Gilberto Gil

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Biography

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.

Known For

Pelé

Self

All Love Songs

Self

They Shot the Piano Player

Self (voice)

RiP!: A Remix Manifesto

Self

O Barato de Iacanga

Self (archive footage)

Celebrity

Self

Tropicália

Self

The Trapalhões

Self

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	Noites de João MOVIE	Ele próprio
2025	Cazuza Além da Música TV	Self
2025	Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei - A Última Turnê MOVIE	Self
2025	Tiny Desk Brazil TV	Self
2025	Beat - a film about Jazz MOVIE	himself
2025	3 Obás de Xangô MOVIE	Self
2025	Cazuza: Good News MOVIE	Self
2025	Ritas MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2025	Samba Infinite MOVIE	Librarian
2025	Rita Lee: Mania de Você MOVIE	Self
2025	Show 60 Anos MOVIE	Self
2025	Singing Earth TV	Himself
2025	Gilberto Gil @ Philharmonie De Paris MOVIE	Self : Vocals & Guitar
2024	Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi MOVIE	Self
2024	Angélica: 50 & Uns TV	Self
2024	Kopenawa: Sonhar a Terra-Floresta MOVIE	Self
2024	Toquinho Maravilhoso MOVIE	Self
2024	Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos MOVIE	Self
2024	A Última Vanguarda MOVIE	Self
2023	They Shot the Piano Player MOVIE	Self (voice)
2023	Môa, Mother Africa Roots MOVIE	Self
2023	Bios: Os Paralamas do Sucesso MOVIE	Self
2023	Chic Show MOVIE	Self
2023	Germano Mathias - O Catedrático do Samba MOVIE	Self
2023	O Repórter do Poder TV	Self
2023	The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus MOVIE	Self
2022	Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer MOVIE	Self
2022	Breaking Myths MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2022	Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2022	Gil Family TV	Self
2022	O Presidente Improvável MOVIE	Self
2022	2022 TV	Self
2021	Astral Journey TV	Self
2021	Astral Journey TV	Self
2021	Gilberto Gil: Um Deus em seu Jardim MOVIE	Self
2021	Arraial do Gil MOVIE	Self
2021	Pelé MOVIE	Self
2020	Amor e Sorte com Gilberto Gil MOVIE	Self
2020	De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade MOVIE	Self
2020	Gilberto Gil - Concerto de Cordas & Máquinas de Ritmo MOVIE	Self
2020	Encontros Tropicais MOVIE	Self
2019	Gilberto Gil Antologia Vol.1 MOVIE	Self
2019	Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar MOVIE	Self
2019	Mito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa MOVIE	Self
2019	Refavela 40 MOVIE	Self
2019	October MOVIE	Self
2019	Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro MOVIE	Self
2019	1964: Brazil between weapons and books MOVIE	Himself
2019	O Barato de Iacanga MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2018	All Love Songs MOVIE	Self
2018	O Outro Lado da Memória MOVIE	Self
2018	Amigos, Sons e Palavras TV	Self
2018	Dê Lembranças a Todos MOVIE	Self
2018	Smetak MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2017	Tropicália: 50 Anos MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2017	Dunas do Barato MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2017	Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End MOVIE	Self
2017	O Nome Dela é Gal TV	Self
2017	Conversa com Bial TV	Self
2017	Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas MOVIE	Self
2017	Axé: Music of a People MOVIE	Self
2016	Pitanga MOVIE	Self
2016	Beard, Hair & Stache MOVIE	Self
2016	Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World MOVIE	Self
2016	Yorimatã MOVIE	Self
2016	Vamos Tocar TV	Self
2016	Chico Science: Um Caranguejo Elétrico MOVIE	Self
2015	Rogério Duarte, o Tropikaoslista MOVIE	Self
2015	Circo Voador - A Nave MOVIE	Self
2015	Two Friends, a Century of Music MOVIE	Self
2015	André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music MOVIE	Self
2014	Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo MOVIE	Self
2014	Dominguinhos MOVIE	Self
2014	A Bola MOVIE	NARRADOR
2014	Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração MOVIE	Self
2013	A Farra do Circo MOVIE	Self
2013	Viramundo MOVIE	Self
2013	Festive Land: Carnival in Bahia MOVIE	Self
2012	Futuro do Pretérito: Tropicalismo Now! MOVIE	Self
2012	Tropicália MOVIE	Self
2012	Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust MOVIE	Self
2012	Aperana Street 52 MOVIE	Self
2011	Especial: Ivete, Gil e Caetano MOVIE	Self
2011	Músicos de Latinoamérica TV	Self
2011	O Velho Guerreiro Não Morrerá - O Cangaceiro de Lima Barreto 50 Anos Depois MOVIE	Self
2011	Canções do Exílio: A Labareda Que Lambeu Tudo MOVIE	Self
2010	2012: Time for Change MOVIE	Self
2010	A Night in 67 MOVIE	Self
2010	Ana Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1 MOVIE	Self
2010	Duetos MOVIE	Self
2010	Gilberto Gil, the Power of Music MOVIE	Self
2010	Gilberto Gil – Fé Na Festa MOVIE	Self
2009	Hello, Hello, Terezinha! MOVIE	Self
2009	Beyond Ipanema MOVIE	Self
2009	Dzi Croquettes MOVIE	Self
2009	Loki: Arnaldo Baptista MOVIE	Self
2008	RiP!: A Remix Manifesto MOVIE	Self
2008	Permanent Pan-Cinema MOVIE	Self (voice)
2008	The Man Who Bottled Clouds MOVIE	Self
2008	Beth Carvalho Canta o Samba da Bahia MOVIE	Self
2008	Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal MOVIE	Self
2007	Cidade do Samba MOVIE	Self
2007	Schenberguianas MOVIE	Self
2006	Por Toda Minha Vida TV	Self
2006	Por Toda Minha Vida: Elis Regina MOVIE	Self
2006	O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento MOVIE	Self
2006	Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day MOVIE	Self
2006	Fabricating Tom Zé MOVIE	Self
2006	Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra MOVIE	Self
2005	Vinicius de Moraes MOVIE	Self - Singer 'Formosa'
2005	Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume MOVIE	Self
2005	Looking for Black Orpheus MOVIE	Self
2005	Phono 73: A Country and its Music MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2004	Gilberto Gil : Electroacústico MOVIE	Self
2004	MTV ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo - 10 Anos MOVIE	Self
2003	Born To Be Blind MOVIE	Self (uncredited)
2003	Celebrity TV	Self
2003	Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought MOVIE	Self
2002	Outros (Doces) Bárbaros MOVIE	Self
2002	Viva São João! MOVIE	Self
2002	Gilberto Gil: Kaya N'Gandaya MOVIE	Self
2002	Acústico MTV: Cidade Negra MOVIE	Self
2002	Desejos de Mulher TV	Self
2002	Rogério Duprat - Vida de Músico MOVIE	Self
2001	Samba Riachão MOVIE	Self
2001	Brazil's Maria Bethânia MOVIE	Self
2001	Toquinho MOVIE	Self
2001	O Cinema Segundo Vladimir Carvalho MOVIE	Self
2001	Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste MOVIE	Self
2001	Multishow Ao Vivo - Brasil MOVIE	Self
2000	O Povo Brasileiro TV	Self
2000	I Want MOVIE	(voice)
1998	Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds MOVIE	Self - Narrator
1997	Ed Mort MOVIE	Silva 5
1997	Milton Nascimento - A Sede do Peixe MOVIE	Self
1996	Bahia de Todos os Sambas MOVIE	Self
1996	Jorge Amado MOVIE	Self
1996	Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei MOVIE	Self
1995	The Mandarin MOVIE	Sinhô
1994	Gilberto Gil: Unplugged MOVIE	Self (vocals and acoustic guitar)
1993	Maldito Popular Brasileiro: Arnaldo Dias Baptista MOVIE	Self
1992	Beijoqueiro: Portrait of a Serial Kisser MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1992	Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália MOVIE	Self
1989	Dias de Euforia MOVIE	Self
1989	Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy MOVIE	Self
1989	Ôrí MOVIE	Self
1988	Hunting Season MOVIE	Self
1987	Sacrée soirée TV	Self
1987	Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion MOVIE	Self
1986	Criança Esperança TV	Self
1986	Talking Cinema MOVIE	Party Guest
1986	Chico & Caetano TV	Self
1986	Infinita Tropicália MOVIE	Self
1984	Making of - Quilombo MOVIE	Self
1983	Corações a Mil MOVIE	Self
1983	Gilbertianas Brasileiras MOVIE	Self
1982	Chico Anysio Show TV	Self
1982	Champs-Elysées TV	Self
1981	Brasil MOVIE	Self
1980	Grandes Nomes TV	Self
1979	Caterina Valente presents Brazilian music MOVIE	Self
1977	Os Doces Bárbaros MOVIE	Self
1977	The Trapalhões TV	Self
1975	Gilberto Gil - Refazenda MOVIE	Self
1974	Bahia de Todos os Santos MOVIE	Self
1974	Álbum de Música MOVIE	Self
1974	Passe Livre MOVIE	Self
1972	The Demiurge MOVIE	Pã
1972	Semana de Arte Moderna MOVIE	himself
1970	O Tempo e o Som MOVIE	Self
1969	Bahia, For Example MOVIE	Self
	Gilberto Gil MOVIE	Self

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