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Rodrigo Santoro Biography

Rodrigo Santoro

Facts of Rodrigo Santoro

Date of Birth: 1975 , August-22
Birth Nation: Brazil
Height: 6 Feet 3 Inch

Quick Timeline of Rodrigo Santoro

1975 Born in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1993 Attended PUC-Rio
1993 Began his acting career
1996 Appeared in the movie, Depois do Escuro
2006 Appeared in the television series, Lost
2013 Began dating Mel Fronckowiak
2000 Won Brazilia Festival of Brazilian Cinema
2002 Won Cartagena Film Festival
2002 Won Cinema Brazil Grand Prize

Detail Timeline of Rodrigo Santoro

August 22 , 1975

Born in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rodrigo Santoro was born as Rodrigo Junqueira dos Reis Santoro in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Maria José Junqueira dos Reis and Francesco Santoro. As a child, he had a dream in journalism. He is Brazilian and is of Italian, Brazilian and Portuguese descent.

1993

Attended PUC-Rio

Rodrigo grew up with different dreams in mind. His father is an engineer and his mother is an artist and he grew up with a dream of being a journalist. After his secondary school, he joined PUC-Rio and there he majored in Journalism.

1993

Began his acting career

In 1993, he attended Actor’s Workshop of Rede Globo and then he induced an interest in acting. The same year he appeared as an actor playing the role of Pedro in the TV series Olho no Olho.

1996

Appeared in the movie, Depois do Escuro

He made his feature film debut in 1996 by acting in the movie Depois do Escuro. Two years later he was seen in the movie Como Ser Solteiro. In 1999, he starred the role of Musketeer in the movie O Trapalhão e a Luz Az.

2006

Appeared in the television series, Lost

Rodrigo Santoro is one of the renowned names in the Brazilian film industry. He is an actor and has appeared in several stage shows, movies and TV series. Besides his appearance in the Brazilian movies and TV series, he has also starred in several American TV series. He starred the role of Paulo in an American television drama series Lost in 2006.

2013

Began dating Mel Fronckowiak

Brazilian beauty Mel Fronckowiak is his love partner. Mel Fronckowiak is a model, actress and singer. They are having romantic love affairs as a boyfriend and girlfriend since 2013. They are still together as a loving couple.

2000

Won Brazilia Festival of Brazilian Cinema

For starring the role of Wilson Souza Neto in the movie Bicho de Sete Cabeças, he got his first nomination in Brazilia Festival of Brazilian Cinema in 2000 and he won this award that year for Best Actor (Melhor Ator).

2002

Won Cartagena Film Festival

He has been nominated in Cartagena Film Festival for two times and he has also been honored twice. He won this award for the first time in 2002 for Best Actor (Mejor Actor). Two years later he was honored with this award for Best Supporting Actor (Mejor Actor de Reparto). 

2002

Won Cinema Brazil Grand Prize

In 2002, he won Cinema Brazil Grand Prize for the first time in his life for Best Actor (Melhor Ator). Two years later he also got nominated in this award for Best Actor (Melhor Ator) but was not honored with it. 

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Brazilian beauty Mel Fronckowiak is his love partner. Mel Fronckowiak is a model, actress and singer. They are having romantic love affairs as a boyfriend and girlfriend since 2013. They are still together as a loving couple and have also expressed their desire of getting married and being loving husband and wife. He has never been married and divorced.

Rodrigo grew up with different dreams in mind. His father is an engineer and his mother is an artist and he grew up with a dream of being a journalist. After his secondary school, he joined PUC-Rio and there he majored in Journalism. But in 1993, he attended Actor’s Workshop of Rede Globo and then he induced an interest in acting. The same year he appeared as an actor playing the role of Pedro in the TV series Olho no Olho. Then he starred in the TV series Pátria Minha and Explode Coração. He made his feature film debut in 1996 by acting in the movie Depois do Escuro. The actual figure about his annual salary is unknown but his net worth is said to be around $10 million.