# Milhem Cortaz

Milhem Avance Cortas (born 6 December 1971) is a Brazilian actor.

## Career

Cortaz' first role came on the 2000 film Mater Dei, written by Diogo Mainardi, where he portrayed a security guard. On 2002, he premiered on the television with a minor character on Rede Globo's unsuccessful telenovela Desejos de Mulher. On the following year, he started gaining some notoriety after starring on the critically acclaimed Hector Babenco film Carandiru, about the massacre on the prison of the same name.
On 2005, Cortaz starred on Rede Record's telenovela Essas Mulheres and acted on the controversial independent film A Concepção, in which he appears fully naked a considerable number of times. On the following year, he acted on Record's successful telenovela Cidadão Brasileiro and on the American-Brazilian film Journey to the End of the Night.
It was not until José Padilha's 2007 film Elite Squad, in which he portrays a corrupt police officer, that he gained notoriety of the major public. In 2009 he starred as Cazé on Record's Chamas da Vida and played the deceased father of former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Fábio Barreto's Lula, o filho do Brasil.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1999 | Por Trás do Pano | Puck |
| 2000 | Mater Dei | Security guard |
| 2000 | Através da Janela | Raí's friend |
| 2003 | Garotas do ABC | Alemão |
| 2003 | Carandiru | Peixeira |
| 2003 | Garrincha - Estrela Solitária | |
| 2004 | Nina | Carlão |
| 2004 | Cabra-Cega | The man who leads the break into the apartment |
| 2005 | De Glauber Para Jirges | Glauber |
| 2005 | Cafundó | Plague trooper |
| 2005 | A Concepção | Lino |
| 2006 | Journey to the End of the Night | Rodrigo |
| 2006 | Drained | Plumber |
| 2007 | Meu Mundo em Perigo | Fito |
| 2007 | Querô | Sr. Edgar |
| 2007 | Não Por Acaso | Paiva |
| 2007 | Elite Squad | Fábio |
| 2007 | Nome Próprio | Locador |
| 2007 | O Magnata | Lúcio Flávio |
| 2008 | Road Movie | |
| 2008 | Embodiment of Evil | Padre Eugênio |
| 2008 | Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala | Lupa |
| 2008 | Dangkou | Not Dead |
| 2009 | Se Nada Mais Der Certo | Sibele |
| 2009 | Lula, Son of Brazil | Aristides |
| 2010 | Elite Squad: The Enemy Within | Fábio |
| 2011 | Federal Bank Heist | Barão |
| 2012 | Boca | Osmar |
| 2013 | O Lobo atrás da Porta | |
| 2014 | Alemão | Branco |
| 2014 | Entreturnos | |
| 2014 | Trinta | |
| 2015 | Sangue Azul | |
| 2016 | The Ten Commandments: The Movie | |
| 2016 | Mais Forte que o Mundo | |
| 2016 | Mundo Cão | |
| 2016 | Altas Expectativas | |
| 2016 | Aurora | |
| 2016 | Vidas Partidas | |
| 2016 | Canastra Suja | Celso |
| 2017 | Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1995 | A Próxima Vítima | Duda Maluco's henchman | Episode: "22 March" |
| 1998 | Torre de Babel | Prisoner | Episode: "26 October" |
| 1999 | Chiquinha Gonzaga | Soldier | Episode: "12 January" |
| 2000 | Sandy & Júnior | Lieutenant William | Episode: "Independência é Arte" |
| 2001 | Pícara Sonhadora | Cláudio | Episodes: "10–25 October" |
| 2002 | Desejos de Mulher | Xavier | Episode: "23 May" |
| 2003 | Carga Pesada | Mauro | Episode: "Companheiros" |
| 2004 | Da Cor do Pecado | Burglar | Episode: "13 March" |
| 2004 | A Diarista | Oswaldo | Episode: "Aquele do Supermercado" |
| 2004 | A Grande Família | Mechanic | Episode: "Niterói 40 graus" |
| 2005 | A Escrava Isaura | Manuel da Mota Coqueiro | Episodes: "9–11 February" |
| 2005 | Essas Mulheres | Lobato | |
| 2006 | Cidadão Brasileiro | Américo Pereira | |
| 2007 | Vidas Opostas | Sextavado | |
| 2007 | Bicho do Mato | Inspector Paulo Mattos | |
| 2008–2009 | Chamas da Vida | Sargeant Carlos José Lima "Cazé" | |
| 2009–2010 | Poder Paralelo | Clóvis Fernandes | |
| 2011 | Autor por Autor | Various characters | Episode: "João Ubaldo Ribeiro" |
| 2011 | Sansão e Dalila | Abbas | |
| 2012 | Fora de Controle | Jorge Medeiros | |
| 2013 | Mistérios Discovery | Presenter | |
| 2013 | O Negócio | Renan | Episode: "Visão" |
| 2014 | Milagres de Jesus | Barzilai | Episode: "O Leproso de Genesaré" |
| 2014 | Plano Alto | João Titino | |
| 2015 | Magnífica 70 | Major Chagas | Episode: "O Lançamento" |
| 2015–2016 | Os Dez Mandamentos | Bomani, Caleb | |
| 2016 | Conselho Tutelar | Jair Lemes | |
| 2016–2017 | A Terra Prometida | Caleb | |
| 2018 | Rua Augusta | Raul | |
| 2018 | Ilha de Ferro | Astério | |
| 2018–2019 | O Sétimo Guardião | Delegate Joubert Machado | |
| 2019–2021 | Amor de Mãe | Dr. Matias Junqueira | |
| 2023 | The Others | Wando | |
| 2023 | Compro Likes | Jorge Lopes "Sargento Ternurinha" | |
| 2023 | B.A: O Futuro Está Morto | Edson "Edd" | |
| 2023 | Anderson Spider Silva | Santiago | |
| 2024–present | Volta por Cima | Osmarino "Osmar" Souza | |
| 2025 | Vermelho Sangue | TBA | |