Ricardo Artur de Araújo Pereira (born 28 April 1974) is a Portuguese comedian, political commentator and

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. Pereira first rose to national notoriety in the early 2000s as a member of the Portuguese comedy group,

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He was born in Lisbon. His father is a TAP aircraft pilot and his mother a flight attendant. He has a degree in

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from the

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. He has also worked as a journalist for the Jornal de Letras, Artes e Ideias. He was a writer for Produções Fictícias, and was one of the writers of ''Herman 98'', ''Herman 99'' and ''Herman Difusão Portuguesa'' (hosted by the Portuguese comedian

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), and he also co-wrote Maria Rueff's show ''O Programa da Maria'' (2001), ''Felizes para Sempre'' (

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), ''As Crónicas de José Estebes'', on

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, among many others. In 2003 he made his first appearance in television acting in the series ''O Perfeito Anormal'' (The Perfect Freak) along with fellow

member Zé Diogo Quintela. This series was broadcast on SIC Radical, a television channel aimed at a younger audience. The series was produced on a very low budget and was the boost that the comedians needed to get onto television. In the same year, he started the

project, a comedy project with great impact on Portuguese television, along with Zé Diogo Quintela, Miguel Góis and Tiago Dores. They started a series of programs with name

, ''Série Fonseca'', ''Série Meireles'' and ''Série Barbosa'' (note that the series' names are usual Portuguese surnames and every character in the series had the same surname as the series' name) on SIC Radical.Since then they moved twice: in 2006, to

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, with

, ''Série Lopes da Silva'' and, later, with ''Diz Que é Uma Espécie De Magazine''; and in 2008, to

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with ''Gato Fedorento:Zé Carlos'' and, later, ''Gato Fedorento Esmiúça os Sufrágios'' (a daily, 25 minutes long, show that aired between 14 September – 23 October 2009).
Pereira also has an internet blog with fellow Gato Fedorento members. RicardoAraujoPereira

He has the skill of impersonating sports and politics personalities as well as Portuguese regional stereotypes. These skills are used in the television series as well as in advertising campaigns in television. He is also a columnist in the magazine

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and

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, one of the most recognised sports newspaper in

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. He was working at

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until recently, where he had a show named Mixórdia de Temáticas which talks about a wide range of current events. He is also back at television with ''"Gente que não sabe estar"'' at TVI. Ricardo was voted 76th Greatest Portuguese of all time in a Poll conducted by RTP (Rádio Televisão Portuguesa) for its Show "Grandes Portugueses", based on a similar show, "100 Greatest Britons", aired on

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