Zózimo Bulbul
Acting
Born September 21, 1937 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Biography
A Brazilian filmmaker, actor, producer and screenwriter, Jorge da Silva, better known by his stage name Zózimo Bulbul, is regarded as a household name of black Brazilian cinema. He was also the founder of Rio de Janeiro's Black Cinema Center ("Centro Afro Carioca de Cinema"). As an actor, he worked in over 30 features, and was directed by filmmakers such as Glauber Rocha (in "Terra em Transe"), Carlos Diegues ("Quilombo") and Antunes Filho ("Compasso de Espera"), becoming the first black man to play a main character in a Brazilian TV soap opera, in 1969's "Vidas em Conflito". His debut as a…
Known For · 40 titles
Chico Anysio Show
Grande Sertão
Vidas em Conflito
Veja & Ouça - Maria Baderna no Brasil
Giselle
Black Goddess
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Abdias Nascimento
The War of Pelados
Daughters of the Wind
The Girl and the Rapist
Pureza Proibida
Compasso de Espera
Natal da Portela
Entranced Earth
Sagarana: O Duelo
Our Lady of Compassion
Soul in the Eye
Samba no Trem
Paper and Sea
República da Traição
The Girl from Ipanema
Renascimento Africano
The Godless Bandit
Quilombo
República Tiradentes
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
The Forest
Five Times Favela
The Palace of Angels
Satan's Feats in the Village of Take-and-Bring
Hung Up
Parceiros da Aventura
The Suns of Easter Island
Ganga Zumba
Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento
O Olho amarelo do tigre
Garden of War
The Naked Man
In Evil Hour