Gilberto Gil

Biography

Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira, known professionally as Gilberto Gil, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and politician, known for both his musical innovation and political activism. From 2003 to 2008, he served as Brazil's Minister of Culture in the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Known for

They Shot the Piano Player

6 October 2023

RiP!: A Remix Manifesto

Loki: Arnaldo Baptista

19 June 2009

Axé: Music of a People

19 January 2017

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
—	Kopenawa: Sonhar a Terra-Floresta
2024	A Última Vanguarda	Self
2024	Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos	Self
2024	Toquinho Maravilhoso	Self
—	Gilberto Gil	Self
2023	They Shot the Piano Player	Self (voice)
2023	Chic Show	Self
2023	Bios: Os Paralamas do Sucesso	Self
2023	The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023	Môa, Mother Africa Roots	Self
2023	Germano Mathias - O Catedrático do Samba	Self
2022	Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu	Self (archive footage)
2022	Gil Family	Self
2022	Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer	Self
2022	2022	Self
2022	O Presidente Improvável	Self
2021	Pelé	Self
2021	Astral Journey	Self
2021	Gilberto Gil: Um Deus em seu Jardim	Self
2021	Arraial do Gil	Self
2020	Amor e Sorte com Gilberto Gil	Self
2020	Encontros Tropicais	Self
2020	De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade	Self
2020	Gilberto Gil - Concerto de Cordas & Máquinas de Ritmo	Self
2019	O Barato de Iacanga	Self
2019	Refavela 40	Self
2019	Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar	Self
2019	Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro	Self
2019	October	Self
2019	Mito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa	Self
2019	Gilberto Gil Antologia Vol.1	Self
2018	All Love Songs	Self
2018	Dê Lembranças a Todos	Self
2018	Smetak	Self (archive footage)
2018	O Outro Lado da Memória	Self
2018	Amigos, Sons e Palavras	Self
2017	Axé: Music of a People	Self
2017	O Nome Dela é Gal	Self
2017	Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End	Self
2017	Tropicália: 50 Anos	Self (archive footage)
2017	Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas	Self
2017	Conversa com Bial	Self
2016	Pitanga	Self
2016	Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World	Self
2016	Chico Science: Um Caranguejo Elétrico	Self
2016	Yorimatã	Self
2016	Beard, Hair & Stache	Self
2016	Vamos Tocar	Self
2015	Circo Voador - A Nave	Self
2015	Rogério Duarte, o Tropikaoslista	Self
2015	Two Friends, a Century of Music	Self
2015	André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music	Self
2014	Dominguinhos	Self
2014	Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração	Gilberto Gil
2013	Viramundo	Self
2013	A Farra do Circo	Self
2013	Festive Land: Carnival in Bahia	Self
2012	Tropicália	Self
2012	Aperana Street 52	Self
2012	Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust	Self
2012	Futuro do Pretérito: Tropicalismo Now!	Self
2011	Especial: Ivete, Gil e Caetano	Self
2011	Canções do Exílio: A Labareda que Lambeu Tudo	Self
2011	O Velho Guerreiro Não Morrerá - O Cangaceiro de Lima Barreto 50 Anos Depois	Self
2011	Músicos de Latinoamérica	Self
2010	A Night in 67	Self
2010	2012: Time for Change	Self
2010	Ana Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1	Self
2010	Gilberto Gil, the Power of Music	Self
2010	Gilberto Gil – Fé Na Festa	Self
2009	Dzi Croquettes	Self
2009	Loki: Arnaldo Baptista	Self
2009	Hello, Hello, Terezinha!	Self
2009	Beyond Ipanema	Self
2008	RiP!: A Remix Manifesto	Self
2008	The Man Who Bottled Clouds	Self
2008	Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal	Self
2008	Permanent Pan-Cinema	Self (voice)
2007	Cidade do Samba	Self
2006	Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day
2006	Fabricating Tom Zé	Self
2006	Por Toda Minha Vida	Self
2006	Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra	Self
2006	O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento	Self
2005	Vinicius de Moraes	Self - Singer 'Formosa'
2005	Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume	Self
2005	Looking for Black Orpheus	Self
2005	Phono 73: A Country and its Music	Self (archive footage)
2004	MTV ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo	Self
2004	Gilberto Gil : Electroacústico	Self
2003	Celebridade	Self
2003	Born To Be Blind	Self (uncredited)
2003	Outros (Doces) Bárbaros	Self
2003	Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought	Self
2002	Viva São João!	Self
2002	Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei	Self
2002	Gilberto Gil: Kaya N'Gandaya	Self
2002	Rogério Duprat - Vida de Músico	Self
2002	Desejos de Mulher	Self
2001	O Cinema Segundo Vladimir Carvalho	Self
2001	Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste
2001	Samba Riachão	Self
2001	Toquinho	Self
2001	Brazil's Maria Bethânia	Self
2000	I Want	(voice)
2000	O Povo Brasileiro	Self
1998	Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds	Self - Narrator
1997	Ed Mort	Silva 5
1996	Bahia de Todos os Sambas	Self
1996	Jorge Amado	Self
1995	The Mandarin	Sinhô
1994	Acústico MTV: Gilberto Gil	Self
1993	Maldito Popular Brasileiro: Arnaldo Dias Baptista	Self
1992	Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália	Self
1989	Ôrí	Self
1989	Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy	Self
1988	Hunting Season	Self
1987	Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion	Self
1986	Talking Cinema	Party Guest
1986	Infinita Tropicália	Self
1986	Criança Esperança	Self
1984	Making of - Quilombo	Self
1983	Corações a Mil
1983	Gilbertianas Brasileiras	Self
1982	Champs-Elysées	Self
1981	Brasil	Self
1980	Grandes Nomes	Self
1979	Caterina Valente presents Brazilian music	Self
1977	Os Doces Bárbaros	Self
1975	Gilberto Gil - Refazenda	Self
1974	Álbum de Música	Self
1974	Bahia de Todos os Santos	Self
1974	Passe Livre	Self
1972	The Demiurge	Pã
1970	O Tempo e o Som	Self
1969	Bahia, For Example	Self

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2020	Brazil is thee Haiti is (t)here	Music
2009	The Assailant	Songs
2007	The Man Who Challenged the Devil	Songs
2005	Looking for Black Orpheus	Original Music Composer
2003	Reticulum Rex	Thanks
2001	Sítio do Picapau Amarelo	Theme Song Performance
2000	Me, You, Them	Music
1994	Rio's Love Song	Music
1987	Subway to the Stars	Music
1987	Jubiabá	Original Music Composer
1986	Hipertensão	Theme Song Performance
1984	Quilombo	Original Music Composer
1983	Corações a Mil	Producer
1977	Tent of Miracles	Music
1970	Copacabana Mon Amour	Music
1970	Beste	Music
1970	Viva Cariri	Original Music Composer
1969	Brazil Year 2000	Music
1968	Domingo no Parque	Music
1968	Domingo no Parque	Original Story
1965	Viramundo	Theme Song Performance