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Gilberto Gil
Gilberto Gil

Gilberto Gil

Acting•Born June 26, 1942 (age 83)•Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Biography

Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (born June 26, 1942) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, musician, politician, and writer. With a career spanning over six decades, he is known for his significant contributions to Brazilian music and for winning Grammy Awards, Latin Grammy Awards, and the French government's National Order of Merit (1997). In 1999, he was named an "Artist for Peace" by UNESCO.

Known For

Sacrée soirée

Sacrée soirée

1987•TV Series•
5.7
Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées

1982•TV Series•
6.8
Desejos de Mulher

Desejos de Mulher

2002•TV Series•
7.5
The Trapalhões

The Trapalhões

1977•TV Series•
8.0
Celebrity

Celebrity

2003•TV Series•
8.0
Chico Anysio Show

Chico Anysio Show

1982•TV Series•
9.0
Conversa com Bial

Conversa com Bial

2017•TV Series•
8.0
Pelé

Pelé

2021•Movie•
7.3

Filmography

2025
Noites de João

as Ele próprio

Movie
2025
Cazuza Além da Música

as Self

TV
2025
Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei - A Última Turnê

as Self

Movie
2025
Tiny Desk Brazil

as Self

TV
2025
Beat - a film about Jazz

as himself

Movie
2025
3 Obás de Xangô

as Self

Movie
2025
Cazuza: Good News

as Self

Movie
2025
Ritas

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2025
Samba Infinite

as Librarian

Movie
2025
Rita Lee: Mania de Você

as Self

Movie
2025
Show 60 Anos

as Self

Movie
2025
Singing Earth

as Himself

TV
2025
Gilberto Gil @ Philharmonie De Paris

as Self : Vocals & Guitar

Movie
2024
Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi

as Self

Movie
2024
Angélica: 50 & Uns
TV
2024
Kopenawa: Sonhar a Terra-Floresta
Movie
2024
Toquinho Maravilhoso

as Self

Movie
2024
Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos

as Self

Movie
2024
A Última Vanguarda

as Self

Movie
2023
They Shot the Piano Player

as Self (voice)

Movie
2023
Môa, Mother Africa Roots

as Self

Movie
2023
Bios: Os Paralamas do Sucesso

as Self

Movie
2023
Chic Show

as Self

Movie
2023
Germano Mathias - O Catedrático do Samba

as Self

Movie
2023
O Repórter do Poder

as Self

TV
2023
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
Movie
2022
Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer

as Self

Movie
2022
Breaking Myths

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2022
Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2022
Gil Family

as Self

TV
2022
O Presidente Improvável

as Self

Movie
2022
2022

as Self

TV
2021
Astral Journey

as Self

TV
2021
Astral Journey
TV
2021
Gilberto Gil: Um Deus em seu Jardim

as Self

Movie
2021
Arraial do Gil

as Self

Movie
2021
Pelé

as Self

Movie
2020
Amor e Sorte com Gilberto Gil

as Self

Movie
2020
De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade

as Self

Movie
2020
Gilberto Gil - Concerto de Cordas & Máquinas de Ritmo

as Self

Movie
2020
Encontros Tropicais

as Self

Movie
2019
Gilberto Gil Antologia Vol.1

as Self

Movie
2019
Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar

as Self

Movie
2019
Mito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa

as Self

Movie
2019
Refavela 40

as Self

Movie
2019
October

as Self

Movie
2019
Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro

as Self

Movie
2019
1964: Brazil between weapons and books

as Himself

Movie
2019
O Barato de Iacanga

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2018
All Love Songs

as Self

Movie
2018
O Outro Lado da Memória

as Self

Movie
2018
Amigos, Sons e Palavras

as Self

TV
2018
Dê Lembranças a Todos

as Self

Movie
2018
Smetak

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2017
Tropicália: 50 Anos

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2017
Dunas do Barato

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2017
Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End

as Self

Movie
2017
O Nome Dela é Gal

as Self

TV
2017
Conversa com Bial

as Self

TV
2017
Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas

as Self

Movie
2017
Axé: Music of a People

as Self

Movie
2016
Pitanga

as Self

Movie
2016
Beard, Hair & Stache

as Self

Movie
2016
Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World

as Self

Movie
2016
Yorimatã

as Self

Movie
2016
Vamos Tocar

as Self

TV
2016
Chico Science: Um Caranguejo Elétrico

as Self

Movie
2015
Rogério Duarte, o Tropikaoslista

as Self

Movie
2015
Circo Voador - A Nave

as Self

Movie
2015
Two Friends, a Century of Music

as Self

Movie
2015
André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music

as Self

Movie
2014
Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo

as Self

Movie
2014
Dominguinhos

as Self

Movie
2014
A Bola

as NARRADOR

Movie
2014
Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração

as Self

Movie
2013
A Farra do Circo

as Self

Movie
2013
Viramundo

as Self

Movie
2013
Festive Land: Carnival in Bahia

as Self

Movie
2012
Futuro do Pretérito: Tropicalismo Now!

as Self

Movie
2012
Tropicália

as Self

Movie
2012
Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust

as Self

Movie
2012
Aperana Street 52

as Self

Movie
2011
Especial: Ivete, Gil e Caetano

as Self

Movie
2011
Músicos de Latinoamérica

as Self

TV
2011
O Velho Guerreiro Não Morrerá - O Cangaceiro de Lima Barreto 50 Anos Depois

as Self

Movie
2011
Canções do Exílio: A Labareda Que Lambeu Tudo

as Self

Movie
2010
2012: Time for Change

as Self

Movie
2010
A Night in 67

as Self

Movie
2010
Ana Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1

as Self

Movie
2010
Duetos

as Self

Movie
2010
Gilberto Gil, the Power of Music

as Self

Movie
2010
Gilberto Gil – Fé Na Festa

as Self

Movie
2009
Hello, Hello, Terezinha!

as Self

Movie
2009
Beyond Ipanema

as Self

Movie
2009
Dzi Croquettes

as Self

Movie
2009
Loki: Arnaldo Baptista

as Self

Movie
2008
RiP!: A Remix Manifesto

as Self

Movie
2008
Permanent Pan-Cinema

as Self (voice)

Movie
2008
The Man Who Bottled Clouds

as Self

Movie
2008
Beth Carvalho Canta o Samba da Bahia

as Self

Movie
2008
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal

as Self

Movie
2007
Cidade do Samba

as Self

Movie
2007
Schenberguianas

as Self

Movie
2006
Por Toda Minha Vida

as Self

TV
2006
Por Toda Minha Vida: Elis Regina

as Self

Movie
2006
O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento

as Self

Movie
2006
Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day
Movie
2006
Fabricating Tom Zé

as Self

Movie
2006
Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra

as Self

Movie
2005
Vinicius de Moraes

as Self - Singer 'Formosa'

Movie
2005
Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume

as Self

Movie
2005
Looking for Black Orpheus

as Self

Movie
2005
Phono 73: A Country and its Music

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2004
Gilberto Gil : Electroacústico

as Self

Movie
2004
MTV ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo - 10 Anos

as Self

Movie
2003
Born To Be Blind

as Self (uncredited)

Movie
2003
Celebrity

as Self

TV
2003
Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought

as Self

Movie
2002
Outros (Doces) Bárbaros

as Self

Movie
2002
Viva São João!

as Self

Movie
2002
Gilberto Gil: Kaya N'Gandaya

as Self

Movie
2002
Acústico MTV: Cidade Negra

as Self

Movie
2002
Desejos de Mulher

as Self

TV
2002
Rogério Duprat - Vida de Músico

as Self

Movie
2001
Samba Riachão

as Self

Movie
2001
Brazil's Maria Bethânia

as Self

Movie
2001
Toquinho

as Self

Movie
2001
O Cinema Segundo Vladimir Carvalho

as Self

Movie
2001
Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste
Movie
2001
Multishow Ao Vivo - Brasil

as Self

Movie
2000
O Povo Brasileiro

as Self

TV
2000
I Want

as (voice)

Movie
1998
Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds

as Self - Narrator

Movie
1997
Ed Mort

as Silva 5

Movie
1997
Milton Nascimento - A Sede do Peixe

as Self

Movie
1996
Bahia de Todos os Sambas

as Self

Movie
1996
Jorge Amado

as Self

Movie
1996
Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei

as Self

Movie
1995
The Mandarin

as Sinhô

Movie
1994
Gilberto Gil: Unplugged

as Self (vocals and acoustic guitar)

Movie
1993
Maldito Popular Brasileiro: Arnaldo Dias Baptista

as Self

Movie
1992
Beijoqueiro: Portrait of a Serial Kisser

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1992
Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália

as Self

Movie
1989
Dias de Euforia

as Self

Movie
1989
Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy

as Self

Movie
1989
Ôrí

as Self

Movie
1988
Hunting Season

as Self

Movie
1987
Sacrée soirée

as Self

TV
1987
Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion

as Self

Movie
1986
Criança Esperança

as Self

TV
1986
Talking Cinema

as Party Guest

Movie
1986
Chico & Caetano
TV
1986
Infinita Tropicália

as Self

Movie
1984
Making of - Quilombo

as Self

Movie
1983
Corações a Mil
Movie
1983
Gilbertianas Brasileiras

as Self

Movie
1982
Chico Anysio Show

as Self

TV
1982
Champs-Elysées

as Self

TV
1981
Brasil

as Self

Movie
1980
Grandes Nomes

as Self

TV
1979
Caterina Valente presents Brazilian music

as Self

Movie
1977
Os Doces Bárbaros

as Self

Movie
1977
The Trapalhões
TV
1975
Gilberto Gil - Refazenda

as Self

Movie
1974
Bahia de Todos os Santos

as Self

Movie
1974
Álbum de Música

as Self

Movie
1974
Passe Livre

as Self

Movie
1972
The Demiurge

as Pã

Movie
1972
Semana de Arte Moderna

as himself

Movie
1970
O Tempo e o Som

as Self

Movie
1969
Bahia, For Example

as Self

Movie
—
Gilberto Gil

as Self

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJune 26, 1942
Place of BirthSalvador, Bahia, Brazil
Popularity0.2