Dedé Santana

Acting

Dedé Santana

Born

1936-04-29 (90)

Place of birth

Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Known for

Acting

Credits

85 titles

Manfried Sant'Anna (Niterói, April 29, 1936), known artistically as Dedé Santana, is a Brazilian comedian, actor, director and screenwriter. Best known for his role in the television series Os Trapalhões, where he was one of the four protagonists.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 7 titles

2010s · 8 titles

Show Globo 50 Anos poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Show Globo 50 Anos

2015

Didi the Pilgrim poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Didi the Pilgrim

2013

Mussum: Um Filme do Cacildis poster
7.1

The trajectory of musician and comedian Mussum as vocalist of the group "Os Originais do Samba" and later in cinema and TV as a member of "Os Trapalhões", a group that revolutionized the way of making humor on Brazilian television.

Mussum: Um Filme do Cacildis

2019

O Shaolin do Sertão poster
6.8

Aluízio Li is a martial arts fan who lives with his head in the world of fights from dreaming and watching Chinese films. He believes he is a Shaolin monk, dressing and behaving just like his cinematic references. However, he is the subject of mocking jokes in his hometown, Quixadá, in the backlands of Ceará. His days of peace will end when retired MMA fighter Toni Tora Pleura announces a "tour" of challenges to bullies in several cities in the interior of Ceará, including Quixadá.

O Shaolin do Sertão

2016

Punch the Clock poster
4.8

In a forgotten corner of the vast Brazilian bureaucracy, a psychotic boss uses a time machine to enslave his lazy employees and increase productivity.

Punch the Clock

2016

Didi and the Secret of the Angels poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

Didi and the Secret of the Angels

2014

Before I Forget poster
7.0

At 80, Polidoro decides to demolish the stability of his comfortable life as a retired judge and become owner of a strip club.

Before I Forget

2017

Os Saltimbancos Trapalhões: Rumo a Hollywood poster
7.0

Since the ban on use of animals in circus shows, the Great Sumatra Circus faces a major financial crisis. Baron, who owns the circus, accepts unseemly proposals from the mayor to hold cattle auctions, rallies and other alternative events at the circus. Unhappy with the news, circus artists come together to plan a new show and re-attract the audience, led by Didi, Dedé and Karina.

Os Saltimbancos Trapalhões: Rumo a Hollywood

2017

1990s · 6 titles

1980s · 18 titles

Os Trapalhões no Auto da Compadecida poster
6.6

In the small town of Taperoá João Grilo and confusion Chicó live setting, addressing a sacristan and a humble baker. Everyone lives under the excesses of the bishop, the priest and the major. Until an attack on the city, all die at the hands of the bandit Severino and must stand trial in the sky, which puts everyone before God and the Virgin Mary.

Os Trapalhões no Auto da Compadecida

1987

Os Saltimbancos Trapalhões poster
7.1

Humble officials, friends Didi, Dedé, Mussum and Zacarias become the great attraction of the circus Bartolo, thanks to its incredible ability to make the public laugh. But success has a price: the opposition of the magician Assis Satan and the greed of the Baron, the owner of the circus. Together, the four friends will have to fight them.

Os Saltimbancos Trapalhões

1981

Os Trapalhões na Serra Pelada poster
5.9

The friends Curió, Boroca (Dedé Santana), Mexelete and Bateia they venture in search of gold in the mine of Serra Pelada. The area is controlled by the foreigner Von Bermann, whose orders are executed by the bully Bira. Thirsty of being able to, the foreigner smuggles the gold and he wants to take possession of the lands of the Brazilian Ribamar, that refuses to do business before the son's arrival Chicão. With the help of the four dabblers, the boy struggles with the thieves and it helps the father in danger.

Os Trapalhões na Serra Pelada

1982

Os Trapalhões no Rabo do Cometa poster
5.0

A journey back in time in the form of a cartoon with characterizations of the Trapalhões, from the time of the Roman Empire to the present day, through the Middle Ages, the Old West and the First World War. They begin the film by doing a stand-up show at the Teatro Scala, in Rio de Janeiro, receiving on stage the designer Mauricio de Sousa. From then on, the story unfolds in a cartoon, in which Os Trapalhões is chased by an evil wizard whose aim is to try to hold Didi's (always unsuccessful) hand to rule the world during the passage of the famous Halley Comet.

Os Trapalhões no Rabo do Cometa

1986

O Incrível Monstro Trapalhão poster
5.2

Dr. Jegue is a fumbling inventor and scientist, who in his spare time helps his friends Kiko, Sassá, and Quindim in a mechanic's shop. The four are great friends of Carlos Alberto, a stock car driver who suffers from the frames of rival Hugo and his gang. By doing scientific research in his mini-lab, Jegue discovers two powerful formulas: one extracted through the Quince tree, an abundant fictitious plant in the Northeast; and another that turns Dr. Jegue into a big, bearded, moody man with powerful strength. The Marmeleiro formula is tested in a race at the Interlagos Autodrome in the old track and the news of a "new fuel" becomes the main news of the country. Soon, buyers from all over the world come to Brazil to try to buy the formula, offering a lot of money for it, but Jegue, not ambitious, decides not to sell the formula anymore and leaves it in his country.

O Incrível Monstro Trapalhão

1980

Os Trapalhões na Terra dos Monstros poster
5.8

In a television program Angelica (Angelica), the daughter of a businessman who aspires to be a singer, eventually earning his "crazy dream", which is recording a video clip at the top of Sugar Loaf in Rio de Janeiro, with the Domino Group . The father forbids it to go, so she runs away with her boyfriend to the Sugar Loaf. When her father learns commands Didi (Renato Aragão), Dede (Dede Santana), Mussum (Mussum) and Zechariah (Zechariah) to think in three days or call the police. Trying to find her, the quartet falls into a hole in the Sugar Loaf which is populated by strange creatures, some good, the Grunks, and some bad, the Barks.

Os Trapalhões na Terra dos Monstros

1989

Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz poster
5.9

Didi, Soró and Tatu in search food and water head for the town of Oróz. On their journey they find a Scarecrow, a man in a metal vat, and later are arrested by a Lion Sheriff.

Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz

1984

A Filha dos Trapalhões poster
5.2

The Trapalhões live in a floating boat and have a miserable life. When they find an abandoned baby, they decide to raise it as if it were their own daughter. Later, when they begin to work in a circus, they discover that the child is in fact the daughter of the trapeze artist and that she was forced to surrender her daughter to a gang that negotiates children abroad. This gang finds them and tries to recover the girl who now, however, has the help of the Trapalhões to protect her.

A Filha dos Trapalhões

1984

Os Vagabundos Trapalhões poster
5.9

Bonga, his three friends and his girlfriend Loló care for abandoned children in a cave on the outskirts of a city. One day, Pedrinho runs away from home and goes to live in the cave. His father, a powerful industrial, offers a reward to anyone who brings the child back.

Os Vagabundos Trapalhões

1982

A Princesa Xuxa e os Trapalhões poster
5.4

The diabolical Ratam (Paul Reis) takes over the planet Antar, after the death of the emperor, and orders that all children be enslaved. Always kept within the palace, Princess Xeron (Xuxa) believes that the people of her kingdom are happy. Meanwhile, outside, the princes Mussaim (Mussum) Dedeon (Dede Santana) and Zacaling (Zacarias) join the Nameless Knight (Renato Aragão), so that together they can defeat Ratam.

A Princesa Xuxa e os Trapalhões

1989

Os Três Mosqueteiros Trapalhões poster
5.6

The Three Musketeers (Dede Santana, Mussum, Zachariah) work at home Sra. Ana Rocha (Rosita Tomáz) and has the difficult task of going in Foz do Iguaçu retrieve an emerald necklace, with which the plant is Mr. Louis at stake, and Chicken Joe (Renato Aragão) who lives in a poor chicken coop offers to help. Arriving in Foz do Iguaçu, find the bad guy, but he sells the paste to a villain in Manaus, in the Amazon already, Chicken Joe takes some stones, are the villain but he sold to another bandit in Rio de Janeiro, where they find the villain and finally retrieve the necklace, and the stones that Chicken Joe took were actually diamonds.

Os Três Mosqueteiros Trapalhões

1980

Os Heróis Trapalhões: Uma Aventura na Selva poster
5.4

Didi, Dedé, Mussum and Zacarias are sent in a rescue mission to the daughter of the Army's minister.

Os Heróis Trapalhões: Uma Aventura na Selva

1988

The Seven Vampires poster
5.0

A clumsy detective and his secretary are hired to solve the mysterious, vampiresque deaths happening at a nightclub show.

The Seven Vampires

1986

Os Trapalhões e o Rei do Futebol poster
5.9

The team of Galinheiro Futebol Clube, formed by emeritus fighters, has as technical Cardea, advised by three direct assistants: Elvis, former player as Cardinal and aspiring singer; Fumê, cook of Independência Futebol Clube, great team in which Cardeal also works as a wardrobe; and Lupine, samba and composer.

Os Trapalhões e o Rei do Futebol

1986

O Casamento dos Trapalhões poster
6.0

A misogynist and shabby farmer, brother of other three goofy hillbillies leaves to the big city searching for a wife and wins the heart of a hot tempered woman.

O Casamento dos Trapalhões

1988

Atrapalhando a Suate poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

Atrapalhando a Suate

1983

O Cangaceiro Trapalhão poster
5.8

Severino do Quixadá (Renato Aragão), a humble northeastern shepherd of goats, rescues Captain Virgulano or simply Captain (Nelson Xavier) and his band of cangaceiros of an ambush armed by the lieutenant Zé Bezerra (Jose Dumont), its eternal persecutor. Captain escapes taking with him the mysterious box that he removed from the interior of the assaulted train in the city of Cajarana. Seeking to escape the shooting, Severino ends up finding himself in the cangaceiros' camp, along with the mishap friends Mussum and Zacarias who, taking advantage of the confusion, fled the chain.

O Cangaceiro Trapalhão

1983

Os Trapalhões no Reino da Fantasia poster
5.4

The Trapalhões put on a show to raise money for an orphanage run by Sister Maria (Xuxa), which is facing financial difficulties. During the performance, the ticket money is stolen. Now, the Trapalhões and Sister Maria must go on an adventure to catch the thieves.

Os Trapalhões no Reino da Fantasia

1985

1970s · 13 titles

Sob o Domínio do Sexo poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sob o Domínio do Sexo

1973

Se Meu Dólar Falasse... poster
6.0

Bums find $15,000 in trash, but the money belonged to criminals.

Se Meu Dólar Falasse...

1971

Robin Hood, O Trapalhão da Floresta poster
5.0

The Robin Hood from the movie The Trapalhões and his pack ruin the plans of a farmer named João Climério. He wanted to take the lands of his deceased brother and leave his niece Catherine with nothing. During a showdown, Robin Hood is injured and needs to be replaced at the helm of the group. And then the funny confusions begin! As a substitute is chosen Zé Grilo, a modest and at the same time confused pawn, who in the end manages to unmask Climero and save the beautiful Catherine for which he has a passion. In this mission it is aided by the companion Willie and also by a magic wand and a protective pen, provided by an Indian sorcerer.

Robin Hood, O Trapalhão da Floresta

1974

Os Irmãos Sem Coragem poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Os Irmãos Sem Coragem

1972

Simbad, O Marujo Trapalhão poster
4.8

Kiko and Duda, circus workers, get into a big mess when Kiko is mistaken for the trampist Sinbad. The bumbling boy is then abducted by the minions of the magician Ali Tuffi, who already has in his power the genius of the magic bottle, but they need the trapeze artist, descendant of the true sailor, to locate the philosopher's stone with which he will become a man very rich, with lots of fortune and power. In an attempt to help his friends, the real trampist Simbad and his girlfriend Luciana also end up being held prisoner on the bandits' ship. After a confusion, everyone will stop on an island full of dangers, where the stone is hidden.

Simbad, O Marujo Trapalhão

1976

O Trapalhão no Planalto dos Macacos poster
5.6

This movie is a spoof of "Planet of the Apes" (1968) and follows the storyline of the original step by step - in spite of being a crazy parody of the original film. A group of men lands in a balloon on an area (it's not a planet, it's more like a hill) where talking apes rule and humans are slaves. The apes try to transform the guys in monkeys; a simian princess falls in love with one of them; and so on. This film is one of the several movies made for the popular Brazilian group "Os Trapalhões" - Didi (Renato Aragão), Dedé, Mussum and Zacarias (who at this point hadn't joined the troupe yet) -, many of them inspired by American blockbusters. It's a very fun entertainment, but the humor is very "local" to be understood in other countries. Oh, yeah, the ape "makeup" is terrible, but that's part of the fun. The movie doesn't take itself seriously.

O Trapalhão no Planalto dos Macacos

1976

O Trapalhão na Ilha do Tesouro poster
5.8

Two fishermen Dogfish names Zé Cação and Lula discover the result of a theft of a dangerous gang of smugglers and go immediately to be persecuted by them. In pursuit of the bandits is also the federal agent Carlos, passionate young Diana, of which the fishermen meet and become friends. The action takes place on board the Fishermen, however, when the weather warms there comes the pirate Long John Silver, who is looking for a fabulous map of a treasure that was hidden on a nearby island. The map, now divided into two parts, it becomes cause for persecution, with plenty of good humor and adrenaline, which changed hands throughout the film and leading everyone to the island where the treasure was buried.

O Trapalhão na Ilha do Tesouro

1975

O Rei e os Trapalhões poster
5.5

In a city of the East, the throne of the young king Amad is usurped by the evil Vizir Jafar. The king is imprisoned, and in prison he meets the famous thieves of the kingdom: Abdul, Abel, Abol and Abil. With the help of these thieves, the king flees and, during the escape, knows the princess Alina, by which he falls passionately in love. The Vizir possesses magical powers, faced by the heroes with the help of the genie of a lamp found by Abdul. With the help of the genius, the four friends are transported to the twentieth century, where they cause much confusion and end up being arrested.

O Rei e os Trapalhões

1979

The Island of the Flirters poster
5.9

While navigating from Rio de Janeiro to Vitória, the stewards Didi (Renato Aragão) and Dedé (Dedé Santana) and the inexperienced captain of the passenger vessel Anna Nery flirt with a group of models. In the return trip, Didi and Dedé simulate that the ship is sinking, and with another steward, they kidnap the captain and use a liferaft to go to a desert island with four models. But the island is the hidden place of a dangerous gang of smugglers, jeopardizing the group.

The Island of the Flirters

1970

O Trapalhão nas Minas do Rei Salomão poster
6.0

Woman hires three clumsy adventurers to rescue her missing archaeologist father, who was trying to find the legendary King Solomon's mines.

O Trapalhão nas Minas do Rei Salomão

1977

Aladim e a Lâmpada Maravilhosa poster
5.7

Aladdin and Dracolim sell a miraculous elixir with help from Marina by Aladdin who is passionate. Bandits come disguised in Aladdin's house and try to take the ring since Aladdin has the power to run a magic lamp.

Aladim e a Lâmpada Maravilhosa

1973

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Agência Lig-Pag

1974

Os Trapalhões na Guerra dos Planetas poster
5.3

Coming from outer space, Prince Flick asks the Trapalhões to help him free his planet from the domain of evil Zuco and free Princess Myrna, who has been taken prisoner. He offers a reward, the four friends accept the mission and embark in a spaceship driven by a hairy monster called Bonzo. Once on the planet, they they defeat Zuco, but they fail to save Princess Myrna's life. Her place on the throne is then taken by Loya, the girlfriend Didi met on that planet. Back on Earth, os Trapalhões think their adventure was but a dream, but they are convinced otherwise when they find their reward.

Os Trapalhões na Guerra dos Planetas

1978

1960s · 7 titles

Series credits

The Trapalhões poster
8.0

Os Trapalhões was a Brazilian comedy group and also a Brazilian television series created by Wilton Franco. Its members were Dedé Santana, Zacarias, Mussum and their leader Didi Mocó, that was played by Renato Aragão. The name Trapalhões is derived from the Portuguese verb atrapalhar, which means the opposite of helping, to do something the wrong way or to Those that confuse. The name is translated "Tramps" in English DVD subtitles. It was aired by Rede Globo from 1977 to 1999. On March 18, 1990, Zacarias died due to respiratory failure, but the group and the series didn't come to an end until July 29, 1994, when Mussum died due to an unsuccessful heart transplant.

The Trapalhões

1977

O Dono do Mundo poster
7.4

Felipe Barreto, a renowned plastic surgeon, makes a wager and gets involved with his employee's fiancée; from that moment on, the lives of those involved were never the same.

O Dono do Mundo

1991

Balança Mas Não Cai poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Balança Mas Não Cai

1968

Criança Esperança poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Criança Esperança

1986

A Festa é Nossa poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Festa é Nossa

1983

Chico Anysio: Um Homem à Procura de Um Personagem poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Chico Anysio: Um Homem à Procura de Um Personagem

2025

Viva o Gordo poster
7.8

No synopsis available yet.

Viva o Gordo

1981

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Meu Adorável Mendigo

1973

Avisa Lá Que Eu Vou poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Avisa Lá Que Eu Vou

2022

A Turma do Didi poster
4.8

No synopsis available yet.

A Turma do Didi

1998

Os Trapalhões poster
8.7

No synopsis available yet.

Os Trapalhões

2017

Comediantes que Amamos poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Comediantes que Amamos

2022

Gugu, Toninho and Augusto poster
NR

This series revisits the multifaceted life of Antônio Augusto Liberato in 5 episodes. Directed by Michael Ukstin, the documentary explores the presenter's charisma, the human side of his devoted son, and the entrepreneurial spirit of the creator of phenomena like Polegar, with intimate testimonies, historical memories, and rare images from his career.

Gugu, Toninho and Augusto

2024

Behind the camera

Os Irmãos Sem Coragem poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Os Irmãos Sem Coragem

1972

Deu a Louca no Cangaço poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Deu a Louca no Cangaço

1969

Os Trapalhões no Rabo do Cometa poster
5.0

A journey back in time in the form of a cartoon with characterizations of the Trapalhões, from the time of the Roman Empire to the present day, through the Middle Ages, the Old West and the First World War. They begin the film by doing a stand-up show at the Teatro Scala, in Rio de Janeiro, receiving on stage the designer Mauricio de Sousa. From then on, the story unfolds in a cartoon, in which Os Trapalhões is chased by an evil wizard whose aim is to try to hold Didi's (always unsuccessful) hand to rule the world during the passage of the famous Halley Comet.

Os Trapalhões no Rabo do Cometa

1986

Os Trapalhões no Rabo do Cometa poster
5.0

A journey back in time in the form of a cartoon with characterizations of the Trapalhões, from the time of the Roman Empire to the present day, through the Middle Ages, the Old West and the First World War. They begin the film by doing a stand-up show at the Teatro Scala, in Rio de Janeiro, receiving on stage the designer Mauricio de Sousa. From then on, the story unfolds in a cartoon, in which Os Trapalhões is chased by an evil wizard whose aim is to try to hold Didi's (always unsuccessful) hand to rule the world during the passage of the famous Halley Comet.

Os Trapalhões no Rabo do Cometa

1986

Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz poster
5.9

Didi, Soró and Tatu in search food and water head for the town of Oróz. On their journey they find a Scarecrow, a man in a metal vat, and later are arrested by a Lion Sheriff.

Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz

1984

Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz poster
5.9

Didi, Soró and Tatu in search food and water head for the town of Oróz. On their journey they find a Scarecrow, a man in a metal vat, and later are arrested by a Lion Sheriff.

Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz

1984

A Filha dos Trapalhões poster
5.2

The Trapalhões live in a floating boat and have a miserable life. When they find an abandoned baby, they decide to raise it as if it were their own daughter. Later, when they begin to work in a circus, they discover that the child is in fact the daughter of the trapeze artist and that she was forced to surrender her daughter to a gang that negotiates children abroad. This gang finds them and tries to recover the girl who now, however, has the help of the Trapalhões to protect her.

A Filha dos Trapalhões

1984

A Filha dos Trapalhões poster
5.2

The Trapalhões live in a floating boat and have a miserable life. When they find an abandoned baby, they decide to raise it as if it were their own daughter. Later, when they begin to work in a circus, they discover that the child is in fact the daughter of the trapeze artist and that she was forced to surrender her daughter to a gang that negotiates children abroad. This gang finds them and tries to recover the girl who now, however, has the help of the Trapalhões to protect her.

A Filha dos Trapalhões

1984

2000 Years of Confusion poster
7.5

Bonitão wants to "scam" the daughter of a wealthy man on the verge of bankruptcy. A gang following him kidnaps the girl and her cousin. With the help of A.N.C.O.L. agents and his friend Malóca, he frees the girls and accepts the failed marriage.

2000 Years of Confusion

1969

Atrapalhando a Suate poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

Atrapalhando a Suate

1983

Os Trapalhões no Reino da Fantasia poster
5.4

The Trapalhões put on a show to raise money for an orphanage run by Sister Maria (Xuxa), which is facing financial difficulties. During the performance, the ticket money is stolen. Now, the Trapalhões and Sister Maria must go on an adventure to catch the thieves.

Os Trapalhões no Reino da Fantasia

1985

Os Trapalhões no Reino da Fantasia poster
5.4

The Trapalhões put on a show to raise money for an orphanage run by Sister Maria (Xuxa), which is facing financial difficulties. During the performance, the ticket money is stolen. Now, the Trapalhões and Sister Maria must go on an adventure to catch the thieves.

Os Trapalhões no Reino da Fantasia

1985