Ricardo Pereira (actor)
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| Born |
Ricardo da Silva Tavares Pereira September 14, 1979 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Residence | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Spouse(s) | Francisca Pinto Ribeiro Pereira (2010–present) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Maria de Lourdes da Silva Tavares (mother) Horácio Pereira (father) |
Ricardo Pereira (born September 14, 1979) is a Portuguese actor, model and television presenter.
Ricardo Pereira was born Ricardo da Silva Tavares Pereira in Lisbon. He spent most of his youth in Sintra Municipality and studied for a degree in psychology at the Lusófona University.
The actor has worked in many projects, ranging from theatre, to television, to cinema. He launched his career in the year 2000 with the play A Real Calçada ao Sol, to which he followed the movie Um Homem não é um Gato.
He reached stardom in Portugal in 2002, with television projects such as Saber Amar e Bairro da Fonte. In 2004, the actor became the first non-Brazilian protagonist in a Rede Globo soap-opera. With a signed contract with the Brazilian broadcaster, Rede Globo, Ricardo Pereira bought a house in the "Cidade Maravilhosa" ("wonderful city"), where he moved to with his family. Since then he has integrated the casts of various Rede Globo productions, starring in Como uma Onda or Aquele Beijo, to name a few.
Despite the busy schedule, the actor has continued to work in theatre and cinema. In 2012/2013 he played the lead male role in the play Um Sonho para Dois and, also in 2013, he had a role in the French film Cadences Obstinée, directed by Fanny Ardent.
Ricardo Pereira has done some work as a TV presenter as well, both in Portugal and Brazil, namely hosting Episódio Especial (SIC) and Dança na Galera (Domingão do Faustão, Rede Globo). Furthermore, he has been the face of various advertising campaigns in the two countries, publicising banks, supermarkets, entertainment chain-stores and other companies.
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