One of Brazil's most talented and famous actors, Rodrigo Junqueira dos Reis Santoro was born in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Maria José Junqueira dos Reis, an artist, and Francesco Santoro, an engineer. His father is Italian, while his mother, who is Brazilian, has Portuguese ancestry. Santoro is known for his performance in Warner Bros. 300, based on the Frank Miller's graphic novel, which broke box office records throughout the world. Rodrigo starred as Xerxes, the Persian King who sent his massive army to conquer Greece in 480 B.C. He was nominated for an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain. Rodrigo has also gained attention for his role of Paulo in ABC's hit series Lost. In 2008, Santoro was featured in writer/director David Mamet's film Redbelt, the story of Mike Terry, a Jiu-jitsu master who has avoided the prize fighting circuit, instead choosing to pursue a life by operating a self-defense studio in Los Angeles. Also in 2008, Rodrigo was honored to receive the Ischia award for International Contribution at the 2008 Ischia Global Film Festival in Italy. In 2007, at the Cancun International Film Festival Rodrigo received a Best Actor award for his portrayal of an obsessive photographer in the Brazilian film "Nao por acaso" , in which he played Tonio, the middle son of a Brazilian family caught in the middle of an age-old family feud in 1910. He is forced by tradition and honor to kill a member of the neighboring family, positioning him next in line to be killed. The heart of the movie finds Tonio and his little brother discovering a world outside their family and home. Behind the Sun was nominated for a Golden Globe in 2002 for Best Foreign Language Film. Previous to that Rodrigo appeared opposite Helen Mirren, Olivier Martinez and Anne Bancroft in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, directed by Robert Allan Ackerman, for Showtime. Based on the novella by Tennessee Williams, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone was nominated for five Emmy Awards in 2003. Rodrigo Santoro resides in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
When he was 4, his grandfather gave him his favorite present of all time: a horse.
On People magazines 50 Most Beautiful list [2004].
Studied Communications in college.
Dubbed the main character of Stuart Little and Stuart Little 2 in the Brazilian versions.
He has a sister named Flvia Junqueira dos Reis Santoro (an architect). Shes married to Marco Antnio and they have a son named Frederico (b. October 5th 2006 in Rio de Janeiro).
Parents: Francesco Santoro (engineer) and Maria Jos Junqueira dos Reis (plastic artist).
He studied interpretation in the Oficina de Atores da Rede Globo for one year.
Broke up with model Ellen Jabour in 2008, after four years of relationship.
His father is Italian. His mother, who is Brazilian, has Portuguese ancestry.
Favorite actors are Robert De Niro and Al Pacino.
(April 2003) Taping a prime time soap opera called "Mulheres Apaixonadas" (Women in Love) on Brazils Rede Globo network.
(January 2004) Filming "A Dona da Histria".
(November 2006) Supporting part on major TV hit series, Lost, playing survivor "Paulo".
Rodrigo participated in the film "The 33" based on a real-life event happened in Chile, when a gold and copper mine collapsed trapping 33 miners underground for 69 days. The movie was filmed in a mine in Colombia and in the city of Copiapo, the specific place in the north of Chile where this event occurred. Rodrigo performed the role of the Chilean Ministry of Mining Laurence Golborne.
Father of a girl named Nina, born on May 22, 2017 in Rio de Janeiro. Mother is Rodrigos girlfriend Mel Fronckowiak.
I love both the sun and the moon, day and night. But I enjoy the day the,most because I live in Rio and I can play sports. .
