- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 26, 1942
- Place of Birth
- Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Gilberto Gil
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
Noites de João
movieNoites de João
2025 · Ele próprio
tvCazuza Além da Música
2025 · Self
movieGilberto Gil: Tempo Rei - A Última Turnê
2025 · Self
tvTiny Desk Brazil
2025 · Self
Beat - a film about Jazz
movieBeat - a film about Jazz
2025 · himself
movie3 Obás de Xangô
2025 · Self
movieCazuza: Good News
2025 · Self
movieRitas
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieSamba Infinite
2025 · Librarian
movieRita Lee: Mania de Você
2025 · Self
movieShow 60 Anos
2025 · Self
Singing Earth
tvSinging Earth
2025 · Himself
movieGilberto Gil @ Philharmonie De Paris
2025 · Self : Vocals & Guitar, Author, Compositor, Original Music Composer, Musician
movieNas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi
2024 · Self
tvAngélica: 50 & Uns
2024
movieKopenawa: Sonhar a Terra-Floresta
2024
movieToquinho Maravilhoso
2024 · Self
movieDorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos
2024 · Self
movieA Última Vanguarda
2024 · Self
movieThey Shot the Piano Player
2023 · Self (voice)
movieMôa, Mother Africa Roots
2023 · Self
movieBios: Os Paralamas do Sucesso
2023 · Self
movieChic Show
2023 · Self
movieGermano Mathias - O Catedrático do Samba
2023 · Self
tvO Repórter do Poder
2023 · Self
movieThe Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023
movieLupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer
2022 · Self
movieBreaking Myths
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieMaria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu
2022 · Self (archive footage)
tvGil Family
2022 · Self
movieO Presidente Improvável
2022 · Self
tv2022
2022 · Self
tvAstral Journey
2021 · Self
movieGilberto Gil: Um Deus em seu Jardim
2021 · Self
movieArraial do Gil
2021 · Self
moviePelé
2021 · Self
movieAmor e Sorte com Gilberto Gil
2020 · Self
movieDe Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
2020 · Self
moviebrazil is thee haiti is (t)here
2020 · Music
movieGilberto Gil - Concerto de Cordas & Máquinas de Ritmo
2020 · Self
movieEncontros Tropicais
2020 · Self
movieGilberto Gil Antologia Vol.1
2019 · Self
movieDorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar
2019 · Self
movieMito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa
2019 · Self
movieRefavela 40
2019 · Self
movieOctober
2019 · Self
movieJackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro
2019 · Self
movie1964: Brazil between weapons and books
2019 · Himself
movieO Barato de Iacanga
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieAll Love Songs
2018 · Self
movieO Outro Lado da Memória
2018 · Self
tvAmigos, Sons e Palavras
2018 · Self
movieDê Lembranças a Todos
2018 · Self
movieSmetak
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieTropicália: 50 Anos
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieDunas do Barato
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieTorquato Neto - Every Hour of the End
2017 · Self
tvO Nome Dela é Gal
2017 · Self
tvConversa com Bial
2017 · Self
movieEu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas
2017 · Self
movieAxé: Music of a People
2017 · Self
moviePitanga
2016 · Self
movieBeard, Hair & Stache
2016 · Self
movieRio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World
2016 · Self
movieYorimatã
2016 · Self
tvVamos Tocar
2016 · Self
movieChico Science: Um Caranguejo Elétrico
2016 · Self
movieRogério Duarte, o Tropikaoslista
2015 · Self
movieCirco Voador - A Nave
2015 · Self
movieTwo Friends, a Century of Music
2015 · Self
movieAndré Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music
2015 · Self
movieGilbertos Samba Ao Vivo
2014 · Self
movieDominguinhos
2014 · Self
A Bola
movieA Bola
2014 · NARRADOR
movieCopacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração
2014 · Self
movieA Farra do Circo
2013 · Self
tvPrecious Pearl
2013 · Theme Song Performance
movieViramundo
2013 · Self
Festive Land: Carnival in Bahia
movieFestive Land: Carnival in Bahia
2013 · Self
movieFuturo do Pretérito: Tropicalismo Now!
2012 · Self
movieTropicália
2012 · Self
movieJorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust
2012 · Self
movieAperana Street 52
2012 · Self
movieEspecial: Ivete, Gil e Caetano
2011 · Self
Músicos de Latinoamérica
tvMúsicos de Latinoamérica
2011 · Self
movieO Velho Guerreiro Não Morrerá - O Cangaceiro de Lima Barreto 50 Anos Depois
2011 · Self
movieCanções do Exílio: A Labareda Que Lambeu Tudo
2011 · Self
movie2012: Time for Change
2010 · Self
movieA Night in 67
2010 · Self
movieAna Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1
2010 · Self
movieDuetos
2010 · Self
Gilberto Gil, the Power of Music
movieGilberto Gil, the Power of Music
2010 · Self
movieGilberto Gil – Fé Na Festa
2010 · Self
movieThe Assailant
2009 · Songs
movieHello, Hello, Terezinha!
2009 · Self
movieBeyond Ipanema
2009 · Self
movieDzi Croquettes
2009 · Self
movieLoki: Arnaldo Baptista
2009 · Self
movieRiP!: A Remix Manifesto
2008 · Self
moviePermanent Pan-Cinema
2008 · Self (voice)
movieThe Man Who Bottled Clouds
2008 · Self
movieBeth Carvalho Canta o Samba da Bahia
2008 · Self
movieJards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
2008 · Self
movieThe Man Who Challenged the Devil
2007 · Songs
movieCidade do Samba
2007 · Self
movieSchenberguianas
2007 · Self
tvPor Toda Minha Vida
2006 · Self
moviePor Toda Minha Vida: Elis Regina
2006 · Self
movieO Sol - Caminhando contra o vento
2006 · Self
movieGal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day
2006
movieFabricating Tom Zé
2006 · Self
movieNenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra
2006 · Self
movieVinicius de Moraes
2005 · Self - Singer 'Formosa'
movieMaria Bethânia: Música é Perfume
2005 · Self
movieLooking for Black Orpheus
2005 · Self, Original Music Composer
moviePhono 73: A Country and its Music
2005 · Self (archive footage)
movieGilberto Gil : Electroacústico
2004 · Self
movieMTV ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo - 10 Anos
2004 · Self
Born To Be Blind
movieBorn To Be Blind
2003 · Self (uncredited)
tvCelebrity
2003 · Self
movieAgostinho da Silva - A Living Thought
2003 · Self
Reticulum Rex
movieReticulum Rex
2003 · Thanks
movieOutros (Doces) Bárbaros
2002 · Self
Viva São João!
movieViva São João!
2002 · Self, Music
movieGilberto Gil: Kaya N'Gandaya
2002 · Self
movieAcústico MTV: Cidade Negra
2002 · Self
tvDesejos de Mulher
2002 · Self
movieRogério Duprat - Vida de Músico
2002 · Self
movieSamba Riachão
2001 · Self
tvSítio do Picapau Amarelo
2001 · Theme Song Performance
movieBrazil's Maria Bethânia
2001 · Self
Toquinho
movieToquinho
2001 · Self
movieO Cinema Segundo Vladimir Carvalho
2001 · Self
movieBrésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste
2001
Multishow Ao Vivo - Brasil
movieMultishow Ao Vivo - Brasil
2001 · Self
tvO Povo Brasileiro
2000 · Self
movieMe, You, Them
2000 · Music
movieI Want
2000 · (voice)
moviePierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
1998 · Self - Narrator
movieEd Mort
1997 · Silva 5
movieMilton Nascimento - A Sede do Peixe
1997 · Self
movieBahia de Todos os Sambas
1996 · Self
Jorge Amado
movieJorge Amado
1996 · Self
movieGilberto Gil: Tempo Rei
1996 · Self
movieThe Mandarin
1995 · Sinhô
movieRio's Love Song
1994 · Music
movieGilberto Gil: Unplugged
1994 · Self (vocals and acoustic guitar), Music Producer
movieMaldito Popular Brasileiro: Arnaldo Dias Baptista
1993 · Self
movieBeijoqueiro: Portrait of a Serial Kisser
1992 · Self (archive footage)
movieTorquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália
1992 · Self
tvMico Preto
1990 · Theme Song Performance
movieDias de Euforia
1989 · Self
movieChico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy
1989 · Self
movieÔrí
1989 · Self
tvO Salvador da Pátria
1989 · Theme Song Performance
movieHunting Season
1988 · Self
movieJubiabá
1987 · Original Music Composer
tvSacrée soirée
1987 · Self
movieSubway to the Stars
1987 · Music
movieBlack Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion
1987 · Self
tvCriança Esperança
1986 · Self
movieTalking Cinema
1986 · Party Guest
tvHipertensão
1986 · Theme Song Performance
tvChico & Caetano
1986
movieInfinita Tropicália
1986 · Self
movieQuilombo
1984 · Original Music Composer
Making of - Quilombo
movieMaking of - Quilombo
1984 · Self
movieCorações a Mil
1983 · , Producer
Gilbertianas Brasileiras
movieGilbertianas Brasileiras
1983 · Self
tvChico Anysio Show
1982 · Self
tvChamps-Elysées
1982 · Self
movieBrasil
1981 · Self
tvGrandes Nomes
1980 · Self
movieCaterina Valente presents Brazilian music
1979 · Self
movieSítio do Picapau Amarelo: O Minotauro
1978 · Original Music Composer
movieOs Doces Bárbaros
1977 · Self
movieTent of Miracles
1977 · Music
tvThe Trapalhões
1977
movieGilberto Gil - Refazenda
1975 · Self
movieBahia de Todos os Santos
1974 · Self
movieÁlbum de Música
1974 · Self
Passe Livre
moviePasse Livre
1974 · Self
movieThe Demiurge
1972 · Pã
movieSemana de Arte Moderna
1972 · himself
movieBeste
1970 · Music
movieCopacabana Mon Amour
1970 · Music
movieO Tempo e o Som
1970 · Self
movieViva Cariri
1970 · Original Music Composer
movieBahia, For Example
1969 · Self
movieBrazil Year 2000
1969 · Music
movieDomingo no Parque
1968 · Music, Original Story
movieViramundo
1965 · Theme Song Performance
Gilberto Gil
movieGilberto Gil
— · Self