José Wilker

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

125

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-08-20

Deathday

2014-04-05 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil

Also Known As

  • Жозе Вилкер

José Wilker

Biography

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

Medicine Man
6.0%

Medicine Man

Feb 7, 1992

The Man of the Year
6.8%

The Man of the Year

Aug 1, 2003

Bye Bye Brazil
6.9%

Bye Bye Brazil

Feb 8, 1980

The Well Beloved One
6.2%

The Well Beloved One

Jul 23, 2010

The Battle of Canudos
6.7%

The Battle of Canudos

Oct 3, 1997

The Deceased
7.4%

The Deceased

Sep 22, 1965

Isolados
5.0%

Isolados

Sep 18, 2014

Gabriela
7.2%

Gabriela

Jun 18, 2012

Golden Oldies
5.0%

Golden Oldies

Sep 19, 2008

Redeemer
7.0%

Redeemer

Sep 10, 2004

Bonitinha mas Ordinária
4.5%

Bonitinha mas Ordinária

Mar 12, 1981

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Acting

Timeless Eye as Old Franz
2021
Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina as Self
2017
Dunas do Barato as Self
2017
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century as Self
2016
Wilker Eterno as Self (archive footage)
2015
As Aventuras do Pequeno Colombo as Conde de Saint-Germain
2014
Isolados as Dr. Fausto
2014
The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail as Chico Pacheco
2013
Golden Oldies 2 as Juca
2013
Trail of Lies as Herbert Marques
2013
Giovanni Improtta as Giovanni Improtta
2013
VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro as Self
2012
Gabriela as Coronel Jesuíno Mendonça
2011
Elvis & Madonna as Pachecão
2011
A Melhor Idade as Antenor
2011
O Bem Amado as Zeca Diabo
2011
The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga as Joãozinho Bem-Bem
2011
Tancredo - A Travessia
2010
The Well Beloved One as Zeca Diabo
2010
Na Forma da Lei as Dr. Mourão
2009
Now Boarding as Fulano
2009
Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado as Self
2009
O Sonho de Inacim
2008
Romance as Danilo
2008
Golden Oldies as Juca
2008
Três Irmãs as Augusto Pinheiro
2008
Sexo com Amor? as Jorge
2007
Duas Caras as Francisco Macieira
2007
Amazônia: De Galvez a Chico Mendes as Luis Gálvez
2006
Canta Maria as Lampião
2006
The Greatest Love of All as Antônio
2006
JK as Juscelino Kubitschek
2004
Redeemer as Dr. Sabóia
2004
Senhora do Destino as Giovanni Improtta
2004
Onde Anda Você as Mandarim
2003
Celebridade as Self
2003
Mary, Mother of the Son of God as Pilatos
2003
The Man of the Year as Sílvio
2003
Viva Sapato! as Fernando
2002
Banquete
2002
Dead in the Water as Father
2002
Desejos de Mulher as Ariel Godoy
2002
The Fifth of Hell as Marquês de Marialva
2002
Suspiros Republicanos ao Crepúsculo de um Império Tropical as Narrator
2001
Movie Theaters of Rio as Self
2001
Um Anjo Caiu do Céu as Tarso
2000
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion as Donizetti
1999
Suave Veneno as Waldomiro Cerqueira
1998
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória as Giancarlo Sandrini
1997
The Battle of Canudos as Antônio Conselheiro
1997
A Justiceira as Ronaldo
1997
Little Book of Love as Alaor
1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self
1996
Anjo de Mim as Bianor
1996
Delicado
1996
O Fim do Mundo as Sebastião "Tião" Socó
1996
Sai de Baixo
1996
A Vida Como Ela É... as Narrador (voice)
1995
A Próxima Vítima as Marcelo Rossi
1994
Josué de Castro, Cidadão do Mundo as Narrador
1993
Fera Ferida as Demóstenes Maçaranduba da Costa
1993
Agosto as Pedro Lomagno
1993
Renascer as Belarmino
1993
Paixão e Guerra no Sertão de Canudos as Narrador
1992
Anos Rebeldes as Fábio Brito
1992
Medicine Man as Dr. Miguel Ornega
1990
Mico Preto as Frederico Menezes Garcia
1990
Lovely Child as Álvaro
1989
A Porta Aberta
1989
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
1989
Better Days Ahead as Wallace Caldeira
1989
Doida Demais as Noé
1988
Prisoner of Rio as Salo
1987
China, o Império do Centro as Narrator
1987
Leila Diniz as Henrique Martins
1987
Carmem as Camilo
1987
Subway to the Stars as Professor
1987
Corpo Santo as Ulisses Queiróz
1987
Besame Mucho as Xico
1986
The Man in the Black Cape as Tenório Cavalcanti
1986
Baixo Gávea as Maluco da bomba
1985
Roque Santeiro as Luis Roque Duarte ("Roque Santeiro")
1985
Um Sonho a Mais as chefe de reportagem
1984
Jango as Narrator
1984
São Bernardo
1984
Transas e Caretas as Thiago Moura Imperial Leme
1983
O Bom Burguês as Lucas
1983
Bandidos da Falange
1983
Bandidos da Falange as Tito Lívio
1982
Final Feliz as Rodrigo Mendonça
1982
Fiebre amarilla
1982
The King of the Candle as Abelardo Segundo
1981
Brilhante as Sidney da Costa Pinto / Osvaldo Mesquita
1981
Los crápulas
1981
Bonitinha mas Ordinária as Edgar
1980
Plumas & Paetês as Renato / Paulo
1980
Bye Bye Brazil as Lorde Cigano
1978
Batalha dos Guararapes as João Fernandes Vieira
1978
Professor Kranz tedesco di Germania as Leleco
1978
Diamante Bruto
1976
Confissões de Uma Viúva Moça
1976
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands as Valdomiro 'Vadinho' Santos Guimarães
1976
Xica as Conde Valadares
1976
Anjo Mau as Rodrigo Medeiros
1975
Deliciosas Traições do Amor
1975
Ana, a Libertina
1975
O Casal as Alfredo Giacometti
1975
Gabriela as Mundinho Falcão
1974
Amor e Medo
1974
Corrida do Ouro as Fábio Rossi
1973
Os Ossos do Barão as Martino
1973
Cavalo de Aço as Atílio
1972
Dybbuk: The Demon as Hannan
1972
O Bofe as Bandeira
1972
The Conspirators as Tiradentes
1971
Bandeira 2 as Zelito
1971
Caso Especial as assassino
1971
Caso Especial as Hanan
1970
Estranho Triângulo
1970
Eu Sou Vida, Eu Não Sou Morte
1968
On Borrowed Time as Torturador
1968
Massacre no Supermercado
1967
El Justicero
1965
The Deceased as (uncredited)
1965
Paixão

Directing

2013
Giovanni Improtta as Director
1987
Carmem as Director
1987
Helena as Director
1987
Corpo Santo as Director
1984
Transas e Caretas as Director
1983
Louco Amor as Director

Production

1997
The Battle of Canudos as Producer
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