Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (born June 26, 1942) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, musician, politician, and writer. With a career spanning over six decades, he is known for his significant contributions to Brazilian music and for winning Grammy Awards, Latin Grammy Awards, and the French government's National Order of Merit (1997). In 1999, he was named an "Artist for Peace" by UNESCO.

KNOWN FOR

Sacrée soirée
1994
Champs-Elysées
1982
Sítio do Picapau Amarelo
2001
The Trapalhões
1982
Chico Anysio Show
1988
Celebrity
2004
Desejos de Mulher
2002
O Salvador da Pátria
1989
Precious Pearl
2013
Hipertensão
1986
Conversa com Bial
2017
Mico Preto
1990

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
176
Writing
2
Producing
1
Sound
29
Crew
2
2026
Kopenawa: Sonhar a Terra-Floresta
· unreleased
2026
Preta - Eu Não Ando Só
as Self
2026
Tiny Desk Brazil
as Self
2026
Rock in Rio
as Self - Performer
2025
3 Obás de Xangô
as Self
2025
Show 60 Anos
as Self
2025
Samba Infinite
as Librarian
2025
Rita Lee: Mania de Você
as Self
2025
Ritas
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Cazuza: Good News
as Self
2025
Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei - A Última Turnê
as Self
2025
Gilberto Gil @ Philharmonie De Paris
as Self : Vocals & Guitar
2025
Beat - a film about Jazz
as himself
2025
Noites de João
as Ele próprio
2025
Cazuza Além da Música
as Self
2025
Singing Earth
as Himself
2024
A Última Vanguarda
as Self
2024
Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos
as Self
2024
Toquinho Maravilhoso
as Self
2024
Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi
as Self
2024
Angélica: 50 & Uns
2023
Chic Show
as Self
2023
Môa, Mother Africa Roots
as Self
2023
They Shot the Piano Player
as Self (voice)
2023
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023
Germano Mathias - O Catedrático do Samba
as Self
2023
Bios: Os Paralamas do Sucesso
as Self
2023
O Repórter do Poder
as Self
2022
Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer
as Self
2022
Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu
as Self (archive footage)
2022
O Presidente Improvável
as Self
2022
Breaking Myths
as Self (archive footage)
2022
2022
as Self
2022
Gil Family
as Self
2021
Pelé
as Self
2021
Arraial do Gil
as Self
2021
Gilberto Gil: Um Deus em seu Jardim
as Self
2021
Astral Journey
as Self
2021
Astral Journey
2020
Amor e Sorte com Gilberto Gil
as Self
2020
Encontros Tropicais
as Self
2020
De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
as Self
2020
Gilberto Gil - Concerto de Cordas & Máquinas de Ritmo
as Self
2019
October
as Self
2019
Mito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa
as Self
2019
Gilberto Gil Antologia Vol.1
as Self
2019
Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar
as Self
2019
O Barato de Iacanga
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Refavela 40
as Self
2019
Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro
as Self
2019
1964: Brazil between weapons and books
as Himself
2018
Smetak
as Self (archive footage)
2018
All Love Songs
as Self
2018
O Outro Lado da Memória
as Self
2018
Dê Lembranças a Todos
as Self
2018
Vamos Tocar
as Self
2018
Amigos, Sons e Palavras
as Self
2017
Tropicália: 50 Anos
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Axé: Music of a People
as Self
2017
Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas
as Self
2017
Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End
as Self
2017
Dunas do Barato
as Self (archive footage)
2017
O Nome Dela é Gal
as Self
2017
Conversa com Bial
as Self
2016
Yorimatã
as Self
2016
Beard, Hair & Stache
as Self
2016
Pitanga
as Self
2016
Chico Science: Um Caranguejo Elétrico
as Self
2016
Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World
as Self
2016
Sandy: Meu Canto - Ao Vivo no Teatro Municipal de Niterói
as Self
2015
Two Friends, a Century of Music
as Self
2015
Rogério Duarte, o Tropikaoslista
as Self
2015
Circo Voador - A Nave
as Self
2015
André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music
as Self
2014
Dominguinhos
as Self
2014
Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração
as Self
2014
Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo
as Self
2014
A Bola
as NARRADOR
2013
Viramundo
as Self
2013
Festive Land: Carnival in Bahia
as Self
2013
A Farra do Circo
as Self
2012
Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust
as Self
2012
Futuro do Pretérito: Tropicalismo Now!
as Self
2012
Tropicália
as Self
2012
Aperana Street 52
as Self
2011
O Velho Guerreiro Não Morrerá - O Cangaceiro de Lima Barreto 50 Anos Depois
as Self
2011
Canções do Exílio: A Labareda Que Lambeu Tudo
as Self
2011
Especial: Ivete, Gil e Caetano
as Self
2011
JMB, O Famigerado
as Self
2011
Músicos de Latinoamérica
as Self
2010
A Night in 67
as Self
2010
Ana Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1
as Self
2010
2012: Time for Change
as Self
2010
Gilberto Gil, the Power of Music
as Self
2010
Gilberto Gil – Fé Na Festa
as Self
2010
Duetos
as Self
2009
Dzi Croquettes
as Self
2009
Loki: Arnaldo Baptista
as Self
2009
Beyond Ipanema
as Self
2009
Hello, Hello, Terezinha!
as Self
2008
The Man Who Bottled Clouds
as Self
2008
Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
as Self
2008
RiP!: A Remix Manifesto
as Self
2008
Permanent Pan-Cinema
as Self (voice)
2008
Beth Carvalho Canta o Samba da Bahia
as Self
2007
Cidade do Samba
as Self
2007
Schenberguianas
as Self
2006
Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day
2006
Fabricating Tom Zé
as Self
2006
Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra
as Self
2006
O Sol - Caminhando Contra o Vento
as Self
2006
Por Toda Minha Vida: Elis Regina
as Self
2006
Por Toda Minha Vida
as Self
2005
Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume
as Self
2005
Vinicius de Moraes
as Self - Singer 'Formosa'
2005
Looking for Black Orpheus
as Self
2005
Phono 73: A Country and its Music
as Self (archive footage)
2004
MTV Ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo - 10 Anos
as Self
2004
Gilberto Gil : Electroacústico
as Self
2004
Celebrity
as Self
2003
Born To Be Blind
as Self (uncredited)
2003
Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought
as Self
2002
Gilberto Gil: Kaya N'Gandaya
as Self
2002
Rogério Duprat - Vida de Músico
as Self
2002
Viva São João!
as Self
2002
Outros (Doces) Bárbaros
as Self
2002
Acústico MTV: Cidade Negra
as Self
2002
Desejos de Mulher
as Self
2001
O Cinema Segundo Vladimir Carvalho
as Self
2001
Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste
2001
Samba Riachão
as Self
2001
Toquinho
as Self
2001
Brazil's Maria Bethânia
as Self
2001
Multishow Ao Vivo - Brasil
as Self
2000
I Want
as (voice)
2000
O Povo Brasileiro
as Self
1998
Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
as Self - Narrator
1997
Ed Mort
as Silva 5
1997
Milton Nascimento - A Sede do Peixe
as Self
1996
Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei
as Self
1996
Bahia de Todos os Sambas
as Self
1996
Jorge Amado
as Self
1995
The Mandarin
as Sinhô
1994
Gilberto Gil: Unplugged
as Self (vocals and acoustic guitar)
1994
Sacrée soirée
as Self
1993
Maldito Popular Brasileiro: Arnaldo Dias Baptista
as Self
1992
Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália
as Self
1992
Beijoqueiro: Portrait of a Serial Kisser
as Self (archive footage)
1989
Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy
as Self
1989
Ôrí
as Self
1989
Dias de Euforia
as Self
1988
Hunting Season
as Self
1988
Chico Anysio Show
as Self
1987
Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion
as Self
1986
Talking Cinema
as Party Guest
1986
Infinita Tropicália
as Self
1986
Criança Esperança
as Self
1986
Chico & Caetano
1984
Making of - Quilombo
as Self
1983
Corações a Mil
as Ele mesmo
1983
Gilbertianas Brasileiras
as Self
1982
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
The Trapalhões
1981
Brasil
as Self
1980
Grandes Nomes
as Self
1979
Caterina Valente presents Brazilian music
as Self
1977
Os Doces Bárbaros
as Self
1975
Gilberto Gil - Refazenda
as Self
1974
Álbum de Música
as Self
1974
Bahia de Todos os Santos
as Self
1974
Passe Livre
as Self
1972
The Demiurge
as Pã
1972
Semana de Arte Moderna
as himself
1970
O Tempo e o Som
as Self
1969
Bahia, For Example
as Self
Gilberto Gil
as Self