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José Wilker

Acting

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

Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina

as Self

Dunas do Barato

as Self

Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century

as Self

Wilker Eterno

as Self (archive footage)

As Aventuras do Pequeno Colombo

as Conde de Saint-Germain

Magnifica 70

as Tiradentes

Isolados

as Dr. Fausto

The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail

as Chico Pacheco

Golden Oldies 2

as Juca

Invisible World

as Segment "Kreuko"

Trail of Lies

as Herbert Marques

Giovanni Improtta

as Giovanni Improtta

VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro

as Self

Gabriela

as Coronel Jesuíno Mendonça

O Brado Retumbante

as Floriano Pedreira

Elvis & Madonna

as Pachecão

A Melhor Idade

as Antenor

The Well Beloved One

as Zeca Diabo

The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga

as Joãozinho Bem-Bem

Tancredo - A Travessia

Cast

The Well Beloved One

as Zeca Diabo

Na Forma da Lei

as Dr. Mourão

Now Boarding

as Fulano

Cinquentinha

as Daniel Lopes de Carvalho

Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado

as Self

O Sonho de Inacim

Cast

Romance

as Danilo

Golden Oldies

as Juca

The Three Sisters

as Augusto Pinheiro

Sexo com Amor?

as Jorge

Two Faces

as Francisco Macieira

Amazônia: De Galvez a Chico Mendes

as Luis Gálvez

Canta Maria

as Lampião

The Greatest Love of All

as Antônio

JK

as Juscelino Kubitschek

Redeemer

as Dr. Sabóia

Her Own Destiny

as Giovanni Improtta

Onde Anda Você

as Mandarim

Celebrity

as Self

Mary, Mother of the Son of God

as Pilatos

The Man of the Year

as Sílvio

Viva Sapato!

as Fernando

Banquete

Cast

Dead in the Water

as Father

Desejos de Mulher

as Ariel Godoy

The Fifth of Hell

as Marquês de Marialva

Suspiros Republicanos ao Crepúsculo de um Império Tropical

as Narrator

Movie Theaters of Rio

as Self

Um Anjo Caiu do Céu

as Tarso de Montaltino

Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion

as Donizetti

A Muralha

as Dom Diogo

Mild Poison

as Waldomiro Cerqueira

For All - O Trampolim da Vitória

as Giancarlo Sandrini

Guerra de Canudos - Minissérie

as Antônio Conselheiro

The Battle of Canudos

as Antônio Conselheiro

A Justiceira

as Ronaldo

Little Book of Love

as Alaor

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

as Self

Anjo de Mim

as Bianor

Delicado

Cast

O Fim do Mundo

as Sebastião "Tião" Socó

A Vida Como Ela É...

as Narrador (voice)

Sai de Baixo

Cast

The Next Victim

as Marcelo Rossi

Josué de Castro, Cidadão do Mundo

as Narrator

Fera Ferida

as Demóstenes Maçaranduba da Costa

Black August

as Pedro Lomagno

Jequitibá

as Belarmino

Paixão e Guerra no Sertão de Canudos

as Narrador

Anos Rebeldes

as Fábio Brito

Medicine Man

as Dr. Miguel Ornega

Mico Preto

as Frederico Menezes Garcia

Lovely Child

as Álvaro

A Porta Aberta

Cast

Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor

Cast

Better Days Ahead

as Wallace Caldeira

O Salvador da Pátria

as João Matos / Miro Ferraz

Doida Demais

as Noé

Prisoner of Rio

as Salo

China, o Império do Centro

as Narrator

Leila Diniz

as Henrique Martins

Carmem

as Camilo Prata

Fonte da Saudade

Cast

Subway to the Stars

as Professor

Helena

Director

Corpo Santo

as Ulisses Queiróz

Besame Mucho

as Xico

The Man in the Black Cape

as Tenório Cavalcanti

Baixo Gávea

as Maluco da bomba

Roque Santeiro

as Luis Roque Duarte ("Roque Santeiro")

Um Sonho a Mais

as chefe de reportagem

Jango

as Narrator

São Bernardo

Cast

Transas e Caretas

as Thiago Moura Imperial Leme

A Mulher do Atirador de Facas

Cast

O Bom Burguês

as Lucas

Mad Love

Director

Bandidos da Falange

as Tito Lívio

Final Feliz

as Rodrigo Mendonça

Fiebre amarilla

Cast

The King of the Candle

as Abelardo Segundo

Brilhante

as Sidney da Costa Pinto / Osvaldo Mesquita

Los crápulas

Cast

Cute but Ordinary

as Edgar

Plumas & Paetês

as Renato / Paulo

Bye Bye Brazil

as Lorde Cigano

Batalha dos Guararapes

as João Fernandes Vieira

Professor Kranz german in Germany

as Leleco

Diamante Bruto

Cast

Confissões de Uma Viúva Moça

Cast

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

as Waldomiro 'Vadinho' Santos Guimarães

Xica

as Conde Valadares

Anjo Mau

as Rodrigo Medeiros

Deliciosas Traições do Amor

Cast

Ana, a Libertina

Cast

O Casal

as Alfredo Giacometti

Gabriela

as Mundinho Falcão (Raimundo Falcão)

Amor e Medo

Cast

Corrida do Ouro

as Fábio Rossi

Os Ossos do Barão

as Martino

Cavalo de Aço

as Atílio

Dybbuk: The Demon

as Hannan

O Bofe

as Bandeira

The Conspirators

as Tiradentes

Bandeira 2

as Zelito

Caso Especial

as assassino

Eu Sou Vida, Eu Não Sou Morte

Cast

Estranho Triângulo

Cast

On Borrowed Time

as Torturador

Massacre no Supermercado

Cast

El Justicero

Cast

The Deceased

as (uncredited)

Paixão

Cast

Timeless Eye

as Old Franz