23 Facts About Rodrigo Santoro

Rodrigo Santoro is known in Brazil for his appearance on local telenovelas and internationally for his portrayal of Persian King Xerxes in the film 300 and its sequel 300: Rise of an Empire.

Rodrigo Santoro appeared on the television series Lost in 2006, portraying the character Paulo, and on HBO's Westworld.

Rodrigo Santoro was born in Petropolis, the son of Francesco Santoro, an Italian engineer with origins in Paola, province of Cosenza, in Calabria and Maria Jose Junqueira dos Reis, a Brazilian artist of Portuguese ancestry.

In 1993, while studying Journalism at PUC-Rio, Santoro entered the Actor's Workshop of Rede Globo.

Rodrigo Santoro went on to play parts in many of Globo's telenovelas, such as Olho no Olho, Patria Minha, Explode Coracao, O Amor Esta no Ar, Suave Veneno and Mulheres Apaixonadas, as well as the miniseries Hilda Furacao, in the role of a priest.

Rodrigo Santoro voiced the titular character in Stuart Little and its sequel Stuart Little 2 in the Brazilian-dubbed versions.

Rodrigo Santoro went on to win the festival's best actor trophy.

Since Rodrigo Santoro did not have an agent in North America, Ackerman contacted Rodrigo Santoro's father.

Rodrigo Santoro spent two months filming in Rome, alongside such actors as Helen Mirren and Anne Bancroft.

Rodrigo Santoro began obtaining work in the advertising business as he appeared in a commercial campaign with Gisele Bundchen in 2002.

Rodrigo Santoro played the male lead in No 5 The Film, a three-minute-long commercial for Chanel, directed by Baz Luhrmann alongside Nicole Kidman in 2004.

In 2006, Rodrigo Santoro joined the season three cast of the ABC television series Lost as Paulo, a survivor of the Oceanic Flight 815 crash.

Rodrigo Santoro voiced the character in the Brazilian-dubbed version of the series.

Rodrigo Santoro was cast as Persian emperor Xerxes in Zack Snyder's film 300, based on the Frank Miller comic of the same name.

Rodrigo Santoro's eyebrows were kept intact covered over with prosthetics and drawn in rather than being shaved.

Rodrigo Santoro read the works of Herodotus, an Ancient Greek historian, in order to prepare for his part.

Rodrigo Santoro wants glory; he wants victory; he wants eternal fame.

Rodrigo Santoro played Jesus in the 2016 historical action film Ben-Hur and received personal blessings from Pope Francis for the role.

Rodrigo Santoro was in Ribeirao Preto for the premiere of the 2011 film Meu Pais, directed by Andre Ristum.

Rodrigo Santoro dated actress Luana Piovani for three years, from 1997 to 2000, until it was discovered that she was cheating on him with businessman Cristiano Rangel.

Rodrigo Santoro dated model Ellen Jabour from 2004 to 2008.

Rodrigo Santoro has been married to actress and presenter Mel Fronckowiak since 2016.

Rodrigo Santoro proposed to admit the relationship in public, at the launch of Mel's book, at Shopping do Leblon, in Rio de Janeiro, where the actor joined thousands of the actress's fans to receive his personal dedication in the book, on 25 August 2013.