- Born
- Birth nameRodrigo Junqueira dos Reis Santoro
- Height6′ 1½″ (1.87 m)
- Rodrigo Santoro is a world-renown actor who starred alongside Academy Award Winner Anthony Hopkins, Evan Rachel Wood, and Jeffrey Wright in the hit HBO series "Westworld," created by Jonah Nolan and produced by J.J. Abrams. Rodrigo played the male lead in the Hulu series "Reprisal" for producer Warren Littlefield. Subsequently, he appeared in the feature "Project Power" for Netflix in mid-August 2020, opposite Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon Levitt. He also appeared in the Netflix foreign language film "Seven Slaves" for director Alex Moratto. In 2018, he appeared at Sundance for a film he starred in and produced to critical acclaim, titled "Un Traductor." His list of credits includes a lead role opposite Benicio Del Toro in Steven Soderbergh's "Che," "Love Actually," "Focus" opposite Will Smith and Margot Robbie, "300: Rise of an Empire" opposite Eva Green, "Rio 2," "The Last Stand" opposite Forrest Whitaker, "What to Expect When You're Expecting" opposite Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Lopez, "Hemingway and Gelhorn" for HBO opposite Nicole Kidman, "The 33" opposite Juliette Binoche, "Jane got a Gun" opposite Natalie Portman, and the Brazilian film "Heleno," chronicling the true-life story of the most notorious and successful Brazilian soccer player, Heleno de Frietas.
Rodrigo received the Ischia award for International Contribution at the 2008 Ischia Global Film Festival in Italy. He has also won a total of eight Best Actor awards, including the first-ever award for Best Actor from the Brazilian Academy of Arts and Film for his portrayal of a young man forced into a mental institution by his parents in "Brainstorm," by director Lais Bodansky.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Haley Brenn
- SpouseMel Fronckowiak(2016 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenNina Santoro
- ParentsMaria José Junqueira dos ReisFrancesco Santoro
- RelativesFlávia Junqueira dos Reis Santoro(Sibling)
- When he was 4, his grandfather gave him his favorite present of all time: a horse.
- His father is Italian. His mother, who is Brazilian, has Portuguese ancestry.
- Favorite actors are Robert De Niro and Al Pacino.
- Supporting part on major TV hit series, Lost, playing survivor "Paulo".
- Dubbed the main character of 'Stuart Little'(2000) and 'Stuart Little 2'(2002) in the Brazilian versions.
- 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.
- I left Brazil as a result of my work. Unlike many imagine, I did not pack up to pursue an international career. I'd been promoting Behind the Sun (2001) and [just happened to find] opportunities out there.
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