Rodrigo Alcazar Faro (born 20 October 1973) is a Brazilian television presenter, actor and singer.
Career
He started his career at the age of 9 in 1982 when he participated in a milk commercial. As a child he was a model and presenter of the children's program ZYB Bom on
TV Bandeirantes
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.
At 19, he integrated the
boyband
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Dominó
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, before graduating in radio and TV by the University of São Paulo.
In 1996 he starred his first telenovela, ''Antônio Alves, Taxista'', on
SBT
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.
In 2008, he moved to
RecordTV
RecordTV (), formerly known as Rede Record, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network. It is currently the second largest commercial TV station in Brazil, and the 28th largest in the 2012 world ranking. In 2010, it was elected by the adverti ...
to present ''
Ídolos''. However, before making his debut in the musical reality, he was called to quickly replace presenter
Márcio Garcia
Márcio Garcia Machado (born 17 April 1970) is a Brazilian actor, television host, writer, producer and film director.
Biography
Márcio started his career at MTV, but in 1994 he moved to Rede Globo. He was a host of a children's show called " ...
in ''O Melhor do Brasil''.
Later in August he debuted as the presenter of ''Ídolos''. Rodrigo stayed in charge of the program for four seasons, being succeeded by
Marcos Mion
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in 2012. In 2012 Rodrigo presented the
Fazenda de Verão
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The series was a spin-off of ...
, also on RecordTV.
In 2013, the presenter came to realize a dream; host a program on Sundays. ''O Melhor do Brasil'' left Saturday nights for Sunday afternoons to cover up the hole left by
Gugu Liberato
Antônio Augusto de Moraes Liberato (April 10, 1959 – November 21, 2019), better known as Gugu Liberato or simply Gugu, was a Brazilian television presenter, entrepreneur, actor and singer.
Early life
Liberato was born in São Paulo, Brazil, ...
's program, which ended a week earlier than scheduled due to the Liberato's departure from Rede Record, and by program ''Tudo é Possível'', when its last broadcast happened in December 2012. The program ended up having its name changed to ''Hora do Faro'' in 2014.
''O Melhor do Brasil'' won Faro the ''
Troféu Imprensa
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Awards
*Best Telenovela
*Best Actor of ...
'' for five consecutive years in the category "Best TV Presenter or Animator". On September 27, 2015, Rodrigo became the godfather of singer Felipe Araújo, brother of late
sertanejo universitário
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Rodrigo is an exclusive artist of RecordTV and his most recent contract lasted until 2017.
Personal life
Faro has three daughters: Clara, Maria and Helena who were born in 2006, 2008 and 2012, respectively, with fellow TV personality and ex-model Vera Viel. The couple has been together since 1997 and has been married since 2003. In their wedding rings is written "Forever, Vera" and "Forever, Rodrigo." According to Faro, it was
love at first sight
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. Faro is
Catholic
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, his mother, Vera Lúcia Alcazar Faro, is a university professor.
Rodrigo Faro: "Quero ser o apresentador número 1 do Brasil"
/ref> Gil Vicente, Faro's father, was a dentist and split up from his wife when Rodrigo was 9 years old. Gil died when Faro was 13 years old and they had little contact.
Rodrigo has a blog on the Internet portal of RecordTV
RecordTV (), formerly known as Rede Record, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network. It is currently the second largest commercial TV station in Brazil, and the 28th largest in the 2012 world ranking. In 2010, it was elected by the adverti ...
, R7.
Net worth
In 2014, Rodrigo had his net worth valued at R$100 million (US$23 million) by Isto É
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magazine. As a presenter, he receives a monthly salary of R$2 million (US$478,572) from RecordTV
RecordTV (), formerly known as Rede Record, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network. It is currently the second largest commercial TV station in Brazil, and the 28th largest in the 2012 world ranking. In 2010, it was elected by the adverti ...
. In addition, Rodrigo is also spokenperson of several brands, receiving per month around R$1.5 million (US$481,305) in advertising and merchandising, as calculated in 2016. His greatest year of income was 2013, when he earned R$45 million (US$10,767,870), including the contract valued at R$3 million (US$717.858) to star commercials for Chevrolet.
As of August 2018, his net worth is estimated to be R$133.5 million (around US$31.8 million in 2018 dollars).
Filmography
Television
Cinema
Discography
Albums
''Singles''
As main artist
As featured artists
Other songs
References
External links
*
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1973 births
Living people
Male actors from São Paulo
Brazilian television presenters
Brazilian male television actors
20th-century Brazilian male singers
20th-century Brazilian singers
Brazilian male dancers
20th-century Brazilian male actors
21st-century Brazilian male actors
21st-century Brazilian male singers
21st-century Brazilian singers