Milhem Cortaz
Birthday: 1971-12-06
Place of Birth: São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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).
Movies
Elite Squad
In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Polic...
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Embodiment of Evil
Released from the Mental Health Wing of São Paulo State Penitentiary after forty years, the sadistic...
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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,...
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O Magnata
An upper-middle class punk singer Andre, Magnata spends his time with his low-class friends, singing...
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Carandiru
When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison:...
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Plastic City
Yuda, a Chinese immigrant, and his adopted son Kirin, who he saved being eaten by a tiger in the jun...
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Nina
After losing her job, an unstable woman sinks further and further into a violent fantasy world....
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Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala
The father of a family of lower middle class of São Paulo dies. But he did not realize this and star...
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Overhaul
When truck racer Roger loses everything, he receives a tempting but dangerous offer: to work as the ...
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Lula, the Son of Brazil
The true story of a working class boy who moves to the nation's financial capital at a young age and...
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Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to c...
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Federal Bank Heist
"The Baron" wanted to commit the perfect heist involving 3 tons of money and no violence. For this h...
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Conception
A group of bored well-off young adults come up with anarchic concept of Conceptionism, that promotes...
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Amanhã Nunca Mais
Walter is an absent father and husband who works in a hospital without time for his family. His rede...
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Fortune cookie
Tellerium's founders find themselves in the place where it all began: a secluded oriental restaurant...
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Amores Pandêmicos
The film “Amores Pandêmicos” portrays the story of three couples who experience different phases of ...
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Até a Noite Terminar
Tom and Alice decide to strengthen their marriage in a romantic cottage, but the road holds surprise...
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Augustas
On mythical Augusta Street, in San Paulo (Brazil), a journalist who seeks answers for his angst dive...
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A Wolf at the Door
Love turns to hate and panic breeds suspicion as two parents deal with the kidnapping of their child...
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Atmosfera
Edmundo is the caretaker of a ranch in São Paulo. He lives isolated in nature. His mother's presence...
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Alemão
Five undercover cops at Complexo do Alemão, one of Rio de Janeiro's most dangerous areas, have their...
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Crô
After inheriting a fortune Tereza Cristina, Crodoalvo Valerius, better known as "Crô", is tired of l...
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Trinta
Biopic about the late Joãozinho Trinta, a self-taught classical dancer who turned Rio's Carnival int...
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Outlaw
At the age of nine, Rebeca is sold by her grandmother to the bookseller who ran Rocinha. Disputed by...
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Meu Mundo em Perigo
Elias sees his world threatened when his ex-wife, one recovering junkie, asks for the guard of their...
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Dores de Amores
A couple face problems because he can no longer have sex with her. Always charged due to the lack of...
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Drained
A pawn shop proprietor buys used goods from desperate locals – as much to play perverse power games ...
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Boca
Adapted from his autobiography, the film recounts the story of Hiroito, The King of Boca do Lixo (a ...
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Blue Blood
When the Netuno Circus returns to Fernando de Noronha, it brings back a young man with a turbulent p...
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Playing in the Dark
A revolutionary, fighting against dictatorship in Brazil, is wounded in a gun-fight with the police,...
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De Glauber Para Jirges
Short film based on letters sent from The Brazilian Film Director Glauber Rocha to his former Assist...
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The Impassive Muse
In "The Impassive Muse", Adrine is of Armenian descent and has OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder)....
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Encarcerados
Reveals the real, day-to-day life of penitentiary officers from São Paulo, Brazil....
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Journey to the End of the Night
In a dark and decadent area of São Paulo, the exiled Americans Rosso and his son Paul own a brothel....
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In Dog's Words
São Paulo, 2007. Santana works as a dogcatcher, picking up stray animals. He is a friendly guy, aver...
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If Nothing Else Works Out
In 2006, a journalist in financial problems, a woman who dresses as a man and a troubled taxi driver...
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Billi Pig
The aspiring actress Marivalda, her husband Wanderley, a bankrupt insurance broker and a false pries...
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Stronger Than The World
The Story of longtime UFC Featherweight champion and the struggles facing him on the road to the top...
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Jules and Dolores
On December 19th, 1983, the dream was taken away. The most coveted trophy of all time, the Jules Rim...
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Canastra Suja
Batista and Maria form a couple who, apparently, are very happy in their marriage. However, the trut...
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Entreturnos
Beto is a bus conductor married to Gilda, who longs to have a child. When Beto gets closer to Leia, ...
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Através da Janela
Selma, a retired nurse, is an extremely loving mother for his son Raimundo, in an almost incestuous ...
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Back and Forth
Afonso is a university professor and a single father to his son Benedict. One day, they decide to ta...
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Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte
Small-town trickster Pedro Malasartes has to face two great enemies: Próspero, who will do anything ...
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Garrincha: Lonely Star
The life of Brazilian soccer player, Garrincha, considered to be one of the greatest players of all ...
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Vidas Partidas
A married couple lives peacefully with two children until the husband starts getting violent....
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O Gorila
Afrânio is a retired voice actor. Lonely and tormented by memories of his childhood. In her small ap...
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VIPs
Marcelo leaves his family and moves to Mato Grosso do Sul, where he learns how to fly airplanes by h...
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Girls from ABC
Aurélia is a young black woman who works at a factory and lives in a working-class neighborhood in S...
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High Expectations
Décio is a winning horse trainer who works at the Rio de Janeiro’s Jockey Club, where Lena runs an i...
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Os Parças
After a notorious crook pressures four pals to organize a memorable wedding party for this daughter,...
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Tungstênio
A retired army sergeant, a police officer and his wife and a drug dealer apparently have nothing in ...
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Intimate Strangers
A woman moves back, from São Paulo to her hometown Rio de Janeiro, to support her husband's job. On ...
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Men Are from Mars... And That's Where I'm Going!
Successful at work, Fernanda is an example of women of the third millennium, free to make their choi...
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Querô
Querô is an orphan teenager, living alone near the docks in Santos, Brazil. His mother, a prostitute...
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Cine Holliúdy 2: A Chibata Sideral
With the arrival of the VCR in people's homes, Francisgleydisson is forced to close his beloved Cine...
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Trap.com
Exposed by his girlfriend through a video on the Internet, Bruno tries to revive his reputation, but...
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Alone Man
The film tells the story of Arnaldo, that to get rid of his miserable life, seeks of a clinic that p...
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Life Is a Bitch
Lonely, frustrated, and unable to do anything that gives meaning to their lives, Vladimir, Clivia, R...
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Not by Chance
Enio is a middle-aged man who lives in solitude after a failed relationship. Pedro, 30, dates Teresa...
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Por Trás do Pano
A famous actor believes he has totally mastered his craft. A young and talented actress is open to n...
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Cano Serrado
A history of vendetta and redemption occurs in the vicinity of a road, when the trajectory of a youn...
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A Última Cova
Clara and Fernando try to survive in a world separated by wars while looking for a safe place where ...
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Road 47
During World War II, looking up the Mountain, in Italy, a Brazilian Expeditionary Force - FEB - mine...
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Camila Jam
Camila is in her mid-twenties and her life has been thrown into chaos ever since her boyfriend threw...
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In the Ogre's Garden
Julia is a successful journalist who lives in a comfortable apartment in São Paulo with her husband,...
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