Milhem Cortaz (born 6 December 1971) is a Brazilian actor.
Career
Cortaz' first role came on the 2000 film Mater Dei, written by Diogo Mainardi, where he portrayed a security guard. On 2002, he premiered on the television with a minor character on Rede Globo's unsuccessful telenovela Desejos de Mulher. On the following year, he started gaining some notoriety after starring on the critically acclaimed Héctor Babenco film Carandiru, about the massacre on the prison of the same name.
On 2005, Cortaz starred on Rede Record's telenovela Essas Mulheres and acted on the controversial independent film A Concepção, in which he appears fully naked a considerable number of times. On the following year, he acted on Record's successful telenovela Cidadão Brasileiro and on the American-Brazilian film Journey to the End of the Night.
It was not until José Padilha's 2007 film Elite Squad, in which he portrays a corrupt police officer, that he gained notoriety of the major public. In 2009 he starred as Cazé on Record's Chamas da Vida and played the deceased father of former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Fábio Barreto's Lula, Son of Brazil.
Filmography Film YearTitleRoleNotes1999Por Trás do PanoPuck2000 Mater DeiSecurity guard Raí's friend2003 AlemãoCarandiruPeixeira2004NinaCarlãoThe man who leads the break into the apartment2005De Glauber Para JirgesGlauberCafundóPlague trooper Lino2006Journey to the End of the NightRodrigoDrainedPlumber2007Meu Mundo em PerigoFitoQuerôSr. Edgar ()PaivaElite SquadFábioNome PróprioLocadorLúcio Flávio2008Road Movie (short)Embodiment of EvilPadre Eugênio LupaDangkouNot Dead2009Se Nada Mais Der CertoSibeleLula, Son of BrazilAristides 2010Elite Squad: The Enemy WithinFábio2011Federal Bank HeistBarão2012BocaOsmar2013 A Wolf at the Door ()2014AlemãoBrancoEntreturnos2015 Blue Blood ()2016The Ten Commandments: The Movie Stronger than the World () Aurora Canastra SujaCelso2017
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1995A Próxima VítimaDuda Maluco's henchmanEpisode: "22 March"1998Torre de BabelPrisonerEpisode: "26 October"1999Chiquinha GonzagaSoldierEpisode: "12 January"2000 Sandy & JuniorLieutenant WilliamEpisode: "Independência é Arte"2001Pícara SonhadoraCláudioEpisodes: "10–25 October"2002Desejos de MulherXavierEpisode: "23 May"2003 MauroEpisode: "Companheiros"2004Da Cor do PecadoBurglarEpisode: "13 March"A DiaristaOswaldoEpisode: "Aquele do Supermercado"A Grande Família MechanicEpisode: "Niterói 40 graus"2005A Escrava IsauraManuel da Mota CoqueiroEpisodes: "9–11 February"Essas MulheresLobato2006Cidadão BrasileiroAmérico Pereira2007Vidas OpostasSextavado Inspector Paulo Mattos2008–2009Chamas da Vida Sargeant Carlos José Lima "Cazé"2009–2010Poder ParaleloClóvis Fernandes2011Autor por AutorVarious characters Episode: "João Ubaldo Ribeiro"Sansão e DalilaAbbas2012 Jorge Medeiros2013Mistérios DiscoveryPresenterO NegócioRenanEpisode: "Visão"2014Milagres de Jesus BarzilaiEpisode: "O Leproso de Genesaré" João Titino2015 Magnifica 70Major ChagasEpisode: "O Lançamento"2015–2016Os Dez MandamentosBomani, Caleb2016 Jair Lemes2016–2017A Terra PrometidaCaleb2018Rua AugustaRaulIlha de FerroAstério2018–2019O Sétimo GuardiãoDelegate Joubert Machado2019–2021Amor de MãeDr. Matias Junqueira2023The OthersWando Jorge Lopes "Sargento Ternurinha" Edson "Edd" Santiago2024–2025Volta por Cima Osmarino "Osmar" Souza2025 TBA
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