Biography
Jair Messias Bolsonaro (born 21 March 1955) is a Brazilian politician and retired military officer who has been the 38th president of Brazil since 1 January 2019. He served in the country's Chamber of Deputies, representing the state of Rio de Janeiro, between 1991 and 2018. He was elected president as a member of the conservative Social Liberal Party, before leaving them to found the party Alliance for Brazil.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Apocalypse in the Tropics
2025
as Self
When does a democracy end and a theocracy begin? In Apocalypse in the Tropics, Petra Costa investigates the increasingly powerful grip Christian evang...

Transe
2024
as Himself (uncredited)
A threesome that takes place against the backdrop of Brazil's 2018 presidential election. Three young adults in a love triangle seek to understand the...

8 de Janeiro: O Dia que Abalou o Brasil
2023
as Self
Just one week after the inauguration of the new president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, supporters of his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, invaded and vanda...

They Could Be Alive
2022
as Ele mesmo
What would the pandemic have been like in Brazil if the government had used all the potential that the SUS (Brazilian Federal Health System) offers? W...

Breaking Myths
2022
as Self (archive footage)
“Breaking Myths” aims to open the world’s eyes to the fragile and “catastrophic masculinity” of Brazil’s current President Jair Bolsonaro, a fanatical...

The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros
2022
as Self (archive footage)
This documentary tells of the extraordinary rise of Jair Bolsonaro, from relative obscurity to the ultimate seat of South American power. Told through...

Brasil, Ame-o ou Chore
2022

Endangered
2022
A sobering look at the erosion of democracy & freedom of the press in the United States and abroad.

8 Presidentes 1 Juramento: A História de um Tempo Presente
2021
The movie is a collage and comentary of varied third party footage on news relating to each and every one of the eight Presidents of Brazil who took o...

Nem Tudo se Desfaz
2021
as Self
How twenty cents began a conservative revolution.
Uma Fakeada no Coração do Brasil
2021
as Himself (Archive footage)
The documentary follows the events behind the mysterious attack on presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro on 6 September, 2018, when Adélio Bispo stabb...

Falácias
2021
as himself

Republic of Evil Ants
2021
as Himself
One of the greatest pests on the planet, the evil ants destroy the forest to protect their family. Memories of the covid-19 pandemic, eroded by ignora...

Sieged: The Press vs. Denialism
2020
as Jair Bolsonaro
Behind the scenes of news coverage during the pandemic. Follow the work of the professional press in a fight against denialism.

Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde
2020
as Self
As the Sars-Covid 19 pandemic increased, Rubiane Maia was in Folkestone, England, and Tom Nobrega in Tarapoto, in the Peruvian Amazon. Both were surp...

I Am Greta
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Greta Thunberg, a 15-year-old student in Sweden, started a school strike for the climate as her question for adults was, if you don’t care about my fu...

Cretinália
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Short film by Jorge Furtado, for the "Programa Convida", from IMS, dedicated to creation during quarantine.

The Forum
2019
as Self
In times of rampant populism and increasing distrust of the elite, the filmmaker accompanies the 81-year-old founder of the controversial World Econom...

The crime behind the Amazon climate change crisis
2019
as himself
The battle against deforestation in President Jair Bolsonaro's Brazil is also a fight against criminal networks and corruption, drawing in politicians...

Latinoamérica, territorio en disputa
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Documantary film on the dispute for the hegemony of the Latin American continent between conservative forces and popular movements.

Your Turn
2019
as Himself (archive footage)
When numerous schools in São Paulo were slated to be closed in 2015 as a result of the worsening socio-political crisis, students occupied more than a...

yellow: distress
2019
as Jair Bolsonaro
A recent experience of being an asian-brazilian.
Brazil: The Beef, Bibles and Bullets that Elected Bolsonaro
2019
as Self
When Jair Bolsonaro was elected president this fall, it was with the support of Brazil's most conservative forces: the Christian right, the military a...

Amérique latine, l'année de tous les dangers
2019
as Self (archive footage)

The Edge of Democracy
2019
as Self
A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian hist...

Lower House
2018
as Himself
During 2016, a film crew embeds inside the Brazilian Congress while lawmakers plot to overthrow the country's elected president, Dilma Rousseff.

The Bolsonaro's Myth
2018
as Himself (archive footage)
To understand the obsession with federal deputy and presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro (PSL) and how his network of support is structured on the in...

The Trial
2018
as Self
The impeachment and removal from office of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in 2016 was triggered by a corruption scandal involving, among others, h...

The Stranger in the House
2016
as Himself
Jean Wyllys is one of the MPs of Brazil's National Congress. The politician, who is also a journalist and teacher, fights for minorities, as well as b...

Mais um Dia na Natureza
N/A
as Self (archive footage)

Noises From The Agora
N/A
as Himself
Football, betting, agriculture, technology, conspiracy theories and the second round of one of the most turbulent elections in the history of Brazilia...
A Colisão dos Destinos
N/A
as Jair Bolsonaro

Dia 30 em Atos
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Lully 2026 - O Povo quer Gozar
N/A
as Jair Messias Bolsonaro