Tony Ramos
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Antônio de Carvalho Barbosa August 25, 1948 Arapongas, Brazil |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1965 – present |
Antônio de Carvalho Barbosa best known by the artistic name Tony Ramos (born August 25, 1948) is a Brazilian actor.
Ramos has played leading roles in major telenovela productions for more than four decades. Many of his most famous roles share the characteristics of honesty and morality. Many of Ramos' more recent starring roles in novelas have cast him playing non-Brazilians, including the Greek Nikos (Belíssima), the American Percival Farquhar (Mad Maria), the Indian Opash (Caminho das Índias), and the Italian Antonio Mattoli (Passione). Ramos is fluent in English, French and Spanish, and has some knowledge of Italian. Ramos' acting process does not involve internalizing the character's emotions; instead, he creates his characters using external technique.
Tony Ramos is one of the most important actors in Brazil, especially known for his work in telenovelas. His use of an Anglicized first name was common at the time he began his acting career, and the name Ramos is the last name of a relative. Ramos was born in the interior of Paraná and spent his youth in Ourinhos in the interior of the state of São Paulo. As a boy, he dreamed of being an actor. When young Ramos watched the films of Oscarito (a Brazilian film comedian who made dozens of films in the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s), he wanted to be like him. Later, while living in São Paulo, he performed in amateur theater with the Teatro Cultura Artística de São Paulo (Theater of Artistic Culture of São Paulo). At 16 years old, he was part of the musical team “Tony e Tom & Jerry” that made an appearance on the TV show Jovem Guarda (Young Guard).
In 1964, he made his debut as an actor on television, appearing in skits on the program Novos em Foco (Youth in Focus), on the channel TV Tupi. The show served as a testing ground for rising young actors, and after signing with TV Tupi, he participated in TV de Vanguarda (TV of the Vanguard), TV de Comédia (Comedy TV) and Grande Teatro Tupi (Tupi Great Theater). In 1965, Ramos appeared in his first novela, A Outra. (The Other).
While at TV Tupi, he appeared in various other productions, among them: Antônio Maria (1968) the novela that gave his career a major boost; Simplesmente Maria (Simply Maria, 1970), in which he played his first major role (Toninho); Vitória Bonelli (1972), as co-star with Tiago Bonelli; Rosa dos Ventos (Rose of the Winds, 1973), his first role as male lead in a novela (Quico); Ídolo de Pano (Idol of Rags, 1974), as the protagonist Luciano; and A Viagem (The Voyage, 1975), as the co-lead Téo.
In 1977, Ramos moved to Rede Globo (the TV network Globo), at the same time moving to Rio de Janeiro. At Rede Globo, he consolidated his success. His first performance for the network was in the novela Espelho Mágico (Magic Mirror). In the same year, he shared duties as host of the musical program Globo de Ouro (Globe of Gold) with the actress Christiane Torloni. By the end of the year he was starring in the novela O Astro (The Star), in which he took his first lead role at Rede Globo. During the novela, Ramos appeared in the first male nude scene in Brazilian novelas, despite the censorship of the military dictatorship in power at the time.
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