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.

Filmography

• 2026Kopenawa: Sonhar a Terra-Floresta
• 2025Gilberto Gil @ Philharmonie De Paris — Self : Vocals & Guitar, Author, Compositor, Original Music Composer, Musician
• 2025Noites de João — Ele próprio
• 2025Samba Infinite — Librarian
• Angélica: 50 & Uns
• 2023The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
• 2020brazil is thee haiti is (t)here — Music
• 2014A Bola — NARRADOR
• 2014Rio, I Love You — Music
• Precious Pearl — Theme Song Performance
• 2013Sítio do Picapau Amarelo: As Peripécias do Saci — Theme Song Performance
• 2012Sítio do Picapau Amarelo: Aventuras no Reino das Águas Claras — Theme Song Performance
• 2009The Assailant — Songs
• 2007The Man Who Challenged the Devil — Songs
• 2006Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day
• 2005Looking for Black Orpheus — Self, Original Music Composer
• 2003Reticulum Rex — Thanks
• 2002Viva São João! — Self, Music
• 2001Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste
• Sítio do Picapau Amarelo — Theme Song Performance
• 2000I Want — (voice)
• 2000Me, You, Them — Music
• 1997Ed Mort — Silva 5
• 1995The Mandarin — Sinhô
• 1994Gilberto Gil: Unplugged — Self (vocals and acoustic guitar), Music Producer
• 1994Rio's Love Song — Music
• Mico Preto — Theme Song Performance
• O Salvador da Pátria — Theme Song Performance
• 1987Jubiabá — Original Music Composer
• 1987Subway to the Stars — Music
• Chico & Caetano
• Hipertensão — Theme Song Performance
• 1986Talking Cinema — Party Guest
• 1984Quilombo — Original Music Composer
• 1983Corações a Mil — Ele mesmo, Producer
• 1978Sítio do Picapau Amarelo: O Minotauro — Original Music Composer
• 1977Tent of Miracles — Music
• The Trapalhões
• 1972The Demiurge — Pã
• 1970Beste — Music
• 1970Copacabana Mon Amour — Music
• 1970Viva Cariri — Original Music Composer
• 1969Brazil Year 2000 — Music
• 1968Domingo no Parque — Music, Original Story
• 1965Viramundo — Theme Song Performance

Appearances as themselves (155)

• 2026Preta - Eu Não Ando Só — Self
• 20253 Obás de Xangô — Self
• 2025Beat - a film about Jazz — himself
• Cazuza Além da Música — Self
• 2025Cazuza: Good News — Self
• 2025Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei - A Última Turnê — Self
• 2025Rita Lee: Mania de Você — Self
• 2025Ritas — Self (archive footage)
• 2025Show 60 Anos — Self
• Singing Earth — Himself
• Tiny Desk Brazil — Self
• 2024A Última Vanguarda — Self
• 2024Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos — Self
• 2024Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi — Self
• 2024Toquinho Maravilhoso — Self
• 2023Bios: Os Paralamas do Sucesso — Self
• 2023Chic Show — Self
• 2023Germano Mathias - O Catedrático do Samba — Self
• 2023Môa, Mother Africa Roots — Self
• O Repórter do Poder — Self
• 2023They Shot the Piano Player — Self (voice)
• 2022 — Self
• 2022Breaking Myths — Self (archive footage)
• Gil Family — Self
• 2022Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer — Self
• 2022Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu — Self (archive footage)
• 2022O Presidente Improvável — Self
• 2021Arraial do Gil — Self
• Astral Journey — Self
• 2021Gilberto Gil: Um Deus em seu Jardim — Self
• 2021Pelé — Self
• 2020Amor e Sorte com Gilberto Gil — Self
• 2020De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade — Self
• 2020Encontros Tropicais — Self
• 2020Gilberto Gil - Concerto de Cordas & Máquinas de Ritmo — Self
• 20191964: Brazil between weapons and books — Himself
• 2019Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar — Self
• 2019Gilberto Gil Antologia Vol.1 — Self
• 2019Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro — Self
• 2019Mito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa — Self
• 2019O Barato de Iacanga — Self (archive footage)
• 2019October — Self
• 2019Refavela 40 — Self
• 2018All Love Songs — Self
• Amigos, Sons e Palavras — Self
• 2018Dê Lembranças a Todos — Self
• 2018O Outro Lado da Memória — Self
• 2018Smetak — Self (archive footage)
• 2017Axé: Music of a People — Self
• Conversa com Bial — Self
• 2017Dunas do Barato — Self (archive footage)
• 2017Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas — Self
• O Nome Dela é Gal — Self
• 2017Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End — Self
• 2017Tropicália: 50 Anos — Self (archive footage)
• 2016Beard, Hair & Stache — Self
• 2016Chico Science: Um Caranguejo Elétrico — Self
• 2016Pitanga — Self
• 2016Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World — Self
• 2016Sandy: Meu Canto - Ao Vivo no Teatro Municipal de Niterói — Self
• Vamos Tocar — Self
• 2016Yorimatã — Self
• 2015André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music — Self
• 2015Circo Voador - A Nave — Self
• 2015Rogério Duarte, o Tropikaoslista — Self
• 2015Two Friends, a Century of Music — Self
• 2014Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração — Self
• 2014Dominguinhos — Self
• 2014Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo — Self
• 2013A Farra do Circo — Self
• 2013Festive Land: Carnival in Bahia — Self
• 2013Viramundo — Self
• 2012Aperana Street 52 — Self
• 2012Futuro do Pretérito: Tropicalismo Now! — Self
• 2012Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust — Self
• 2012Tropicália — Self
• 2011Canções do Exílio: A Labareda Que Lambeu Tudo — Self
• 2011Especial: Ivete, Gil e Caetano — Self
• 2011JMB, O Famigerado — Self
• Músicos de Latinoamérica — Self
• 2011O Velho Guerreiro Não Morrerá - O Cangaceiro de Lima Barreto 50 Anos Depois — Self
• 20102012: Time for Change — Self
• 2010A Night in 67 — Self
• 2010Ana Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1 — Self
• 2010Duetos — Self
• 2010Gilberto Gil – Fé Na Festa — Self
• 2010Gilberto Gil, the Power of Music — Self
• 2009Beyond Ipanema — Self
• 2009Dzi Croquettes — Self
• 2009Hello, Hello, Terezinha! — Self
• 2009Loki: Arnaldo Baptista — Self
• 2008Beth Carvalho Canta o Samba da Bahia — Self
• 2008Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal — Self
• 2008Permanent Pan-Cinema — Self (voice)
• 2008RiP!: A Remix Manifesto — Self
• 2008The Man Who Bottled Clouds — Self
• 2007Cidade do Samba — Self
• 2007Schenberguianas — Self
• 2006Fabricating Tom Zé — Self
• 2006Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra — Self
• 2006O Sol - Caminhando Contra o Vento — Self
• Por Toda Minha Vida — Self
• 2006Por Toda Minha Vida: Elis Regina — Self
• 2005Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume — Self
• 2005Phono 73: A Country and its Music — Self (archive footage)
• 2005Vinicius de Moraes — Self - Singer 'Formosa'
• 2004Gilberto Gil : Electroacústico — Self
• 2004MTV Ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo - 10 Anos — Self
• 2003Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought — Self
• 2003Born To Be Blind — Self (uncredited)
• Celebrity — Self
• 2002Acústico MTV: Cidade Negra — Self
• Desejos de Mulher — Self
• 2002Gilberto Gil: Kaya N'Gandaya — Self
• 2002Outros (Doces) Bárbaros — Self
• 2002Rogério Duprat - Vida de Músico — Self
• 2001Brazil's Maria Bethânia — Self
• 2001Multishow Ao Vivo - Brasil — Self
• 2001O Cinema Segundo Vladimir Carvalho — Self
• 2001Samba Riachão — Self
• 2001Toquinho — Self
• O Povo Brasileiro — Self
• 1998Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds — Self - Narrator
• 1997Milton Nascimento - A Sede do Peixe — Self
• 1996Bahia de Todos os Sambas — Self
• 1996Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei — Self
• 1996Jorge Amado — Self
• 1993Maldito Popular Brasileiro: Arnaldo Dias Baptista — Self
• 1992Beijoqueiro: Portrait of a Serial Kisser — Self (archive footage)
• 1992Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália — Self
• 1989Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy — Self
• 1989Dias de Euforia — Self
• 1989Ôrí — Self
• 1988Hunting Season — Self
• 1987Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion — Self
• Sacrée soirée — Self
• Criança Esperança — Self
• 1986Infinita Tropicália — Self
• Rock in Rio — Self - Performer
• 1984Making of - Quilombo — Self
• 1983Gilbertianas Brasileiras — Self
• Champs-Elysées — Self
• Chico Anysio Show — Self
• 1981Brasil — Self
• Grandes Nomes — Self
• 1979Caterina Valente presents Brazilian music — Self
• 1977Os Doces Bárbaros — Self
• 1975Gilberto Gil - Refazenda — Self
• 1974Bahia de Todos os Santos — Self
• 1974Passe Livre — Self
• 1974Álbum de Música — Self
• 1972Semana de Arte Moderna — himself
• 1970O Tempo e o Som — Self
• 1969Bahia, For Example — Self
• Gilberto Gil — Self