Milhem Cortaz
Acting
Biography
Milhem Cortaz (São Paulo, December 6, 1971) is a Brazilian actor and presenter. Of Arab and Italian descent, Cortaz started in theater at the age of 11, led by actor Walmor Chagas when he performed in the play O Santo Milagroso, in 1983. He moved at the age of 15 to live in Italy with his aunt to get rid of his cocaine addiction, where he graduated from the Piccolo Teatro di Milano and began doing street theater under the influence of Commedia dell'arte but returned to Brazil in 1990, joining the Centro de Pesquisa Teatral (CPT) and stood out, among others, for his performances in O Melhor do Homem in 1995, directed by Ulysses Cruz. He is known for Carandiru (2003), Elite Squad (2007) and A Wolf at the Door (2013).
Born: December 6, 1971
Place of Birth: São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Known For
Amores Pandêmicos
The film “Amores Pandêmicos” portrays the story of three couples who experience different phases of love during quarantine. As the pandemic continues, the characters are forced to seek new ways to create, love and maintain healthy mental health, which is somewhat impossible.
These Women
The plot takes place in 1880, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, following the lives of three strong and determined women. Aurélia, Maria da Glória and Mila are great friends who attend etiquette classes together, but life doesn't take long to put them in completely different directions.
Bob Spit: We Do Not Like People
Bob Spit, a comic book character, lives in a post-apocalyptic desert inside the mind of his creator, the legendary Brazilian cartoonist Angeli. When Angeli decides to kill off Bob, the old punk leaves this wasteland and faces his creator.
Elite Squad
In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.
The Power of Desire
Força de um Desejo is a Brazilian telenovela produced by Globo TV and was shown in the schedule of 18 hours between May 10, 1999 and January 29, 2000, in 226 chapters. It was written by Gilberto Braga and as collaborators with Alcides Nogueira Marques, Lilian Garcia, Eliane Garcia, Philip Miguez and Mark Silver and directed by Mauro Mendonça Filho, Carlos Araújo, Fabricio Mamberti and João Camargo, with production of the core Marcos Paulo. Featured Malu Mader, Fábio Assunção, Cláudia Abreu, Marcelo Serrado, Selton Mello, Nathália Timberg, Lavínia Vlasak, Isabel Fillardis and Denise Del Vecchio in leading roles.
Anderson "The Spider" Silva
How many barriers does a champion have to overcome to become the black icon of his generation? Anderson Spider Silva's journey through victories and defeats, in and out of the ring.
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human Right Aids member Diogo Fraga of execution of prisoners. Matias is transferred to the corrupted Military Police and Nascimento is exonerated from the BOPE by the Governor.
O Negocio
Karin, Magali and Luna are three call girls, who decide to apply some marketing knowledge on the world's oldest profession.
A Terra Prometida
Carandiru
When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo - Carandiru, he meets the future victims of one of the darkest days in Brazilian History when the State of São Paulo’s Military Police, with the excuse for law enforcement, shot to death 111 people. Based on real facts and on the book written by Dráuzio Varella.
Filmography
as Pedro
as Martin
as Osmar Pereira
as Seu Amoroso
as Jorge
as Fumaça / Smokey
as Mauro
as Wando
as Paulo
as Tom
as Bob Cuspe (voice)
as Dr. Matias
as Narrator
as Zé Coveiro
as Astério
as Delegado Joubert Machado "Machado"
as Rico
as Pedro
as Narrador
as Regis
as Flávio
as Raul
as Próspero
as Policial Militar
as Próspero
as Treinador Dedé Pederneiras
as Celso
as Cássio
as Cortez
as Seu Belmiro
as Calebe
as Dedé Pederneiras
as Cebola
as Delegado Delmar
as Marquinhos
as Agente Chagas
as João titino
as Inox
as Cardoso
as Coronel Lourenço
as Escritor Livraria
as Branco
as Barzilai
as Riquelme
as Tião
as Bernardo
as Renan
as Ele
as Delegado Jorge Medeiros
as Ocílio
as Geraldo
as Barão
as Pitboy
as Adilson
as Eike Gomes
as Abbas
as Tenente-Coronel Fábio
as Osmar
as Aristides
as Not Dead
as Lupa Castilho
as Sybelle
as Padre Eugênio
as Sargento Carlos José Lima / Cazé
as Lúcio Flávio
as Capitao Fabio
as Locador
as Edgar
as Fito
as Encanador
as Rodrigo
as Américo Pereira
as Jovem Capilé
as Lino
as Lobato
as Espião do Doi Codi
as Carlão
as Alemão
as uncredited
as Peixeira (Dagger)
as Jacaré
as Raí's friend
as capanga
as Ted