Antônio Pitanga

Biography

Antônio Luiz Sampaio (born June 13, 1939), better known by his stage name Antônio Pitanga, is a Brazilian actor. He became internationally known for playing several roles on films of the Cinema Novo movement in the 1960s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Antônio Pitanga licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

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8

The Clone

(2001) Sebastião "Tião"

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6

Perfect Love

(2023) Popó Batista

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8

A Próxima Vítima

(1995) Kléber Noronha

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5

In Your Place

(2021) Gesiel

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5

Our Children

(2022) Rodrigo

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8

The Given Word

(1962) Coca, the capoeirista

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0

Tenda dos Milagres

(1985) Exú

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6

Lula, the Son of Brazil

(2010) Seu Cristóvão

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2023	N/A	Wedding Games 2023-11-24 Movie
	N/A	Aunt Virginia 2023-11-09 Movie
	Self	Lenita 2023-10-27 Movie
	Seu Américo	Nosso Sonho 2023-09-21 Movie
	N/A	Dois em Cena: Encontro de Gerações 2023-08-28 TV Show
	Inácio	Tinnitus 2023-07-05 Movie
	Self	Favela do Papa 2023-04-02 Movie
	Popó Batista	Perfect Love 2023-03-20 TV Show
2022	Self	A Força do Gigante 2022-11-22 Movie
	Antônio Pitanga	The Coup d'État Factory 2022-09-08 Movie
	Cristovam	Memory House 2022-08-31 Movie
	Rodrigo	Our Children 2022-02-02 Movie
2021	Gesiel	In Your Place 2021-11-08 TV Show
	N/A	The Good Cinema 2021-03-18 Movie
2020	Self	Candango: Memoirs from a Festival 2020-10-22 Movie
	Self	Porfírio do Amaral: A Verdade Sobre o Samba 2020-09-10 Movie
	Yoyo	A Day with Jerusa 2020-01-26 Movie
	Jérèmie Valés	Os Escravos de Jó 2020-01-24 Movie
2019	(archive footage)	Pressed, Ripped Apart 2019-06-06 Movie
	Self	Memórias do Grupo Opinião 2019-05-15 Movie
2018	N/A	Riscados pela Memória 2018-09-09 Movie
	Garçom Othelo	Running After 2018-06-07 Movie
	N/A	Bandeira de Retalhos 2018-01-21 Movie
2017	N/A	Barravento Novo 2017-11-09 Movie
	José Nazário	Thin Air 2017-08-05 TV Show
2016	Ele mesmo	O Cinema Foi à Feira 2016-11-12 Movie
	Self	Pitanga 2016-09-23 Movie
2013	Seu Capô	Vendo ou Alugo 2013-08-09 Movie
2012	Túlio	Side by Side 2012-09-10 TV Show
	Pai de Joãzinho	The Great Kilapy 2012-09-07 Movie
	Pai Pedro de Oxum Aiê	O Terno do Zé 2012-08-18 Movie
	Himself	Água de Meninos – A Feira do Cinema Novo 2012-06-11 Movie
	Geronimo	A Promessa de Gerônimo 2012-04-01 Movie
	Blind Man	Lilyhammer 2012-01-25 TV Show
2011	Pastor Isaías	I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips 2011-10-11 Movie
2010	Seu Cristóvão	Lula, the Son of Brazil 2010-01-01 Movie
2007	N/A	Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha 2007-11-26 Movie
	Preto Velho	The Man Who Challenged the Devil 2007-09-28 Movie
2006	N/A	The Passenger: Adult Secrets 2006-11-26 Movie
	Policial gentil	Zuzu Angel 2006-08-04 Movie
	Calunga	Bom Dia, Eternidade 2006-01-01 Movie
	Self	Referências 2006-01-01 Movie
2003	Seu Aurélio	Garotas do ABC 2003-12-18 Movie
	Comandante Roberto	Celebridade 2003-10-13 TV Show
	Self	Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth 2003-09-17 Movie
	Coice	Apolônio Brasil, Campeão da Alegria 2003-08-21 Movie
2001	Sebastião "Tião"	The Clone 2001-10-01 TV Show
2000	Joaquim	Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion 2000-04-21 Movie
	N/A	A Terceira Morte de Joaquim Bolívar 2000-01-01 Movie
1999	Valentim	Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei 1999-10-15 Movie
1998	N/A	Como Ser Solteiro 1998-01-30 Movie
1997	Self	Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional 1997-01-01 Movie
1995	Kléber Noronha	A Próxima Vítima 1995-03-13 TV Show
1990	Drunk at the Party	The Fifth Monkey 1990-10-05 Movie
	N/A	Barrela: Escola de Crimes 1990-02-06 Movie
1988	N/A	Dedé Mamata 1988-09-01 Movie
1987	Herculano	Eternamente Pagu 1987-05-12 Movie
	N/A	No Tempo de Glauber 1987-02-27 Movie
1986	Cristobal	The Manor of Araucaima 1986-02-24 Movie
1985	Exú	Tenda dos Milagres 1985-07-29 TV Show
	Geraldão	Rei do Rio 1985-06-11 Movie
	N/A	Chico Rei 1985-01-20 Movie
1984	Acaiuba	Quilombo 1984-06-03 Movie
	Dioclécio	Meu Destino É Pecar 1984-05-21 TV Show
1983	N/A	Bandidos da Falange 1983-07-14 Movie
1982	Bira	Rio Babilônia 1982-09-14 Movie
	César	The Brazilwood Man 1982-02-22 Movie
1980	Cristo Negro	The Age of the Earth 1980-11-17 Movie
1979	Antônio	Na Boca do Mundo 1979-01-22 Movie
	N/A	Jorge Amado no Cinema 1979-01-01 Movie
1978	N/A	Black Goddess 1978-01-01 Movie
1977	Cosme	Cordão de Ouro 1977-07-28 Movie
	Fuleiro	Ladrões de Cinema 1977-05-26 Movie
	Young Tônho Tiê (Uncredited)	The Force of Xango 1977-05-25 Movie
	N/A	Di Cavalcanti 1977-03-11 Movie
1976	Deca	Deadly Cruelty 1976-12-18 Movie
	N/A	Bahia 1976-09-26 Movie
1975	N/A	Jouez Encore, Payez Encore 1975-01-01 Movie
1974	N/A	Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável 1974-02-25 Movie
1973	N/A	Joanna Francesa 1973-12-30 Movie
	Assis	Compasso de Espera 1973-01-01 Movie
1972	N/A	Vozes do Medo 1972-12-22 Movie
	Cuíca	When Carnaval Comes 1972-07-13 Movie
	N/A	Câncer 1972-01-01 Movie
1971	Lucas Pé-na-Cova	O Homem Que Deve Morrer 1971-06-14 TV Show
1970	N/A	República da Traição 1970-01-01 Movie
	N/A	Uma Nega Chamada Tereza 1970-01-01 Movie
	N/A	Juliana do Amor Perdido 1970-01-01 Movie
1969	Vampiro	The Woman of Everyone 1969-10-24 Movie
	N/A	Golias Contra o Homem das Bolinhas 1969-07-27 Movie
	N/A	Tropico 1969-03-16 Movie
	Zé Baiano	Corisco, o Diabo Loiro 1969-01-01 Movie
1968	N/A	Garden of War 1968-09-23 Movie
1967	Cravo Roxo	Cangaceiros de Lampião 1967-09-01 Movie
	Luiz	Mar Corrente 1967-06-30 Movie
1966	Zé Guedes	Plantation Boy 1966-05-19 Movie
	Calunga	The Big City 1966-05-13 Movie
1965	N/A	My Home Is Copacabana 1965-06-08 Movie
	Paulo's friend	Samba 1965-02-01 Movie
1964	Voice	The Guns 1964-06-01 Movie
	N/A	Senhor dos Navegantes 1964-04-27 Movie
	Toninho	That World and Mine 1964-04-01 Movie
1963	Bom Rojão	Sol Sobre a Lama 1963-10-24 Movie
	N/A	Lampião, King of the Badlands 1963-09-16 Movie
	Ganga Zumba / Antão	Ganga Zumba 1963-04-16 Movie
1962	Firmino	The Turning Wind 1962-05-28 Movie
	Coca, the capoeirista	The Given Word 1962-04-17 Movie
	Matador de Caxias	Tocaia no Asfalto 1962-03-13 Movie
1961	Pitanga	Bahia of All Saints 1961-03-19 Movie
	Chico Diabo	A Grande Feira 1961-03-10 Movie
	N/A	A Vilã das Nove Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv