Antônio Pitanga

Personal Info

Birthday

June 13, 1939

(86 years old)

Place of Birth

Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Also Known As

Antônio Luiz Sampaio

Antônio L. Sampaio

Antônio Sampaio

Антониу Питанга

Antônio Pitanga

Biography

Antônio Luiz Sampaio OMC (Salvador, June 13, 1939), better known as Antônio Pitanga, is a Brazilian actor and filmmaker, who became internationally known for playing several roles on films of the Cinema Novo movement in the 1960s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Antônio Pitanga licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Clone

Perfect Love

Celebridade

Vale Tudo

Lilyhammer

Jerônimo, o Herói do Sertão

Olho por Olho

A Viagem

Filmography

2025
Coisa de Novela
as Vicente
Same Old West
as Ermitão
Margeado
as Silvério
2024
Malês
as Pacífico Licutan
A Vilã das Nove
as Modesto Estrella
Possessões
as Pai Joaquim
2023
Wedding Games
as Marcelo
Aunt Virginia
as Tavares
Lenita - Traces of a Lady
as Self
Our Dream
as Seu Américo
Tinnitus
as Inácio
Favela do Papa
as Self
2022
A Força do Gigante
as Self
The Coup d'État Factory
as Antônio Pitanga
Memory House
as Cristovam
Our Children
as Rodrigo
2021
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as Self
Porfírio do Amaral: A Verdade Sobre o Samba
as Self
A Day with Jerusa
as Yoyo
Os Escravos de Jó
as Jérèmie Valés
2019
Pressed, Ripped Apart
as (archive footage)
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
as Self
2018
Running After
as Garçom Othelo
Carvana
as Self (archive footage)
Bandeira de Retalhos
as João da Lua
2016
O Cinema Foi à Feira
as Ele mesmo
Pitanga
as Self
2013
For Sale or Rent
as Seu Capô
2012
The Great Kilapy
as Pai de Joãozinho
O Terno do Zé
as Pai Pedro de Oxum Aiê
Água de Meninos – A Feira do Cinema Novo
as Himself
A Promessa de Gerônimo
as Geronimo
2011
I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips
as Pastor Isaías
Premonição
as Seu Antero
2010
Lula, the Son of Brazil
as Seu Cristóvão
2007
The Man Who Challenged the Devil
as Preto Velho
2006
The Passenger: Adult Secrets
as Delegado
Zuzu Angel
as Policial gentil
Bom Dia, Eternidade
as Calunga
Referências
as Self
2005
A Degola Fatal
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Garotas do ABC
as Seu Aurélio
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
as Self
Apolônio Brasil, Campeão da Alegria
as Coice
2000
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
as Joaquim
1999
Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei
as Valentim
1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
1993
O Marajá
as Tato
1990
The Fifth Monkey
as Drunk at the Party
1987
Eternamente Pagu
as Herculano
1986
The Manor of Araucaima
as Cristobal
1985
Rei do Rio
as Geraldão
1984
Quilombo
as Acaiuba
1982
Rio Babilonia
as Bira
The Brazilwood Man
as César
1980
The Age of the Earth
as Black Christ
1979
Na Boca do Mundo
as Antônio
1977
Cordão de Ouro
as Cosme
Sweet Thieves
as Fuleiro
The Force of Xango
as Young Tônho Tiê (Uncredited)
Di Cavalcanti Di Glauber
as Self
1976
Deadly Cruelty
as Deca
1973
Compasso de Espera
as Assis
1972
When Carnaval Comes
as Cuíca
1969
The Woman of Everyone
as Vampiro
Corisco, o Diabo Loiro
as Zé Baiano
1967
Cangaceiros de Lampião
as Cravo Roxo
Mar Corrente
as Luiz
1966
Plantation Boy
as Zé Guedes
The Big City
as Calunga
1965
Samba
as Paulo's friend
1964
The Guns
as Voice
Esse Mundo é Meu
as Toninho
1963
Sol Sobre a Lama
as Bom Rojão
Ganga Zumba
as Ganga Zumba / Antão
1962
The Turning Wind
as Firmino
The Given Word
as Mestre Coca
Tocaia no Asfalto
as Matador de Caxias
1961
Bahia of All Saints
as Pitanga
A Grande Feira
as Chico Diabo