Biography
Rodrigo Zhunkeira Dos Flight Santoro - so the full name of the sex symbol and the star Hollywood sounds. But the grateful fans of the actor, glorifying after the release of the film School "300 Spartan" and "Che", his name is just Rodrigo Santoro.Rodrigo was born in August 1975 in the Brazilian city of Petropolis. In the cores of the boy flowed Brazilian and Spanish blood. Santoro grew and formed in the family, where the homely atmosphere was impregnated with art. Mom - Brazilian sculptor and artist Maria José - Potted the Son Love for Beautiful. And from the Father - Engineer Francesco Santoro - Rodrigo has a hard character and the ability to stubbornly go to the target target.
Artistry native noted in the Son back in school years. A boy without constraint performed in amateur performances and freely felt on stage.
But after receiving the school certificate, young Santoro became a student of the Papal Catholic University, choosing the Faculty of Journalism. True, soon a young man realized that his chosen profession attracts him little. Much more interest was called cinema. Therefore, Rodrigo translated from the university to the acting studio, which worked with the popular TV channel "Edge Globo".
Films
The cinematic biography of Rodrigo Santoro after the translation began to develop rapidly. A bright young man was involved immediately in several Brazilian TV shows. The debut in the melodrama "eyes in the eye" was successful. The novice artist was noticed, and in 1994, the audience was watched by Rodrigo's game in the Brazilian soap opera "My Family", which was broadcast in Prime Time.
Playing in the series Rodrigo Santoro continued until the end of the 1990s. The best films that have received a loud success in Brazil, wore speaking names: "Blast in the heart", "love is in the air", "gentle poison" and others. To the Hollywood film industry in these years, the actor was attracted only as an artist of visualing.
The first major role in the full-length movie went to Santoro in 2001. The painting "Seven-headed beast" was released on the large screens, in which Rodrigo got the image of the hero, the will of the fate hit the psychiatric clinic. This challenging role brought the Brazilian recognition of film critics and the first national awards. And also - international fame. After all, the picture, shot in the hot Brazil, came to the nomination for the "Golden Globe" as the "Best Foreign Project".
In 2003, Rodrigo was invited to be filmed to the Italian film "Roman Spring Mrs. Stone." The shooting took place in Rome for two months, and the partner of Santoro became Helen Mirren. The film received high ratings and good reviews. But the main thing - opened Rodrigo Doors to Hollywood, which he dreamed of childhood.
The first Hollywood tape is a blockbuster "Angels Charlie: only ahead" - brought the Brazilian worldwide fame. Santoro convincingly fit into the acting ensemble of the film, where the main characters played Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Lew and Demi Moore. Rodrigo reincarnated in the killer Randy Emmers, who dies in a fight with angels.
Strengthening the position on Olymps of Glory managed to participate in the Christmas Comedy "Real Love". It was a world chamber, after which Rodrigo Santoro became all recognized by the Hollywood star. Another rating project of this time is the adventure TV series "Stay alive", where Santoro appeared in the role of Paulo.
In 2004, Rodrigo Santoro participated in the filming of the Brazilian melodrama "Mistress of Fate", where he played the beloved of the main character. No less expressive was the role of Hardead's handsome in the melodramatic series of "Women in Love".
The Brazilian does not miss a single chance to become even more successful and popular. Rodrigo does not refuse to work in advertising. In 2002, it is filmed in a commercial with star compatriot Gisel Bundchen. And in 2004, appears in advertising the legendary spirits "Chanel number 5" in a pair with Nicole Kidman.
As for the cinema, the next star role gets Rodrigo in the blockbuster "300 Spartans". To work in the last project, the actor has to work seriously. Santoro intensively gained musculature and passed the painful epilacation procedure of the entire body. And even for a better understanding of the image - the Persian king of Kerks - Santoro read several treatises of Herodota.
An interesting experience for Rodrigo Santoro was to participate in the creation of a Hollywood comedy of 2008 release "I love you, Phillip Morris" about a respectable citizen, who, hitting the prison due to misunderstanding, falls in love with the mod. In the film starred Jim Kerry and Yuen McGregor.
The most striking works in the filmography of Santoro, in which the Brazilian-Hollywood sex symbol appeared in recent years, are considered the pictures "33", "300 Spartans: the flourishing of the empire", "Rio, I love you."
Personal life
The hot brazilian fell in love for the first time when he was barely 14. Two years lasted a novel with a Brazilian star of Luana Pokrovani. But one novel changed to others: Rodrigo Santoro's personal life was intertwined with the life of the beautiful model Ellen Dzhabour. The couple met for 4 years, but in 2008 it became known that the relationship was dried.During these years, the actors were repeatedly introduced into the lists of the most beautiful and sexy people of the world. In 2004, Rodrigo came to the ranking of 50 handsome versions according to the journal "PIPL", and in 2006 Santoro took the 12th step of the same publication as the sexiest man "from now living". Photo Handsome Road adjacent next to Hugh Jackman's pictures, Brad Pitt and Jude Low.
Today, Santoro is ranked with dream factory stars, but in Los Angeles it is not in a hurry. The actor holds the fixed time in Rio de Janeiro. It is known that Rodrigo a lot of time and strength devotes charity.
Rodrigo Santoro now
Now the film driver of the Brazilian actor continues to evolve in the growing. Only for 2016, Santoro starred in four successful projects. In the sports drama "Pele: The birth of a legend" artist got the role of a second plan. Also, Santoro was also lucky to play in the star team Western "Jane takes a gun." The main characters in this film were presented by Natalie Portman, Joel Edgeton and Yuen McGregor.
In Peptum Timur Bekmambetova "Ben-Gur" Rodrigo appeared in the form of Jesus Christ. The film was filmed in the USA at Paramount Pictures film studio. As the basis of the plot was taken by the history of the betrayal of one brother to others. The main characters were performed by Jack Houston and Toby Kebbell.
The most popular project of 2016 was the fantastic Western "Wild West", where Santoro reincarnated into the hero of the hector of Escaton, the leader of the criminal grouping. The film impressed the film critics and the audience to the unusual plot and star cast, which entered Ben Barnes, Anthony Hopkins, Tendy Newton, Evan Rachel Wood.
At the beginning of 2018, the premiere of the Drama "Un Traductor" took place, affecting the topic of the Chernobyl catastrophe. The main character is Russian Professor, a teacher of Havana University, whom Rodrigo Santoro plays, becomes a translator for victims of the accident at the NPP of Ukrainian children who were taken to Cuba for treatment. Every day, the professor faces inhuman torments and deaths of small patients.
Filmography
- 1993 - "Eyes in the eye"
- 1997 - "Love vitates in the air"
- 2003 - "Roman Spring Mrs. Stone"
- 2003 - "Charlie Angels: Just Forward"
- 2003 - "Real Love"
- 2007 - "300 Spartans"
- 2006-2007 - "Stay alive"
- 2008 - "Che"
- 2009 - "I love you, Phillip Morris"
- 2014 - "Rio, I love you"
- 2015 - "Focus"
- 2016 - "Jane takes a gun"
- 2016 - Ben-Gur
- 2016 - "Wild West World"