Brazilian actor (born 1975)
Rodrigo Junqueira Reis Santoro
(
Portuguese pronunciation:
[?o?d?i?u
???kej??
??ejs
s???t??u]
; born 22 August 1975) is a
Brazilian
actor
,
voice actor
and
model
.He is the winner of several awards, including a
Grande Otelo
, an
APCA Award
, a Guarani Award, two Premios Qualidade Brasil, as well as the
Trophee Chopard
at the
Cannes Festival
, in addition to having received nominations for a
Screen Actors Guild Awards
, one
Trofeu Imprensa
and a
Phoenix Award
. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Persian King
Xerxes
in the film
300
(2006) and its sequel
300: Rise of an Empire
(2014). Others include
Brainstorm
(2001),
Carandiru
(2003),
Love Actually
(2003),
Che
(2008),
I Love You Phillip Morris
(2009), and
Rio
(2011). He also appeared on the television series
Lost
, portraying the character
Paulo
, and on
HBO
's
Westworld
(2016?2020) as Hector Escaton.
Known in
Brazil
for his appearances in
soap operas
, he became known internationally for his performance in the
television series
Lost
and
Westworld
, as well as for playing
Xerxes I
in
300
and
300: The Rise of the Empire
.
Biography
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Rodrigo Santoro was born in Petropolis, the son of Francesco Santoro, an Italian engineer with origins in
Paola
,
province of Cosenca
, in
Calabria
[1]
and Maria Jose Junqueira dos Reis, a Brazilian
artist
of
Portuguese
ancestry.
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6]
Career
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In 1993, while studying Journalism at
PUC-Rio
, Santoro entered the Actor's Workshop of
Rede Globo
. He went on to play parts in many of Globo's
telenovelas
, such as
Olho no Olho
(1993),
Patria Minha
(1994),
Explode Coracao
(1995),
O Amor Esta no Ar
(1997),
Suave Veneno
(1999) and
Mulheres Apaixonadas
(2003), as well as the miniseries
Hilda Furacao
(1998), in the role of a priest. Santoro also voiced the titular character in
Stuart Little
and its sequel
Stuart Little 2
in the Brazilian-dubbed versions.
His first major role in a film production came in 2001, with
Bicho de Sete Cabecas
(
Brainstorm
) from Brazilian director Lais Bodansky. By the end of the film, he received a standing ovation from the audience.
[7]
[8]
He also went on to win the festival's best actor trophy. After
Bicho
, his reputation as an actor had been solidified and he was cast as the male lead in
Abril Despedacado
(
Behind the Sun
), one of the nominees for best foreign film in the 2002
Golden Globe Awards
. In the 2003
Hector Babenco
film
Carandiru
he played Lady Di, a
transgender
prisoner.
Canadian director
Robert Allan Ackerman
signed Santoro for his TV production
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
after being mesmerized by his performance in
Bicho de Sete Cabecas
. Since Santoro did not have an agent in North America, Ackerman contacted Santoro's father. He spent two months filming in Rome, alongside such actors as
Helen Mirren
and
Anne Bancroft
. Soon after he finished shooting for
Mrs. Stone
, he received an offer from
Columbia Pictures
for a part in the blockbuster
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
. This role kick-started his career in Hollywood. After
Charlie's Angels
, he played Karl, an enigmatic chief designer and the love interest of
Laura Linney
's character, in the romantic comedy
Love Actually
.
Santoro began obtaining work in the advertising business as he appeared in a commercial campaign with
Gisele Bundchen
in 2002. He played the male lead in
No. 5 The Film
, a three-minute-long commercial for
Chanel
, directed by
Baz Luhrmann
alongside
Nicole Kidman
in 2004.
In 2006, Santoro joined the
season three
cast of the
ABC
television series
Lost
as
Paulo
, a survivor of the
Oceanic Flight 815
crash. His first appearance was in the episode "
Further Instructions
", and his character was killed off in the episode "
Expose
". He also voiced the character in the Brazilian-dubbed version of the series.
Santoro was cast as
Persian
emperor
Xerxes
in
Zack Snyder
's film
300
(2006), based on the
Frank Miller
comic of the same name. The job had many special requirements, which included intensive workout for the physicality of the role (Santoro had previously lost 24 pounds (11 kg) to star in a Brazilian miniseries), extensive
CGI
work to portray the 6'2" Santoro as the seven-foot God-King, a four-and-a-half-hour makeup application process and the complete removal of Santoro's body hair first by waxing and then by shaving when waxing proved too painful.
[9]
His eyebrows were kept intact, however, covered over with
prosthetics
and drawn in rather than being shaved.
[10]
Santoro read the works of
Herodotus
, an
Ancient Greek
historian, in order to prepare for his part. Regarding Xerxes, he has stated:
He's rich, he's arrogant, he's a very unstable megalomaniac. He just wants to conquer the world. His ambition is unlimited. He wants glory; he wants victory; he wants eternal fame. Underneath all that wanting, though, he's ultimately weak and very insecure.
[9]
After playing the footballer
Heleno de Freitas
in the 2012 film
Heleno
,
[11]
Santoro co-starred alongside
Arnold Schwarzenegger
in the 2013 film
The Last Stand
before playing Garriga in the
Will Smith
drama film
Focus
(2015).
Santoro played
Jesus
in the 2016
historical
action film
Ben-Hur
and received personal blessings from
Pope Francis
for the role.
[12]
and in October of the same year, it was confirmed that the actor would return to soap operas after 12 years in
Velho Chico
, written by Benedito Ruy Barbosa, playing the role of protagonist Afranio in the first phase, alongside Carol Castro.
Personal life
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He dated actress
Luana Piovani
for three years, from 1997 to 2000, until it was discovered that she was cheating on him with businessman Cristiano Rangel.
[13]
[14]
He was in
Ribeirao Preto
for the premiere of the film
Meu Pais
, directed by Andre Ristum. As the character Marcos, in the award-winning feature film, he emphasized his strong relationship with the city and the reasons that led him to select it as one of the locations for an avant-premiere: "My mother's entire family, Junqueira Reis , is from Ribeirao Preto. I've been coming here since I was little. I have a strong relationship with the city.
[15]
He dated model Ellen Jabour for four years, from 2004 to 2008.
[16]
He has been married since 2016 to actress and presenter
Mel Fronckowiak
.
[17]
[18]
The two would have been introduced by an assistant director of the soap opera
Rebelde
, on
RecordTV
, in which Mel was one of the protagonists. After the soap opera, Mel was left without the
flat
provided by the broadcaster and, at Santoro's invitation, she started living in his apartment, in
Leblon
. The couple started dating in mid-July 2012 and kept their relationship discreet for 1 year. Santoro proposed to admit the relationship in public, at the launch of Mel's book, at Shopping do Leblon, in Rio de Janeiro, where the actor joined thousands of the actress's fans to receive his personal dedication in the book, on August 25 of 2013.
[19]
In January 2017, Santoro and Mel announced that they would become parents for the first time. The couple's daughter, Nina, was born on May 22, 2017.
[20]
Filmography
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Film
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Television
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Year
|
TV show
|
Role
|
Note
|
1993?1994
|
Olho no Olho
|
Pedro
|
Main role
|
1994?1995
|
Patria Minha
|
Fernando
|
Main role
|
1995?1996
|
Explode Coracao
|
Sergio
|
Main role
|
1996
|
Sai de Baixo
|
Gama
|
Episode: "Sexo Nosso de Cada Dia"
|
1996
|
Comedia da Vida Privada
|
Diogo
|
Episode: "Mulheres"
|
1998
|
Hilda Furacao
|
Frei Malthus
|
Main role
|
1997
|
O Amor Esta no Ar
|
Leo
|
Main role
|
1999
|
Belo e as Feras
|
Henrique
|
Episode: "So o Amor Destroi"
|
1999
|
Suave Veneno
|
Eliseu Vieira
|
Main role
|
2001
|
Os Normais
|
Julio
|
Episode: "Grilar e Normal"
|
2001
|
Estrela-Guia
|
Carlos Charles Pimenta
|
Main role
|
2002
|
Pastores da Noite
|
Padre Gomes
|
Television film
|
2003
|
Mulheres Apaixonadas
|
Diogo Ribeiro Alves
|
Main role
|
2005
|
Hoje E Dia de Maria
|
Amado
|
Main role
|
2005
|
Hoje e Dia de Maria: Segunda Jornada
|
Dom Chico Chicote
|
Main role
|
2006
|
Lost
|
Paulo
|
Main role (
season 3
)
|
2009
|
Som & Furia
|
Sanjay
|
Main role
|
2010
|
Afinal, o Que Querem as Mulheres?
|
Rodrigo Santoro (fictional version)
|
Episode: "Elas?"
|
2010
|
Papai Noel Existe
|
Robson Luiz
|
Television film
|
2012
|
As Brasileiras
|
Carioca
|
Episode: "A Indomavel do Ceara"
|
2016
|
Velho Chico
|
Afranio de Sa Ribeiro
|
Guest role, 24 episodes
|
2016?2022
|
Westworld
|
Hector Escaton / Ettore
|
Main role (seasons 1?2)
Guest role (seasons 3?4)
|
2019
|
Solteira e Boa Rapariga
|
David
|
Main role
|
2019
|
Reprisal
|
Joel Kelly
|
Main role
|
2021
|
Sessao de Terapia
|
Dr. Davi Greco
|
Main role (season 5)
|
2022
|
Sin limites
|
Ferdinand Magellan
|
Main role
|
2023
|
Wolf Pack
|
Garrett Briggs
|
Main role
|
2024
|
Good Morning, Veronica
|
Jeronimo
|
Main role (season 3)
|
Music videos
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Year
|
Title
|
Artist
|
2018
|
"Ocean"
|
Alok
, Zeeba and IRO
|
Awards and nominations
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Other nominations and honors
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References
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- ^
Morre Salvatore Santoro
- ^
Rodrigo Santoro Biography
- ^
http://www.think4.com.br
, Think4 -.
"Familia nao se deslumbra com fama internacional de Rodrigo Santoro - Ofuxico"
.
CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (
link
)
- ^
"Rodrigo Santoro Interview"
.
NuvoTV
. Archived from
the original
on 4 March 2014
. Retrieved
1 November
2016
.
- ^
Wieselman, Jarett (15 April 2011).
"Rodrigo Santoro: I'm half Italian and half Brazilian ? I breathe passion"
.
Page Six
.
- ^
"Rodrigo Santoro - A Profile of Lost's Rodrigo Santoro"
. Archived from
the original
on 19 August 2017.
- ^
BastaClicar ? A Web em suas Maos (6 April 2011).
"BastaClicar Cinema: Rodrigo Santoro"
. Bastaclicar.com.br. Archived from
the original
on 6 July 2011
. Retrieved
4 June
2011
.
- ^
Ola (22 August 2011).
"Rodrigo Santoro faz 36 anos como gala do cinema e da TV; o que voce sabe sobre ele? ? Famosos e TV ? R7"
. Entretenimento.r7.com
. Retrieved
21 May
2012
.
- ^
a
b
Brevet, Brad (6 March 2007).
"INTERVIEW: Rodrigo Santoro for '300', Celebrity Interviews, RopeofSilicon.com Entertainment News"
. Ropeofsilicon.com. Archived from
the original
on 19 November 2007
. Retrieved
4 June
2011
.
- ^
"Rodrigo Santoro Becomes Xerxes of Legend in "300"
"
.
Rotten Tomatoes
. 31 May 2011
. Retrieved
4 June
2011
.
- ^
Honeycutt, Kirk (16 September 2011).
"Heleno: Toronto Review"
.
The Hollywood Reporter
. Retrieved
15 January
2012
.
- ^
(Press release) (18 April 2015).
"Pope Francis blesses actor playing Jesus in 'Ben-Hur' film"
.
Christian Today
. Retrieved
15 March
2016
.
- ^
"Luana piovani"
.
Revista Caras
. Caras.com.br.
- ^
"rodrigo-santoro-fala-sobre-a-traicao-de-luana-piovani"
.
Universo Online
. Virgula.uol.com.br.
- ^
"Rodrigo Santoro prestigia pre-estreia de "Meu Pais" em Ribeirao Preto"
.
Globo.com
. Eptv.globo.com.
[
dead link
]
- ^
"Ellen Jabour sobre ex Rodrigo Santoro: "Era muito chato chegar em casa"
"
. Gente - Ig. 25 March 2014
. Retrieved
9 August
2020
.
- ^
Tatiana Mariano (22 April 2018).
"Rodrigo Santoro revela casamento e fala da filha, Nina: 'Nada se compara ao amor que sinto'
"
. Purepeople
. Retrieved
14 July
2019
.
- ^
Rodrigo Santoro curte namoro com atriz de Rebelde, Mel Fronckowiak
. Ofuxico (31 de maio de 2013).
- ^
Rodrigo Santoro e Mel Fronckowiak, de Rebeldes, moram juntos no Rio
Archived
2013-06-25 at the
Wayback Machine
. Ofuxico (21 de maio de 2013)
- ^
"Rodrigo Santoro e Mel Fronckowiak revelam nome da primeira filha em cha de bebe"
.
Folha de S.Paulo
. Retrieved
2 May
2017
.
- ^
Cinemateca Brasileira
Depois do Escuro
[em linha]
- ^
"O Bicho de 7 Cabecas"
.
Cinemateca Brasileira
.
- ^
"2007 MTV Movie Awards - Vote For Best Villain"
. MTV Networks. Archived from
the original
on 8 May 2007.
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Carroll, Larry; Adler, Shawn (8 May 2007).
"MTV Movie Awards Nominees: Pirates, Spartans ? And That Crazy Kazakh"
. MTV Networks. Archived from
the original
on 2 December 2009
. Retrieved
20 December
2007
.
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