He studied at the drama school Tablado, along with
Malu Mader,
Drica Moraes,
Maurício Mattar, and Felipe Camargo. His television debut was in 1988 on
Vale Tudo telenovela. He has played the same role twice in separate soap operas, both written by Sílvio de Abreu. His first lead came in 1994, the
auto mechanic Raí in
Quatro por Quatro. It was during that job he met and fell in love with actress
Letícia Spiller. They married and had a son two years later. In 1996, he starred alongside
Andréa Beltrão, Humberto Martins and
Murilo Benício in the telenovela
Vira-Lata (released as
Underdog in the USA). He participated in the historical mini-series
Chiquinha Gonzaga and the show
Andando nas Nuvens in 1999. In 2000, he played the character Beterraba in telenovela
Uga Uga. The following year he played Xande in
O Clone, the bodyguard and boyfriend of an
addicted rich girl. In 2003 he portrayed Ignácio in
A Casa das Sete Mulheres and then the rustic Timóteo in
Chocolate com Pimenta. Due to the success of his partnership with author
Glória Perez, that begun in
O Clone, he returned to act on a show by the author in 2005, but his character left unnoticed in
América. The actor showed displeasure with the incident. He lived the co-star Vicente de
Sete Pecados and then the surfer
Sandro in
Três Irmãs. == Filmography ==