Looking for Brazilian actors? Here’s a list of the most famous male actors from Brazil you may already know.
Many Brazilian celebrities are famous worldwide, but I often see international friends watch a show or movie played by an actor from Brazil without knowing it.
That’s why I decided to put together this interesting list of famous Brazilian actors. How many do you know?
15 Male Brazilian Actors You May Already Know
Here are some actors from Brazil you may already know.
1. Wagner Moura
Full name: Wagner Maniçoba de Moura
Birthdate: June 27, 1976
Birthplace: Salvador, Bahia
Best known for Elite Squad and its sequel (these Brazilian movies are on Netflix), Narcos: Mexico, and Elysium.
Fun fact: Moura graduated from the Federal University of Bahia and studied journalism.
2. Lázaro Ramos
Full name: Luís Lázaro Sacramento Ramos
Birthdate: November 1, 1978
Birthplace: Salvador, Bahia
Best known for Carandiru, The Man Who Copied, and Lower City.
Fun fact: Ramos is married to Brazilian actress Taís Araújo.
3. Alfred Enoch
Full name: Alfred Lewis Enoch
Birthdate: December 2, 1988
Birthplace: London, England
Best known for Harry Potter, How to Get Away With Murder, King Lear, and Sherlock.
Fun fact: Enoch is a British-Brazilian actor who speaks English, Portuguese, French, and Spanish.
4. Eduardo Moscovis
Full name: Carlos Eduardo de Andrade
Birthdate: June 8, 1968
Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro
Best known for Brazilian telenovelas Capital Sin and The Thorn and The Rose, and Brazilian show on Netflix Good Morning, Verônica.
5. Seu Jorge
Full name: Jorge Mário da Silva
Birthdate: June 8, 1970
Birthplace: Belford Roxo, Rio de Janeiro
Best known for City of God, Elite Squad 2, and Brotherhood.
Fun fact: Seu Jorge is also an excellent Brazilian singer and one of the most prominent artists in Brazilian music. Some of his most popular hits are Amiga da Minha Mulher, Burguesinha, Felicidade, Final de Semana, and É Isso Aí.
6. Rodrigo Santoro
Full name: Rodrigo Junqueira Reis Santoro
Birthdate: August 22, 1975
Birthplace: Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro
Best known for 300 and its sequel, Brainstorm, Carandiru, Love Actually, Che, I Love You Phillip Morris, Lost, and Westworld.
Fun fact: Santoro was the first Brazilian actor nominated to the MTV Movie Awards.
7. Jon-Michael Ecker
Full name: Jon-Michael William Ecker
Birthdate: March 16, 1983
Birthplace: San Marcos, USA
Best known for Queen of the South and Gossip Girl: Acapulco.
Fun fact: Ecker is a Brazilian-American actor who used to work as a Marine Biologist but decided to follow his father’s footsteps into acting as a career.
8. Bruno Campos
Full name: Bruno Campos
Birthdate: December 3, 1973
Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro
Best known for Nip/Tuck.
Fun fact: Campos is a Brazilian-American actor who left the screens and now works as a lawyer.
9. Lino Facioli
Full name: Lino Schmidek Machado Facioli
Birthdate: July 29, 2000
Birthplace: Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo
Best known for Game of Thrones, Get Him to the Greek, and Sex Education.
10. Guy Ecker
Full name: Guy Frederick Ecker
Birthdate: February 9, 1959
Birthplace: São Paulo City, São Paulo
Best known for the TV series Las Vegas and telenovelas Café Con Aroma de Mujer and La Mentira.
Fun fact: He is the father of Jon-Michael Ecker.
11. Cauã Reymond
Full name: Cauã Reymond Marques
Birthdate: May 20, 1980
Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro
Best known for the Malhação TV series and Brazilian telenovelas Belíssima, Passione, A Favorita, and Avenida Brasil.
Fun fact: Reymond received the black belt in jiu-jitsu, loves surfing, and practices yoga.
12. Selton Mello
Full name: Selton Figueiredo Melo
Birthdate: December 30, 1972
Birthplace: Passos, Minas Gerais
Best known for Brazilian films Lisbela and the Prisoner, Auto da Compadecida, My Name Ain’t Johnny, and Netflix series The Mechanism.
Fun fact: He directed and played in The Clown, one of the most successful Brazilian films.
13. Matheus Nachtergaele
Full name: Matheus Nachtergaele
Birthdate: January 3, 1968
Birthplace: São Paulo City, São Paulo
Best known for City of God, O Auto da Compadecida (A Dog’s Will), and Central Station.
14. Kevin Alves
Full name: Kevin Alves
Birthdate: October 19, 1991
Birthplace: Newmarket, Canada
Best known for Warehouse 13, Shadowhunters, Locke & Key, and Yellowjackets.
Fun fact: Alves is not only an actor but also a skater and was the first male skater to represent Brazil at an ISU Championship.
15. Fábio Porchat
Full name: Fábio Porchat de Assis
Birthdate: July 1, 1983
Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro
Best known for Porta dos Fundos (literally “Back Door”), a Brazilian comedy YouTube channel co-founded by Porchat.
Some Female Brazilian Actors
Fernanda Montenegro
Alice Braga Moraes
Taís Araújo
Fernanda Torres
Alessandra Negrini
Andréa Beltrão
Bianca Comparato
Marieta Severo
Maria Fernanda Cândido
Final Thoughts on Brazilian Actors
Brazil is a country of continental proportions. It’s the biggest country in South America, let alone Latin America.
I know I couldn’t possibly present the whole team of Brazilian actors in a post, but I think I did a good job showing you some of the most popular/known ones.
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