Milton Gonçalves
Actor/Actriz
110
Movies
69
TV Shows
Milton Gonçalves OMC (Monte Santo de Minas, December 9, 1933 – Rio de Janeiro, May 30, 2022) was a Brazilian actor, director, singer, voice actor and producer. 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.
As Actor/Actress
Irmãos Coragem
Brás Canoeiro
A Grande Família
Otávio
Zorra Total
Campelo
Celebridade
Self
Andando nas Nuvens
Delegado Serafim Moreira
Roque Santeiro
Promotor Lourival Prata
A Favorita
Deputado Romildo Rosa
Saramandaia
Sinhá Moça
Pai José
História de Amor
padre
Brava Gente
delegado
Cobras & Lagartos
Jair dos Santos
Baila Comigo
Otto Rodrigues
Pecado Capital
Dr. Percival Garcia
Cambalacho
Tião
Felicidade
Batista
Partido Alto
Reginaldo
Transas e Caretas
Sargento
El tiempo no para
Eliseu Emerenciano
Mandala
Apolinário Santana
Eu Prometo
diretor do presídio
O Espigão
Nonô Alegria das Gringas
Pão-Pão, Beijo-Beijo
Dr. Mendes
Pega Pega
Cristovão Souza Damião
Araponga
Zé dos Couves
Anjo de Mim
Mestre Quirino / Sebastião
O Pulo do Gato
Caxuxo
Sinhá Moça
Pai José
Gabriela
Filó
Duas Vidas
Alexandre