
Known for
Acting
Born
April 30, 1914
Birthplace
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Died
August 16, 2008 (aged 94)
Dorival Caymmi (Salvador, April 30, 1914 – Rio de Janeiro, August 16, 2008) was a Brazilian singer, composer, instrumentalist, poet, painter and actor, active for more than 70 years, beginning in 1933. He contributed to the birth of Brazil's bossa nova movement, and several of his samba pieces, such as "Samba da Minha Terra", "Doralice" and "Saudade da Bahia", have become staples of música popular brasileira. Equally notable are his ballads celebrating the fishermen and women of Bahia, including "Promessa de Pescador", "O Que É Que a Baiana Tem?", and "Milagre". Caymmi composed about 100 songs in his lifetime, and many of his works are now considered to be Brazilian classics. Both Brazilian...
2025
as Self (archive footage), Music
2024
as Self (archive footage)
2024
as Self (archive footage)
2019
as Self (archive footage)
2018
as Self (archive footage)
2009
as Self (archive footage)
2007
2005
as Self / Guest - Guitar
2003
2002
Orchestrator, Music
2002
as Self
2001
as Self
1997
as Self
1997
1996
as Self
1991
as Self
1991
as Self
1989
Music
1986
as Self
1985
1981
as Self (archive footage)
1979
1978
Original Music Composer
1974
as Self
1972
as John Adam