Milton Gonçalves (; 9 December 1933 – 30 May 2022) was a Brazilian actor and television director, who was one of the most famous

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actors in Brazil, having collaborated twice with acclaimed director

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. One notable role with Babenco was that alongside William Hurt and

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as a police chief in '' Kiss of the Spider Woman''. He worked in many

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s, including '' A Cabana do Pai Tomás'', '' Irmãos Coragem'', '' O Bem-Amado'', '' Pecado Capital'', '' Baila Comigo'', '' Partido Alto'', ''

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'', '' Felicidade'', '' A Favorita'', and '' Lado a Lado''. He also worked as director in ''O Bem-Amado'' and '' Escrava Isaura''.

Career

Gonçalves began his career in

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, in an

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group. As he moved to a professional group, he met

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, who was looking for an actor to play an old black man. Joining Boal's Teatro de Arena, Milton Gonçalves found an open environment for political, philosophical, and artistic discussion, where he was not discriminated against on the baseless basis of his race. Gonçalves wrote four plays, one of which was staged by the ''Teatro Experimental do Negro'' and directed by Dalmo Ferreira. He said of this engagement "There I learnt everything I know about Theater. It was fundamental for my comprehension of the world." A Black Movement activist, Milton Gonçalves tried a political career, in the 1990s, as a candidate to Rio de Janeiro state governorship. Father of actor Maurício Gonçalves, he was married to Oda Gonçalves from 1966 until her death in 2013.

Death

Gonçalves died in Rio de Janeiro on 30 May 2022, at the age of 88, from complications of a stroke he had suffered two years earlier.

Filmography

Television

Film

Stage

He participated in more than thirty plays, among which we can highlight:

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Milton Gonçalves Bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Goncalves, Milton 1933 births 2022 deaths People from Minas Gerais Afro-Brazilian people Afro-Brazilian male actors Brazilian male telenovela actors Brazilian male film actors Brazilian male voice actors Brazilian male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Brazilian male actors 20th-century Brazilian male writers 21st-century Brazilian male actors 21st-century Brazilian male writers 20th-century Brazilian dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Brazilian dramatists and playwrights Recipients of the Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil)