Sebastião Bernardes de Souza Prata was born in Uberlândia Minas Gerais state but became a famous actor in Rio de Janeiro At the National Opera where he studied got the nickname The Little Otelo Then he decided to be called Great Otelo or in Portuguese Grande Otelo He acted in theaters movies and TV His first movie was Noites Cariocas 1935 But he really became known when he started working besides the great star Oscarito Otelo was best known by comedy movies but he could also be a dramatic actor He died in Paris France at the age of 78