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Milton Gonçalves (1933-2022)

Birthplace:
Monte Santo de Minas, Brazil

Born:
December 9, 1933

Died:
May 30, 2022

Biography from TheMovieDB

Milton Gonçalves (December 9, 1933 – May 30, 2022) was a Brazilian actor. 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.

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Co-Director:
1976  Escrava Isaura

Director:
1970  Irmãos Coragem
1971  O Homem Que Deve Morrer
1972  A Grande Família
1972  Vila Sésamo
1976  Escrava Isaura
1977  À Sombra dos Laranjais

Executive Producer:
1970  Irmãos Coragem
1971  O Homem Que Deve Morrer
1972  A Grande Família
1972  Vila Sésamo
1976  Escrava Isaura
1977  À Sombra dos Laranjais
1990  Gente Fina

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