Name
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
Known For
Acting
Birthday
(56 years old)
Place of Birth
Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique
Biography
Otelo Nuno Romão Saraiva de Carvalho, is a retired Portuguese military officer. He was the chief strategist of the 1974 Carnation Revolution in Lisbon. After the Revolution, Otelo assumed leadership roles in the first Portuguese Provisional Governments, alongside Vasco Gonçalves and Francisco da Costa Gomes, and as the head of military defense force COPCON. In 1976, Otelo ran in the first Portuguese presidential election, in which he placed second with the base of his support coming from the far-left. In the 1980s Otelo was accused of having involvement with the controversial Forças Populares 25 de Abril.
Known For
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Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which contin...
- 1981 Good Portuguese People as Himself (revolutionary captain)
- 1983 Gestures and Fragments as Himself
- 2000 Se a Memória Existe as Himself
- 1981 Oxalá as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2000 April Captains as Oscar (uncredited)
- 1994 Portugal 74-75 - O retrato do 25 de Abril
- 2001 A Noite do Golpe de Estado as Self (revolutionary captain)
- 2000 Monsanto as Mayor
- 2017 The Voice and Ears of MFA as Self
- 2000 Anos de Guerra - Guiné 1963-1974 as Self
- 1978 O Meu Nome É... as Self (uncredited)
- 2009 Alta Definição ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2024 The Conspiracy ( 9 episodes )
