João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira OMC, better known as João Gilberto (Juazeiro, June 10, 1931 — Rio de Janeiro, July 6, 2019), was a Brazilian singer, guitarist and composer. Considered a brilliant artist by musicologists and specialized journalists, he revolutionized Brazilian music by creating a new guitar beat to play samba: the "Bossa Nova".

KNOWN FOR

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1968
The Mike Douglas Show
1968
Grandes Nomes
1980
They Shot the Piano Player
2023
O Canto Livre de Nara Leão
2022
Copacabana Palace
1962
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023
The Girl From Ipanema: Astrud Gilberto, Queen of Bossa Nova
2026
Bahia de Todos os Sambas
1996
Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi
2024
Um Desconhecido Bate à Porta
1958
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
2005

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
28
Sound
5
2026
The Girl From Ipanema: Astrud Gilberto, Queen of Bossa Nova
as Self
2025
Ritas
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi
as Self (archive footage)
2023
They Shot the Piano Player
as Self (archive audio)
2023
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2022
Miúcha, The Voice of Bossa Nova
as Self
2022
O Canto Livre de Nara Leão
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Garoto - Vivo Sonhando
as Self (voice)
2019
João Gilberto – Live in Tokyo november 8 & 9, 2006 Tokyo International Forum Hall A
as Self
2019
O Barato de Iacanga
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Where Are You, João Gilberto?
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas
as Self
2011
O Gerente
2008
Bossa Nova: the sound that seduced the world
as Self
2007
Rita Lee - Biograffiti: Baila Comigo
2005
Vinicius de Moraes
as Self - Guitar Player "Eu Não Existo Sem Você" (archive footage)
2005
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
as Self (archive footage)
2004
João Gilberto - Live In Tokyo
as himself
1997
It's All Brazil
as Self
1996
Bahia de Todos os Sambas
as Self
1992
João & Antônio
as Self
1990
Isto é Noel Rosa
1981
Brasil
as Self
1980
Grandes Nomes
as Self
1968
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1968
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1962
Copacabana Palace
as Self
1958
Um Desconhecido Bate à Porta