Seu Jorge

Acting · Born 1970-06-08 in Belford Roxo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Biography

Seu Jorge (born June 8, 1970) is a Brazilian musician, singer/songwriter and actor. Born Jorge Mário da Silva, he was raised in a favela in the city of Belford Roxo in the Baixada Fluminense region of Rio de Janeiro state. He is considered by his fans a renewer of Brazilian pop samba. Seu Jorge cites samba school, and American soul singer Stevie Wonder as major musical influences. Seu Jorge has gained exposure through his work as an actor and soundtrack composer. He appeared in the critically acclaimed film City of God as Mané Galinha, and then played Pelé Dos Santos in Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, for which he provided much of the soundtrack in the form of Portuguese language cover versions of David Bowie classics.

Filmography

• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou as Pelé dos Santos
• City of God as Mané Galinha - Knockout Ned
• Com a Palavra, Arnaldo Antunes as Self
• The Escapist as Viv Batista
• Moro no Brasil
• Elite Squad: The Enemy Within as Beirada
• Elipsis as Coyote
• Carmo, Hit the Road as Amparo de Jesús
• Seu Jorge: Músicas para Churrasco, Vol. 01 as Himself
• Asteroid City as Other Cowboy