Milhem Cortaz
Known for: Acting
Born: December 6, 1971
Place of birth: 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).
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Filmography
74 movies · 26 TV shows, newest first
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Apenas 3 Meninas
2026
10.0
Por Você
2026
3.0
Aurora
2025
6.8
Blood Red: Under the Moonlight
2025
6.1
Volta por Cima
2024
6.2
Outlaw
2024
8.1
Anderson Spider Silva
2023
5.2
Teenage Kiss: The Future Is Dead
2023
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Atmosfera
2023
7.0
Compro Likes
2023
6.8
Overhaul
2023
9.3
Amores Pandêmicos
2023
7.4
The Others
2023
7.0
Fortune cookie
2022
4.0
Até a Noite Terminar
2022
7.9
Bob Spit: We Do Not Like People
2021
7.1
A Mother's Love
2019
6.0
Encarcerados
2019
6.1
Cine Holliúdy 2: A Chibata Sideral
2019
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Mão na Cabeça
2019
7.0
Iron Island
2018
3.4
O Sétimo Guardião
2018
6.7
Cano Serrado
2018
5.0
Intimate Strangers
2018
4.5
Tungstênio
2018
5.0
A Última Cova
2018
7.2
Life Is a Bitch
2018
6.4
August Street
2018
7.0
Malasartes
2017
5.9
Os Parças
2017
5.6
High Expectations
2017
6.4
Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte
2017
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Aldo: Mais Forte que o Mundo
2017
6.8
Canastra Suja
2016
7.0
Alone Man
2016
6.4
Jules and Dolores
2016
5.9
Back and Forth
2016
7.9
A Terra Prometida
2016
6.6
Stronger Than The World
2016
6.1
In Dog's Words
2016
4.6
Vidas Partidas
2016
7.2
O Gorila
2015
7.4
Magnifica 70
2015
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Plano Alto
2014
5.6
Blue Blood
2014
4.7
Entreturnos
2014
6.1
Road 47
2014
6.7
Men Are from Mars... And That's Where I'm Going!
2014
6.2
Alemão
2014
7.6
The Miracles of Jesus
2014
4.9
Crô
2013
6.7
Trinta
2013
7.2
A Wolf at the Door
2013
7.8
O Negocio
2013
6.0
Dores de Amores
2013
6.0
Crossing the Line
2012
3.6
Billi Pig
2012
4.8
Augustas
2012
6.4
Amanhã Nunca Mais
2011
6.3
Federal Bank Heist
2011
5.1
Trap.com
2011
7.1
The Impassive Muse
2011
6.4
VIPs
2011
6.9
Samson and Delilah
2011
7.9
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
2010
5.4
Boca
2010
5.4
Lula, the Son of Brazil
2010
3.9
Plastic City
2009
5.0
Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala
2008
5.3
Embodiment of Evil
2008
6.1
If Nothing Else Works Out
2008
6.3
Chamas da Vida
2008
5.0
O Magnata
2007
8.1
Elite Squad
2007
6.3
Camila Jam
2007
6.9
Not by Chance
2007
6.2
Querô
2007
5.7
Meu Mundo em Perigo
2007
7.0
Drained
2006
5.9
Journey to the End of the Night
2006
7.5
Cidadão Brasileiro
2006
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Bom Dia, Eternidade
2006
4.8
Conception
2005
8.0
These Women
200510.0
De Glauber Para Jirges
2005
6.7
Playing in the Dark
2004
5.7
Nina
2004
6.1
Girls from ABC
2003
4.1
Garrincha: Lonely Star
2003
7.6
Carandiru
2003
7.5
Desejos de Mulher
2002
7.0
Através da Janela
20005.6
Por Trás do Pano
1999
8.2
Força de um Desejo
1999
7.0
Vida Bandida: Leonardo Pareja
1996
7.4
The Next Victim
1995NR
As Aparecidas
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The Brokers
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In the Ogre's Garden
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Vingança S/A
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