Rodrigo Santoro

Rodrigo Santoro is a chameleon I never tire of watching. In Brazil he is beloved telenovela royalty; in Hollywood he buried himself under gold paint and prosthetics to become Xerxes in 300, a performance so transformed that many viewers never realized the god-king was a Brazilian heartthrob. That willingness to disappear into a role, even at the cost of his own handsome face, tells me he is an actor first and a star second. He has also quietly become a bridge between Latin American and global cinema, producing as well as performing. Few actors move between languages, industries, and genres this gracefully, and I respect that ambition.

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Name (English)

Rodrigo Santoro

Name (Japanese)

ロドリゴ・サントロ

Reading

ろどりご・さんとろ

Born

August 22, 1975 (age 51)

Origin

Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Occupation

actor / film actor / television actor / film producer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rabbit

University

Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Awards & achievements

• Cinema Brazil Grand Prize for Best Actor
• Trophée Chopard

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/rodrigosantoro/
• Xhttps://x.com/rodrigosantoro
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo%20Santoro
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%89%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%AD
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q294819

Tags

• Rio de Janeiro
• actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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