Milton Gonçalves

Milton Gonçalves December 9 1933 May 30 2022 was a Brazilian actor Hes one of the most famous black actors in Brazil having collaborated twice with acclaimed director Hector Babenco Gonçalves started his career in São Paulo in an amateur group As he moved to a professional group he met Augusto Boal who was looking for an actor to play an old black man Joining Boals Teatro de Arena Milton Gonçalves found an open environment for political philosophical and artistic discussion where he was not discriminated for his race Gonçalves wrote four plays one of which was staged by the Teatro Experimental do Negro and directed by Dalmo Ferreira There I learnt everything I know about Theater It was fundamental for my comprehension of the world A Black Movement activist Milton Gonçalves tried a political career in the 1990s as a candidate to Rio de Janeiro state governorship Father of actor Maurício Gonçalves he is married to Oda Gonçalves since 1966