Person
Gilberto Gil
Acting · Born 1942-06-26 · Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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
Sacrée soirée
Self
Champs-Elysées
Self
The Trapalhões
1977
Sítio do Picapau Amarelo
Theme Song Performance
Celebrity
Self
Chico Anysio Show
Self
Hipertensão
Theme Song Performance
Desejos de Mulher
Self
Precious Pearl
Theme Song Performance
O Salvador da Pátria
Theme Song Performance
Filmography
- 2025Noites de JoãoEle próprio
- 2025Cazuza Além da MúsicaSelf
- 2025Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei - A Última TurnêSelf
- 2025Tiny Desk BrazilSelf
- 2025Beat - a film about Jazzhimself
- 20253 Obás de XangôSelf
- 2025Cazuza: Good NewsSelf
- 2025RitasSelf (archive footage)
- 2025Samba InfiniteLibrarian
- 2025Rita Lee: Mania de VocêSelf
- 2025Show 60 AnosSelf
- 2025Singing EarthHimself
- 2025Gilberto Gil @ Philharmonie De ParisSelf : Vocals & Guitar
- 2024Nas Ondas de Dorival CaymmiSelf
- 2024Angélica: 50 & Uns
- 2024Kopenawa: Sonhar a Terra-Floresta
- 2024Toquinho MaravilhosoSelf
- 2024Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de AfetosSelf
- 2024A Última VanguardaSelf
- 2023They Shot the Piano PlayerSelf (voice)
- 2023Môa, Mother Africa RootsSelf
- 2023Bios: Os Paralamas do SucessoSelf
- 2023Chic ShowSelf
- 2023Germano Mathias - O Catedrático do SambaSelf
- 2023O Repórter do PoderSelf
- 2023The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
- 2022Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a SuffererSelf
- 2022Breaking MythsSelf (archive footage)
- 2022Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou EuSelf (archive footage)
- 2022Gil FamilySelf
- 2022O Presidente ImprovávelSelf
- 20222022Self
- 2021Astral JourneySelf
- 2021Gilberto Gil: Um Deus em seu JardimSelf
- 2021Arraial do GilSelf
- 2021PeléSelf
- 2020Amor e Sorte com Gilberto GilSelf
- 2020De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da LiberdadeSelf
- 2020brazil is thee haiti is (t)hereMusic
- 2020Gilberto Gil - Concerto de Cordas & Máquinas de RitmoSelf
- 2020Encontros TropicaisSelf
- 2019Gilberto Gil Antologia Vol.1Self
- 2019Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou MarSelf
- 2019Mito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando PessoaSelf
- 2019Refavela 40Self
- 2019OctoberSelf
- 2019Jackson: Na Batida do PandeiroSelf
- 20191964: Brazil between weapons and booksHimself
- 2019O Barato de IacangaSelf (archive footage)
- 2018All Love SongsSelf
- 2018O Outro Lado da MemóriaSelf
- 2018Amigos, Sons e PalavrasSelf
- 2018Dê Lembranças a TodosSelf
- 2018SmetakSelf (archive footage)
- 2017Tropicália: 50 AnosSelf (archive footage)
- 2017Dunas do BaratoSelf (archive footage)
- 2017Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the EndSelf
- 2017O Nome Dela é GalSelf
- 2017Conversa com BialSelf
- 2017Eu, Meu Pai e Os CariocasSelf
- 2017Axé: Music of a PeopleSelf
- 2016PitangaSelf
- 2016Beard, Hair & StacheSelf
- 2016Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New WorldSelf
- 2016YorimatãSelf
- 2016Vamos TocarSelf
- 2016Chico Science: Um Caranguejo ElétricoSelf
- 2015Rogério Duarte, o TropikaoslistaSelf
- 2015Circo Voador - A NaveSelf
- 2015Two Friends, a Century of MusicSelf
- 2015André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian MusicSelf
- 2014Gilbertos Samba Ao VivoSelf
- 2014DominguinhosSelf
- 2014A BolaNARRADOR
- 2014Copacabana, Mon Amour: A RestauraçãoSelf
- 2013A Farra do CircoSelf
- 2013Precious PearlTheme Song Performance
- 2013ViramundoSelf
- 2013Festive Land: Carnival in BahiaSelf
- 2012Futuro do Pretérito: Tropicalismo Now!Self
- 2012TropicáliaSelf
- 2012Jorge Mautner: Son of the HolocaustSelf
- 2012Aperana Street 52Self
- 2011Especial: Ivete, Gil e CaetanoSelf
- 2011Músicos de LatinoaméricaSelf
- 2011O Velho Guerreiro Não Morrerá - O Cangaceiro de Lima Barreto 50 Anos DepoisSelf
- 2011Canções do Exílio: A Labareda Que Lambeu TudoSelf
- 20102012: Time for ChangeSelf
- 2010A Night in 67Self
- 2010Ana Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1Self
- 2010DuetosSelf
- 2010Gilberto Gil, the Power of MusicSelf
- 2010Gilberto Gil – Fé Na FestaSelf
- 2009The AssailantSongs
- 2009Hello, Hello, Terezinha!Self
- 2009Beyond IpanemaSelf
- 2009Dzi CroquettesSelf
- 2009Loki: Arnaldo BaptistaSelf
- 2008RiP!: A Remix ManifestoSelf
- 2008Permanent Pan-CinemaSelf (voice)
- 2008The Man Who Bottled CloudsSelf
- 2008Beth Carvalho Canta o Samba da BahiaSelf
- 2008Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta PrincipalSelf
- 2007The Man Who Challenged the DevilSongs
- 2007Cidade do SambaSelf
- 2007SchenberguianasSelf
- 2006Por Toda Minha VidaSelf
- 2006Por Toda Minha Vida: Elis ReginaSelf
- 2006O Sol - Caminhando contra o ventoSelf
- 2006Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day
- 2006Fabricating Tom ZéSelf
- 2006Nenhum Motivo Explica a GuerraSelf
- 2005Vinicius de MoraesSelf - Singer 'Formosa'
- 2005Maria Bethânia: Música é PerfumeSelf
- 2005Looking for Black OrpheusSelf
- 2005Phono 73: A Country and its MusicSelf (archive footage)
- 2004Gilberto Gil : ElectroacústicoSelf
- 2004MTV ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo - 10 AnosSelf
- 2003Born To Be BlindSelf (uncredited)
- 2003CelebritySelf
- 2003Agostinho da Silva - A Living ThoughtSelf
- 2003Reticulum RexThanks
- 2002Outros (Doces) BárbarosSelf
- 2002Viva São João!Self
- 2002Gilberto Gil: Kaya N'GandayaSelf
- 2002Acústico MTV: Cidade NegraSelf
- 2002Desejos de MulherSelf
- 2002Rogério Duprat - Vida de MúsicoSelf
- 2001Samba RiachãoSelf
- 2001Sítio do Picapau AmareloTheme Song Performance
- 2001Brazil's Maria BethâniaSelf
- 2001ToquinhoSelf
- 2001O Cinema Segundo Vladimir CarvalhoSelf
- 2001Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste
- 2001Multishow Ao Vivo - BrasilSelf
- 2000O Povo BrasileiroSelf
- 2000Me, You, ThemMusic
- 2000I Want(voice)
- 1998Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two WorldsSelf - Narrator
- 1997Ed MortSilva 5
- 1997Milton Nascimento - A Sede do PeixeSelf
- 1996Bahia de Todos os SambasSelf
- 1996Jorge AmadoSelf
- 1996Gilberto Gil: Tempo ReiSelf
- 1995The MandarinSinhô
- 1994Rio's Love SongMusic
- 1994Gilberto Gil: UnpluggedSelf (vocals and acoustic guitar)
- 1993Maldito Popular Brasileiro: Arnaldo Dias BaptistaSelf
- 1992Beijoqueiro: Portrait of a Serial KisserSelf (archive footage)
- 1992Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da TropicáliaSelf
- 1990Mico PretoTheme Song Performance
- 1989Dias de EuforiaSelf
- 1989Chico, or the Country of the Lost DelicacySelf
- 1989ÔríSelf
- 1989O Salvador da PátriaTheme Song Performance
- 1988Hunting SeasonSelf
- 1987JubiabáOriginal Music Composer
- 1987Sacrée soiréeSelf
- 1987Subway to the StarsMusic
- 1987Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene PassionSelf
- 1986Criança EsperançaSelf
- 1986Talking CinemaParty Guest
- 1986HipertensãoTheme Song Performance
- 1986Chico & Caetano
- 1986Infinita TropicáliaSelf
- 1984QuilomboOriginal Music Composer
- 1984Making of - QuilomboSelf
- 1983Corações a Mil
- 1983Gilbertianas BrasileirasSelf
- 1982Chico Anysio ShowSelf
- 1982Champs-ElyséesSelf
- 1981BrasilSelf
- 1980Grandes NomesSelf
- 1979Caterina Valente presents Brazilian musicSelf
- 1978Sítio do Picapau Amarelo: O MinotauroOriginal Music Composer
- 1977Os Doces BárbarosSelf
- 1977Tent of MiraclesMusic
- 1977The Trapalhões
- 1975Gilberto Gil - RefazendaSelf
- 1974Bahia de Todos os SantosSelf
- 1974Álbum de MúsicaSelf
- 1974Passe LivreSelf
- 1972The DemiurgePã
- 1972Semana de Arte Modernahimself
- 1970BesteMusic
- 1970Copacabana Mon AmourMusic
- 1970O Tempo e o SomSelf
- 1970Viva CaririOriginal Music Composer
- 1969Bahia, For ExampleSelf
- 1969Brazil Year 2000Music
- 1968Domingo no ParqueMusic
- 1965ViramundoTheme Song Performance
- —Gilberto GilSelf
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