Rodrigo Santoro

RODRIGO SANTORO
KURANDA MANAGEMENT
www.kurandaweb.com
Santo Angel, 84. 28043 Madrid - España
Tel.:(+34) 91 748 95 25
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RODRIGO SANTORO
RODRIGO SANTORO, one of Brazil’s most talented young actors, made his
American debut in the highly sought after role of ‘Randy Emmers’ in
CHARLIE’S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE, directed by McG, starring Cameron
Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu. He also appears in the forthcoming
Working Title project LOVE, ACTUALLY, directed by NOTTING HILL scribe
Richard Curtis, with an ensemble cast including Hugh Grant, Emma
Thompson, Colin Firth, Liam Neeson, and Laura Linney. LOVE, ACTUALLY
premiered at the 2003 Toronto Film Festival and will be released November
2003.
Rodrigo has won eight Best Actor awards, including the first ever award for
Best Actor from the Brazilian Academy of Arts and Film, for his portrayal of a
young man forced into a mental institution by his parents in BRAINSTORM,
the critically-acclaimed film by director Lais Bodansky.
He has also been celebrated for his performance in the Miramax film BEHIND
THE SUN directed by Walter Salles (CENTRAL STATION), in which he plays
‘Tonio’, the middle son of a Brazilian family caught in the middle of an age-old
family feud in 1910. He is forced by tradition and honor to kill a member of the
neighboring family, positioning him next in line to be killed. The heart of the
movie finds ‘Tonio’ and his little brother discovering a world outside their family
and home. BEHIND THE SUN was nominated for a Golden Globe in 2002 for
Best Foreign Language Film.
RODRIGO’S most recent Brazilian film, CARANDIRU, directed by Hector
Babenco, was recently released and broke all Brazilian box office records.
CARANDIRU premiered at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival and will be
distributed in the US by Sony Pictures Classics in early 2004. The film is a
ground-breaking portrayal of the largest penitentiary in Latin America, the Sao
Paulo House of Detention, and the lives of the people in it. The movie is
based on the best-selling book “Carandiru Station” by Dr. Dráuzio Varella.
Last year RODRIGO appeared opposite Helen Mirren, Olivier Martinez and
Anne Bancroft in THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE, directed by Robert
Allan Ackerman, for Showtime. Based on the novella by Tennessee Williams,
THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE was nominated for five EMMY
Awards in 2003.