Gilberto Gil
Acting • Born 1942-06-26
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.
Filmography
166 credits
Bios: Os Paralamas do Sucesso
Movie • 2023
Self
Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume
Movie • 2005
Self
O Cinema Segundo Vladimir Carvalho
Movie • 2001
Self
Amor e Sorte com Gilberto Gil
Movie • 2020
Self
Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer
Movie • 2022
Self
Tropicália: 50 Anos
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Smetak
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Álbum de Música
Movie • 1974
Self
Vinicius de Moraes
Movie • 2005
Self - Singer 'Formosa'
Bahia de Todos os Santos
Movie • 1974
Self
Chic Show
Movie • 2023
Self
Dzi Croquettes
Movie • 2009
Self
Môa, Mother Africa Roots
Movie • 2023
Self
O Velho Guerreiro Não Morrerá - O Cangaceiro de Lima Barreto 50 Anos Depois
Movie • 2011
Self
Looking for Black Orpheus
Movie • 2005
Self
Maldito Popular Brasileiro: Arnaldo Dias Baptista
Movie • 1993
Self
Loki: Arnaldo Baptista
Movie • 2009
Self
O Presidente Improvável
Movie • 2022
Self
I Want
Movie • 2000
(voice)
Viramundo
Movie • 2013
Self
Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day
Movie • 2006
Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste
Movie • 2001
Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust
Movie • 2012
Self
Futuro do Pretérito: Tropicalismo Now!
Movie • 2012
Self
Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei
Movie • 1996
Self
Dominguinhos
Movie • 2014
Self
Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
Movie • 1998
Self - Narrator
The Man Who Bottled Clouds
Movie • 2008
Self
Tropicália
Movie • 2012
Self
October
Movie • 2019
Self
Os Doces Bárbaros
Movie • 1977
Self
Gilberto Gil: Kaya N'Gandaya
Movie • 2002
Self
Fabricating Tom Zé
Movie • 2006
Self
The Mandarin
Movie • 1995
Sinhô
Bahia, For Example
Movie • 1969
Self
Brasil
Movie • 1981
Self
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
Movie • 2008
Self
A Night in 67
Movie • 2010
Self
Talking Cinema
Movie • 1986
Party Guest
Beyond Ipanema
Movie • 2009
Self
Bahia de Todos os Sambas
Movie • 1996
Self
RiP!: A Remix Manifesto
Movie • 2008
Self
Ana Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1
Movie • 2010
Self
Corações a Mil
Movie • 1983
They Shot the Piano Player
Movie • 2023
Self (voice)
Jorge Amado
Movie • 1996
Self
Festive Land: Carnival in Bahia
Movie • 2013
Self
Gilberto Gil
Movie
Self
A Última Vanguarda
Movie • 2024
Self
Born To Be Blind
Movie • 2003
Self (uncredited)
Canções do Exílio: A Labareda Que Lambeu Tudo
Movie • 2011
Self
Samba Riachão
Movie • 2001
Self
Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos
Movie • 2024
Self
Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought
Movie • 2003
Self
Phono 73: A Country and its Music
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
The Demiurge
Movie • 1972
Pã
Yorimatã
Movie • 2016
Self
Rogério Duprat - Vida de Músico
Movie • 2002
Self
Mito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa
Movie • 2019
Self
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
Movie • 2023
Germano Mathias - O Catedrático do Samba
Movie • 2023
Self
Passe Livre
Movie • 1974
Self
Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra
Movie • 2006
Self
Ed Mort
Movie • 1997
Silva 5
Making of - Quilombo
Movie • 1984
Self
Axé: Music of a People
Movie • 2017
Self
Viva São João!
Movie • 2002
Self
Beard, Hair & Stache
Movie • 2016
Self
Hunting Season
Movie • 1988
Self
Gilberto Gil: Unplugged
Movie • 1994
Self (vocals and acoustic guitar)
Outros (Doces) Bárbaros
Movie • 2002
Self
Pitanga
Movie • 2016
Self
Permanent Pan-Cinema
Movie • 2008
Self (voice)
Cidade do Samba
Movie • 2007
Self
2012: Time for Change
Movie • 2010
Self
Chico Science: Um Caranguejo Elétrico
Movie • 2016
Self
MTV Ao Vivo: 10 Anos
Movie • 2004
Self
Hello, Hello, Terezinha!
Movie • 2009
Self
Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy
Movie • 1989
Self
Two Friends, a Century of Music
Movie • 2015
Self
Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas
Movie • 2017
Self
Gilberto Gil, the Power of Music
Movie • 2010
Self
Gilberto Gil : Electroacústico
Movie • 2004
Self
Gilberto Gil - Refazenda
Movie • 1975
Self
Toquinho
Movie • 2001
Self
Rogério Duarte, o Tropikaoslista
Movie • 2015
Self
Especial: Ivete, Gil e Caetano
Movie • 2011
Self
All Love Songs
Movie • 2018
Self
O Outro Lado da Memória
Movie • 2018
Self
Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração
Movie • 2014
Self
Aperana Street 52
Movie • 2012
Self
Caterina Valente presents Brazilian music
Movie • 1979
Self
Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End
Movie • 2017
Self
Gilberto Gil Antologia Vol.1
Movie • 2019
Self
Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar
Movie • 2019
Self
O Barato de Iacanga
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Brazil's Maria Bethânia
Movie • 2001
Self
O Tempo e o Som
Movie • 1970
Self
Refavela 40
Movie • 2019
Self
O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento
Movie • 2006
Self
Circo Voador - A Nave
Movie • 2015
Self
Encontros Tropicais
Movie • 2020
Self
Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália
Movie • 1992
Self
Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion
Movie • 1987
Self
Infinita Tropicália
Movie • 1986
Self
André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music
Movie • 2015
Self
De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
Movie • 2020
Self
Ôrí
Movie • 1989
Self
Gilberto Gil – Fé Na Festa
Movie • 2010
Self
Gilberto Gil - Concerto de Cordas & Máquinas de Ritmo
Movie • 2020
Self
Dê Lembranças a Todos
Movie • 2018
Self
Pelé
Movie • 2021
Self
A Farra do Circo
Movie • 2013
Self
Gilbertianas Brasileiras
Movie • 1983
Self
Arraial do Gil
Movie • 2021
Self
Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World
Movie • 2016
Self
Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro
Movie • 2019
Self
Gilberto Gil: Um Deus em seu Jardim
Movie • 2021
Self
Toquinho Maravilhoso
Movie • 2024
Self
Kopenawa: Sonhar a Terra-Floresta
Movie • 2024
Semana de Arte Moderna
Movie • 1972
himself
Beth Carvalho Canta o Samba da Bahia
Movie • 2008
Self
3 Obás de Xangô
Movie • 2025
Self
Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo
Movie • 2014
Self
Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi
Movie • 2024
Self
Breaking Myths
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Dias de Euforia
Movie • 1989
Self
Show 60 Anos
Movie • 2025
Self
Samba Infinite
Movie • 2025
Librarian
Rita Lee: Mania de Você
Movie • 2025
Self
Ritas
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Cazuza: Good News
Movie • 2025
Self
Duetos
Movie • 2010
Self
1964: Brazil between weapons and books
Movie • 2019
Himself
Milton Nascimento - A Sede do Peixe
Movie • 1997
Self
Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei - A Última Turnê
Movie • 2025
Self
A Bola
Movie • 2014
NARRADOR
Beijoqueiro: Portrait of a Serial Kisser
Movie • 1992
Self (archive footage)
Gilberto Gil @ Philharmonie De Paris
Movie • 2025
Self : Vocals & Guitar
Multishow Ao Vivo - Brasil
Movie • 2001
Self
Acústico MTV
Movie • 2002
Self
Schenberguianas
Movie • 2007
Self
Celebridade
TV • 2003
Self
Vamos Tocar
TV • 2016
Self
Músicos de Latinoamérica
TV • 2011
Self
Astral Journey
TV • 2021
Self
Criança Esperança
TV • 1986
Self
Grandes Nomes
TV • 1980
Self
2022
TV • 2022
Self
Gil Family
TV • 2022
Self
O Nome Dela é Gal
TV • 2017
Self
Conversa com Bial
TV • 2017
Self
O Povo Brasileiro
TV • 2000
Self
Desejos de Mulher
TV • 2002
Self
Champs-Elysées
TV • 1982
Self
Amigos, Sons e Palavras
TV • 2018
Self
Por Toda Minha Vida
TV • 2006
Self
Sacrée Soirée
TV • 1987
Self
Angélica: 50 & Uns
TV • 2024
O Repórter do Poder
TV • 2023
Self
The Trapalhões
TV • 1977
Chico Anysio Show
TV • 1982
Self
Cazuza Além da Música
TV • 2025
Self
Singing Earth
TV • 2025
Himself
Tiny Desk Brazil
TV • 2025
Self