Cast & creator
Gilberto Gil
Best known for Sacrée soirée, Sítio do Picapau Amarelo, Champs-Elysées
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.
179
film credits
31
television credits
176
1965–2026 · acting roles
7.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (210)
Showing 210 of 210 credits
Sacrée soirée
Self
1987
Sítio do Picapau Amarelo
Theme Song Performance
2001
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
The Trapalhões
1977
Chico Anysio Show
Self
1982
Celebrity
Self
2003
Desejos de Mulher
Self
2002
O Salvador da Pátria
Theme Song Performance
1989
Precious Pearl
Theme Song Performance
2013
Hipertensão
Theme Song Performance
1986
Mico Preto
Theme Song Performance
1990
Conversa com Bial
Self
2017
Rock in Rio
Self - Performer
1985
Criança Esperança
Self
1986
Gil Family
Self
2022
Refavela 40
Self
2019
Grandes Nomes
Self
1980
Por Toda Minha Vida
Self
2006
They Shot the Piano Player
Self (voice)
2023
Astral Journey
Self
2021Astral Journey
2021
Rio, I Love You
Music
2014
Vamos Tocar
Self
2016
2022
Self
2022
Pelé
Self
2021Singing Earth
Himself
2025
I Want
(voice)
2000
De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
Self
2020
O Repórter do Poder
Self
2023
Cazuza Além da Música
Self
2025A Bola
NARRADOR
2014
2012: Time for Change
Self
2010
Schenberguianas
Self
2007Passe Livre
Self
1974
Angélica: 50 & Uns
2024
Dzi Croquettes
Self
2009
Ôrí
Self
1989
Preta - Eu Não Ando Só
Self
2026
Yorimatã
Self
2016
O Nome Dela é Gal
Self
2017
Chico & Caetano
1986
JMB, O Famigerado
Self
2011
Amigos, Sons e Palavras
Self
2018
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
Self
2008
Tiny Desk Brazil
Self
2025
Chic Show
Self
2023
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023
All Love Songs
Self
2018
Looking for Black Orpheus
Self
2005Looking for Black Orpheus
Original Music Composer
2005
Por Toda Minha Vida: Elis Regina
Self
2006
Encontros Tropicais
Self
2020
3 Obás de Xangô
Self
2025
Samba Riachão
Self
2001
O Povo Brasileiro
Self
2000
Samba Infinite
Librarian
2025Músicos de Latinoamérica
Self
2011
Sítio do Picapau Amarelo: As Peripécias do Saci
Theme Song Performance
2013
Gilberto Gil @ Philharmonie De Paris
Self : Vocals & Guitar
2025Gilberto Gil @ Philharmonie De Paris
Author
2025Gilberto Gil @ Philharmonie De Paris
Compositor
2025Gilberto Gil @ Philharmonie De Paris
Original Music Composer
2025Gilberto Gil @ Philharmonie De Paris
Musician
2025
Smetak
Self (archive footage)
2018
Tropicália
Self
2012
Bios: Os Paralamas do Sucesso
Self
2023
Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World
Self
2016
Toquinho Maravilhoso
Self
2024
The Man Who Challenged the Devil
Songs
2007
Rogério Duarte, o Tropikaoslista
Self
2015
Viramundo
Self
2013
Subway to the Stars
Music
1987
Sítio do Picapau Amarelo: Aventuras no Reino das Águas Claras
Theme Song Performance
2012
Phono 73: A Country and its Music
Self (archive footage)
2005Multishow Ao Vivo - Brasil
Self
2001
A Farra do Circo
Self
2013
Infinita Tropicália
Self
1986
Show 60 Anos
Self
2025
Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu
Self (archive footage)
2022
Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas
Self
2017
Bahia de Todos os Sambas
Self
1996
Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei
Self
1996
Rita Lee: Mania de Você
Self
2025
MTV Ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo - 10 Anos
Self
2004
Especial: Ivete, Gil e Caetano
Self
2011Gilbertianas Brasileiras
Self
1983
Beijoqueiro: Portrait of a Serial Kisser
Self (archive footage)
1992
The Man Who Bottled Clouds
Self
2008
Caterina Valente presents Brazilian music
Self
1979
Môa, Mother Africa Roots
Self
2023
Gilberto Gil: Um Deus em seu Jardim
Self
2021
Rio's Love Song
Music
1994
Ritas
Self (archive footage)
2025
Axé: Music of a People
Self
2017
Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi
Self
2024
Rogério Duprat - Vida de Músico
Self
2002Reticulum Rex
Thanks
2003
Viramundo
Theme Song Performance
1965
Acústico MTV: Cidade Negra
Self
2002
Sítio do Picapau Amarelo: O Minotauro
Original Music Composer
1978
Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume
Self
2005
Dominguinhos
Self
2014
Milton Nascimento - A Sede do Peixe
Self
1997
Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália
Self
1992
October
Self
2019
Futuro do Pretérito: Tropicalismo Now!
Self
2012
Breaking Myths
Self (archive footage)
2022
Amor e Sorte com Gilberto Gil
Self
2020
Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste
2001
Me, You, Them
Music
2000
A Night in 67
Self
2010Gilberto Gil
Self
O Sol - Caminhando Contra o Vento
Self
2006
Dê Lembranças a Todos
Self
2018
Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End
Self
2017Beat - a film about Jazz
himself
2025
Kopenawa: Sonhar a Terra-Floresta
2026Born To Be Blind
Self (uncredited)
2003
The Assailant
Songs
2009
Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração
Self
2014
O Outro Lado da Memória
Self
2018
Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer
Self
2022
Germano Mathias - O Catedrático do Samba
Self
2023
Bahia, For Example
Self
1969
Brazil's Maria Bethânia
Self
2001
André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music
Self
2015
Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos
Self
2024
RiP!: A Remix Manifesto
Self
2008
Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion
Self
1987
Maldito Popular Brasileiro: Arnaldo Dias Baptista
Self
1993
Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust
Self
2012Festive Land: Carnival in Bahia
Self
2013
Beth Carvalho Canta o Samba da Bahia
Self
2008
Ana Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1
Self
2010
Gilberto Gil – Fé Na Festa
Self
2010
Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day
2006
Circo Voador - A Nave
Self
2015
Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy
Self
1989
O Tempo e o Som
Self
1970
Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar
Self
2019
Copacabana Mon Amour
Music
1970
The Demiurge
Pã
1972
Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
Self - Narrator
1998
O Barato de Iacanga
Self (archive footage)
2019
Gilberto Gil Antologia Vol.1
Self
2019
Semana de Arte Moderna
himself
1972
Two Friends, a Century of Music
Self
2015
Fabricating Tom Zé
Self
2006
Gilberto Gil: Unplugged
Self (vocals and acoustic guitar)
1994Gilberto Gil: Unplugged
Music Producer
1994
Dunas do Barato
Self (archive footage)
2017
Canções do Exílio: A Labareda Que Lambeu Tudo
Self
2011
Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo
Self
2014Gilberto Gil, the Power of Music
Self
2010
Quilombo
Original Music Composer
1984
Tent of Miracles
Music
1977
Ed Mort
Silva 5
1997
Pitanga
Self
2016
Bahia de Todos os Santos
Self
1974
Álbum de Música
Self
1974
1964: Brazil between weapons and books
Himself
2019
Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought
Self
2003
Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei - A Última Turnê
Self
2025
O Cinema Segundo Vladimir Carvalho
Self
2001
Vinicius de Moraes
Self - Singer 'Formosa'
2005
Mito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa
Self
2019
Cazuza: Good News
Self
2025
O Velho Guerreiro Não Morrerá - O Cangaceiro de Lima Barreto 50 Anos Depois
Self
2011
Os Doces Bárbaros
Self
1977
Cidade do Samba
Self
2007
Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro
Self
2019
Gilberto Gil: Kaya N'Gandaya
Self
2002
Chico Science: Um Caranguejo Elétrico
Self
2016
Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra
Self
2006
Outros (Doces) Bárbaros
Self
2002
Gilberto Gil - Concerto de Cordas & Máquinas de Ritmo
Self
2020
Jubiabá
Original Music Composer
1987
Hunting Season
Self
1988
Beard, Hair & Stache
Self
2016
O Presidente Improvável
Self
2022
brazil is thee haiti is (t)here
Music
2020
Loki: Arnaldo Baptista
Self
2009Viva São João!
Self
2002Viva São João!
Music
2002Noites de João
Ele próprio
2025
Gilberto Gil : Electroacústico
Self
2004
Brasil
Self
1981
Aperana Street 52
Self
2012
Tropicália: 50 Anos
Self (archive footage)
2017
Dias de Euforia
Self
1989
A Última Vanguarda
Self
2024
Corações a Mil
Ele mesmo
1983Corações a Mil
Producer
1983
Hello, Hello, Terezinha!
Self
2009
Permanent Pan-Cinema
Self (voice)
2008
Talking Cinema
Party Guest
1986
The Mandarin
Sinhô
1995
Brazil Year 2000
Music
1969
Arraial do Gil
Self
2021
Viva Cariri
Original Music Composer
1970
Gilberto Gil - Refazenda
Self
1975Toquinho
Self
2001
Beste
Music
1970Making of - Quilombo
Self
1984
Sandy: Meu Canto - Ao Vivo no Teatro Municipal de Niterói
Self
2016Jorge Amado
Self
1996
Domingo no Parque
Music
1968Domingo no Parque
Original Story
1968
Duetos
Self
2010
Beyond Ipanema
Self
2009