Seu Jorge (born June 8, 1970) is a Brazilian musician, singer/songwriter and actor. Born Jorge Mário da Silva, he was raised in a favela in the city of Belford Roxo in the Baixada Fluminense region of Rio de Janeiro state. He is considered by his fans a renewer of Brazilian pop samba. Seu Jorge cites samba school, and American soul singer Stevie Wonder as major musical influences. Seu Jorge has gained exposure through his work as an actor and soundtrack composer. He appeared in the critically acclaimed film City of God as Mané Galinha, and then played Pelé Dos Santos in Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, for which he provided much of the soundtrack in the form of Portuguese language cover versions of David Bowie classics.

Filmography

• 2026Alma Negra, do Quilombo ao Baile
• 2026Beast Race — Baco
• 2026Narciso — Gênio
• Quem Ama Cuida — Theme Song Performance
• 2026State of Fear — Edson
• 2026The Life Aquatic: A Tribute to David Bowie by Seu Jorge — Self / Pelé dos Santos, Musician
• 2025The Best Mother in the World — Leandro
• 2024Noah's Ark — Deus (voice)
• Anderson Spider Silva — Benedito
• 2023Asteroid City — Other Cowboy
• How To Be a Carioca — Francisco
• Marighella — Carlos Marighella
• 2022Executive Order — André
• The Path — Theme Song Performance
• 2021Marighella — Carlos Marighella
• 2021Pixinguinha, an Affectionate Man — Pixinguinha
• September Mornings — Lourenço
• 2020Abe — Chico
• 2020Irmãos - Seu Jorge & Alexandre Pires — Ele Mesmo
• Brotherhood — Edison
• 2018Paradise Lost — Teylor
• 2017Soundtrack — Cao, Co-Producer
• 2016Pelé: Birth of a Legend — Dondinho
• 2014Dexter & Convidados
• Brave Woman — Theme Song Performance
• 2012Hey, Did You Score? — Seu Jorge, o garçom, Associate Producer
• 2012Kings & Rats — Américo Vilarinho
• 2012Zeca Apresenta: O Quintal do Pagodinho – Ao vivo
• Grêmio Recreativo MTV Arnaldo Antunes
• 2011Seu Jorge: Musicas Para Churrasco Vol1
• 2010Elite Squad: The Enemy Within — Beirada
• 2010The Model: Marcello in Limbo — Music
• 2010The Model: Oshun and the Dream — Music
• 2009A Vermelha Luz do Bandido
• 2008Carmo, Hit the Road — Amparo de Jesús
• 2008The Escapist — Viv Batista
• 2007Seu Jorge - América Brasil — Cantor
• 2007Sleepwalkers — Lasso Dancer Who Works As an Electrician
• 2006Elipsis — Coyote
• 2006Tarantino's Mind — Friend #1
• 2005Ana & Jorge
• 2005Looking for Black Orpheus — Self, Original Music Composer
• 2005The House of Sand — Massu (1910-1919)
• 2004The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou — Pelé dos Santos, Vocals
• 2003Ana Carolina - Estampado
• 2002City of God — Mané Galinha
• 2002Moro no Brasil
• Os Normais — Babu
• Altas Horas
• Later... with Jools Holland
• The South Bank Show
• Geni and the Zeppelin
• How to Be a Carioca — Francisco
• Stealing from Pablo — Executive Producer

Appearances as themselves (23)

• 2025Novela em Sinfonia — Self
• 2024Blue Carbon — Himself
• 2020De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade — Self
• Milton e o Clube da Esquina — Self
• 2019Badi — Himself
• Que História é Essa, Porchat? — Self
• 2018Com a Palavra, Arnaldo Antunes — Self
• Vamos Tocar — Self
• 2015Show Globo 50 Anos — Self
• 2013City of God: 10 Years Later — Himself
• 2012London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music — Self
• 2012Seu Jorge: Músicas para Churrasco, Vol. 01 — Himself
• 2011Sandy: Manuscrito - Ao Vivo — Self
• 2010Ana Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1 — Self
• 2010Multishow ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo no Madison Square Garden — Self
• 2009Beyond Ipanema — Self
• 2007Cidade do Samba — Self
• 2006Bebeto: Pra Balancar — Himself
• 2005Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal — Self
• 2005On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' — Self / Pelé
• 2005This Is an Adventure — Self
• Kulturplatz — Self
• 2004Seu Jorge - MTV Apresenta — Himself