Rodrigo Santoro Biography

Junqueira dos Reis Rodrigo Santoro (* August 22, 1975 in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian actor.

Biography

Rodrigo Santoro was in 1975 in Petrópolis as the son of Italian engineer Francesco Santoro and the Brazilian painter and sculptor Jose Maria born. He grew up together with a sister in his native city, where he visited the Colégio Aplicação. Santoro later moved into the nearby Rio de Janeiro to attend the Pontifícia Universidade Catolica (PUC) to study marketing. During his studies he found access to the street theater scene Rios 1993 and completed his acting debut with a small part in the Brazilian soap opera Olho no Olho. In the following years already received from their infancy Santoro more fascinated acting roles in Brazilian soap operas in 1996 and was the principal male role of television O Amor Está no work to be seen. This initial success encouraged, he broke his university studies to fully to a career as a serious actor. In the same year followed by a role in Dirceu Lustosas short film Depois do Escuro, but there should be another five years before Santoro won his first major role in a feature film production was. In Laís Bodanzkys directorial debut Bicho de Sete Cabeças mimes of the young Brazilian Neto, because of the Marijuana-joints of his father in a psychiatric institution received. There is actually healthy, rebellious teenagers by the abstruse and inhumane treatment methods fallen into deep depression. Although the film drama was not a commercial success in Brazil decision, but gained Bicho de Sete Cabeças the favour of the local film critic. Leading actor Rodrigo Santoro won his second feature film, after the family comedy O Trapalhão ea Luz Azul (1999), the performers prices at the film festivals in Brasilia, Recife and Cartagena and was adopted by the Association of Art Critics of São Paulo and the Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro BR, Grand Prix of the Brazilian cinema, as best actor celebrated. International was the film under the English title hire Brainstorm in the competition of the Locarno Film Festival and Stockholm.

After the breakthrough with Bicho de Sete Cabeças was Rodrigo Santoro in the same year an international audience through the main role in Walter Salles historical drama Behind the Sun (2001). In the film adaptation of a novel of the Albanian Ismail Kadare mimes outside of film sets as shy and reticent actor described the young and sensitive Tonho, at the insistence of the death of his father's oldest brother's revenge. The film service as promised bildgewaltiges drama production [1] received by the presentation of controversial even in Brazil still current blood atonement theme mixed reviews and won a 2002 Golden Globe nomination for best foreign-language film. After appearances in television series, including the multi-part Pastores da Noite (2002) with Fernanda Montenegro, 2003 followed by another critic success, with Santoro arrived against the stereotype of the Latin Lovers fight. In Hector Babencos film Carandiru prison, he mimes the role of transgender inmates, who together with his dwarfish fiance (played by Gero Camilo) concerned on the result of his HIV tests waiting [2]. For the undervalued and credible role of Lady Di, which many movie-goers in Brazil left the cinema in advance [3], Santoro received another nomination for the Grand Prix of the Brazilian cinema. In the same year, Hollywood through his game in Bicho de Sete Cabeças on the charismatic actor carefully and occupied Santoro in the English-language TV movie The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, in which he established as next Aktricen as Anne Bancroft and Helen Mirren acted. His debut in the English-speaking cinema gave Santoro a little later with minor roles in McGs Action Movie 3 Angel for Charlie - full power and Richard Curtis' romantic comedy Christmas Indeed… Love (both 2003), in which it currently the object of desire of Cameron Diaz and Laura Linney embodied. 2004 saw the Brazilians at the side of Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman for Chanel perfume to advertise № 5, which, inter alia, the participation in a zweiminütigen, multi-million Fernsehwerbespot included expensive. This was developed by the Australian film director Baz Luhrmann-style success of his film Moulin Rouge! (2001) staged. In May the same year, Santoro for Carandiru on the Cannes Film Festival with the Chopard Trophy awards, the performance of young international actor honors.

Despite the initial successes in international cinema Rodrigo Santoro remains loyal to his hometown, where he was in 2004 in the romantic comedy A Dona da História one of the main roles over. A broad U.S. audience gave the Brazilians the end of 2006 through his involvement in the successful U.S. television series Lost in the memory. Together with the two Americans inside Elizabeth Mitchell and he Kiele Sanchez from the third season to the rest of ensemble drama about Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly and Josh Holloway. From 2006 to 2007 Santoro works in six other film projects, including Zack Snyder as a "historically perfect, but politically naive" described comic adaptation 300 [4] he was in the Persian Great King Xerxes is to be seen. For the role of the three-metre, with gold piercings, rings and chains behängten despots Santoro had to increase muscle mass, during the shooting of the entire body and his head shaved and up to five hours sitting in the mask. [5] The wage in 2007 was nominated as best villain for the MTV Movie Awards, where he joined the Americans Jack Nicholson (The Departed - Under enemies) had beaten give. In the same year, Santoro lost, now the world's most sought South American actors in the U.S. counts, the main role in Alfonso Araus musical adaptation Dare to Love Me to the Italian Raoul Bova. In the 15 million U.S. dollars expensive production had Santoro on the side of the Spaniard Paz Vega and the Colombian pop singer Shakira the famous tango singer and composer Carlos Gardel (1890-1935) embody. [6]

Away from the film and television, the actor including Brazilian synchronous voice of Stuart Little in the same animation films Stuart Little (1999) and Stuart Little 2 (2002) to draw attention. It was also 1.90 m wide and 81 kg Santoro, in Brazil as the title hero of the play D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers acted, 2004 by the U.S. magazine People at the fifty most beautiful people in the world. Two Jähre later showed him the magazine ranks twelve of the Sexiest Man Alive.

Rodrigo Santoro lives in Rio de Janeiro, where he is in his spare time surfing and yoga devoted [7].

Filmography

* 1993: Olho no Olho (television)
* 1994: Pátria Minha (television)
* 1996: Depois do Escuro (Short Film)
* 1997: O Amor Está no Ar (television series)
* 1998: Hilda Furacão (television)
* 1999: O Trapalhão e a Luz Azul
* 2001: Estrela-Guia (television series)
* 2001: Brain Storm (Bicho de Sete Cabeças)
* 2001: Behind the Sun (Abril Despedaçado)
* 2003: Carandiru
* 2003: The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (TV)
* 2003: 3 Angel for Charlie - Full Power (Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle)
* 2003: Indeed… Love (Love Actually)
* 2004: A Dona da História
* 2005: Hoje É Dia de Maria (Fernsehmehrteiler)
* 2005: Hoje É Dia de Maria 2 (Fernsehmehrteiler)
* 2006: Os Desafinados
* 2006-2007: Lost (television series)
* 2006: 300
* 2007: Não Por Acaso

Awards

Festival de Brasília do Cinema Brasileiro

* 2000: Candango Trophy as Best Actor for Brainstorm

International Film Festival of Cannes

* 2004: Trophée Chopard

Cartagena Film Festival

* 2002: Best Actor for Brainstorm

Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro BR

* 2002: Best Actor for Brainstorm
* 2004: nominated as Best Actor for Carandiru

Festival de Cinema do Recife

* 2001: Best Actor for Brainstorm

Sao Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards

* 2002: Best Actor for Brainstorm

MTV Movie Award

* 2007: nominated as best villain for 300

Prêmio Contigo

* 2006: nominated as Best Actor for Hoje É Dia de Maria

Rodrigo Santoro Pictures ( 14 Pictures)