Elias Gleizer
Ilicz Glejzer (4 January 1934 – 16 May 2015), better known as Elias Gleizer, was a Brazilian comedian and actor.
Born in São Paulo, Gleizer was the son of two Polish Jewish immigrants, a shoemaker and a housewife. He began his artistic career at age 12, playing the violin in a youth orchestra. In 1956 he won the award for best actor in an amateur festival, and in 1959 he made his television debut on TV Tupi. His first major work was Joseph of Egypt, a 1964 telenovela. In 1984 he started an intense collaboration with the Rede Globo, acting in Free to Fly, and then appearing in dozens of telenovelas and miniseries.
Acted in
Incidente em Antares - O Filme
2018
as Barcelona
Caribbean Flower
2013
as Manolo Gutierrez
Passione
2010
as Diógenes Santarém
In Therapy
2009
as Agenor
India: A Love Story
2009
as Ernesto Cadore
Pé na Jaca
2006
as Giácomo Lancelotti
Sinhá Moça
2006
as Frei José
Como uma Onda
2004
as Bartolomeu Virgílio (Velho Bartô)
As Filhas da Mãe
2001
as Seu Dedé
Uga-Uga
2000
as Ceguinho
Terra Nostra
1999
as Padre Olavo
Zorra Total
1999
as Genaro
Era uma Vez...
1998
as Pepe
Anjo de Mim
1996
as Canequinha
Sai de Baixo
1996
Explode Coração
1995
as Augusto Lemos
Sonho Meu
1993
as Sr. Mazurgsky (Tio Zé)
Agosto
1993
as Rosalvo
Despedida de Solteiro
1992
as Vitório da Vinci
Mico Preto
1990
as Caroço
Tieta
1989
as Jairo
Fera Radical
1988
as Donato Orsini
Direito de Amar
1987
as Manuel Barbosa (Manel)
Diabólicos Herdeiros
1971
Quatro Brasileiros em Paris
1965