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Milton Gonçalves

Milton Gonçalves

Birthday: 1933-12-09 | Place of Birth: Monte Santo de Minas, Brazil

Milton Gonçalves (December 9, 1933 – May 30, 2022) was a Brazilian actor. He's one of the most famous black actors in Brazil, having collaborated twice with acclaimed director Hector Babenco. Gonçalves started his career in São Paulo, in an amateur group. As he moved to a professional group, he met Augusto Boal, who was looking for an actor to play an old black man. Joining Boal's Teatro de Arena, Milton Gonçalves found an open environment for political, philosophical and artistic discussion, where he was not discriminated for his race. Gonçalves wrote four plays, one of which was staged by the Teatro Experimental do Negro and directed by Dalmo Ferreira. "There I learnt everything I know about Theater. It was fundamental for my comprehension of the world." A Black Movement activist, Milton Gonçalves tried a political career, in the 1990s, as a candidate to Rio de Janeiro state governorship. Father of actor Maurício Gonçalves, he is married to Oda Gonçalves since 1966.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Pixinguinha: Um Homem Carinhoso

as    Alfredo Vianna

2021
Juntos A Magia Acontece 2

as    Orlando

2019
Carcereiros: O Filme

as    Dr. Louveira

2016
Pelé: Birth of a Legend

as    Waldemar de Brito

2009
Força-Tarefa

as    Coronel Caetano

2006
Yansan

as    Narrator

2003
Carandiru

as    Chico

2003
Acquária

as    Závos

1999
Orfeu

as    Inácio

1992
Kickboxer 3: The Art of War

as    Sergeant

1990
Wild Orchid

as    Flavio

1985
Kiss of the Spider Woman

as    Pedro