Francisco Buarque de Hollanda OMC • ComIH, better known as Chico Buarque (Rio de Janeiro, June 19, 1944), is a Brazilian singer, composer, guitarist, playwright, writer and actor. He is considered by many critics to be the greatest living artist in Brazilian music. His discography includes approximately eighty works, including solo albums, in partnership with other musicians and compacts.

Filmography

• 2026Le chemin et la fuite — Songs
• 2023Chico Buarque: Que Tal Um Samba? — Voz e Violão
• 2023The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
• 2022The Coup d'État Factory — Chico Buarque
• 2021My Uncle José — Original Music Composer
• 2019Roda Viva Roda Brasil — Musician
• 2018Chico Buarque: Caravanas – Ao Vivo — Intérprete
• 2018The Great Mystical Circus — Music, Original Music Composer
• 2015Ana Carolina - #AC Ao Vivo
• 2014O Grande Circo Místico — Music
• 2014O Que Trago do Chumbo - Os 50 Anos do Golpe Militar — Music
• 2014Rio, I Love You — Music
• 2013Edu Lobo 70 Anos
• 2012Chico Buarque: Na Carreira — Self, Scenario Writer, Music
• 2012Clara
• 2012Feijoada Completa — Other
• Amor em Quatro Atos — Novel
• 2011Consideração do Poema
• 2011Dia Voa
• 2010Os Saltimbancos: O Musical — Music, Writer
• 2009Budapeste — Novel
• Seize the Day — Theme Song Performance
• 2006The Greatest Love of All — Original Music Composer
• 2006The Machine — Original Music Composer
• 2004Owner of the Story — Music
• 2004Playing in the Dark — Musician
• 2003Ana Carolina - Estampado
• 2003Benjamim — Book
• Desejos de Mulher — Theme Song Performance
• 2001Possible Loves — Songs
• 2001Water and Salt — Amante
• 2000O Sonho de Rose: 10 Anos Depois — Original Music Composer
• 2000Turbulence — Novel
• 1997Ed Mort — Silva 1
• 1997Four Days in September — Music
• 1997The Oyster and the Wind — Songs
• 1995The Mandarin — Noel Rosa
• 1994Rio's Love Song — Music
• 1991Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo II: A Volta — Julinho da Adelaide, Music
• Golden Years — Music
• 1986Malandro — Writer, Music
• 1984Lin and Katazan — Novel
• 1984Para Viver Um Grande Amor — Writer, Music
• 1983Perdoa-Me Por Me Traíres — Music
• Sabor de Mel — Theme Song Performance
• 1982Linha de Montagem — Theme Song Performance
• Sétimo Sentido — Theme Song Performance
• 1981Morte e Vida Severina — Music
• 1981Os Saltimbancos Trapalhões — Writer, Music
• 1980Bye Bye Brazil — Music
• 1980Certas Palavras com Chico Buarque — Self, Screenplay
• Como Salvar Meu Casamento — Theme Song Performance
• 1979República dos Assassinos — Original Music Composer
• 1978A Noiva da Cidade — Songs
• 1978Se Segura, Malandro! — Songs
• 1978Sítio do Picapau Amarelo: O Minotauro — Original Music Composer
• 1976Carioca Tigre — Music
• 1976Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands — Original Music Composer
• 1976O Gesto, a Festa, a Mensagem - Dois Mil Anos de Teatro — Self, Theatre Play
• 1973Go to Work You Bum! — Songs
• 1973Joanna Francesa — Original Music Composer
• 1972When Carnaval Comes — Paulo, Story, Music, Original Music Composer
• 1970Cleo e Daniel — Original Music Composer
• 1967O Anjo Assassino — Music
• Chico Buarque - Ginásio da Unicamp, 1987
• Desconstrução
• Geni and the Zeppelin — Original Story
• Gota D'Água
• The Traveling Musicians — Original Story

Appearances as themselves (85)

• 2024Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi — Self
• 2024Toquinho Maravilhoso — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Jair Rodrigues - Let Them Talk — Self (archive footage)
• 2023They Shot the Piano Player — Self (voice)
• 2022 — Self
• Elza & Mané: Amor em Linhas Tortas — Self
• 2022Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Miúcha, The Voice of Bossa Nova — Self
• O Canto Livre de Nara Leão — Self
• 2021Alvorada — Self
• 2021Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina — Self
• 2020A World Without Beethoven? — Self
• 2020Ney - À Flor da Pele — Self
• 2020Porfírio do Amaral: A Verdade Sobre o Samba — Self
• 20191964: Brazil between weapons and books — Himself
• 2019Fevereiros — Self
• 2018O Samba é Meu Dom — Self
• 2018Semente da Música Brasileira — Self (archive footage)
• 2018The Trial — Self
• 2017Dunas do Barato — Self (archive footage)
• 2017Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas — Self
• 2017Fattoruso — Self - Interviewed
• 2017The Man Who Killed John Wayne — Self
• 2016Pitanga — Self
• 2015Betinho: Hope on the Line — Self
• 2015Chico Buarque - Romance — Self
• 2015Chico: Brazilian Artist — Self
• 2014Naked Eye — Self (archive footage)
• 2014Éramos Todos Loucos — Self
• 2013A Farra do Circo — Self
• 2012Aperana Street 52 — Self
• 2012Meu Caro Amigo Chico — Self
• 2012The Music According to Tom Jobim — Self (archive footage)
• 2010A Night in 67 — Self
• 2010Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed — Self
• 2009Loki: Arnaldo Baptista — Self (archive footage)
• 2009Palavra (En)Cantada — Self
• 2009Roberta Sá - Pra Se Ter Alegria — Self
• 2009Um Homem de Moral — Self
• 2008The Man Who Bottled Clouds — Self
• 2007Chico Buarque: Carioca – Ao Vivo — Self
• 2007Fados — Self
• 2007Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air — Self
• 2007Vento Bravo — Self
• 2006Chico Buarque - Palavra-Chave — Self
• 2006O Sol - Caminhando Contra o Vento — Self
• 2005Chico Buarque - Anos Dourados — Self
• 2005Chico Buarque - Bastidores — Self
• 2005Chico Buarque - Cinema — Self
• 2005Chico Buarque - Estação Derradeira — Self
• 2005Chico Buarque - Meu Caro Amigo — Self
• 2005Chico Buarque - O Futebol — Self
• 2005Chico Buarque - Roda Viva — Self
• 2005Chico Buarque - Saltimbancos — Self
• 2005Chico Buarque - Uma Palavra — Self
• 2005Chico Buarque - Vai Passar — Self
• 2005Chico Buarque - À Flor da Pele — Self
• 2005João do Vale, Muita Gente Desconhece — Self (archive footage)
• 2005Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume — Self
• 2005Phono 73: A Country and its Music — Self (archive footage)
• 2005Vinicius de Moraes — Self - Singer 'Medo de Amar'
• 2004MPB dos Tempos da Repressão — Self
• 2004Raízes do Brasil — Self
• 2003Evandro Teixeira: Snapshots of Reality — Self
• 2001Brazil's Maria Bethânia — Self
• 2001Toquinho — Self
• 2000Another Country — Self
• O Povo Brasileiro — Self
• 1999Chico e as Cidades — Self
• 1996Jorge Amado — Self
• 1995Flamengo: A Century of Passion — Self
• NeXt — Self
• 1993Beyond Citizen Kane — Self
• 1989Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy — Self
• 1989Dias de Euforia — Self
• 1987Brascuba — Self
• Chico & Caetano — Self
• Criança Esperança — Self
• 1985Nelson de Copo e Alma — Self
• Grandes Nomes — Self
• 1980Vinicius para Criança: A Arca de Noé — Self
• 1973Chico Buarque MPB Especial — Self
• Le Grand Échiquier — Self
• 1970O Tempo e o Som — Self
• 1967The Girl from Ipanema — Self