José Wilker
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1946-08-20 (68 years old)
Deathday
2014-04-05
Place of Birth
Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil
Also known As
Жозе Вилкер
José Wilker
Biography
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).
Acting
1981
2003
as Sílvio
1997
1992
as Dr. Miguel Ornega
1993
as Narrador
1989
as Noé
1980
as Lorde Cigano
1976
as Valdomiro 'Vadinho' Santos Guimarães
2008
as Danilo
2010
as Zeca Diabo
1972
as Tiradentes
1988
as Salo
2008
as Jorge
2002
as Father
1986
as Tenório Cavalcanti
1989
as Wallace Caldeira
2013
as Giovanni Improtta
1981
as Edgar
2009
as Fulano
2006
as Lampião
2000
as Donizetti
1997
as Alaor
1990
as Álvaro
1976
as Conde Valadares
1998
as Giancarlo Sandrini
2014
as Dr. Fausto
2006
as Antônio
2003
as Pilatos
1978
as Leleco
2014
as Chico Pacheco
1983
as Lucas
2004
as Mandarim
1978
1967
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as Old Franz
1987
as Henrique Martins
2011
as Joãozinho Bem-Bem
1975
as Alfredo Giacometti
1965
2017
as Self
2013
as Juca
1965
as (uncredited)
2015
as Conde de Saint-Germain
1984
as Narrator
2001
as Self
2002
1987
as Professor
1994
as Narrador
2011
as Pachecão
1974
1982
as Abelardo Segundo
2011
as Antenor
2008
as Juca
1972
as Hannan
1987
as Xico
1968
as Torturador
1978
as João Fernandes Vieira
1997
as Antônio Conselheiro
1986
as Maluco da bomba
2003
as Fernando
1987
as Narrator
1984
1989
1996
2002
2017
1982
1975
2009
as Self
2021
2004
as Dr. Sabóia
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Production
1997
as Producer
2013
as Director
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