José Wilker
Actor
- Born
- August 20, 1946 · Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil
- Died
- April 5, 2014 (age 67)
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
February 7, 1992
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
November 22, 1976
The Man of the Year
August 1, 2003
Bye Bye Brazil
February 8, 1980
The Well Beloved One
July 23, 2010
The Battle of Canudos
October 3, 1997
The Deceased
September 22, 1965
Golden Oldies
September 19, 2008
Cute but Ordinary
March 12, 1981
Dead in the Water
February 12, 2002
Isolados
September 18, 2014
Redeemer
September 10, 2004
Acting84
- 2021Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina as Self
- 2017Dunas do Barato as Self
- 2017Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century as Self
- 2016Wilker Eterno as Self (archive footage)
- 2016As Aventuras do Pequeno Colombo as Conde de Saint-Germain
- 2014Isolados as Dr. Fausto
- 2014The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail as Chico Pacheco
- 2013Golden Oldies 2 as Juca
- 2013Invisible World as Segment "Kreuko"
- 2013