Gilberto Gil

Born

6/26/1942

Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Gilberto Gil

Biography

Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (born June 26, 1942) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, musician, politician, and writer. With a career spanning over six decades, he is known for his significant contributions to Brazilian music and for winning Grammy Awards, Latin Grammy Awards, and the French government's National Order of Merit (1997). In 1999, he was named an "Artist for Peace" by UNESCO.

Known For73 Movies

Samba Riachão
2001
★7.0
Ôrí
1989
★8.6
Tropicália
2012
★7.1
Rogério Duarte, o Tropikaoslista
2015
★5.0
Dzi Croquettes
2009
★7.7
Yorimatã
2016
★10.0
Pelé
2021
★7.3
They Shot the Piano Player
2023
★6.5
Ritas
2025
★8.1
Chic Show
2023
★9.0
Outros (Doces) Bárbaros
2002
★8.8
Preta - Eu Não Ando Só
2026
★9.6
Looking for Black Orpheus
2005
★9.0
The Demiurge
1972
★6.0
Rogério Duprat - Vida de Músico
2002
★9.0
Hello, Hello, Terezinha!
2009
★6.8
Viramundo
2013
★5.8
Samba Infinite
2025
★5.0
Acústico MTV: Cidade Negra
2002
★6.5
Dominguinhos
2014
★7.2
MTV Ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo - 10 Anos
2004
★8.1
Gilberto Gil: Um Deus em seu Jardim
2021
★2.0
Circo Voador - A Nave
2015
★6.5
2012: Time for Change
2010
★6.3
Cazuza: Good News
2025
★7.5
Show 60 Anos
2025
★7.8
All Love Songs
2018
★7.3
Rita Lee: Mania de Você
2025
★8.2
Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu
2022
★7.0
Dunas do Barato
2017
★5.5
Beijoqueiro: Portrait of a Serial Kisser
1992
★8.0
A Farra do Circo
2013
★9.0
Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World
2016
★6.8
Vinicius de Moraes
2005
★6.3
Pitanga
2016
★5.6
Ed Mort
1997
★5.3
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023
★9.0
Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume
2005
★7.4
Fabricating Tom Zé
2006
★4.0
Talking Cinema
1986
★5.0
Milton Nascimento - A Sede do Peixe
1997
★7.0
O Barato de Iacanga
2019
★7.8
Breaking Myths
2022
★7.9
Especial: Ivete, Gil e Caetano
2011
★9.3
Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
1998
★9.0
Bahia de Todos os Sambas
1996
★8.0
Bios: Os Paralamas do Sucesso
2023
★7.5
Hunting Season
1988
★5.3
RiP!: A Remix Manifesto
2008
★7.1
Brasil
1981
★7.7
A Night in 67
2010
★6.8
Canções do Exílio: A Labareda Que Lambeu Tudo
2011
★4.0
Gilberto Gil: Kaya N'Gandaya
2002
★8.0
Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer
2022
★8.5
The Mandarin
1995
★4.8
Loki: Arnaldo Baptista
2009
★6.8
Ana Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1
2010
★8.5
Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End
2017
★8.0
Refavela 40
2019
★6.3
Os Doces Bárbaros
1977
★8.0
Corações a Mil
1983
★4.3
1964: Brazil between weapons and books
2019
★7.4
Aperana Street 52
2012
★5.2
Axé: Music of a People
2017
★7.9
Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day
2006
★7.0
Chico Science: Um Caranguejo Elétrico
2016
★9.0
Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar
2019
★10.0
Dê Lembranças a Todos
2018
★7.0
Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust
2012
★5.0
O Tempo e o Som
1970
★10.0
Bahia, For Example
1969
★7.5
O Cinema Segundo Vladimir Carvalho
2001
★4.0
Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro
2019
★4.0