Sérgio Mendes

actor • music_department • soundtrack

Sérgio Santos Mendes (born February 11, 1941) is a Brazilian musician. His career took off with worldwide hits by his group Brasil '66. He has over 55 releases and plays bossa nova heavily crossed with jazz and funk.[He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song in 2012 as co-writer of the so...

Born: February 11, 1941 in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Died: September 5, 2024 (age 83)

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Known For

5.4

Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was

Movies & TV Credits

25 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi Movie	—	Actor	Self	2024
Sergio Mendes in the Key of Joy Movie	7.9	Actor	Self	2021
Herb Alpert Is... Movie	7.5	Actor	Self	2020
Rio 2 Movie	6.4	Actor	Street Vendor (voice)	2014
Rio 2 Movie	6.4	Crew	Executive Music Producer	2014
Rio Movie	7.0	Actor	Samba School Director (voice)	2011
Rio Movie	7.0	Crew	Executive Music Producer	2011
Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was Movie	7.9	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2009
Bossa Nova: the sound that seduced the world Movie	—	Actor	Self	2008
Legends TV Show	7.0	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	2006
Be Cool Movie	5.4	Actor	Sergio Mendes	2005
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno TV Show	5.5	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno TV Show	5.5	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1992
J'écris dans l'espace Movie	6.7	Actor	—	1989
Champs-Elysées TV Show	6.7	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1982
Numéro un TV Show	6.8	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1975
Le grand échiquier TV Show	7.5	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1972
The Pearl Bailey Show TV Show	6.9	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1971
This Is Tom Jones TV Show	7.5	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1969
The Kraft Music Hall TV Show	6.2	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1967
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet TV Show	8.1	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1966
The Danny Kaye Show TV Show	7.6	Actor	Self(4 Episodes)	1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV Show	8.3	Actor	Self(2 Episodes)	1962
The Mike Douglas Show TV Show	6.9	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1961
The Oscars TV Show	7.1	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1953

Sérgio Mendes

Known For

Be Cool

Rio

Rio 2

Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was

Movies & TV Credits