Actor
Zózimo Bulbul
September 21, 1937 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A Brazilian filmmaker, actor, producer and screenwriter, Jorge da Silva, better known by his stage name Zózimo Bulbul, is regarded as a household name of black Brazilian cinema. He was also the founder of Rio de Janeiro's Black Cinema Center ("Centro Afro Carioca de Cinema").
As an actor, he worked in over 30 features, and was directed by filmmakers such as Glauber Rocha (in "Terra em Transe"), Carlos Diegues ("Quilombo") and Antunes Filho ("Compasso de Espera"), becoming the first black man to play a main character in a Brazilian TV soap opera, in 1969's "Vidas em Conflito".
Often works with
Emmanuel Cavalcanti
6 titles together
Entranced Earth, Quilombo, Garden of War
Thelma Reston
5 titles together
Entranced Earth, Quilombo, El Justicero
Jofre Soares
4 titles together
Entranced Earth, Quilombo, The Naked Man
Antônio Pitanga
4 titles together
Quilombo, Garden of War, Ganga Zumba
Léa Garcia
4 titles together
Quilombo, Ganga Zumba, Daughters of the Wind
Hugo Carvana
3 titles together
Entranced Earth, Garden of War, 5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
Full filmography · 48
Paper and Sea
as João Cândido
2012
Abdias Nascimento
cast
2011
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
cast
2010
Zona Carioca do Porto
Director
2006
In Evil Hour
as Carmichael
2006
Daughters of the Wind
as Marquinhos
2005
O Homem que Sabia Javanês
as Africano
2004
Veja & Ouça - Maria Baderna no Brasil
cast
2004
The Forest
as Procópio
2002
Pequena África
Director
2001
Abolition
Director and Writer
1988
Natal da Portela
cast
1988