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Gilberto Gil

Gilberto Gil

Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (born June 26, 1942) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, musician, politician, and writer. With a career spanning over six decades, he is known for his significant contributions to Brazilian music and for winning Grammy Awards, Latin Grammy Awards, and the French government's National Order of Merit (1997). In 1999, he was named an "Artist for Peace" by UNESCO.

Born

Jun 26, 1942

Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Known For

Acting

Movies

148 acting

28 crew

Popularity

0.8

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Known For

Pelé

Pelé

2021

as Self
Samba Riachão
Samba Riachão
2001 • as Self
★ 7.0
Ôrí
Ôrí
1989 • as Self
★ 8.6
Yorimatã
Yorimatã
2016 • as Self
★ 10.0
Tropicália
Tropicália
2012 • as Self
★ 7.1
movie
Passe Livre
1974 • as Self
★ 9.0
Hello, Hello, Terezinha!
Hello, Hello, Terezinha!
2009 • as Self
★ 6.8
Chic Show
Chic Show
2023 • as Self
★ 9.0
Looking for Black Orpheus
Looking for Black Orpheus
2005 • as Self
★ 9.0
Dzi Croquettes
Dzi Croquettes
2009 • as Self
★ 7.7
They Shot the Piano Player
They Shot the Piano Player
2023 • as Self (voice)
★ 6.5
Outros (Doces) Bárbaros
Outros (Doces) Bárbaros
2002 • as Self
★ 8.8
Pelé
Pelé
2021 • as Self
★ 7.3
I Want
I Want
2000 • as (voice)
Toquinho Maravilhoso
Toquinho Maravilhoso
2024 • as Self
Rogério Duarte, o Tropikaoslista
Rogério Duarte, o Tropikaoslista
2015 • as Self
★ 5.0
Viramundo
Viramundo
2013 • as Self
★ 5.8
Samba Infinite
Samba Infinite
2025 • as Librarian
★ 5.0
Ritas
Ritas
2025 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.1
October
October
2019 • as Self
Infinita Tropicália
Infinita Tropicália
1986 • as Self
Por Toda Minha Vida: Elis Regina
Por Toda Minha Vida: Elis Regina
2006 • as Self
Smetak
Smetak
2018 • as Self (archive footage)
movie
A Bola
2014 • as NARRADOR
Encontros Tropicais
Encontros Tropicais
2020 • as Self
Preta - Eu Não Ando Só
Preta - Eu Não Ando Só
2026 • as Self
★ 9.6
A Farra do Circo
A Farra do Circo
2013 • as Self
★ 9.0
movie
Gilbertianas Brasileiras
1983 • as Self
Rogério Duprat - Vida de Músico
Rogério Duprat - Vida de Músico
2002 • as Self
★ 9.0
Dominguinhos
Dominguinhos
2014 • as Self
★ 7.2
Show 60 Anos
Show 60 Anos
2025 • as Self
★ 7.8
movie
Noites de João
2025 • as Ele próprio
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
2008 • as Self
Beard, Hair & Stache
Beard, Hair & Stache
2016 • as Self
Pitanga
Pitanga
2016 • as Self
★ 5.6
Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste
Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste
2001
3 Obás de Xangô
3 Obás de Xangô
2025 • as Self
The Demiurge
The Demiurge
1972 • as Pã
★ 6.0
Rita Lee: Mania de Você
Rita Lee: Mania de Você
2025 • as Self
★ 8.2
Gilberto Gil: Um Deus em seu Jardim
Gilberto Gil: Um Deus em seu Jardim
2021 • as Self
★ 2.0
All Love Songs
All Love Songs
2018 • as Self
★ 7.3
movie
Multishow Ao Vivo - Brasil
2001 • as Self
Acústico MTV: Cidade Negra
Acústico MTV: Cidade Negra
2002 • as Self
★ 6.5
Brazil's Maria Bethânia
Brazil's Maria Bethânia
2001 • as Self
Refavela 40
Refavela 40
2019 • as Self
★ 6.3
MTV Ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo - 10 Anos
MTV Ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo - 10 Anos
2004 • as Self
★ 8.1
Bahia de Todos os Sambas
Bahia de Todos os Sambas
1996 • as Self
★ 8.0
Vinicius de Moraes
Vinicius de Moraes
2005 • as Self - Singer 'Formosa'
★ 6.3
Permanent Pan-Cinema
Permanent Pan-Cinema
2008 • as Self (voice)
Gilberto Gil @ Philharmonie De Paris
Gilberto Gil @ Philharmonie De Paris
2025 • as Self : Vocals & Guitar
Cazuza: Good News
Cazuza: Good News
2025 • as Self
★ 7.5
Schenberguianas
Schenberguianas
2007 • as Self
Fabricating Tom Zé
Fabricating Tom Zé
2006 • as Self
★ 4.0
Dunas do Barato
Dunas do Barato
2017 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 5.5
Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
1998 • as Self - Narrator
★ 9.0
O Barato de Iacanga
O Barato de Iacanga
2019 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.8
Kopenawa: Sonhar a Terra-Floresta
Kopenawa: Sonhar a Terra-Floresta
2026
Germano Mathias - O Catedrático do Samba
Germano Mathias - O Catedrático do Samba
2023 • as Self
movie
Festive Land: Carnival in Bahia
2013 • as Self
★ 8.5
Ed Mort
Ed Mort
1997 • as Silva 5
★ 5.3
Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World
Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World
2016 • as Self
★ 6.8
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023
★ 9.0
Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu
Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu
2022 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
O Presidente Improvável
O Presidente Improvável
2022 • as Self
Beijoqueiro: Portrait of a Serial Kisser
Beijoqueiro: Portrait of a Serial Kisser
1992 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
Especial: Ivete, Gil e Caetano
Especial: Ivete, Gil e Caetano
2011 • as Self
★ 9.3
Bahia, For Example
Bahia, For Example
1969 • as Self
★ 7.5
Álbum de Música
Álbum de Música
1974 • as Self
Arraial do Gil
Arraial do Gil
2021 • as Self
movie
Beat - a film about Jazz
2025 • as himself
Aperana Street 52
Aperana Street 52
2012 • as Self
★ 5.2
Circo Voador - A Nave
Circo Voador - A Nave
2015 • as Self
★ 6.5
Amor e Sorte com Gilberto Gil
Amor e Sorte com Gilberto Gil
2020 • as Self
RiP!: A Remix Manifesto
RiP!: A Remix Manifesto
2008 • as Self
★ 7.1
De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
2020 • as Self
Breaking Myths
Breaking Myths
2022 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.9
Môa, Mother Africa Roots
Môa, Mother Africa Roots
2023 • as Self
O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento
O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento
2006 • as Self
movie
Gilberto Gil
• as Self
Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume
Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume
2005 • as Self
★ 7.4
O Outro Lado da Memória
O Outro Lado da Memória
2018 • as Self
A Night in 67
A Night in 67
2010 • as Self
★ 6.8
Milton Nascimento - A Sede do Peixe
Milton Nascimento - A Sede do Peixe
1997 • as Self
★ 7.0
Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas
Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas
2017 • as Self
Talking Cinema
Talking Cinema
1986 • as Party Guest
★ 5.0
Gilberto Gil: Unplugged
Gilberto Gil: Unplugged
1994 • as Self (vocals and acoustic guitar)
Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos
Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos
2024 • as Self
O Velho Guerreiro Não Morrerá - O Cangaceiro de Lima Barreto 50 Anos Depois
O Velho Guerreiro Não Morrerá - O Cangaceiro de Lima Barreto 50 Anos Depois
2011 • as Self
The Mandarin
The Mandarin
1995 • as Sinhô
★ 4.8
Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion
Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion
1987 • as Self
Gilberto Gil : Electroacústico
Gilberto Gil : Electroacústico
2004 • as Self
Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi
Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi
2024 • as Self
Phono 73: A Country and its Music
Phono 73: A Country and its Music
2005 • as Self (archive footage)
Hunting Season
Hunting Season
1988 • as Self
★ 5.3
The Man Who Bottled Clouds
The Man Who Bottled Clouds
2008 • as Self
Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy
Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy
1989 • as Self
Loki: Arnaldo Baptista
Loki: Arnaldo Baptista
2009 • as Self
★ 6.8
1964: Brazil between weapons and books
1964: Brazil between weapons and books
2019 • as Himself
★ 7.4
movie
Gilberto Gil, the Power of Music
2010 • as Self
A Última Vanguarda
A Última Vanguarda
2024 • as Self
Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo
Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo
2014 • as Self
Ana Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1
Ana Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1
2010 • as Self
★ 8.5
Beth Carvalho Canta o Samba da Bahia
Beth Carvalho Canta o Samba da Bahia
2008 • as Self
movie
Jorge Amado
1996 • as Self
Two Friends, a Century of Music
Two Friends, a Century of Music
2015 • as Self
Corações a Mil
Corações a Mil
1983 • as Ele mesmo
★ 4.3
Duetos
Duetos
2010 • as Self
Cidade do Samba
Cidade do Samba
2007 • as Self
Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei
Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei
1996 • as Self
O Tempo e o Som
O Tempo e o Som
1970 • as Self
★ 10.0
Semana de Arte Moderna
Semana de Arte Moderna
1972 • as himself
Bios: Os Paralamas do Sucesso
Bios: Os Paralamas do Sucesso
2023 • as Self
★ 7.5
Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought
Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought
2003 • as Self
2012: Time for Change
2012: Time for Change
2010 • as Self
★ 6.3
Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália
Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália
1992 • as Self
Gilberto Gil – Fé Na Festa
Gilberto Gil – Fé Na Festa
2010 • as Self
movie
Making of - Quilombo
1984 • as Self
Maldito Popular Brasileiro: Arnaldo Dias Baptista
Maldito Popular Brasileiro: Arnaldo Dias Baptista
1993 • as Self
Dias de Euforia
Dias de Euforia
1989 • as Self
Canções do Exílio: A Labareda Que Lambeu Tudo
Canções do Exílio: A Labareda Que Lambeu Tudo
2011 • as Self
★ 4.0
Futuro do Pretérito: Tropicalismo Now!
Futuro do Pretérito: Tropicalismo Now!
2012 • as Self
Axé: Music of a People
Axé: Music of a People
2017 • as Self
★ 7.9
Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer
Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer
2022 • as Self
★ 8.5
Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra
Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra
2006 • as Self
movie
Born To Be Blind
2003 • as Self (uncredited)
★ 6.4
Caterina Valente presents Brazilian music
Caterina Valente presents Brazilian music
1979 • as Self
Chico Science: Um Caranguejo Elétrico
Chico Science: Um Caranguejo Elétrico
2016 • as Self
★ 9.0
Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End
Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End
2017 • as Self
★ 8.0
Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro
Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro
2019 • as Self
★ 4.0
Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day
Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day
2006
★ 7.0
Os Doces Bárbaros
Os Doces Bárbaros
1977 • as Self
★ 8.0
André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music
André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music
2015 • as Self
Brasil
Brasil
1981 • as Self
★ 7.7
Tropicália: 50 Anos
Tropicália: 50 Anos
2017 • as Self (archive footage)
Gilberto Gil - Concerto de Cordas & Máquinas de Ritmo
Gilberto Gil - Concerto de Cordas & Máquinas de Ritmo
2020 • as Self
Dê Lembranças a Todos
Dê Lembranças a Todos
2018 • as Self
★ 7.0
Beyond Ipanema
Beyond Ipanema
2009 • as Self
Bahia de Todos os Santos
Bahia de Todos os Santos
1974 • as Self
movie
Viva São João!
2002 • as Self
★ 7.3
Mito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa
Mito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa
2019 • as Self
Gilberto Gil - Refazenda
Gilberto Gil - Refazenda
1975 • as Self
Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar
Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar
2019 • as Self
★ 10.0
Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust
Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust
2012 • as Self
★ 5.0
Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração
Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração
2014 • as Self
Gilberto Gil: Kaya N'Gandaya
Gilberto Gil: Kaya N'Gandaya
2002 • as Self
★ 8.0
Gilberto Gil Antologia Vol.1
Gilberto Gil Antologia Vol.1
2019 • as Self
Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei - A Última Turnê
Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei - A Última Turnê
2025 • as Self
O Cinema Segundo Vladimir Carvalho
O Cinema Segundo Vladimir Carvalho
2001 • as Self
★ 4.0
movie
Toquinho
2001 • as Self