Actor
Zózimo Bulbul
Biography

A Brazilian filmmaker, actor, producer and screenwriter, Jorge da Silva, better known by his stage name Zózimo Bulbul, is regarded as a household name of black Brazilian cinema. He was also the founder of Rio de Janeiro's Black Cinema Center ("Centro Afro Carioca de Cinema"). As an actor, he worked in over 30 features, and was directed by filmmakers such as Glauber Rocha (in "Terra em Transe"), Carlos Diegues ("Quilombo") and Antunes Filho ("Compasso de Espera"), becoming the first black man to ...

Known For
Acting
2017 -- Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento | Himself
2012 -- Paper and Sea | João Cândido
2012 -- Renascimento Africano | Self
2011 -- Abdias Nascimento |
2010 -- 5x Favela, Now by Ourselves |
2006 -- In Evil Hour | Carmichael
2006 -- Referências | Self
2005 -- Daughters of the Wind | Marquinhos
2005 -- Samba no Trem | Self / Interviewer
2005 -- República Tiradentes | Self / Interviewer
2004 -- O homem que sabia javanês | Africano
2004 -- Veja & Ouça - Maria Baderna no Brasil |
2003 -- Oswaldo Cruz, o Médico do Brasil |
2002 -- The Forest | Procópio
2002 -- Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino | Self
1988 -- Natal da Portela |
1988 -- O Olho amarelo do tigre |
1987 -- Memória Viva |
1984 -- Quilombo | Stone Man
1982 -- The Girl and the Rapist | Pedro
1980 -- Giselle | Jorge
1979 -- Parceiros da Aventura | Motorista da greve
1978 -- Black Goddess |
1975 -- Ana, a Libertina |
1975 -- Pureza Proibida | Chico
1974 -- Brutos Inocentes | João Capataz
1974 -- Sagarana: O Duelo | Demônio
1974 -- Artesanato do Samba | Narrador
1973 -- Hung Up |
1973 -- Soul in the Eye |
1972 -- The Suns of Easter Island | Helvio
1970 -- The Palace of Angels | Embaixador
1970 -- The Godless Bandit | Ariranha
1970 -- República da Traição |
1970 -- A Guerra dos Pelados | Vitorino
1969 -- Garden of War |
1969 -- Our Lady Of Compassion | Jesus
1969 -- Compasso de Espera | Jorge de Oliveira
1968 -- True Brazil |
1968 -- The Naked Man |
1967 -- Proezas de Satanás na Vila de Leva-e-Traz |
1967 -- The Girl from Ipanema | Jovem na Praia
1967 -- Entranced Earth | Repórter
1967 -- El Justicero |
1967 -- Queima de Arquivo |
1967 -- Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo | Self
1967 -- O Engano | Amante
1965 -- Grande Sertão |
1963 -- Ganga Zumba |
1962 -- Pedreira de São Diogo |
1962 -- Cinco Vezes Favela | (segment "Pedreira de São Diego")
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