José Wilker

José Wilker (67)

1946-08-20 - 2014-04-05 | Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil

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).

On Movies

  • As Aventuras do Pequeno Colombo
  • Isolados
  • The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail
  • Golden Oldies 2
  • Giovanni Improtta
  • Elvis & Madonna
  • The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga
  • The Well Beloved One
  • Now Boarding
  • Romance
  • Golden Oldies
  • Sexo com Amor?
  • Canta Maria
  • The Greatest Love of All
  • Redeemer
  • Onde Anda Você
  • Mary, Mother of the Son of God
  • The Man of the Year
  • Viva Sapato!
  • Dead in the Water
  • Suspiros Republicanos ao Crepúsculo de um Império Tropical
  • Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
  • For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
  • The Battle of Canudos
  • Little Book of Love
  • Medicine Man
  • Lovely Child
  • Better Days Ahead
  • Prisoner of Rio
  • Leila Diniz
  • Subway to the Stars
  • Besame Mucho
  • The Man in the Black Cape
  • Baixo Gávea
  • A Mulher do Atirador de Facas
  • O Bom Burguês
  • The King of the Candle
  • Los crápulas
  • Bonitinha mas Ordinária
  • Bye Bye Brazil
  • Batalha dos Guararapes
  • Professor Kranz tedesco di Germania
  • Confissões de Uma Viúva Moça
  • Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
  • Xica
  • Amor e Medo
  • Dybbuk: The Demon
  • The Conspirators
  • Eu Sou Vida, Eu Não Sou Morte
  • On Borrowed Time
  • Massacre no Supermercado
  • El Justicero
  • The Deceased
  • Paixão

Movies as Director

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