Rodrigo Santoro
Rodrigo Santoro
Age: 36
Height: 6' 1½"
Birth place: Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Santoro was born in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro. He is of Italian and Portugese decent.[citation needed] In 1993, as Santoro was studying Journalism at PUC-Rio, he entered the Actor's Workshop of Rede Globo. Santoro went on to play parts in many of Globo's telenovelas, such as Olho no Olho (1993), Pátria Minha (1994), Explode Coração (1995), O Amor Está no Ar (1997), Suave Veneno (1999) and Mulheres Apaixonadas (2003), as well as the miniseries Hilda Furacão (1998), in the role of a priest. Santoro was - en.wikipedia.org
Rodrigo Santoro, one of Brazil's most talented and famous actors, can be seen as Raul Castro, in Steve Soderbergh's new film, Che. Up next, he can also be seen in Lion's Den by Pablo Trapero, which competed against Che at the Cannes Film Festival last year. In 2009, Rodrigo will star in Fox Searchlights' The Post Grad Survival Guide along side Michael Keaton and Carol Burnett. Next year you will also see Rodrigo in I Love You Phillip Morris with Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor as Jim Carrey's first love.In 200 - www.imdb.com
While studying advertising at college in Rio de Janeiro, Santoro left school to act in Brazilian soap operas. As his popularity grew he moved onto feature films winning numerous awards and was touted as "the Brazilian Tom Cruise." He won the Cinema Brazil Grand Prize (the equivalent of an Oscar) for his powerful performance as an institutionalized teen in Bicho de Sete Cabeças (Brainstorm) and earned kudos as a young man forced to avenge his brother's murder in Behind the Sun. - www.tvguide.com
A handsome and acclaimed film star in his native Brazil, Rodrigo Santoro crossed over into mainstream Hollywood as crash survivor Paulo on the hit adventure series “Lost” (ABC, 2004- ) in 2006. One of Brazil’s biggest film stars, Santoro received critical acclaim for his acting and won numerous awards including the Cinema Brazil Grand Prize and Candango Trophy for Best Actor for his performance in “Bicho de Sete Cabeças” (2001). Named one of People Magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful People” in 2 - movies.yahoo.com