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Known for
Actor
Gender
Male
Birthday
22 August
Location
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Edit pageRodrigo Santoro
Biography
Rodrigo Junqueira Reis Santoro (born 22 August 1975) is a Brazilian actor, voice actor and model. He is the winner of several awards, including a Grande Otelo, an APCA Award, a Guarani Award, two Prêmios Qualidade Brasil, as well as the Trophée Chopard at the Cannes Festival, in addition to having received nominations for a Screen Actors Guild Awards, one Troféu Imprensa, and a Phoenix Award.
He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Persian King Xerxes in the film 300 (2006) and its sequel 300: Rise of an Empire (2014). Others include Brainstorm (2001), Carandiru (2003), Love Actually (2003), Che (2008), I Love You Phillip Morris (2009), and Rio (2011). He also appeared on the television series Lost, portraying the character Paulo, and on HBO's Westworld (2016–2020) as Hector Escaton.
Known in Brazil for his appearances in soap operas, he became known internationally for his performance in the television series Lost and Westworld, as well as for playing Xerxes I in 300 and 300: The Rise of the Empire.
