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Milton Gonçalves

Dec 09, 1933 - May 30, 2022 (88 years old) in Monte Santo de Minas, Brazil

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.

Known For

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Sinhá Moça
Pai José
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A Grande Família
Otávio
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Celebridade
Self
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Irmãos Coragem
Brás Canoeiro
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Andando nas Nuvens
Delegado Serafim Moreira
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Crashing Into the Future
Eliseu Emerenciano
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Zorra Total
Campelo
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Baila Comigo
Otto Rodrigues
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Tecendo o Saber
presidente da empresa
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A Favorita
Deputado Romildo Rosa

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