérito: Tropicalismo Now! as Self
2011
2010
- 2012: Time for Change as Self
- A Night in 67 as Self
- Ana Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1 as Self
- Duetos as Self
- Gilberto Gil, the Power of Music as Self
- Gilberto Gil – Fé Na Festa as Self
2009
- The Assailant ... (Songs)
- Dzi Croquettes as Self
- Beyond Ipanema as Self
- Loki: Arnaldo Baptista as Self
- Hello, Hello, Terezinha! as Self
2008
- The Man Who Bottled Clouds as Self
- RiP!: A Remix Manifesto as Self
- Permanent Pan-Cinema as Self (voice)
- Beth Carvalho Canta o Samba da Bahia as Self
- Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal as Self
2007
- The Man Who Challenged the Devil ... (Songs)
- Cidade do Samba as Self
- Schenberguianas as Self
2006
- Por Toda Minha Vida as Self
- O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento as Self
- Fabricating Tom Zé as Self
- Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day
- Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra as Self
- Por Toda Minha Vida: Elis Regina as Self
2005
- Vinicius de Moraes as Self - Singer 'Formosa'
- Phono 73: A Country and its Music as Self (archive footage)
- Looking for Black Orpheus as Self
- Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume as Self
2004
- MTV ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo - 10 Anos as Self
- Gilberto Gil : Electroacústico as Self
2003
- Celebrity as Self
- Born To Be Blind as Self (uncredited)
- Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought as Self
- Reticulum Rex ... (Thanks)
2002
- Desejos de Mulher as Self
- Outros (Doces) Bárbaros as Self
- Acústico MTV: Cidade Negra as Self
- Rogério Duprat - Vida de Músico as Self
- Gilberto Gil: Kaya N'Gandaya as Self
- Viva São João! as Self
2001
- Sítio do Picapau Amarelo ... (Theme Song Performance)
- Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste
- Brazil's Maria Bethânia as Self
- O Cinema Segundo Vladimir Carvalho as Self
- Multishow Ao Vivo - Brasil as Self
- Toquinho as Self
- Samba Riachão as Self
2000
- O Povo Brasileiro as Self
- Me, You, Them ... (Music)
- I Want as (voice)
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
- Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy as Self
- Dias de Euforia as Self
1988
- Hunting Season as Self
1987
- Sacrée Soirée as Self
- Subway to the Stars ... (Music)
- Jubiabá ... (Original Music Composer)
- Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion as Self
1986
- Hipertensão ... (Theme Song Performance)
- Criança Esperança as Self
- Chico & Caetano
- Talking Cinema as Party Guest
- Infinita Tropicália as Self
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
- Bahia de Todos os Santos as Self
- Álbum de Música as Self
- Passe Livre as Self
1972
- Semana de Arte Moderna as himself
- The Demiurge as Pã
1970
- Copacabana Mon Amour ... (Music)
- O Tempo e o Som as Self
- Beste ... (Music)
- 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)