Gilberto Gil

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

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.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

26 June 1942, 83 years old

Known For

Pelé

All Love Songs

They Shot the Piano Player

O Barato de Iacanga

RiP!: A Remix Manifesto

Tropicália

Dzi Croquettes

Vinicius de Moraes

Axé: Music of a People

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos

Self

2024

A Última Vanguarda

Self

2024

They Shot the Piano Player

Self (voice)

2023

Môa, Mother Africa Roots

Self

2023

Bios: Os Paralamas do Sucesso

Self

2023

Chic Show

Self

2023

Germano Mathias - O Catedrático do Samba

Self

2023

The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus

2023

Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer

Self

2022

Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu

Self (archive footage)

2022

O Presidente Improvável

Self

2022

Amor e Sorte com Gilberto Gil

Self

2020

Mito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa

Self

2019

October

Self

2019

Smetak

Self (archive footage)

2018

Tropicália: 50 Anos

Self (archive footage)

2017

Axé: Music of a People

Self

2017

Beard, Hair & Stache

Self

2016

Yorimatã

Self

2016

Dominguinhos

Self

2014

Viramundo

Self

2013

Festive Land: Carnival in Bahia

Self

2013

Futuro do Pretérito: Tropicalismo Now!

Self

2012

Tropicália

Self

2012

Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust

Self

2012

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

Self

2011

Canções do Exílio: A Labareda Que Lambeu Tudo

Self

2011

A Night in 67

Self

2010

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

Self

2010

Beyond Ipanema

Self

2009

Dzi Croquettes

Self

2009

Loki: Arnaldo Baptista

Self

2009

RiP!: A Remix Manifesto

Self

2008

The Man Who Bottled Clouds

Self

2008

Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal

Self

2008

Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day

2006

Fabricating Tom Zé

Self

2006

Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra

Self

2006

Vinicius de Moraes

Self - Singer 'Formosa'

2005

Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume

Self

2005

Looking for Black Orpheus

Self

2005

Phono 73: A Country and its Music

Self (archive footage)

2005

Born To Be Blind

Self (uncredited)

2003

Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought

Self

2003

Viva São João!

Self

2002

Gilberto Gil: Kaya N'Gandaya

Self

2002

Rogério Duprat - Vida de Músico

Self

2002

Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei

Self

2002

Samba Riachão

Self

2001

O Cinema Segundo Vladimir Carvalho

Self

2001

Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste

2001

I Want

(voice)

2000

Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds

Self - Narrator

1998

Ed Mort

Silva 5

1997

Bahia de Todos os Sambas

Self

1996

Jorge Amado

Self

1996

The Mandarin

Sinhô

1995

Maldito Popular Brasileiro: Arnaldo Dias Baptista

Self

1993

Hunting Season

Self

1988

Talking Cinema

Party Guest

1986

Making of - Quilombo

Self

1984

Corações a Mil

1983

Brasil

Self

1981

Os Doces Bárbaros

Self

1977

Bahia de Todos os Santos

Self

1974

Álbum de Música

Self

1974

Passe Livre

Self

1974

The Demiurge

Pã

1972

Bahia, For Example

Self

1969

Gilberto Gil

Self

Unknown

Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei - A Última Turnê

Self

2025

3 Obás de Xangô

Self

2025

Cazuza: Good News

Self

2025

Ritas

Self (archive footage)

2025

Samba Infinite

Librarian

2025

Rita Lee: Mania de Você

Self

2025

Show 60 Anos

Self

2025

Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi

Self

2024

Kopenawa: Sonhar a Terra-Floresta

2024

Toquinho Maravilhoso

Self

2024

Breaking Myths

Self (archive footage)

2022

Gilberto Gil: Um Deus em seu Jardim

Self

2021

Arraial do Gil

Self

2021

Pelé

Self

2021

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

Self

2020

Gilberto Gil - Concerto de Cordas & Máquinas de Ritmo

Self

2020

Encontros Tropicais

Self

2020

Gilberto Gil Antologia Vol.1

Self

2019

Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar

Self

2019

Refavela 40

Self

2019

Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro

Self

2019

1964: Brazil between weapons and books

Himself

2019

O Barato de Iacanga

Self (archive footage)

2019

All Love Songs

Self

2018

O Outro Lado da Memória

Self

2018

Dê Lembranças a Todos

Self

2018

Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End

Self

2017

Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas

Self

2017

Pitanga

Self

2016

Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World

Self

2016

Chico Science: Um Caranguejo Elétrico

Self

2016

Rogério Duarte, o Tropikaoslista

Self

2015

Circo Voador - A Nave

Self

2015

Two Friends, a Century of Music

Self

2015

André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music

Self

2015

Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo

Self

2014

Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração

Self

2014

A Farra do Circo

Self

2013

Aperana Street 52

Self

2012

Especial: Ivete, Gil e Caetano

Self

2011

2012: Time for Change

Self

2010

Duetos

Self

2010

Gilberto Gil, the Power of Music

Self

2010

Gilberto Gil – Fé Na Festa

Self

2010

Hello, Hello, Terezinha!

Self

2009

Permanent Pan-Cinema

Self (voice)

2008

Beth Carvalho Canta o Samba da Bahia

Self

2008

Cidade do Samba

Self

2007

O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento

Self

2006

Gilberto Gil : Electroacústico

Self

2004

MTV ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo

Self

2004

Outros (Doces) Bárbaros

Self

2003

Brazil's Maria Bethânia

Self

2001

Toquinho

Self

2001

Milton Nascimento - A Sede do Peixe

Self

1997

Acústico MTV: Gilberto Gil

Self

1994

Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália

Self

1992

Dias de Euforia

Self

1989

Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy

Self

1989

Ôrí

Self

1989

Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion

Self

1987

Infinita Tropicália

Self

1986

Gilbertianas Brasileiras

Self

1983

Caterina Valente presents Brazilian music

Self

1979

Gilberto Gil - Refazenda

Self

1975

Semana de Arte Moderna

himself

1972

O Tempo e o Som

Self

1970