José Wilker
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).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.2427 |
| Birthday | 1946-08-20 |
| Place of Birth | Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil |
| Also Known As | Жозе Вилкер, |
1981
Los crápulas
7/1
Two ex-convicts are hired by the Devil to manage a small town cemetery.
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Los crápulas
2003
The Man of the Year
6.73/89
Maiquél has lost a bet and dyed his hair blond. This seemingly innocuous event triggers a head-on collision with destiny in which he goes from nobody...
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The Man of the Year
1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
0/0
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
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Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1992
Medicine Man
5.977/427
An eccentric scientist in the Amazon jungle rejects his research assistant for being a woman, but as bulldozers threaten their work on a potential can...
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Medicine Man
1993
Paixão e Guerra no Sertão de Canudos
6/1
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Paixão e Guerra no Sertão de Canudos
1989
Doida Demais
3.563/8
Shady and beautiful art dealer involves her former lover and an art expert in a scheme to deceive a rich collector. Exposed, she escapes with her new...
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Doida Demais
1980
Bye Bye Brazil
6.836/61
The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow performs fe...
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Bye Bye Brazil
1976
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
6.775/153
After the death of her handsome but good-for-nothing husband Vadinho, Flor, a widow, marries Dr. Teodoro, a respectable gentleman. Hilarity ensues whe...
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Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
2009
O Sonho de Inacim
0/0
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O Sonho de Inacim
2008
Romance
7.4/23
During a remake of the play Tristan and Isolde, actors Pedro and Ana fall in love. While the characters live an idealized love, the interpreters are l...
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Romance
2010
The Well Beloved One
6.3/42
Elected major of the small city of Sucupira, after unfortunate situation, Odorico must open the city cemitery and face acusations of being corrupt, to...
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The Well Beloved One
1972
The Conspirators
6.875/16
The real story of the failed attempt of an independence coup by a group of intellectuals and rich men during Brazil's colonial days, from its beginnin...
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The Conspirators
1988
Prisoner of Rio
8/2
The story of the great train robber Ronald Biggs.
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Prisoner of Rio
2008
Sexo com Amor?
4.3/15
Three children are caught in school with an erotic book. His parents are called by the leadership to discuss the problem. During the meeting, comes to...
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Sexo com Amor?
2002
Dead in the Water
5.093/27
Young, rich, and randy Gloria takes the family motorboat for some fun in the sun off the coast of Brazil. Along with her are her longtime boyfriend Da...
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Dead in the Water
1986
The Man in the Black Cape
7.25/8
Biography of Brazilian congressman Tenório Cavalcanti, who used to appear in public carrying a machine-gun, and wearing a black cloak.
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The Man in the Black Cape
1989
Better Days Ahead
6.75/16
Earning her living by dubbing American TV Series, a woman dreams of becoming an international Hollywood star.
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Better Days Ahead
2013
Giovanni Improtta
4.5/6
Giovanni Improtta is a criminal who wants to climb the social ladder and become a law-abiding citizen. To achieve it, he commits some more crimes He i...
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Giovanni Improtta
1981
Cute but Ordinary
4.983/29
The youngest daughter of a rich man has been raped by five black men in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, and her father arranges her marriage to one of hi...
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Cute but Ordinary
2009
Now Boarding
6/2
Wagner is a 22-year old Brazilian guy, who dreams about leaving the country for a better life, until he meets Justina, an experienced woman who turns...
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Now Boarding
2006
Canta Maria
6/3
After her parents were killed by a troupe of soldiers in search of Lampião, an outlaw living in Northeastern Brazil, Maria marries Filipe, a horse whi...
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Canta Maria
2000
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
6.063/16
The film tells the story of an intuitive, adventurous man who loved his country and being Brazilian. This man fought to be loyal to himself. His music...
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Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
1997
Little Book of Love
5.63/23
Luiza is an architect who just got out of a ruinous relationship. Gabriel is a biologist and he has finished a long marriage with divorce. When they b...
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Little Book of Love
1990
Lovely Child
7.125/3
Maria is a sweet child. She hasn’t father and doesn’t like her mother. She has a boyfriend, A bandit who would like to change his class.
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Lovely Child
1976
Xica
7/22
The romanced story of Xica da Silva, a slave that used her "feminine atributes" in order to get power.
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Xica
2011
Tancredo - A Travessia
7/1
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Tancredo - A Travessia
1998
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
5.6/5
1943, World War II. The northeastern coast of Brazil is an strategic region for the Allies. Giancarlo, an Italian immigrant married to a Brazilian wom...
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For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
2014
Isolados
5/26
A couple, Lauro and Renata, travels to a remote area surrounded by rain forest in Rio De Janeiro. Once they are there, Lauro is told by a bar owner th...
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Isolados
2006
The Greatest Love of All
5.944/9
Antônio is an astrophysicist who has just found out he has an inoperable brain tumor. After decades living in the United States, he returns to Brazil...
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The Greatest Love of All
2003
Mary, Mother of the Son of God
5.3/15
Maria Auxiliadora is a 24 year-old woman very poor, that she lives Joana, her 7 year-old daughter close to. Needing go look for the result of Joana's...
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Mary, Mother of the Son of God
1978
Professor Kranz german in Germany
5.188/8
The story of a German scientist/stage magician eking out a miserly life in Rio de Janeiro's favelas until getting involved in an improbable kidnapping...
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Professor Kranz german in Germany
2014
The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail
5.2/4
Commander Vasco Moscoso de Aragão entertains the small town of Periperi with the stories of his many adventures travelling around the world as a capta...
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The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail
1983
O Bom Burguês
4.25/4
True story of Brazilian bank clerk who supplied money for the guerrilla fighting against the military dictatorship of the 70s. When he changes his dis...
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O Bom Burguês
2004
Onde Anda Você
4/5
Felício, an old comedian, is in decadence after his partner Mandarim's suicide. When he finds out his former love Paloma has died, he leaves São Paulo...
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Onde Anda Você
1978
Diamante Bruto
9/1
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Diamante Bruto
1967
El Justicero
5.875/8
A shockingly irreverent follow-up to the rural austerity of Barren Lives, dos Santos’ Godardian social satire owes more than a nod to the self-conscio...
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El Justicero
Timeless Eye
0/0
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Timeless Eye
1987
Leila Diniz
5.65/10
The life of Brazilian actress Leila Diniz.
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Leila Diniz
2011
The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga
7.667/12
Based on Guimarães Rosa's (classic Brazilian author) short story, the movie tells the story of Augusto Matraga, a bankrupt and violent farmer who live...
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The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga
1975
O Casal
9/1
The story of the first steps of a very young couple. Their love is great, as are the financial obstacles and an unexpected pregnancy.
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O Casal
1965
Paixão
0/0
Parable about the 1964 military coup in Brazil, where three characters unite through the exercise of the word.
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Paixão
2017
Dunas do Barato
5.5/2
A rescue of the history of Ipanema beach in the 1970s, when the construction of a pier changed the landscape and created fertile soil for a generation...
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Dunas do Barato
2013
Golden Oldies 2
5.25/8
The heroes of Golden Oldies 1— Juca, PR, and Montanha — are back, following different routes. Montanha lives in an old mansion and gets ready to reuni...
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Golden Oldies 2
1965
The Deceased
7.132/34
After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her peace. After talking to her husband Toninho, she suspects t...
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The Deceased
2016
As Aventuras do Pequeno Colombo
6/1
To save the family from bankruptcy, Christopher Columbus convinces friends Leonardo da Vinci and Mona Lisa to go to a treasure island. On the trip, th...
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As Aventuras do Pequeno Colombo
1976
Confissões de Uma Viúva Moça
10/1
In this comedy adaptation of Machado De Assis (1839-1908) novel, a young widow writes letters to a friend telling about her days as a married woman an...
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Confissões de Uma Viúva Moça
1984
Jango
7.167/9
The story of João "Jango" Goulart, the Brazilian left-wing president deposed by the military.
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Jango
2001
Movie Theaters of Rio
7/1
The story of Rio de Janeiro’s movie theaters and the radical transformation they have endured since the invention of Cinema.
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Movie Theaters of Rio
2002
Suspiros Republicanos ao Crepúsculo de um Império Tropical
0/0
The film tells a little of the history of Brazil immersed in the caricature of the conditions of making cinema in this country. Flora and Carlos Manoe...
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Suspiros Republicanos ao Crepúsculo de um Império Tropical
1987
Subway to the Stars
6.25/8
In this highly stylized Brazilian drama a sax player fondly remembers one wonderful night spent with his life's love and decides to find her again. He...
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Subway to the Stars
1994
Josué de Castro, Cidadão do Mundo
7/1
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Josué de Castro, Cidadão do Mundo
2011
Elvis & Madonna
5.8/17
In Copacabana, lesbian photographer Elvis is hired to deliver pizzas in the night shift on her motorcycle. Her first assignment is a delivery to the t...
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Elvis & Madonna
1974
Amor e Medo
9/1
A film director and his wife retreat to the countryside to escape personal and professional struggles. With their autistic son, they seek a fresh star...
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Amor e Medo
1970
Eu Sou Vida, Eu Não Sou Morte
9/1
Play written by Qorpo Santo, in 1866, about a love triangle in which the husband kills his rival in the name of honor, pride, dignity and national int...
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Eu Sou Vida, Eu Não Sou Morte
1970
Estranho Triângulo
3.5/4
A poor college student becomes a homosexual millionaire's lover in order to get ahead in life. The latter marries a woman for convenience, and the new...
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Estranho Triângulo
1982
The King of the Candle
5.286/7
Filming of the historical montage of Oswald de Andrade's play, where decadent millionaires, depraved children, corrupt and implacable capitalists are...
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The King of the Candle
2011
A Melhor Idade
0/0
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A Melhor Idade
2008
Golden Oldies
4.95/30
Four friends who only think about enjoying life, with big parties, women and drinks, are surprised by an eviction. In need of money, the group is forc...
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Golden Oldies
1972
Dybbuk: The Demon
5/2
Hannan is a brilliant Talmudic scholar who is constantly searching for something that not even he knows exactly what it is, living in the anguish of c...
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Dybbuk: The Demon
1987
Besame Mucho
4.8/5
The story of two couples - Xico and Olga, Tuca and Dina - through 20 years of friendship, from adolescent dreams to maturity frustrations. They meet i...
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Besame Mucho
1968
On Borrowed Time
6.75/4
During the Brazilian military government, journalist Estêvão is sent from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia to cover the important statement of a minister, b...
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On Borrowed Time
1978
Batalha dos Guararapes
9/1
In the early 17th century, the Dutch have occupied Bom Jesus village, the last native stronghold in the Pernambuco captaincy. An adventurer, João Fern...
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Batalha dos Guararapes
1997
The Battle of Canudos
6.9/37
At the end of the 19th century, a poor family comes to the rural Canudos, a community led by Antônio Conselheiro, seen by many as a holy prophet. Thei...
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The Battle of Canudos
1986
Baixo Gávea
5.5/6
Clara directs the rehearsals of a theatrical play about Fernando Pessoa while constantly seeking the right man and the love of his life. One of the ac...
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Baixo Gávea
1968
Massacre no Supermercado
5.5/4
Employees on a local supermarket plot an epic heist for robbing the place's vault, but things start to go wrong when they notice a police detective on...
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Massacre no Supermercado
2003
Viva Sapato!
5.083/6
A light-hearted and high-spirited story, full of spice, sensuality and romance, Viva Zapato tells the tale of Dolores, a beautiful Cuban dancer who de...
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Viva Sapato!
1987
China, o Império do Centro
0/0
A portrait of conteporary China from Tai-chi-chuan to chinese arts.
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China, o Império do Centro
1989
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
4.667/3
Pedro, a poor Portuguese immigrant, comes to Brazil to try to change his life, but ends up getting in trouble. He falls in love with the wife of one o...
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Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
1984
São Bernardo
0/0
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São Bernardo
1989
A Porta Aberta
7/1
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A Porta Aberta
1996
Delicado
7/1
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Delicado
2002
Banquete
10/1
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Banquete
2017
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
0/0
Two years of research and visits to collections, cinematheques and museums; almost seventy interviews that generated 30 hours of recorded material; mo...
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Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
1982
Fiebre amarilla
7/1
During the yellow fever epidemic of 1870, a fugitive enters the mansion where three women had locked themselves in.
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Fiebre amarilla
1975
Ana, a Libertina
10/1
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Ana, a Libertina
2009
Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
5.8/2
The life of a famous Brazilian film and television actor, including testimonials from people who knew him and worked with him, as well as excerpts fro...
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Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
1975
Deliciosas Traições do Amor
7/1
Erotic comedy in four episodes loosely inspired by the 'Black Book of Love' by Marquês de Sade, whose stories were merged and reassembled with differe...
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Deliciosas Traições do Amor
2021
Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina
5/1
In six decades, Teatro Oficina has done more than revolutionize theatrical language in the country: the aesthetic influence of José Celso Martinez Cor...
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Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina
2004
Redeemer
7/27
Célio Rocha believes he was assigned by God Himself a difficult mission: to persuade his childhood friend Otávio Sabóia, a corrupt entrepeneur in the...
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Redeemer
2013
VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro
0/0
The documentary VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro is a celebration of these two decades of Brazilian cinema, revealing the role of RioFil...
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VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro
2016
Wilker Eterno
0/0
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Wilker Eterno
1987
Fonte da Saudade
4.25/4
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Fonte da Saudade
2013
Invisible World
5.8/12
An anthology film following different stories around the theme of invisibility in the modern world.
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