José Wilker de Almeida (20 August 1944 â€" 5 April 2014) was a
Brazilian film, stage, and television actor and director. The actor
gained fame in telenovelas like "Roque Santeiro" (1985), but became
known internationally for his role as Vadinho, the husband who returns
from the dead to tempt Sonia Braga in the movie "Dona Flor and Her Two
Husbands" (1976).Wilker was born on 20 August 1944 in Juazeiro do
Norte. He started his career as a radio announcer at a radio in
Ceará, where he was born. He moved to Recife and worked in the
theater as a member of Movimento de Cultura Popular (MPC). The group
brought culture and lessons in reading, writing, and politics. MPC was
banned during the military repression in the 1960s, and Wilker moved
to Rio de Janeiro.He began working in cinema in Rio, which was at the
forefront of Brazilian experimental and national cinema. He was 19
when he appeared in his first film, in 1965 (A Falecida), starring
Fernanda Montenegro. In Rio, Wilker also got involved with the Teatro
Ipanema theater group, headed by Rubens Corrêa and Ivan de
Albuquerque. At Teatro Ipanema he rose to underground fame with his
role in Fernando Arrabal's O Arquiteto e o Imperador da AssÃria (The
Architect and the Emperor of Assyria) (1970), and starred in his own A
China é Azul (China is Blue) (1972). He worked in television soap
operas for decades.[citation needed]
Brazilian film, stage, and television actor and director. The actor
gained fame in telenovelas like "Roque Santeiro" (1985), but became
known internationally for his role as Vadinho, the husband who returns
from the dead to tempt Sonia Braga in the movie "Dona Flor and Her Two
Husbands" (1976).Wilker was born on 20 August 1944 in Juazeiro do
Norte. He started his career as a radio announcer at a radio in
Ceará, where he was born. He moved to Recife and worked in the
theater as a member of Movimento de Cultura Popular (MPC). The group
brought culture and lessons in reading, writing, and politics. MPC was
banned during the military repression in the 1960s, and Wilker moved
to Rio de Janeiro.He began working in cinema in Rio, which was at the
forefront of Brazilian experimental and national cinema. He was 19
when he appeared in his first film, in 1965 (A Falecida), starring
Fernanda Montenegro. In Rio, Wilker also got involved with the Teatro
Ipanema theater group, headed by Rubens Corrêa and Ivan de
Albuquerque. At Teatro Ipanema he rose to underground fame with his
role in Fernando Arrabal's O Arquiteto e o Imperador da AssÃria (The
Architect and the Emperor of Assyria) (1970), and starred in his own A
China é Azul (China is Blue) (1972). He worked in television soap
operas for decades.[citation needed]
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