Milhem Cortaz
December 6, 1971 (54 years old) in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Milhem Cortaz (São Paulo, December 6, 1971) is a Brazilian actor and presenter. Of Arab and Italian descent, Cortaz started in theater at the age of 11, led by actor Walmor Chagas when he performed in the play O Santo Milagroso, in 1983. He moved at the age of 15 to live in Italy with his aunt to get rid of his cocaine addiction, where he graduated from the Piccolo Teatro di Milano and began doing street theater under the influence of Commedia dell'arte but returned to Brazil in 1990, joining the Centro de Pesquisa Teatral (CPT) and stood out, among others, for his performances in O Melhor do Homem in 1995, directed by Ulysses Cruz. He is known for Carandiru (2003), Elite Squad (2007) and A Wolf at the Door (2013).
Known For
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- 2026 · Por Você as Juarez
- 2025 · Blood Red: Under the Moonlight as Martin
- 2024 · Volta por Cima as Osmar Pereira
- 2024 · Outlaw as Seu Amoroso
- 2023 · Anderson Spider Silva as
- 2023 · Teenage Kiss: The Future Is Dead as Ed
- 2023 · Compro Likes as Jorge
- 2023 · Overhaul as Fumaça / Smokey
- 2023 · Amores Pandêmicos as Mauro
- 2023 · The Others as Wando
- 2019 · A Mother's Love as Dr. Matias Junqueira
- 2018 · Iron Island as Astério
- 2018 · O Sétimo Guardião as Delegado Joubert Machado "Machado"
- 2018 · August Street as Raul
- 2017 · Malasartes as Próspero
- 2016 · Canastra Suja as Celso
- 2016 · A Terra Prometida as Calebe
- 2016 · Stronger Than The World as Dedé Pederneiras
- 2015 · Magnifica 70 as Agente Chagas
- 2014 · Plano Alto as João titino
- 2014 · Road 47 as Coronel Lourenço
- 2014 · The Miracles of Jesus as Barzilai
- 2013 · Crô as Riquelme
- 2013 · A Wolf at the Door as Bernardo
- 2013 · O Negocio as Renan
- 2012 · Crossing the Line as Delegado Jorge Medeiros
- 2011 · Federal Bank Heist as Barão
- 2011 · VIPs as Eike Gomes
- 2011 · Samson and Delilah as Abbas
- 2010 · Elite Squad: The Enemy Within as Tenente-Coronel Fábio
- 2010 · Boca as Osmar
- 2010 · Lula, the Son of Brazil as Aristides
- 2009 · Plastic City as Not Dead
- 2008 · Embodiment of Evil as Padre Eugênio
- 2008 · Chamas da Vida as Sargento Carlos José Lima / Cazé
- 2007 · Elite Squad as Capitão Fabio
- 2007 · Camila Jam as Locador
- 2007 · Not by Chance as
- 2007 · Querô as Edgar
- 2006 · Drained as Encanador
- 2006 · Journey to the End of the Night as Rodrigo
- 2006 · Cidadão Brasileiro as Américo Pereira
- 2005 · Conception as Lino
- 2005 · These Women as Lobato
- 2004 · Nina as Carlão
- 2003 · Girls from ABC as Alemão
- 2003 · Carandiru as Peixeira (Dagger)
- 2002 · Desejos de Mulher as Jacaré
- 1999 · Força de um Desejo as capanga
- 1995 · The Next Victim as Ted
- Future · The Brokers as Tibério
- 2026 · Apenas 3 Meninas as
- 2025 · Aurora as Pedro
- 2023 · Atmosfera as
- 2022 · Fortune cookie as Paulo
- 2022 · Até a Noite Terminar as Tom
- 2021 · Bob Spit: We Do Not Like People as Bob Cuspe (voice)
- 2019 · Encarcerados as Narrator
- 2019 · Cine Holliúdy 2: A Chibata Sideral as Zé Coveiro
- 2019 · Mão na Cabeça as
- 2018 · Cano Serrado as Rico
- 2018 · Intimate Strangers as Pedro
- 2018 · Tungstênio as Narrador
- 2018 · A Última Cova as Regis
- 2018 · Life Is a Bitch as Flávio
- 2017 · Os Parças as Policial Militar
- 2017 · High Expectations as
- 2017 · Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte as Próspero
- 2017 · Aldo: Mais Forte que o Mundo as Treinador Dedé Pederneiras
- 2016 · Alone Man as Cássio
- 2016 · Jules and Dolores as Cortez
- 2016 · Back and Forth as Seu Belmiro
- 2016 · In Dog's Words as Cebola
- 2016 · Vidas Partidas as Delegado Delmar
- 2015 · O Gorila as Marquinhos
- 2014 · Blue Blood as Inox
- 2014 · Entreturnos as Cardoso
- 2014 · Men Are from Mars... And That's Where I'm Going! as Escritor Livraria
- 2014 · Alemão as Branco
- 2013 · Trinta as Tião
- 2013 · Dores de Amores as Ele
- 2012 · Billi Pig as Ocílio
- 2012 · Augustas as
- 2011 · Amanhã Nunca Mais as Geraldo
- 2011 · Trap.com as Pitboy
- 2011 · The Impassive Muse as Adilson
- 2008 · Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala as Lupa Castilho
- 2008 · If Nothing Else Works Out as Sybelle
- 2007 · O Magnata as Lúcio Flávio
- 2007 · Meu Mundo em Perigo as Fito
- 2006 · Bom Dia, Eternidade as Jovem Capilé
- 2005 · De Glauber Para Jirges as Glauber
- 2004 · Playing in the Dark as Espião do Doi Codi
- 2003 · Garrincha: Lonely Star as uncredited
- 2000 · Através da Janela as Raí's friend
- Future · In the Ogre's Garden as
- Future · Vingança S/A as
- 1996 · Vida Bandida: Leonardo Pareja as
- Future · As Aparecidas as
- 1999 · Por Trás do Pano as Puck




