Milhem Cortaz
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 6 December 1971 · São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Milhem Cortaz (São Paulo, December 6, 1971) is a Brazilian actor and presenter. Of Arab and Italian descent, Cortaz started in theater at the age of 11, led by actor Walmor Chagas when he performed in the play O Santo Milagroso, in 1983. He moved at the age of 15 to live in Italy with his aunt to get rid of his cocaine addiction, where he graduated from the Piccolo Teatro di Milano and began doing street theater under the influence of Commedia dell'arte but returned to Brazil in 1990, joining the Centro de Pesquisa Teatral (CPT) and stood out, among others, for his performances in O Melhor do Homem in 1995, directed by Ulysses Cruz. He is known for Carandiru (2003), Elite Squad (2007) and A Wolf at the Door (2013).
Known for
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- 2026Apenas 3 Meninas
- 2026In the Ogre's Garden
- 2026The Brokers as Tibério
- 2026As Aparecidas
- 2026Vingança S/A
- 2025Aurora 15 as Pedro
- 2024Outlaw as Seu Amoroso
- 2023Atmosfera
- 2023Overhaul as Fumaça / Smokey
- 2023Amores Pandêmicos as Mauro
- 2022Fortune cookie as Paulo
- 2022Até a Noite Terminar as Tom
- 2021Bob Spit: We Do Not Like People as Bob Cuspe (voice)
- 2019Encarcerados as Narrator
- 2019Cine Holliúdy 2: A Chibata Sideral as Zé Coveiro
- 2019Mão na Cabeça
- 2018Cano Serrado as Rico
- 2018Intimate Strangers as Pedro
- 2018Tungstênio as Narrador
- 2018A Última Cova as Regis
- 2018Life Is a Bitch as Flávio
- 2017Os Parças as Policial Militar
- 2017High Expectations
- 2017Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte as Próspero
- 2016Canastra Suja as Celso
- 2016Alone Man as Cássio
- 2016Jules and Dolores as Cortez
- 2016Back and Forth as Seu Belmiro
- 2016Stronger Than The World as Dedé Pederneiras
- 2016In Dog's Words as Cebola
- 2016Vidas Partidas as Delegado Delmar
- 2016Aurora as Pedro
- 2015O Gorila as Marquinhos
- 2014Blue Blood as Inox
- 2014Entreturnos as Cardoso
- 2014Road 47 as Coronel Lourenço
- 2014Men Are from Mars... And That's Where I'm Going! as Escritor Livraria
- 2014Alemão as Branco
- 2013Crô as Riquelme
- 2013Trinta as Tião
- 2013A Wolf at the Door as Bernardo
- 2013Dores de Amores as Ele
- 2012Billi Pig as Ocílio
- 2012Augustas
- 2011Amanhã Nunca Mais as Geraldo
- 2011Federal Bank Heist as Barão
- 2011Trap.com as Pitboy
- 2011The Impassive Muse as Adilson
- 2011VIPs as Eike Gomes
- 2010Elite Squad: The Enemy Within as Tenente-Coronel Fábio
- 2010Boca as Osmar
- 2010Lula, the Son of Brazil as Aristides
- 2009Plastic City as Not Dead
- 2008Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala as Lupa Castilho
- 2008If Nothing Else Works Out as Sybelle
- 2008Embodiment of Evil as Padre Eugênio
- 2007O Magnata as Lúcio Flávio
- 2007Elite Squad as Capitão Fabio
- 2007Camila Jam as Locador
- 2007Not by Chance
- 2007Querô as Edgar
- 2007Meu Mundo em Perigo as Fito
- 2006Drained as Encanador
- 2006Journey to the End of the Night as Rodrigo
- 2006Bom Dia, Eternidade as Jovem Capilé
- 2005Conception as Lino
- 2005De Glauber Para Jirges as Glauber
- 2004Playing in the Dark as Espião do Doi Codi
- 2004Nina as Carlão
- 2003Girls from ABC as Alemão
- 2003Garrincha: Lonely Star as uncredited
- 2003Carandiru as Peixeira (Dagger)
- 2000Através da Janela as Raí's friend
- 1999Por Trás do Pano as Puck
- 1996Vida Bandida: Leonardo Pareja