Seu Jorge Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Seu Jorge Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Jorge Mário da Silva, more commonly known by his stage name Seu Jorge

(born June 8, 1970; Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsew ˈÊ'É"Ê Ê'i]), is

a Brazilian musical artist, songwriter, and actor. He is considered by

many a renewer of Brazilian pop samba. Seu Jorge cites samba schools

and American soul singer Stevie Wonder as major musical influences.

Jorge is also known for his film roles as Mané Galinha in the 2002

film City of God and as Pelé dos Santos in the 2004 film The Life

Aquatic with Steve Zissou. His musical work has received praise from

many of his fellow musicians including Beck and David Bowie.Seu Jorge

has gained exposure through his work as an actor and soundtrack

composer. He appeared in the critically acclaimed 2002 film City of

God as Mané Galinha, directed by filmmaker Fernando Meirelles, and

then played Pelé dos Santos in Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with

Steve Zissou, for which he provided much of the soundtrack in the form

of Portuguese language cover versions of David Bowie classics. Bowie

later went on to say about his cover album, The Life Aquatic Studio

Sessions, that "had Seu Jorge not recorded my songs in Portuguese I

would never have heard this new level of beauty which he has imbued

them with."In June 2006, he performed at Bonnaroo music festival in

Manchester, Tennessee and at the Festival Sudoeste TMN in Portugal. He

has also performed in 2006 at the Bluesfest in Ottawa, Ontario and

performed at the Harbourfront in Toronto, Ontario. Jorge's

performances are known for their excitement as well as for getting the

crowd moving. In January 2010 he performed with Thievery Corporation

at the Austin City Limits.
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