Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho was born on August 31, 1936 in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique (now Maputo, Mozambique). He was an actor and writer, known for Gesten und Fragmente - Versuch über das Militär und die Macht (1982), Monsanto (2000) and A Hora da Liberdade (1999). He was married to Dina Maria Afonso Alambre. He died on July 25, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal.