Gilberto Gil
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 26 June 1942 · Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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.
Known for
Acting 151
- 2026Kopenawa: Sonhar a Terra-Floresta
- 2026Preta - Eu Não Ando Só as Self
- 2026Gilberto Gil as Self
- 2025Noites de João as Ele próprio
- 2025Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei - A Última Turnê as Self
- 2025Beat - a film about Jazz as himself
- 20253 Obás de Xangô as Self
- 2025Cazuza: Good News as Self
- 2025Ritas as Self (archive footage)
- 2025Samba Infinite as Librarian
- 2025Rita Lee: Mania de Você as Self
- 2025Show 60 Anos as Self
- 2025Gilberto Gil @ Philharmonie De Paris as Self : Vocals & Guitar
- 2024Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi as Self
- 2024Toquinho Maravilhoso as Self
- 2024Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos as Self
- 2024A Última Vanguarda as Self
- 2023They Shot the Piano Player as Self (voice)
- 2023Môa, Mother Africa Roots as Self
- 2023Bios: Os Paralamas do Sucesso as Self
- 2023Bios: Os Paralamas do Sucesso as Self
- 2023Chic Show as Self
- 2023Germano Mathias - O Catedrático do Samba as Self
- 2023The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
- 2022Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer as Self
- 2022Breaking Myths as Self (archive footage)
- 2022Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu as Self (archive footage)
- 2022O Presidente Improvável as Self
- 2021Gilberto Gil: Um Deus em seu Jardim as Self
- 2021Arraial do Gil as Self
- 2021Pelé as Self
- 2020Amor e Sorte com Gilberto Gil as Self
- 2020De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade as Self
- 2020Gilberto Gil - Concerto de Cordas & Máquinas de Ritmo as Self
- 2020Encontros Tropicais as Self
- 2019Gilberto Gil Antologia Vol.1 as Self
- 2019Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar as Self
- 2019Mito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa as Self
- 2019Refavela 40 as Self
- 2019October as Self
- 2019Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro as Self
- 20191964: Brazil between weapons and books as Himself
- 2019O Barato de Iacanga as Self (archive footage)
- 2018All Love Songs as Self
- 2018O Outro Lado da Memória as Self
- 2018Dê Lembranças a Todos as Self
- 2018Smetak as Self (archive footage)
- 2017Tropicália: 50 Anos as Self (archive footage)
- 2017Dunas do Barato as Self (archive footage)
- 2017Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End as Self
- 2017Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas as Self
- 2017Axé: Music of a People as Self
- 2016Pitanga as Self
- 2016Beard, Hair & Stache as Self
- 2016Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World as Self
- 2016Sandy: Meu Canto - Ao Vivo no Teatro Municipal de Niterói as Self
- 2016Yorimatã as Self
- 2016Chico Science: Um Caranguejo Elétrico as Self
- 2015Rogério Duarte, o Tropikaoslista as Self
- 2015Circo Voador - A Nave as Self
- 2015Two Friends, a Century of Music as Self
- 2015André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music as Self
- 2014Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo as Self
- 2014Dominguinhos as Self
- 2014A Bola as NARRADOR
- 2014Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração as Self
- 2013A Farra do Circo as Self
- 2013Viramundo as Self
- 2013Festive Land: Carnival in Bahia as Self
- 2012Futuro do Pretérito: Tropicalismo Now! as Self
- 2012Tropicália as Self
- 2012Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust as Self
- 2012Aperana Street 52 as Self
- 2011Especial: Ivete, Gil e Caetano as Self
- 2011O Velho Guerreiro Não Morrerá - O Cangaceiro de Lima Barreto 50 Anos Depois as Self
- 2011JMB, O Famigerado as Self
- 2011Canções do Exílio: A Labareda Que Lambeu Tudo as Self
- 20102012: Time for Change as Self
- 2010A Night in 67 as Self
- 2010Ana Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1 as Self
- 2010Duetos as Self
- 2010Gilberto Gil, the Power of Music as Self
- 2010Gilberto Gil – Fé Na Festa as Self
- 2009Hello, Hello, Terezinha! as Self
- 2009Beyond Ipanema as Self
- 2009Dzi Croquettes as Self
- 2009Loki: Arnaldo Baptista as Self
- 2008RiP!: A Remix Manifesto as Self
- 2008Permanent Pan-Cinema as Self (voice)
- 2008The Man Who Bottled Clouds as Self
- 2008Beth Carvalho Canta o Samba da Bahia as Self
- 2008Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal as Self
- 2007Cidade do Samba as Self
- 2007Schenberguianas as Self
- 2006Por Toda Minha Vida: Elis Regina as Self
- 2006O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento as Self
- 2006Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day
- 2006Fabricating Tom Zé as Self
- 2006Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra as Self
- 2005Vinicius de Moraes as Self - Singer 'Formosa'
- 2005Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume as Self
- 2005Looking for Black Orpheus as Self
- 2005Phono 73: A Country and its Music as Self (archive footage)
- 2004Gilberto Gil : Electroacústico as Self
- 2004MTV ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo - 10 Anos as Self
- 2003Born To Be Blind as Self (uncredited)
- 2003Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought as Self
- 2002Outros (Doces) Bárbaros as Self
- 2002Viva São João! as Self
- 2002Gilberto Gil: Kaya N'Gandaya as Self
- 2002Acústico MTV: Cidade Negra as Self
- 2002Rogério Duprat - Vida de Músico as Self
- 2001Samba Riachão as Self
- 2001Brazil's Maria Bethânia as Self
- 2001Toquinho as Self
- 2001O Cinema Segundo Vladimir Carvalho as Self
- 2001Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste
- 2001Multishow Ao Vivo - Brasil as Self
- 2000I Want as (voice)
- 1998Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds as Self - Narrator
- 1997Ed Mort as Silva 5
- 1997Milton Nascimento - A Sede do Peixe as Self
- 1996Bahia de Todos os Sambas as Self
- 1996Jorge Amado as Self
- 1996Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei as Self
- 1995The Mandarin as Sinhô
- 1994Gilberto Gil: Unplugged as Self (vocals and acoustic guitar)
- 1993Maldito Popular Brasileiro: Arnaldo Dias Baptista as Self
- 1992Beijoqueiro: Portrait of a Serial Kisser as Self (archive footage)
- 1992Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália as Self
- 1989Dias de Euforia as Self
- 1989Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy as Self
- 1989Ôrí as Self
- 1988Hunting Season as Self
- 1987Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion as Self
- 1986Talking Cinema as Party Guest
- 1986Infinita Tropicália as Self
- 1984Making of - Quilombo as Self
- 1983Corações a Mil as Ele mesmo
- 1983Gilbertianas Brasileiras as Self
- 1981Brasil as Self
- 1979Caterina Valente presents Brazilian music as Self
- 1977Os Doces Bárbaros as Self
- 1975Gilberto Gil - Refazenda as Self
- 1974Bahia de Todos os Santos as Self
- 1974Álbum de Música as Self
- 1974Passe Livre as Self
- 1972Semana de Arte Moderna as himself
- 1972The Demiurge as Pã
- 1970O Tempo e o Som as Self
- 1969Bahia, For Example as Self
crew 2
- 2025Gilberto Gil @ Philharmonie De Paris · compositor
- 2003Reticulum Rex · thanks
Sound 23
- 2025Gilberto Gil @ Philharmonie De Paris · musician
- 2020Brazil is thee Haiti is (t)here · music
- 2014Rio, I Love You · music
- 2013Sítio do Picapau Amarelo: As Peripécias do Saci · theme song performance
- 2012Sítio do Picapau Amarelo: Aventuras no Reino das Águas Claras · theme song performance
- 2009The Assailant · songs
- 2007The Man Who Challenged the Devil · songs
- 2005Looking for Black Orpheus · original music composer
- 2002Viva São João! · music
- 2000Me, You, Them · music
- 1994Rio's Love Song · music
- 1994Gilberto Gil: Unplugged · music producer
- 1987Jubiabá · original music composer
- 1987Subway to the Stars · music
- 1984Quilombo · original music composer
- 1978Sítio do Picapau Amarelo: O Minotauro · original music composer
- 1977Tent of Miracles · music
- 1970Beste · music
- 1970Copacabana Mon Amour · music
- 1970Viva Cariri · original music composer
- 1969Brazil Year 2000 · music
- 1968Domingo no Parque · music
- 1965Viramundo · theme song performance
Writing 2
- 2025Gilberto Gil @ Philharmonie De Paris · author
- 1968Domingo no Parque · original story
Production 1
- 1983Corações a Mil · producer