Milhem Cortaz
Acting
Biography
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).
As actor 101
Força de um Desejo
1999
O Negocio
2013
The Next Victim
1995
A Terra Prometida
2016
Desejos de Mulher
2002
Blood Red: Under the Moonlight
2025
Chamas da Vida
2008
Elite Squad
2007
Por Você
2026
Volta por Cima
2024
A Mother's Love
2019
O Sétimo Guardião
2018
Cidadão Brasileiro
2006
These Women
2005
Emergency 53
2026
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
2010
High Expectations
2017
Samson and Delilah
2011
Magnifica 70
2015
Teenage Kiss: The Future Is Dead
2023
The Others
2023
August Street
2018
The Miracles of Jesus
2014
Iron Island
2018
Camila Jam
2007
Overhaul
2023
Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala
2008
Compro Likes
2023
Carandiru
2003
Playing in the Dark
2004
Através da Janela
2000
VIPs
2011
Crossing the Line
2012
Journey to the End of the Night
2006
Outlaw
2024
Road 47
2014
Nina
2004
Amanhã Nunca Mais
2011
Anderson Spider Silva
2023
The Brokers
Aldo: Mais Forte que o Mundo
2017
Garrincha: Lonely Star
2003
Men Are from Mars... And That's Where I'm Going!
2014
Plano Alto
2014
Aurora
2025
Embodiment of Evil
2008
Até a Noite Terminar
2022
Alone Man
2016
Boca
2010
Lula, the Son of Brazil
2010
A Wolf at the Door
2013
Augustas
2012
Amores Pandêmicos
2023
Encarcerados
2019
Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte
2017
Canastra Suja
2016
Girls from ABC
2003
Cano Serrado
2018
O Magnata
2007
Conception
2005
Trap.com
2011
Drained
2006
Malasartes
2017
Vida Bandida: Leonardo Pareja
1996
Federal Bank Heist
2011
Plastic City
2009
Entreturnos
2014
O Gorila
2015
Bom Dia, Eternidade
2006
Intimate Strangers
2018
Blue Blood
2014
Jules and Dolores
2016
Stronger Than The World
2016
Vingança S/A
Querô
2007
Mão na Cabeça
2019
The Impassive Muse
2011
In Dog's Words
2016
Not by Chance
2007
Os Parças
2017
Alemão
2014
Dores de Amores
2013
Back and Forth
2016
Crô
2013
If Nothing Else Works Out
2008
In the Ogre's Garden
A Última Cova
2018
Life Is a Bitch
2018
Apenas 3 Meninas
2026
Vidas Partidas
2016
Billi Pig
2012
As Aparecidas
Tungstênio
2018
Por Trás do Pano
1999
Bob Spit: We Do Not Like People
2021
Trinta
2013
Meu Mundo em Perigo
2007
Fortune cookie
2022
Cine Holliúdy 2: A Chibata Sideral
2019
De Glauber Para Jirges
2005
Atmosfera
2023