GILBERTO GIL

Gilberto Gil
Gilberto Gil
Gender: Male
Known for: Acting
Birthday: June 26, 1942
Place of Birth: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

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.

Filmography

Starring

2025·
Tiny Desk Brazil
Self
2025·
Singing Earth
Himself
2025·
Cazuza Além da Música
Self
2025·
Noites de João
Ele próprio
2025·
Beat - a film about Jazz
himself
2025·
Gilberto Gil @ Philharmonie De Paris
Self : Vocals & Guitar
2025·
Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei - A Última Turnê
Self
2025·
Cazuza: Good News
Self
2025·
Ritas
Self (archive footage)
2025·
Rita Lee: Mania de Você
Self
2025·
Samba Infinite
Librarian
2025·
Show 60 Anos
Self
2025·
3 Obás de Xangô
Self
2024·
Angélica: 50 & Uns
2024·
Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi
Self
2024·
Kopenawa: Sonhar a Terra-Floresta
2024·
Toquinho Maravilhoso
Self
2024·
Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos
Self
2024·
A Última Vanguarda
Self
2023·
O Repórter do Poder
Self
2023·
Germano Mathias - O Catedrático do Samba
Self
2023·
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023·
Môa, Mother Africa Roots
Self
2023·
Chic Show
Self
2023·
Bios: Os Paralamas do Sucesso
Self
2022·
Gil Family
Self
2022·
2022
Self
2022·
Breaking Myths
Self (archive footage)
2022·
O Presidente Improvável
Self
2022·
Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu
Self (archive footage)
2022·
Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer
Self
2021·
Astral Journey
Self
2021·
Gilberto Gil: Um Deus em seu Jardim
Self
2021·
Arraial do Gil
Self
2021·
Pelé
Self
2020·
Gilberto Gil - Concerto de Cordas & Máquinas de Ritmo
Self
2020·
De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
Self
2020·
Encontros Tropicais
Self
2020·
Amor e Sorte com Gilberto Gil
Self
2019·
1964: Brazil between weapons and books
Himself
2019·
Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro
Self
2019·
Refavela 40
Self
2019·
O Barato de Iacanga
Self (archive footage)
2019·
Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar
Self
2019·
Gilberto Gil Antologia Vol.1
Self
2019·
Mito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa
Self
2019·
October
Self
2018·
Amigos, Sons e Palavras
Self
2018·
Dê Lembranças a Todos
Self
2018·
O Outro Lado da Memória
Self
2018·
All Love Songs
Self
2018·
Smetak
Self (archive footage)
2017·
Conversa com Bial
Self
2017·
O Nome Dela é Gal
Self
2017·
Dunas do Barato
Self (archive footage)
2017·
Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End
Self
2017·
Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas
Self
2017·
Axé: Music of a People
Self
2017·
Tropicália: 50 Anos
Self (archive footage)
2016·
Vamos Tocar
Self
2016·
Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World
Self
2016·
Chico Science: Um Caranguejo Elétrico
Self
2016·
Pitanga
Self
2016·
Yorimatã
Self
2015·
André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music
Self
2015·
Circo Voador - A Nave
Self
2015·
Rogério Duarte, o Tropikaoslista
Self
2015·
Two Friends, a Century of Music
Self
2014·
A Bola
NARRADOR
2014·
Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo
Self
2014·
Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração
Self
2013·
A Farra do Circo
Self
2012·
Aperana Street 52
Self
2011·
Músicos de Latinoamérica
Self
2011·
Especial: Ivete, Gil e Caetano
Self
2010·
Duetos
Self
2010·
Gilberto Gil – Fé Na Festa
Self
2008·
Beth Carvalho Canta o Samba da Bahia
Self
2007·
Schenberguianas
Self
2006·
Por Toda Minha Vida
Self
2006·
Por Toda Minha Vida: Elis Regina
Self
2006·
O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento
Self
2003·
Celebrity
Self
2002·
Desejos de Mulher
Self
2002·
Acústico MTV: Cidade Negra
Self
2001·
Multishow Ao Vivo - Brasil
Self
2001·
Brazil's Maria Bethânia
Self
2000·
O Povo Brasileiro
Self
1997·
Milton Nascimento - A Sede do Peixe
Self
1992·
Beijoqueiro: Portrait of a Serial Kisser
Self (archive footage)
1992·
Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália
Self
1989·
Dias de Euforia
Self
1989·
Ôrí
Self
1987·
Sacrée soirée
Self
1987·
Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion
Self
1986·
Chico & Caetano
1986·
Criança Esperança
Self
1986·
Infinita Tropicália
Self
1983·
Gilbertianas Brasileiras
Self
1982·
Chico Anysio Show
Self
1982·
Champs-Elysées
Self
1980·
Grandes Nomes
Self
1979·
Caterina Valente presents Brazilian music
Self
1977·
The Trapalhões
1972·
Semana de Arte Moderna
himself
1970·
O Tempo e o Som
Self
TBA·
Gilberto Gil
Self
2023·
They Shot the Piano Player
Self (voice)
2016·
Beard, Hair & Stache
Self
2014·
Dominguinhos
Self
2013·
Festive Land: Carnival in Bahia
Self
2013·
Viramundo
Self
2012·
Tropicália
Self
2012·
Futuro do Pretérito: Tropicalismo Now!
Self
2012·
Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust
Self
2011·
Canções do Exílio: A Labareda Que Lambeu Tudo
Self
2011·
O Velho Guerreiro Não Morrerá - O Cangaceiro de Lima Barreto 50 Anos Depois
Self
2010·
Gilberto Gil, the Power of Music
Self
2010·
2012: Time for Change
Self
2010·
Ana Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1
Self
2010·
A Night in 67
Self
2009·
Hello, Hello, Terezinha!
Self
2009·
Beyond Ipanema
Self
2009·
Loki: Arnaldo Baptista
Self
2009·
Dzi Croquettes
Self
2008·
Permanent Pan-Cinema
Self (voice)
2008·
RiP!: A Remix Manifesto
Self
2008·
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
Self
2008·
The Man Who Bottled Clouds
Self
2007·
Cidade do Samba
Self
2006·
Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra
Self
2006·
Fabricating Tom Zé
Self
2006·
Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day
2005·
Phono 73: A Country and its Music
Self (archive footage)
2005·
Looking for Black Orpheus
Self
2005·
Vinicius de Moraes
Self - Singer 'Formosa'
2005·
Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume
Self
2004·
Gilberto Gil : Electroacústico
Self
2004·
MTV ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo - 10 Anos
Self
2003·
Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought
Self
2003·
Born To Be Blind
Self (uncredited)
2002·
Outros (Doces) Bárbaros
Self
2002·
Viva São João!
Self
2002·
Rogério Duprat - Vida de Músico
Self
2002·
Gilberto Gil: Kaya N'Gandaya
Self
2001·
Toquinho
Self
2001·
Samba Riachão
Self
2001·
Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste
2001·
O Cinema Segundo Vladimir Carvalho
Self
2000·
I Want
(voice)
1998·
Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
Self - Narrator
1997·
Ed Mort
Silva 5
1996·
Jorge Amado
Self
1996·
Bahia de Todos os Sambas
Self
1996·
Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei
Self
1995·
The Mandarin
Sinhô
1994·
Gilberto Gil: Unplugged
Self (vocals and acoustic guitar)
1993·
Maldito Popular Brasileiro: Arnaldo Dias Baptista
Self
1989·
Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy
Self
1988·
Hunting Season
Self
1986·
Talking Cinema
Party Guest
1984·
Making of - Quilombo
Self
1983·
Corações a Mil
1981·
Brasil
Self
1977·
Os Doces Bárbaros
Self
1975·
Gilberto Gil - Refazenda
Self
1974·
Passe Livre
Self
1974·
Bahia de Todos os Santos
Self
1974·
Álbum de Música
Self
1972·
The Demiurge
Pã
1969·
Bahia, For Example
Self

Production

2025·
Gilberto Gil @ Philharmonie De Paris
Musician, Original Music Composer, Compositor, Author
2020·
brazil is thee haiti is (t)here
Music
2013·
Precious Pearl
Theme Song Performance
2009·
The Assailant
Songs
2007·
The Man Who Challenged the Devil
Songs
2005·
Looking for Black Orpheus
Original Music Composer
2003·
Reticulum Rex
Thanks
2002·
Viva São João!
Music
2001·
Sítio do Picapau Amarelo
Theme Song Performance
2000·
Me, You, Them
Music
1994·
Gilberto Gil: Unplugged
Music Producer
1994·
Rio's Love Song
Music
1990·
Mico Preto
Theme Song Performance
1989·
O Salvador da Pátria
Theme Song Performance
1987·
Jubiabá
Original Music Composer
1987·
Subway to the Stars
Music
1986·
Hipertensão
Theme Song Performance
1984·
Quilombo
Original Music Composer
1983·
Corações a Mil
Producer
1978·
Sítio do Picapau Amarelo: O Minotauro
Original Music Composer
1977·
Tent of Miracles
Music
1970·
Viva Cariri
Original Music Composer
1970·
Copacabana Mon Amour
Music
1970·
Beste
Music
1969·
Brazil Year 2000
Music
1968·
Domingo no Parque
Original Story, Music
1965·
Viramundo
Theme Song Performance