Gilberto Gil
Acting·June 26, 1942 — 84 years old·Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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.
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—Gilberto GilSelf2025Noites de JoãoEle próprio2025Cazuza Além da MúsicaTVSelf2025Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei - A Última TurnêSelf2025Tiny Desk BrazilTVSelf2025Beat - a film about Jazzhimself20253 Obás de XangôSelf2025Cazuza: Good NewsSelf2025RitasSelf (archive footage)2025Samba InfiniteLibrarian2025Rita Lee: Mania de VocêSelf2025Show 60 AnosSelf2025Singing EarthTVHimself2025Gilberto Gil @ Philharmonie De ParisSelf : Vocals & Guitar · Author · Compositor · Original Music Composer · Musician2024Nas Ondas de Dorival CaymmiSelf2024Angélica: 50 & UnsTV2024Kopenawa: Sonhar a Terra-Floresta2024Toquinho MaravilhosoSelf2024Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de AfetosSelf2024A Última VanguardaSelf2023They Shot the Piano PlayerSelf (voice)2023Môa, Mother Africa RootsSelf2023Bios: Os Paralamas do SucessoSelf2023Chic ShowSelf2023Germano Mathias - O Catedrático do SambaSelf2023O Repórter do PoderTVSelf2023The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus2022Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a SuffererSelf2022Breaking MythsSelf (archive footage)2022Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou EuSelf (archive footage)2022Gil FamilyTVSelf2022O Presidente ImprovávelSelf20222022TVSelf2021Astral JourneyTVSelf2021Gilberto Gil: Um Deus em seu JardimSelf2021Arraial do GilSelf2021PeléSelf2020Amor e Sorte com Gilberto GilSelf2020De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da LiberdadeSelf2020brazil is thee haiti is (t)hereMusic2020Gilberto Gil - Concerto de Cordas & Máquinas de RitmoSelf2020Encontros TropicaisSelf2019Gilberto Gil Antologia Vol.1Self2019Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou MarSelf2019Mito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando PessoaSelf2019Refavela 40Self2019OctoberSelf2019Jackson: Na Batida do PandeiroSelf20191964: Brazil between weapons and booksHimself2019O Barato de IacangaSelf (archive footage)2018All Love SongsSelf2018O Outro Lado da MemóriaSelf2018Amigos, Sons e PalavrasTVSelf2018Dê Lembranças a TodosSelf2018SmetakSelf (archive footage)2017Tropicália: 50 AnosSelf (archive footage)2017Dunas do BaratoSelf (archive footage)2017Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the EndSelf2017O Nome Dela é GalTVSelf2017Conversa com BialTVSelf2017Eu, Meu Pai e Os CariocasSelf2017Axé: Music of a PeopleSelf2016PitangaSelf2016Beard, Hair & StacheSelf2016Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New WorldSelf2016YorimatãSelf2016Vamos TocarTVSelf2016Chico Science: Um Caranguejo ElétricoSelf2015Rogério Duarte, o TropikaoslistaSelf2015Circo Voador - A NaveSelf2015Two Friends, a Century of MusicSelf2015André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian MusicSelf2014Gilbertos Samba Ao VivoSelf2014DominguinhosSelf2014A BolaNARRADOR2014Copacabana, Mon Amour: A RestauraçãoSelf2013A Farra do CircoSelf2013Precious PearlTVTheme Song Performance2013ViramundoSelf2013Festive Land: Carnival in BahiaSelf2012Futuro do Pretérito: Tropicalismo Now!Self2012TropicáliaSelf2012Jorge Mautner: Son of the HolocaustSelf2012Aperana Street 52Self2011Especial: Ivete, Gil e CaetanoSelf2011Músicos de LatinoaméricaTVSelf2011O Velho Guerreiro Não Morrerá - O Cangaceiro de Lima Barreto 50 Anos DepoisSelf2011Canções do Exílio: A Labareda Que Lambeu TudoSelf20102012: Time for ChangeSelf2010A Night in 67Self2010Ana Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1Self2010DuetosSelf2010Gilberto Gil, the Power of MusicSelf2010Gilberto Gil – Fé Na FestaSelf2009The AssailantSongs2009Hello, Hello, Terezinha!Self2009Beyond IpanemaSelf2009Dzi CroquettesSelf2009Loki: Arnaldo BaptistaSelf2008RiP!: A Remix ManifestoSelf2008Permanent Pan-CinemaSelf (voice)2008The Man Who Bottled CloudsSelf2008Beth Carvalho Canta o Samba da BahiaSelf2008Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta PrincipalSelf2007The Man Who Challenged the DevilSongs2007Cidade do SambaSelf2007SchenberguianasSelf2006Por Toda Minha VidaTVSelf2006Por Toda Minha Vida: Elis ReginaSelf2006O Sol - Caminhando contra o ventoSelf2006Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day2006Fabricating Tom ZéSelf2006Nenhum Motivo Explica a GuerraSelf2005Vinicius de MoraesSelf - Singer 'Formosa'2005Maria Bethânia: Música é PerfumeSelf2005Looking for Black OrpheusSelf · Original Music Composer2005Phono 73: A Country and its MusicSelf (archive footage)2004Gilberto Gil : ElectroacústicoSelf2004MTV ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo - 10 AnosSelf2003Born To Be BlindSelf (uncredited)2003CelebrityTVSelf2003Agostinho da Silva - A Living ThoughtSelf2003Reticulum RexThanks2002Outros (Doces) BárbarosSelf2002Viva São João!Self · Music2002Gilberto Gil: Kaya N'GandayaSelf2002Acústico MTV: Cidade NegraSelf2002Desejos de MulherTVSelf2002Rogério Duprat - Vida de MúsicoSelf2001Samba RiachãoSelf2001Sítio do Picapau AmareloTVTheme Song Performance2001Brazil's Maria BethâniaSelf2001ToquinhoSelf2001O Cinema Segundo Vladimir CarvalhoSelf2001Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste2001Multishow Ao Vivo - BrasilSelf2000O Povo BrasileiroTVSelf2000Me, You, ThemMusic2000I Want(voice)1998Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two WorldsSelf - Narrator1997Ed MortSilva 51997Milton Nascimento - A Sede do PeixeSelf1996Bahia de Todos os SambasSelf1996Jorge AmadoSelf1996Gilberto Gil: Tempo ReiSelf1995The MandarinSinhô1994Rio's Love SongMusic1994Gilberto Gil: UnpluggedSelf (vocals and acoustic guitar) · Music Producer1993Maldito Popular Brasileiro: Arnaldo Dias BaptistaSelf1992Beijoqueiro: Portrait of a Serial KisserSelf (archive footage)1992Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da TropicáliaSelf1990Mico PretoTVTheme Song Performance1989Dias de EuforiaSelf1989Chico, or the Country of the Lost DelicacySelf1989ÔríSelf1989O Salvador da PátriaTVTheme Song Performance1988Hunting SeasonSelf1987JubiabáOriginal Music Composer1987Sacrée soiréeTVSelf1987Subway to the StarsMusic1987Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene PassionSelf1986Criança EsperançaTVSelf1986Talking CinemaParty Guest1986HipertensãoTVTheme Song Performance1986Chico & CaetanoTV1986Infinita TropicáliaSelf1984QuilomboOriginal Music Composer1984Making of - QuilomboSelf1983Corações a MilProducer1983Gilbertianas BrasileirasSelf1982Chico Anysio ShowTVSelf1982Champs-ElyséesTVSelf1981BrasilSelf1980Grandes NomesTVSelf1979Caterina Valente presents Brazilian musicSelf1978Sítio do Picapau Amarelo: O MinotauroOriginal Music Composer1977Os Doces BárbarosSelf1977Tent of MiraclesMusic1977The TrapalhõesTV1975Gilberto Gil - RefazendaSelf1974Bahia de Todos os SantosSelf1974Álbum de MúsicaSelf1974Passe LivreSelf1972The DemiurgePã1972Semana de Arte Modernahimself1970BesteMusic1970Copacabana Mon AmourMusic1970O Tempo e o SomSelf1970Viva CaririOriginal Music Composer1969Bahia, For ExampleSelf1969Brazil Year 2000Music1968Domingo no ParqueMusic · Original Story1965ViramundoTheme Song Performance