Actor
· Acting
Antônio Pitanga
Born 1939-06-13
📍 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Antônio Luiz Sampaio OMC (Salvador, June 13, 1939), better known as Antônio Pitanga, is a Brazilian actor and filmmaker, who became internationally known for playing several roles on films of the Cinema Novo movement in the 1960s.
Filmography 154
A Fúria
as Pai de Santo
2026
Fernando Coni Campos: Cada um Vive como Sonha
as himself
2026
The Taste of the Blackberry
2026
Tony Odyssey
as Humberto
2026
Milton Gonçalves, Além do Espetáculo
as Self
2025
Clube Spelunca
2025
Falas da Vida
2025
Malês
as Pacífico Licutan
2025
Tributo: Tony Tornado
as Self
2025
Coisa de Novela
as Vicente
2025
Anything Goes
as Salvador Gomes
2025
Same Old West
as Ermitão
2025
Margeado
as Silvério
2025
Cartografia das Ondas
2025
A Vilã das Nove
as Modesto Estrella
2024
Children of the Church Steps
as Célio
2024
Sérgio Ricardo: Uma Outra História do Cinema Novo
2024
Wedding Games
as Marcelo
2023
Aunt Virginia
as Tavares
2023
Lenita - Traces of a Lady
as Self
2023
Nosso Sonho
as Seu Américo
2023
Dois em Cena: Encontro de Gerações
2023
Tinnitus
as Inácio
2023
Favela do Papa
as Self
2023
Perfect Love
as Dom Vitório
2023
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023
A Força do Gigante
as Self
2022
The Coup d'État Factory
as Antônio Pitanga
2022
Memory House
as Cristovam
2022
Our Children
as Rodrigo
2022
In Your Place
as Gesiel
2021
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
as Self (archive footage)
2021
The Good Cinema
2021
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as Self
2020
Porfírio do Amaral: A Verdade Sobre o Samba
as Self
2020
A Day with Jerusa
as Yoyo
2020
Os Escravos de Jó
as Jérèmie Valés
2020
Pressed, Ripped Apart
as (archive footage)
2019
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
as Self
2019
Possessões
as Pai Joaquim
2018
Riscados pela Memória
2018
Running After
as Garçom Othelo
2018
O Poder Negro
2018
Carvana
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Bandeira de Retalhos
as João da Lua
2018
Barravento Novo
2017
Thin Air
as José Nazário
2017
Pitanga
as Self
2016
Sonhadores
as Zinho
2016
For Sale or Rent
as Seu Capô
2013
Side by Side
as Túlio
2012
The Great Kilapy
as Pai de Joãozinho
2012
O Terno do Zé
as Pai Pedro de Oxum Aiê
2012
Água de Meninos – A Feira do Cinema Novo
as Himself
2012
A Promessa de Gerônimo
as Geronimo
2012
Lilyhammer
as Blind Man
2012
I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips
as Pastor Isaías
2011
Lula, the Son of Brazil
as Seu Cristóvão
2010
The Man Who Challenged the Devil
as Preto Velho
2007
The Passenger: Adult Secrets
as Delegado
2006
Zuzu Angel
as Policial gentil
2006
Bom Dia, Eternidade
as Calunga
2006
Referências
as Self
2006
A Degola Fatal
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Girls from ABC
as Seu Aurélio
2003
Celebrity
as Comandante Roberto
2003
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
as Self
2003
Apolônio Brasil, Campeão da Alegria
as Coice
2003
The Clone
as Sebastião "Tião"
2001
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
as Joaquim
2000
A Terceira Morte de Joaquim Bolívar
2000
Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei
as Valentim
1999
Como Ser Solteiro
as Self
1998
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
1997
A Próxima Vítima
as Kléber Noronha
1995
O Fantasma da Ópera
as operário do teatro
1991
A História de Ana Raio e Zé Trovão
as Elomar
1990
The Fifth Monkey
as Drunk at the Party
1990
Pantanal
as Túlio
1990
Barrela: Escola de Crimes
1990
Kananga do Japão
as Bira
1989
Dedé Mamata
1988
Olho por Olho
as Detetive Baba-Ovo (Ofélio Fonseca)
1988
Eternamente Pagu
as Herculano
1987
Corpo Santo
as Patrício
1987
No Tempo de Glauber
1987
Dona Beija
as Moisés
1986
The Manor of Araucaima
as Cristobal
1986
Tenda dos Milagres
as Exú
1985
The King of Rio
as Geraldão
1985
Tudo em Cima
as Cheiroso
1985
Chico Rei
1985
Quilombo
as Acaiuba
1984
Meu Destino É Pecar
as Dioclécio
1984
Partido Alto
as Jacaré
1984
Bandidos da Falange
1983
Rio Babilonia
as Bira
1982
Chico Anysio Show
1982
The Brazilwood Man
as César
1982
Terras do Sem Fim
as Viriato
1981
Rosa Baiana
as Raimundo
1981
The Age of the Earth
as Black Christ
1980
Na Boca do Mundo
as Antônio
1979
Jorge Amado no Cinema
1979
Black Goddess
1978
SRTV 307 – Cinemateca: Almoço na Cinédia – nosso cinema 80 anos
1978
Cordão de Ouro
as Cosme
1977
Sweet Thieves
as Fuleiro
1977
The Force of Xango
as Young Tônho Tiê (Uncredited)
1977
Di Cavalcanti Di Glauber
as Self
1977
Deadly Cruelty
as Deca
1976
Bahia
1976
A Viagem
as Damião
1975
Ovelha Negra
as Dito Preto
1975
Jouez Encore, Payez Encore
1975
Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável
as Amâncio
1974
Um Homem Célebre
1974
Joanna Francesa
1973
Os Ossos do Barão
as Misael
1973
Vozes do Medo
1972
When Carnaval Comes
as Cuíca
1972
Câncer
as Vagabundo
1972
Caso Especial
1971
O Homem Que Deve Morrer
as Lucas Pé-na-Cova
1971
Lost Love Juliana
1970
República da Traição
1970
Uma Nega Chamada Tereza
1970
The Woman of Everyone
as Vampiro
1969
Corisco, o Diabo Loiro
as Zé Baiano
1969
Dez Vidas
as José do Patrocínio
1969
Golias Contra o Homem das Bolinhas
1969
Garden of War
1969
Sangue do Meu Sangue
as José do Patrocínio
1969
Tropico
1969
Vidas em Conflito
as Robson
1969
Compasso de Espera
as Assis
1969
Colagem
1967
Cangaceiros de Lampião
as Cravo Roxo
1967
Plantation Boy
as Zé Guedes
1966
The Big City
as Calunga
1966
My Home Is Copacabana
1965
Samba
as Paulo's friend
1965
The Guns
as Voice
1964
Senhor dos Navegantes
1964
Esse Mundo é Meu
as Toninho
1964
Sol Sobre a Lama
as Bom Rojão
1963
Lampião, King of the Badlands
1963
Ganga Zumba
as Ganga Zumba / Antão
1963
The Turning Wind
as Firmino
1962
The Given Word
as Mestre Coca
1962
Tocaia no Asfalto
as Matador de Caxias
1962
Bahia of All Saints
as Pitanga
1961
A Grande Feira
as Chico Diabo
1961
A Cabeça do Santo