Milton Gonçalves
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 9, 1933
Day of Death
May 30, 2022 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Monte Santo de Minas, Brazil
Milton Gonçalves
Biography
Milton Gonçalves OMC (Monte Santo de Minas, December 9, 1933 – Rio de Janeiro, May 30, 2022) was a Brazilian actor, director, singer, voice actor and producer. 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.
Known For

Pelé: Birth of a Legend
2016

Carandiru
2003

Kiss of the Spider Woman
1985

Wild Orchid
1989

Federal Bank Heist
2011

Four Days in September
1997

Kickboxer 3: The Art of War
1992

Macunaima
1969

Moon Over Parador
1988

They Don't Wear Black Tie
1981

The Assailant
2009

The Violin Teacher
2015

The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell
2010

Acquária
2003

A Grande Família
2001





