| Elias Gleizer | |
| Birth Name: | Ilicz Glejzer |
| Birth Place: | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Death Place: | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Years Active: | 1959-2014 |
| Occupation: | Actor |
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.[1] [2] He began his artistic career at age 12, playing the violin in a youth orchestra.[1] In 1956 he won the award for best actor in an amateur festival, and in 1959 he made his television debut on TV Tupi.[1] [2] His first major work was Joseph of Egypt, a 1964 telenovela.[1] 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.[1] [2]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Quatro Brasileiros em Paris | Policial | ||
| 1971 | Diabólicos Herdeiros | |||
| 1980 | O Meu Pé de Laranja Lima | Padre Rosendo | TV series | |
| 1988 | Fera Radical | Donato Orsini | ||
| 1989 | Tieta | Jairo | ||
| 1992 | Pedra sobre Pedra | TV series | ||
| 1992-1993 | Despedida de Solteiro | Vitório | 203 episodes | |
| 1993-1994 | Sonho Meu | Zé | ||
| 1999 | Terra Nostra | Padre Olavo | TV series | |
| 2000 | Uga-Uga | Ceguinho | TV series | |
| 2003 | Sítio do Picapau Amarelo | Berloque | TV series | |
| 2004 | Didi Quer Ser Criança | Seu Tião | ||
| 2006-2007 | Pé na Jaca | Giácomo | 159 episodes | |
| 2009 | Divã | Agenor | ||
| 2009 | Caminho das Índias | Cadore | 95 episodes | |
| 2010-2011 | Passione | Diógenes Santarém | 68 episodes | |
| 2013 | Flor do Caribe | Manolo Gutierrez | TV series | |
| 2014 | Boogie Oogie | Padre Claudius | TV series, (final appearance) |