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<\/p>\nRodrigo was born on August 22, 1975 in Petr\u00f3polis, a mountain town north of Rio de Janeiro. The son of an engineer and an artist of Italian descent, he grew up in Rio and went to PUC-Rio to study journalism. After he graduated, he spent a year in Globo TV’s Actor’s Workshop, and began his career in Brazilian soap operas. <\/p>\n
He began his career in film in 2001, when he starred in “Bicho de Sete Cabe\u00e7as,” a Brazilian movie about a young man sent to a psychiatric hospital after his parents discovered he smoked marijuana. He starred in “Abril Despeda\u00e7ado” a year later, which was nominated for Best Foreign Film in the Golden Globes.<\/p>\n
In 2003, Rodrigo also appeared in the award-winning film “Carandiru,” about a S\u00e3o Paulo prison. He moved on to Hollywood films by appearing in “Charlie’s Angels” and “Love Actually.” He later appeared on “Lost” and in the film “300.”<\/p>\n
Most recently, he co-starred as Raul Castro in Steven Soderbergh’s two-part film about Che Guevara, David Mamet’s “Redbelt,” and the Brazilian film “Os Desafinados.”<\/p>\n
Rodrigo’s upcoming movies include “I Love You Phillip Morris,” with Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor, and “The Post Grad Survival Guide” with Alexis Bledel and Carol Burnett.<\/p>\n
Rodrigo still lives in Rio de Janeiro, where he enjoys spending time outside and playing sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2009\/04\/rodrigo-santoro-279x350.jpg\")
Rodrigo was born on August 22, 1975 in Petr\u00f3polis, a mountain town north of Rio de Janeiro. The son of an engineer and an artist of Italian descent, he grew up in Rio and went to PUC-Rio to study journalism. After he graduated, he spent a year in Globo TV’s Actor’s Workshop, and began his…<\/p>\n