Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 20, 1946
Place of Birth
Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil
Also Known As
- Жозе Вилкер
José Wilker
Biography
José Wilker Almeida (20 August 1944 – 5 April 2014) was a Brazilian film, stage, and television actor and director. The actor gained fame in telenovelas like Roque Santeiro (1985), but became known internationally for his role as Vadinho, the husband who returns from the dead to tempt Sônia Braga's character in the movie Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976).
Known For - Movies
Cute But Ordinary
as Edgar
Medicine Man
as Dr. Miguel Ornega
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
as Waldomiro 'Vadinho' Santos Guimarães
Prisoner of Rio
as Salo
The Man of the Year
as Sílvio
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
Bye Bye Brazil
as Lorde Cigano
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
as Self
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
The Battle of Canudos
as Antônio Conselheiro
Known For - TV Shows
Celebridade
as Self
Her Own Destiny
as Giovanni Improtta
Desejos de Mulher
as Ariel Godoy
Rebirth
as Belarmino
Duas Caras
as Francisco Macieira
Roque Santeiro
as Luis Roque Duarte ("Roque Santeiro")
Carmem
as Camilo
Três Irmãs
as Augusto Pinheiro
Corpo Santo
as Ulisses Queiróz
Trail of Lies
as Herbert Marques