Milhem Cortaz

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Milhem Cortaz
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Cortaz in 2009
Born
Milhem Avance Cortas

(1971-12-06) 6 December 1971 (age 53)
São Paulo, Brazil
OccupationActor
Years active1983–present
Spouse
Ziza Brisola
(m. 1999)
Children1

Milhem Avance Cortas (born 6 December 1971) is a Brazilian actor.

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Career

Cortaz' first role came on the 2000 film Mater Dei, written by Diogo Mainardi, where he portrayed a security guard. On 2002, he premiered on the television with a minor character on Rede Globo's unsuccessful telenovela Desejos de Mulher. On the following year, he started gaining some notoriety after starring on the critically acclaimed Hector Babenco film Carandiru , about the massacre on the prison of the same name.

On 2005, Cortaz starred on Rede Record's telenovela Essas Mulheres and acted on the controversial independent film A Concepção, in which he appears fully naked a considerable number of times. On the following year, he acted on Record's successful telenovela Cidadão Brasileiro and on the American-Brazilian film Journey to the End of the Night .

It was not until José Padilha's 2007 film Elite Squad , in which he portrays a corrupt police officer, that he gained notoriety of the major public. In 2009 he starred as Cazé on Record's Chamas da Vida and played the deceased father of former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Fábio Barreto's Lula, o filho do Brasil .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 Por Trás do Pano Puck
2000Mater DeiSecurity guard
Através da JanelaRaí's friend
2003Garotas do ABCAlemão
Carandiru Peixeira
Garrincha - Estrela Solitária
2004 Nina Carlão
Cabra-CegaThe man who leads the break into the apartment
2005De Glauber Para JirgesGlauber
CafundóPlague trooper
A ConcepçãoLino
2006 Journey to the End of the Night Rodrigo
Drained Plumber
2007Meu Mundo em PerigoFito
Querô Sr. Edgar
Não Por AcasoPaiva
Elite Squad Fábio
Nome PróprioLocador
O MagnataLúcio Flávio
2008Road Movie
Embodiment of Evil Padre Eugênio
Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num OpalaLupa
DangkouNot Dead
2009 Se Nada Mais Der Certo Sibele
Lula, Son of Brazil Aristides
2010 Elite Squad: The Enemy Within Fábio
2011 Federal Bank Heist Barão
2012BocaOsmar
2013O Lobo atrás da Porta
2014 Alemão Branco
Entreturnos
Trinta
2015Sangue Azul
2016 The Ten Commandments: The Movie
Mais Forte que o Mundo
Mundo Cão
Altas Expectativas
Aurora
Vidas Partidas
Canastra Suja Celso
2017Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 A Próxima Vítima Duda Maluco's henchmanEpisode: "22 March"
1998 Torre de Babel PrisonerEpisode: "26 October"
1999 Chiquinha Gonzaga SoldierEpisode: "12 January"
2000Sandy & JúniorLieutenant WilliamEpisode: "Independência é Arte"
2001 Pícara Sonhadora CláudioEpisodes: "10–25 October"
2002 Desejos de Mulher XavierEpisode: "23 May"
2003Carga PesadaMauroEpisode: "Companheiros"
2004 Da Cor do Pecado BurglarEpisode: "13 March"
A Diarista OswaldoEpisode: "Aquele do Supermercado"
A Grande Família MechanicEpisode: "Niterói 40 graus"
2005 A Escrava Isaura Manuel da Mota CoqueiroEpisodes: "9–11 February"
Essas MulheresLobato
2006 Cidadão Brasileiro Américo Pereira
2007 Vidas Opostas Sextavado
Bicho do MatoInspector Paulo Mattos
2008–2009 Chamas da Vida Sargeant Carlos José Lima "Cazé"
2009–2010 Poder Paralelo Clóvis Fernandes
2011Autor por AutorVarious characters [1] Episode: "João Ubaldo Ribeiro"
Sansão e Dalila Abbas
2012Fora de ControleJorge Medeiros
2013Mistérios DiscoveryPresenter
O Negócio RenanEpisode: "Visão"
2014 Milagres de Jesus BarzilaiEpisode: "O Leproso de Genesaré"
Plano AltoJoão Titino
2015 Magnífica 70 Major ChagasEpisode: "O Lançamento"
2015–2016 Os Dez Mandamentos Bomani, Caleb
2016Conselho TutelarJair Lemes
2016–2017 A Terra Prometida Caleb
2018 Rua Augusta Raul
Ilha de Ferro Astério
2018–2019 O Sétimo Guardião Delegate Joubert Machado
2019–2021 Amor de Mãe Dr. Matias Junqueira [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
2023 The Others Wando
Compro LikesJorge Lopes "Sargento Ternurinha"
B.A: O Futuro Está MortoEdson "Edd"
Anderson Spider SilvaSantiago
2024–present Volta por Cima Osmarino "Osmar" Souza [7] [8]
2025Vermelho SangueTBA [9]


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