José Wilker

Actor

Born: August 20, 1946 (67 years old)

Died: April 5, 2014

Place of birth: Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil

Biography

José Wilker Almeida (20 August 1944 – 5 April 2014) was a Brazilian film, stage, and television actor and director. The actor gained fame in telenovelas like Roque Santeiro (1985), but became known internationally for his role as Vadinho, the husband who returns from the dead to tempt Sônia Braga's character in the movie Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976).

Filmography (43)

• The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga (2011, ★ 7.8)
• Sai de Baixo (1996, ★ 8.3)
• JK (2006, ★ 8.2)
• Anos Rebeldes (1992, ★ 8.1)
• A Muralha (2000, ★ 8.2)
• The Man of the Year (2003, ★ 6.7)
• Bye Bye Brazil (1980, ★ 6.8)
• Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976, ★ 6.8)
• Romance (2008, ★ 7.4)
• The Conspirators (1972, ★ 6.9)
• The Man in the Black Cape (1986, ★ 7)
• Better Days Ahead (1989, ★ 6.5)
• Xica (1976, ★ 7)
• The Deceased (1965, ★ 7.1)
• Jango (1984, ★ 6.9)
• The Battle of Canudos (1997, ★ 6.8)
• Redeemer (2004, ★ 7)
• Magnifica 70 (2015, ★ 7.4)
• Medicine Man (1992, ★ 6)
• The Well Beloved One (2010, ★ 6.3)
• Dead in the Water (2002, ★ 5)
• Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion (2000, ★ 5.8)
• Little Book of Love (1997, ★ 5.6)
• Isolados (2014, ★ 5)
• The Greatest Love of All (2006, ★ 5.7)
• Cute But Ordinary (1981, ★ 4.6)
• Mary, Mother of the Son of God (2003, ★ 5)
• Professor Kranz german in Germany (1978, ★ 4.9)
• El Justicero (1967, ★ 5.4)
• Leila Diniz (1987, ★ 5.2)