People
Antônio Pitanga
Biography:
Antônio Luiz Sampaio OMC (Salvador, June 13, 1939), better known as Antônio Pitanga, is a Brazilian actor and filmmaker, who became internationally known for playing several roles on films of the Cinema Novo movement in the 1960s.
Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| The Taste of the Blackberry | 2026-02-26 |
| Tony Odyssey as Humberto | 2026-02-23 |
| Milton Gonçalves, Além do Espetáculo as Self | 2025-11-06 |
| Falas da Vida | 2025-10-16 |
| Malês as Pacífico Licutan | 2025-10-02 |
| Tributo: Tony Tornado as Self | 2025-05-23 |
| Coisa de Novela as Vicente | 2025-04-28 |
| Same Old West as Ermitão | 2025-03-27 |
| Margeado as Silvério | 2025-01-26 |
| Cartografia das Ondas | 2025-01-25 |
| A Vilã das Nove as Modesto Estrella | 2024-10-31 |
| Sérgio Ricardo: Uma Outra História do Cinema Novo | 2024-04-06 |
| Wedding Games as Marcelo | 2023-11-24 |
| Aunt Virginia as Tavares | 2023-11-09 |
| Lenita - Traces of a Lady as Self | 2023-10-27 |
| Nosso Sonho as Seu Américo | 2023-09-21 |
| Tinnitus as Inácio | 2023-07-05 |
| Favela do Papa as Self | 2023-04-02 |
| The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus | 2023-01-30 |
| A Força do Gigante as Self | 2022-11-22 |
| The Coup d'État Factory as Antônio Pitanga | 2022-09-08 |
| Memory House as Cristovam | 2022-07-21 |
| Our Children as Rodrigo | 2022-02-02 |
| Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar as Self (archive footage) | 2021-10-28 |
| The Good Cinema | 2021-03-18 |
| Candango: Memoirs from a Festival as Self | 2020-10-22 |
| Porfírio do Amaral: A Verdade Sobre o Samba as Self | 2020-09-10 |
| A Day with Jerusa as Yoyo | 2020-01-26 |
| Os Escravos de Jó as Jérèmie Valés | 2020-01-24 |
| Pressed, Ripped Apart as (archive footage) | 2019-06-06 |
| Memórias do Grupo Opinião as Self | 2019-05-15 |
| Possessões as Pai Joaquim | 2018-12-18 |
| Riscados pela Memória | 2018-09-09 |
| Running After as Garçom Othelo | 2018-06-07 |
| O Poder Negro | 2018-06-06 |
| Carvana as Self (archive footage) | 2018-04-11 |
| Bandeira de Retalhos as João da Lua | 2018-01-21 |
| Barravento Novo | 2017-11-09 |
| O Cinema Foi à Feira as Ele mesmo | 2016-11-12 |
| Pitanga as Self | 2016-09-23 |
| For Sale or Rent as Seu Capô | 2013-08-09 |
| The Great Kilapy as Pai de Joãozinho | 2012-09-07 |
| O Terno do Zé as Pai Pedro de Oxum Aiê | 2012-08-18 |
| Água de Meninos – A Feira do Cinema Novo as Himself | 2012-06-11 |
| A Promessa de Gerônimo as Geronimo | 2012-04-01 |
| I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips as Pastor Isaías | 2011-10-11 |
| Premonição as Seu Antero | 2011-01-01 |
| Lula, the Son of Brazil as Seu Cristóvão | 2010-01-01 |
| Lágrimas de Ogum | 2009-01-01 |
| Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha | 2007-11-26 |
| The Man Who Challenged the Devil as Preto Velho | 2007-09-28 |
| The Passenger: Adult Secrets as Delegado | 2006-11-26 |
| Zuzu Angel as Policial gentil | 2006-08-04 |
| Referências as Self | 2006-01-01 |
| Bom Dia, Eternidade as Calunga | 2006-01-01 |
| A Degola Fatal as Self (archive footage) | 2005-01-01 |
| Girls from ABC as Seu Aurélio | 2003-12-18 |
| Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth as Self | 2003-09-17 |
| Apolônio Brasil, Campeão da Alegria as Coice | 2003-08-21 |
| Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion as Joaquim | 2000-04-21 |
| A Terceira Morte de Joaquim Bolívar | 2000-01-01 |
| Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei as Valentim | 1999-10-15 |
| Como Ser Solteiro as Self | 1998-01-30 |
| Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self | 1997-01-01 |
| O Marajá as Tato | 1993-07-26 |
| The Fifth Monkey as Drunk at the Party | 1990-10-05 |
| Barrela: Escola de Crimes | 1990-02-06 |
| Dedé Mamata | 1988-09-01 |
| Eternamente Pagu as Herculano | 1987-05-12 |
| No Tempo de Glauber | 1987-02-27 |
| The Manor of Araucaima as Cristobal | 1986-02-24 |
| The King of Rio as Geraldão | 1985-06-11 |
| Chico Rei | 1985-01-20 |
| Quilombo as Acaiuba | 1984-06-03 |
| Bandidos da Falange | 1983-07-14 |
| Rio Babilonia as Bira | 1982-09-14 |
| The Brazilwood Man as César | 1982-02-22 |
| The Age of the Earth as Black Christ | 1980-11-17 |
| Na Boca do Mundo as Antônio | 1979-01-22 |
| Jorge Amado no Cinema | 1979-01-01 |
| Black Goddess | 1978-01-01 |
| SRTV 307 – Cinemateca: Almoço na Cinédia – nosso cinema 80 anos | 1978-01-01 |
| Cordão de Ouro as Cosme | 1977-07-28 |
| Sweet Thieves as Fuleiro | 1977-05-26 |
| The Force of Xango as Young Tônho Tiê (Uncredited) | 1977-05-25 |
| Di Cavalcanti Di Glauber as Self | 1977-03-11 |
| Deadly Cruelty as Deca | 1976-12-18 |
| Bahia | 1976-09-26 |
| Jouez Encore, Payez Encore | 1975-01-01 |
| Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável as Amâncio | 1974-02-25 |
| Um Homem Célebre | 1974-01-01 |
| Joanna Francesa | 1973-12-30 |
| Vozes do Medo | 1972-12-22 |
| When Carnaval Comes as Cuíca | 1972-07-13 |
| Câncer as Vagabundo | 1972-01-01 |
| Lost Love Juliana | 1970-01-01 |
| Uma Nega Chamada Tereza | 1970-01-01 |
| República da Traição | 1970-01-01 |
| The Woman of Everyone as Vampiro | 1969-10-24 |
| Corisco, o Diabo Loiro as Zé Baiano | 1969-09-29 |
| Golias Contra o Homem das Bolinhas | 1969-07-27 |
| Garden of War | 1969-05-13 |
| Tropico | 1969-03-16 |
| Compasso de Espera as Assis | 1969-01-01 |
| Colagem | 1967-11-06 |
| Cangaceiros de Lampião as Cravo Roxo | 1967-09-01 |
| Mar Corrente as Luiz | 1967-06-30 |
| Plantation Boy as Zé Guedes | 1966-05-19 |
| The Big City as Calunga | 1966-05-13 |
| My Home Is Copacabana | 1965-06-08 |
| Samba as Paulo's friend | 1965-02-01 |
| The Guns as Voice | 1964-06-01 |
| Senhor dos Navegantes | 1964-04-27 |
| Esse Mundo é Meu as Toninho | 1964-04-01 |
| Sol Sobre a Lama as Bom Rojão | 1963-10-24 |
| Lampião, King of the Badlands | 1963-09-16 |
| Ganga Zumba as Ganga Zumba / Antão | 1963-04-16 |
| The Turning Wind as Firmino | 1962-05-28 |
| The Given Word as Mestre Coca | 1962-04-17 |
| Tocaia no Asfalto as Matador de Caxias | 1962-03-13 |
| Bahia of All Saints as Pitanga | 1961-03-19 |
| A Grande Feira as Chico Diabo | 1961-03-10 |

