Jards Macalé

Personal Info

Birthday

March 3, 1943

Day of Death

2025-11-18

(82 years old)

Place of Birth

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Also Known As

Jards Anet da Silva

Jards Macalé

Biography

Jards Anet da Silva (Rio de Janeiro, March 3, 1943), known as Macalé, is a Brazilian composer, singer and actor, known for his influential role in Brazil's tropicália movement in the 1960s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nelson Macalé, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Bunglers

Big Jet

Abry

The Amulet of Ogum

Tent of Miracles

Um Sampaio Teimoso

Filmography

2025
Luiz Melodia - Within the Heart of Brazil
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Os Afro-Sambas: The Brazil of Baden and Vinicius
as Self
2023
Macaléia
as self
2022
Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer
as Self
Rubens Gerchman: O Rei do Mau Gosto
as Self
2021
Cafi
as Self
2020
Todas as Melodias
as Self
Salve o Prazer!
as Self
2019
O Barato de Iacanga
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Dê Lembranças a Todos
as Self
2017
Dunas do Barato
as Self
Inaudito
as Himself
Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Pitanga
as Self
Beard, Hair & Stache
as Self
2015
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
as Self
Big Jet
as Príncipe
2013
Jards
as Himself
2011
Daquele Instante em Diante
as Self (archive footage)
Um Sampaio Teimoso
as Ele mesmo
Canções do Exílio: A Labareda Que Lambeu Tudo
as Self
House 9
as Self
2008
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
as Self
2005
A Degola Fatal
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
as Self
Abry
as (voice)
1992
Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália
as Self
1990
ABC of a Strike
as Self
1986
Infinita Tropicália
as Self
1982
O côco do Macalé
as himself
1977
Tent of Miracles
as Pedro Archanjo (jovem)
1974
The Amulet of Ogum
as Cego Firmino
1966
Bethânia Bem de Perto: A Propósito de um Show
as Self