Milton Gonçalves
Actor
- Born
- December 9, 1933 · Monte Santo de Minas, Brazil
- Died
- May 30, 2022 (age 88)
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.
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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.
Known for
Pelé: Birth of a Legend
May 6, 2016
Carandiru
April 11, 2003
Kiss of the Spider Woman
July 26, 1985
Wild Orchid
December 22, 1989
Federal Bank Heist
July 22, 2011
Four Days in September
October 1, 1997
Kickboxer 3: The Art of War
June 11, 1992
Macunaima
September 3, 1969
Moon Over Parador
September 9, 1988
They Don't Wear Black Tie
September 28, 1981
The Assailant
October 30, 2009
The Violin Teacher
November 14, 2015
Acting114
- 2026Ecos do Teatro Experimental do Negro
- 2025Milton Gonçalves, Além do Espetáculo as Self
- 2021Juntos A Magia Acontece 2 as Orlando
- 2021Hermanoteu na Terra de Godah: O Filme as Cardeal Fairtown
- 2021Pixinguinha, an Affectionate Man as Alfredo Vianna
- 2020Candango: Memoirs from a Festival as Self
- 2019Juntos a Magia Acontece as Orlando
- 2019Carcereiros: O Filme as Dr. Louveira
- 2019Aperto as Agenor (fase 3)
- 2019Pressed, Ripped Apart