Milhem Cortaz
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).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 5.883 |
| Birthday | 1971-12-06 |
| Place of Birth | São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Also Known As |
2007
Elite Squad
8.044/2420
In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate t...
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Elite Squad
2008
Embodiment of Evil
5.2/34
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Embodiment of Evil
2021
Bob Spit: We Do Not Like People
8.2/9
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Bob Spit: We Do Not Like People
2007
O Magnata
5.6/8
An upper-middle class punk singer Andre, Magnata spends his time with his low-class friends, singing in clubs and wasting money. When he accepts a cha...
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O Magnata
2003
Carandiru
7.585/545
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...
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Carandiru
2009
Plastic City
3.9/6
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Plastic City
2004
Nina
5.8/24
After losing her job, an unstable woman sinks further and further into a violent fantasy world.
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Nina
2008
Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala
5/3
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Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala
2023
Overhaul
6.8/128
When truck racer Roger loses everything, he receives a tempting but dangerous offer: to work as the getaway driver for a gang of thieves.
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Overhaul
2010
Lula, the Son of Brazil
5.6/79
The true story of a working class boy who moves to the nation's financial capital at a young age and becomes one the most influential politicians in B...
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Lula, the Son of Brazil
As Aparecidas
0/0
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As Aparecidas
2010
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
7.808/1850
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Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
2011
Federal Bank Heist
6.324/136
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Federal Bank Heist
2005
Conception
4.8/13
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Conception
2011
Amanhã Nunca Mais
6.4/7
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Amanhã Nunca Mais
2022
Fortune cookie
0/0
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2023
Amores Pandêmicos
8.667/3
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2022
Até a Noite Terminar
0/0
Tom and Alice decide to strengthen their marriage in a romantic cottage, but the road holds surprises and they will depend on the help of the mysterio...
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Até a Noite Terminar
2012
Augustas
4.3/3
On mythical Augusta Street, in San Paulo (Brazil), a journalist who seeks answers for his angst dives into the world of prostitution and neo-Shamanism...
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Augustas
2013
A Wolf at the Door
7.387/191
Based on real events, and set in Rio de Janeiro, A Wolf at the Door is the nerve-rattling tale of a kidnapped child and the terror of the parents left...
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A Wolf at the Door
2023
Atmosfera
0/0
Edmundo is the caretaker of a ranch in São Paulo. He lives isolated in nature. His mother's presence haunts him with poetry and memories of the hinter...
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Atmosfera
2014
Alemão
6.2/97
Five undercover cops at Complexo do Alemão, one of Rio de Janeiro's most dangerous areas, have their covers blown by drug dealers. Arrested, they wait...
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Alemão
2013
Crô
4.9/70
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Crô
2013
Trinta
6.7/13
Biopic about the late Joãozinho Trinta, a self-taught classical dancer who turned Rio's Carnival into an international phenomenon in the 1970s and '80...
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Trinta
2024
Outlaw
6.026/97
At the age of nine, Rebeca is sold by her grandmother to the bookseller who ran Rocinha. Disputed by bicheiros and drug dealers, the community is goin...
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Outlaw
2007
Meu Mundo em Perigo
5.7/3
Elias sees his world threatened when his ex-wife, one recovering junkie, asks for the guard of their son. Fito is in desperation for losing his father...
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Meu Mundo em Perigo
2013
Dores de Amores
6/1
A couple face problems because he can no longer have sex with her. Always charged due to the lack of lust, he feels increasingly diminished in the rel...
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Dores de Amores
2006
Drained
7.1/137
A pawn shop proprietor buys used goods from desperate locals – as much to play perverse power games as for his own livelihood, but when the perfect ru...
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Drained
2010
Boca
5.5/25
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Boca
2014
Blue Blood
5.6/10
When the Netuno Circus returns to Fernando de Noronha, it brings back a young man with a turbulent past. Pedro is now Zolah, the human cannonball. Wh...
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Blue Blood
2004
Playing in the Dark
6.4/7
A revolutionary, fighting against dictatorship in Brazil, is wounded in a gun-fight with the police, and is isolated in another man's apartment, where...
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Playing in the Dark
2005
De Glauber Para Jirges
0/0
Short film based on letters sent from The Brazilian Film Director Glauber Rocha to his former Assistant and friend, Jirges Ristum, father of the direc...
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De Glauber Para Jirges
2011
The Impassive Muse
6.9/5
In "The Impassive Muse", Adrine is of Armenian descent and has OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder). Edivaldo is from Pernambuco and suffers from immo...
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2019
Encarcerados
6/1
Reveals the real, day-to-day life of penitentiary officers from São Paulo, Brazil.
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Encarcerados
2006
Journey to the End of the Night
5.9/42
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Journey to the End of the Night
2016
In Dog's Words
6.1/28
São Paulo, 2007. Santana works as a dogcatcher, picking up stray animals. He is a friendly guy, averse to trouble, who has always kept violence away f...
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In Dog's Words
2008
If Nothing Else Works Out
6.1/9
In 2006, a journalist in financial problems, a woman who dresses as a man and a troubled taxi driver become friends, and gradually, an awkward, strong...
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If Nothing Else Works Out
2012
Billi Pig
3.8/14
The aspiring actress Marivalda, her husband Wanderley, a bankrupt insurance broker and a false priest do their best to get along in life. But they end...
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Billi Pig
2016
Stronger Than The World
6.5/123
The Story of longtime UFC Featherweight champion and the struggles facing him on the road to the top.
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Stronger Than The World
2016
Jules and Dolores
6.355/38
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Jules and Dolores
2014
Entreturnos
5.2/3
Beto is a bus conductor married to Gilda, who longs to have a child. When Beto gets closer to Leia, owner of his favorite bar, he meets Valcir, a newc...
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Entreturnos
2016
Canastra Suja
7.2/20
Batista and Maria form a couple who, apparently, are very happy in their marriage. However, the truth is that appearances deceive and much; in the bac...
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Canastra Suja
2000
Através da Janela
6/1
Selma, a retired nurse, is an extremely loving mother for his son Raimundo, in an almost incestuous relationship. One day, she becomes aware of some c...
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Através da Janela
2016
Back and Forth
5.9/37
Afonso is a university professor and a single father to his son Benedict. One day, they decide to take a trip together, but face problems when their c...
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Back and Forth
2017
Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte
6.4/46
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Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte
2006
Bom Dia, Eternidade
0/0
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2003
Garrincha: Lonely Star
4.2/8
The life of Brazilian soccer player, Garrincha, considered to be one of the greatest players of all time, with his uniquely original style. He had arc...
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Garrincha: Lonely Star
2016
Vidas Partidas
5.5/4
A married couple lives peacefully with two children until the husband starts getting violent.
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Vidas Partidas
2012
O Gorila
6.7/6
Afrânio is a retired voice actor. Lonely and tormented by memories of his childhood. In her small apartment, looking for a way to re-integrate into so...
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O Gorila
2011
VIPs
6.395/110
Marcelo leaves his family and moves to Mato Grosso do Sul, where he learns how to fly airplanes by himself watching the pilots. One day, he responds t...
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VIPs
2003
Garotas do ABC
5.8/18
Aurélia is a young black woman who works at a factory and lives in a working-class neighborhood in São Paulo, whose boyfriend Fábio gets involved with...
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Garotas do ABC
2017
High Expectations
5.6/6
Décio is a winning horse trainer who works at the Rio de Janeiro’s Jockey Club, where Lena runs an indebted coffee shop that she inherited. Worried ab...
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High Expectations
2017
Os Parças
5.9/104
After a notorious crook pressures four pals to organize a memorable wedding party for this daughter, they decide to go all in and open an agency.
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Os Parças
2018
Tungstênio
4.5/13
A retired army sergeant, a police officer and his wife and a drug dealer apparently have nothing in common, but they will unite for a greater good. Wh...
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Tungstênio
2018
Intimate Strangers
5.1/18
A woman moves back, from São Paulo to her hometown Rio de Janeiro, to support her husband's job. On their new residence, she forms an unlikely bond wi...
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Intimate Strangers
2014
Men Are from Mars... And That's Where I'm Going!
6.7/162
Successful at work, Fernanda is an example of women of the third millennium, free to make their choices and independent. Yet in her personal life she...
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Men Are from Mars... And That's Where I'm Going!
2007
Querô
6.4/24
Querô is an orphan teenager, living alone near the docks in Santos, Brazil. His mother, a prostitute, died when he was a baby, and he was raised in th...
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Querô
2019
Cine Holliúdy 2: A Chibata Sideral
6.3/24
With the arrival of the VCR in people's homes, Francisgleydisson is forced to close his beloved Cine Holliudy. This jeopardizes your son's college tui...
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Cine Holliúdy 2: A Chibata Sideral
2011
Trap.com
5/140
Exposed by his girlfriend through a video on the Internet, Bruno tries to revive his reputation, but all he can do is get into a series of traps (Cila...
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Trap.com
2016
Alone Man
6.5/17
The film tells the story of Arnaldo, that to get rid of his miserable life, seeks of a clinic that promises to copy people. With a copy occupying his...
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Alone Man
2018
Life Is a Bitch
7.2/10
Lonely, frustrated, and unable to do anything that gives meaning to their lives, Vladimir, Clivia, Regina and Primo trace an absurd plan: to kidnap a...
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Life Is a Bitch
2007
Not by Chance
6.8/10
Enio is a middle-aged man who lives in solitude after a failed relationship. Pedro, 30, dates Teresa, who is moving to her home. He inherited a carpen...
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1996
Leonardo Pareja
0/0
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Leonardo Pareja
1999
Por Trás do Pano
5/4
A famous actor believes he has totally mastered his craft. A young and talented actress is open to new challenges. They meet, and confront each other;...
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Por Trás do Pano
2018
Cano Serrado
6.7/3
A history of vendetta and redemption occurs in the vicinity of a road, when the trajectory of a young policeman from the Capital intersects with a ser...
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Cano Serrado
2018
A Última Cova
5/1
Clara and Fernando try to survive in a world separated by wars while looking for a safe place where they can rebuild their lives.
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