José Wilker

Acting

Born August 20, 1946 · Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil

Died April 5, 2014

Also known as Жозе Вилкер

Biography

José Wilker Almeida (20 August 1944 – 5 April 2014) was a Brazilian film, stage, and television actor and director. The actor gained fame in telenovelas like Roque Santeiro (1985), but became known internationally for his role as Vadinho, the husband who returns from the dead to tempt Sônia Braga's character in the movie Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976).