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Alexandre Frota posing with a rainbow flag at a G Magazine event in 2006.
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Born |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
October 14, 1963
Occupation |
Actor Model TV Personality |
Years active | 1984-present |
Children | Mayã Gondim Frota de Andrade |
Parent(s) | Antônio Carlos de Andrade Lais Frota |
Alexandre Frota de Andrade (born October 14, 1963 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian actor and ex-model.
His acting career begin in various telenovelas on the Globo TV Network (Rede Globo) and in Brazilian films.
He participated on the Brazilian TV reality show "House of Artists" (Casa dos Artistas) on the SBT network, along with Brazilian rock musician Supla. He also appeared in the "Celebrity Farm" (Quinta das Celebridades) reality show in Portugal where he reached second place, first place being awarded to the controversial José Castelo Branco. Both of these shows were variations on the Big Brother theme. While in Portugal Alexandre Frota appeared in the theatrical spectacle Sex Fever. Later he appeared in another TV reality show "First Company Primeira Companhia, which took the form of a military barracks and again José Castelo Branco participated.
Frota has been a practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu since 1990 and in 2010 he became the face for a São Paulo project to draw children to the sport. He has a win over fellow actor André Segatti at Oscar de Jiu-Jitsu II tournament in 1998.
In March 2013, it was announced that Frota was drafted to Corinthians Steamrollers, a move mainly seen to serve as publicity for the team. Frota asserted that he was interested in American football since he was 25 but couldn't find the opportunity to practice.
In 2004, Frota directed the pornographic film A Boneca da Casa launching the pornographic career of transgender Casa dos Artistas reality show participant Bianca Soares. Starting from 2004 to 2008, he appeared in a series of pornographic films for Brasileirinhas, performing with actresses such as Chloe Jones and Bianca Soares and retired after 00Frota - O Homem da Pistola de Ouro, a porn parody of The Man with the Golden Gun for Sexxxy. In a 2008 interview, he concluded that he saw his pornographic film career as the biggest mistake in his life.