
Laerte Coutinho
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 10, 1951
- Birthplace
- São Paulo, Brazil
Laerte Coutinho, known mainly as simply Laerte, is a Brazilian cartoonist, comic strip artist and screenwriter. Assigned male at birth, she came out in 2009 as a crossdresser and later as a transgender woman. Laerte has collaborated with several publications such as Balão, O Pasquim, and Chiclete com Banana magazines and draws regularly for Folha de S. Paulo newspaper. She has created several comic strip characters, such as Piratas do Tietê (The Pirates of Tietê River). Since the mid 2000s, Laerte's strips became more philosophical and less humour-focused, abandoning fixed characters.
Filmography

Overman 2026
Original Film Writer

Desenheiros do Instagram 2026
as Archive footage

From Nowhere: A Portrait of Valter Hugo Mãe 2025
as Self

The Known Daughter of Claudia Wonder 2024
Actor

Reading Again Graúna 2024
as Self

Bob Spit: We Do Not Like People 2021
as Laerte / Madame L (voice)

Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde 2020
as Self

A Turma do Pererê.DOC 2019
Actor

Rindo à Toa: Humor Sem Limites 2018
as Self

The City of Pirates 2018
as Laerte Coutinho (voice), Characters, Comic Book

Mapas Afetivos: São Paulo 2018
Actor

Casa da Xiclet 2017
as Herself

Laerte-se 2017
as Herself

Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press 2016
as Self

Super Oldboy 2016
Actor

Tie and Red Nail 2014
as Herself
- Legs Out
Legs Out 2012
as Herself

The Night of the Dumb Clowns 2012
Original Story

Laughter of Others 2012
as Herself

Love is All 2011
Writer

Consideração do Poema 2011
Actor

Malditos Cartunistas 2010
Actor

Dossiê Rê Bordosa 2008
as Laerte Coutinho (voice)
- Três Irmãos de Sangue
Três Irmãos de Sangue 2006
as Self
- That Guy
That Guy 2006
Writer
- Cartas da Mãe
Cartas da Mãe 2003
Actor

Super Colosso 1995
Writer
Credits from TMDB.