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Rodrigo Santoro
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Brazilian actor
Film & TV
Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rodrigo Junqueira dos Reis Santoro (Petrópolis, August 22, 1975) is a Brazilian actor and voice actor. He has appeared in many successful movies, including Brainstorm (2001), Carandiru (2003), 300 (2007), Che (2008), I Love You Phillip Morris (2009) and Rio (2011). He was also a series regular on the Television series Lost portraying the character Paulo.
Known for
- Beast Race — Abu2026
- Runner — Damian Zaldivar2026
- Brazil '70: The Third Star — João Saldanha2026
- The Blue Trail — Cadu2025
- The Son of a Thousand Men — Crisóstomo2025
- Bizarre Fish from the Abyssal Zone — Tartaruga (voice)2024
- Noah's Ark — Vini (voice)2024
- Wolf Pack — Garrett Briggs2023
- Boundless — Magallanes2022
- 7 Prisoners — Luca2021
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Rodrigo Junqueira Reis Santoro , ( 1975-08-22 ) 22 August 1975 (age 50) , Petrópolis , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
- Alma mater
- Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (dropped out)
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1993–present
- Spouse
- Mel Fronckowiak ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2016 )
- Website
- www .rodrigo-santoro .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rodrigo
- Family name
- Santoro
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- Petrópolis
- Spouse
- Mel Fronckowiak
- Occupation
- film producer
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Native language
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Award
- Trophée Chopard
- Image
- Rodrigo Santoro at the 2025 Berlin International Film Festival-2307.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
- Residence
- Los Angeles
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- notable role
- Raúl Castro
- Commons category
- Rodrigo Santoro
- date of birth
- 1975-08-22
- start of work period
- 1993-00-00
- birth name
- Rodrigo Junqueira dos Reis Santoro
- social media followers
- 11402
- supported sports team
- CR Vasco da Gama
- unmarried partner
- Luana Piovani
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Encyclopedic overview
Rodrigo Junqueira Reis Santoro ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁoˈdɾiɡu ʒũˈkejɾɐ ˈʁejs sɐ̃ˈtɔɾu]; born 22 August 1975) is a Brazilian actor. He is known in Brazil for his appearances on local telenovelas, and internationally for his portrayal of the Persian king Xerxes in the film 300 (2006) and its sequel 300: Rise of an Empire (2014). Other credits include Brainstorm (2001), Carandiru (2003), Love Actually (2003), Che (2008), I Love You Phillip Morris (2009), and Rio (2011), What to Expect When You’re Expecting (2012). He also appeared on the television series Lost in 2006, portraying the character Paulo, and on HBO's Westworld (2016–2020).
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rodrigo Santoro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.