Milton Gonçalves
Known For
Acting
Born
1933-12-09 in Monte Santo de Minas, Brazil
Died
2022-05-30
Biography
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.
Most Known For
A Grande Família
as Otávio
A Favorita
as Deputado Romildo Rosa
História de Amor
as padre
Celebridade
as Self
Walking on Clouds
as Delegado Serafim Moreira
Sinhá Moça
as Pai José
Crashing Into the Future
as Eliseu Emerenciano
Irmãos Coragem
as Brás Canoeiro
Zorra Total
as Campelo
Brava Gente
as delegado
Brava Gente
as Doutor Juliano
Brava Gente
as Gaspar
Bufo & Spallanzani
as Delegado Ferreira
Dance with Me
as Otto Rodrigues
Mandala
as Apolinário Santana
Side by Side
as Afonso Nascimento
Snakes & Lizards
as Jair dos Santos
Roque Santeiro
as Promotor Lourival Prata
Acquária
as Závos
Sinhá Moça
as Pai José