Gilberto Gil

male

Born on June 26, 1942 (82 years old)

From Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Known for Acting

Biography

Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira, known professionally as Gilberto Gil, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and politician, known for both his musical innovation and political activism. From 2003 to 2008, he served as Brazil's Minister of Culture in the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Cast Credits

2024
- A Última Vanguarda
  as
  Self
  2024
- Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos
  as
  Self
  2024
- Toquinho Maravilhoso
  as
  Self
  2024
- Kopenawa: Sonhar a Terra-Floresta
  2024
- 3 Obás de Xangô
  2024
- Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi
  as
  Self
  2024
2023
- Bios: Os Paralamas do Sucesso
  as
  Self
  2023
- Chic Show
  as
  Self
  2023
- Môa, Mother Africa Roots
  as
  Self
  2023
- They Shot the Piano Player
  as
  Self (voice)
  2023
- The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
  2023
- Germano Mathias - O Catedrático do Samba
  as
  Self
  2023
2022
- Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer
  as
  Self
  2022
- Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu
  as
  Self (archive footage)
  2022
- O Presidente Improvável
  as
  Self
  2022
- Breaking Myths
  as
  Self (archive footage)
  2022
- 2022
  as
  Self
  2022
- Gil Family
  as
  Self
  2022
2020
- Amor e Sorte com Gilberto Gil
  as
  Self
  2020
- Encontros Tropicais
  as
  Self
  2020
- De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
  as
  Self
  2020
- Gilberto Gil - Concerto de Cordas & Máquinas de Ritmo
  as
  Self
  2020
2019
- October
  as
  Self
  2019
- Mito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa
  as
  Self
  2019
- Gilberto Gil Antologia Vol.1
  as
  Self
  2019
- Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar
  as
  Self
  2019
- O Barato de Iacanga
  as
  Self (archive footage)
  2019
- Refavela 40
  as
  Self
  2019
- Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro
  as
  Self
  2019
2018
- Smetak
  as
  Self (archive footage)
  2018
- All Love Songs
  as
  Self
  2018
- O Outro Lado da Memória
  as
  Self
  2018
- Dê Lembranças a Todos
  as
  Self
  2018
- Amigos, Sons e Palavras
  as
  Self
  2018
2017
- Tropicália: 50 Anos
  as
  Self (archive footage)
  2017
- Axé: Music of a People
  as
  Self
  2017
- Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas
  as
  Self
  2017
- Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End
  as
  Self
  2017
- O Nome Dela é Gal
  as
  Self
  2017
- Conversa com Bial
  as
  Self
  2017
2016
- Yorimatã
  as
  Self
  2016
- Beard, Hair & Stache
  as
  Self
  2016
- Pitanga
  as
  Self
  2016
- Chico Science: Um Caranguejo Elétrico
  as
  Self
  2016
- Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World
  as
  Self
  2016
- Vamos Tocar
  as
  Self
  2016
2014
- Dominguinhos
  as
  Self
  2014
- Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração
  as
  Self
  2014
- Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo
  as
  Gilberto Gil
  2014
2013
- Viramundo
  as
  Self
  2013
- no image
  Festive Land: Carnival in Bahia
  as
  Self
  2013
- A Farra do Circo
  as
  Self
  2013
2012
- Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust
  as
  Self
  2012
- Futuro do Pretérito: Tropicalismo Now!
  as
  Self
  2012
- Tropicália
  as
  Self
  2012
- Aperana Street 52
  as
  Self
  2012
2011
- O Velho Guerreiro Não Morrerá - O Cangaceiro de Lima Barreto 50 Anos Depois
  as
  Self
  2011
- Canções do Exílio: A Labareda Que Lambeu Tudo
  as
  Self
  2011
- Especial: Ivete, Gil e Caetano
  as
  Self
  2011
- no image
  Músicos de Latinoamérica
  as
  Self
  2011
2010
- A Night in 67
  as
  Self
  2010
- Ana Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1
  as
  Self
  2010
- 2012: Time for Change
  as
  Self
  2010
- no image
  Gilberto Gil, the Power of Music
  as
  Self
  2010
- Gilberto Gil – Fé Na Festa
  as
  Self
  2010
2009
- Dzi Croquettes
  as
  Self
  2009
- Loki: Arnaldo Baptista
  as
  Self
  2009
- Beyond Ipanema
  as
  Self
  2009
- Hello, Hello, Terezinha!
  as
  Self
  2009
2008
- The Man Who Bottled Clouds
  as
  Self
  2008
- Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
  as
  Self
  2008
- RiP!: A Remix Manifesto
  as
  Self
  2008
- Permanent Pan-Cinema
  as
  Self (voice)
  2008
- Beth Carvalho Canta o Samba da Bahia
  2008
2007
- Cidade do Samba
  as
  Self
  2007
2006
- Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day
  2006
- Fabricating Tom Zé
  as
  Self
  2006
- Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra
  as
  Self
  2006
- O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento
  as
  Self
  2006
- Por Toda Minha Vida
  as
  Self
  2006
2005
- Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume
  as
  Self
  2005
- Vinicius de Moraes
  as
  Self - Singer 'Formosa'
  2005
- Looking for Black Orpheus
  as
  Self
  2005
- Phono 73: A Country and its Music
  as
  Self (archive footage)
  2005
2003
- no image
  Born To Be Blind
  as
  Self (uncredited)
  2003
- Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought
  as
  Self
  2003
- Outros (Doces) Bárbaros
  as
  Self
  2003
- Celebridade
  as
  Self
  2003
2002
- Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei
  as
  Self
  2002
- Gilberto Gil: Kaya N'Gandaya
  as
  Self
  2002
- no image
  Rogério Duprat - Vida de Músico
  as
  Self
  2002
- no image
  Viva São João!
  as
  Self
  2002
- Desejos de Mulher
  as
  Self
  2002
2001
- O Cinema Segundo Vladimir Carvalho
  as
  Self
  2001
- Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste
  2001
- Samba Riachão
  as
  Self
  2001
- no image
  Toquinho
  as
  Self
  2001
- Brazil's Maria Bethânia
  as
  Self
  2001
2000
- I Want
  as
  (voice)
  2000
- O Povo Brasileiro
  as
  Self
  2000
1998
- Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
  as
  Self - Narrator
  1998
1997
- Ed Mort
  as
  Silva 5
  1997
1996
- Bahia de Todos os Sambas
  as
  Self
  1996
- no image
  Jorge Amado
  as
  Self
  1996
1995
- The Mandarin
  as
  Sinhô
  1995
1994
- Acústico MTV: Gilberto Gil
  as
  Self
  1994
1993
- Maldito Popular Brasileiro: Arnaldo Dias Baptista
  as
  Self
  1993
1986
- Talking Cinema
  as
  Party Guest
  1986
- Infinita Tropicália
  as
  Self
  1986
- Criança Esperança
  as
  Self
  1986
1983
- Corações a Mil
  1983
- no image
  Gilbertianas Brasileiras
  as
  Self
  1983
1981
- Brasil
  as
  Self
  1981
1977
- Os Doces Bárbaros
  as
  Self
  1977
1974
- Álbum de Música
  as
  Self
  1974
- Bahia de Todos os Santos
  as
  Self
  1974
- no image
  Passe Livre
  as
  Self
  1974
2025
- Show 60 Anos
  as
  Self
  2025
- Samba Infinite
  as
  Librarian
  2025
- Rita Lee: Mania de Você
  as
  Self
  2025
- Ritas
  as
  Self (archive footage)
  2025
- Cazuza: Good News
  as
  Self
  2025
2021
- Pelé
  as
  Self
  2021
- Arraial do Gil
  as
  Self
  2021
- Gilberto Gil: Um Deus em seu Jardim
  as
  Self
  2021
- Astral Journey
  as
  Self
  2021
2015
- Two Friends, a Century of Music
  as
  Self
  2015
- Rogério Duarte, o Tropikaoslista
  as
  Self
  2015
- Circo Voador - A Nave
  as
  Self
  2015
- André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music
  as
  Self
  2015
2004
- MTV ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo
  as
  Self
  2004
- Gilberto Gil : Electroacústico
  as
  Self
  2004
1992
- Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália
  as
  Self
  1992
1989
- Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy
  as
  Self
  1989
- Ôrí
  as
  Self
  1989
- Dias de Euforia
  as
  Self
  1989
1988
- Hunting Season
  as
  Self
  1988
1987
- Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion
  as
  Self
  1987
- Sacrée soirée
  as
  Self
  1987
1984
- no image
  Making of - Quilombo
  as
  Self
  1984
1982
- Champs-Elysées
  as
  Self
  1982
1980
- Grandes Nomes
  as
  Self
  1980
1979
- Caterina Valente presents Brazilian music
  as
  Self
  1979
1975
- Gilberto Gil - Refazenda
  as
  Self
  1975
1972
- The Demiurge
  as
  Pã
  1972
- Semana de Arte Moderna
  as
  himself
  1972
1970
- O Tempo e o Som
  as
  Self
  1970
1969
- Bahia, For Example
  as
  Self
  1969

Gilberto Gil

Biography

Cast Credits

A Última Vanguarda

Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos

Toquinho Maravilhoso

Kopenawa: Sonhar a Terra-Floresta

3 Obás de Xangô

Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi

Bios: Os Paralamas do Sucesso

Chic Show

Môa, Mother Africa Roots

They Shot the Piano Player

The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus

Germano Mathias - O Catedrático do Samba

Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer

Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu

O Presidente Improvável

Breaking Myths

2022

Gil Family

Amor e Sorte com Gilberto Gil

Encontros Tropicais

De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade

Gilberto Gil - Concerto de Cordas & Máquinas de Ritmo

October

Mito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa

Gilberto Gil Antologia Vol.1

Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar

O Barato de Iacanga

Refavela 40

Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro

Smetak

All Love Songs

O Outro Lado da Memória

Dê Lembranças a Todos

Amigos, Sons e Palavras

Tropicália: 50 Anos

Axé: Music of a People

Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas

Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End

O Nome Dela é Gal

Conversa com Bial

Yorimatã

Beard, Hair & Stache

Pitanga

Chico Science: Um Caranguejo Elétrico

Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World

Vamos Tocar

Dominguinhos

Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração

Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo

Viramundo

Festive Land: Carnival in Bahia

A Farra do Circo

Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust

Futuro do Pretérito: Tropicalismo Now!

Tropicália

Aperana Street 52

O Velho Guerreiro Não Morrerá - O Cangaceiro de Lima Barreto 50 Anos Depois

Canções do Exílio: A Labareda Que Lambeu Tudo

Especial: Ivete, Gil e Caetano

Músicos de Latinoamérica

A Night in 67

Ana Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1

2012: Time for Change

Gilberto Gil, the Power of Music

Gilberto Gil – Fé Na Festa

Dzi Croquettes

Loki: Arnaldo Baptista

Beyond Ipanema

Hello, Hello, Terezinha!

The Man Who Bottled Clouds

Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal

RiP!: A Remix Manifesto

Permanent Pan-Cinema

Beth Carvalho Canta o Samba da Bahia

Cidade do Samba

Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day

Fabricating Tom Zé