Paulo Tiefenthaler (born June 25, 1968) is a
Swiss Brazilian
Swiss Brazilians ( pt, helveto-brasileiros, brasileiros suíços) are Brazilian citizens of full or partial Swiss ancestry, who remain culturally connected to Switzerland, or Swiss-born people permanently residing in Brazil.
Notable Swiss Brazili ...
actor.
Biography
Paulo Tiefenthaler was born in
Chur
, neighboring_municipalities= Arosa, Churwalden, Tschiertschen-Praden, Domat/Ems, Felsberg, Malix, Trimmis, Untervaz, Pfäfers
, twintowns = Bad Homburg (Germany), Cabourg (France), Mayrhofen (Austria), Mondorf-les-Bains (Luxe ...
,
Switzerland, during a trip of his parents in Europe, but he was raised in
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...
. He is of Portuguese, German and Swiss descent.
Career
Paulo holds a degree in journalism, worked as a photographer. He was also a cinematographer, assistant director and screenwriter on
Manchete and
GloboNews
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The channel was relaunched on 18 October 2010 with a new logo and a new slogan "''Nunca desliga''!" (''Never turns off''!") and more i ...
. As an actor, he made soap operas at
Globo Network and performed in the theater, in plays like ''A alma boa de Setsuan'' (directed by Domingos de Oliveira) and ''O Homem Proibido'' (directed by Antônio Abujamra).
His career only took off in 2008, when he created the character Paulo Oliveira, presenter of the Larica Total cooking program, Channel Brasil. The success of the program, which was voted best humorous of 2009 by the jury of the Paulista Association of Art Critics, led to invitations to other television programs and to the movies.
He directed in 2005 the short documentary Jorjão, about the drum master of the samba school Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel, Unidos do Viradouro e Imperatriz Leopoldinense. In 2011, he performed his second short, A Peruca de Aquiles.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1968 births
Living people
People from Chur
Swiss people of Brazilian descent
Brazilian people of Swiss-German descent
Brazilian people of Portuguese descent
Brazilian people of German descent
Brazilian male television actors
Brazilian male film actors
Male actors from Rio de Janeiro (city)
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