Paulo Sérgio Betti (born 8 September 1952)[2] is a Brazilian actor, playwright, and stage director. He also works occasionally as film producer and director.

Paulo Betti
Betti in 2011
Born
Paulo Sérgio Betti

(1952-09-08) 8 September 1952 (age 72)[1]
Capivari (now Rafard), São Paulo, Brazil
Occupations
  • Actor
  • playwright
  • director
Years active1979–present
Spouses
(m. 1973; div. 1997)
(m. 2001; div. 2005)
Children3

Biography

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Paulo Sérgio Betti was born on 8 September 1952 in Rafard, a small town in the state of São Paulo. In over thirty years of career, Betti has acted in over 20 telenovelas and in 21 feature films. His most notable role was as the revolutionary Captain Carlos Lamarca in Lamarca (1994) and Zuzu Angel (2006), both directed by Sérgio Rezende. For his role in Lamarca, he won the São Paulo Association of Art Critics Award for Best Film Actor in 1995. He also hosted the show Novos Nomes em Cena of Canal Brasil, where he interviewed young Brazilian actors.[citation needed]

Betti was married to actress Eliane Giardini between 1973 and 1997. The couple had two daughters: Juliana (born in 1977) and Mariana (born in 1980). He was also married to actress Maria Ribeiro, mother of his only son João (born on 30 March 2003). The couple separated in 2005.[citation needed]

Political views

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In 1989 Betti was one of the producers of the music video for the famous jingle "Lula Lá" ("Lula There") for the presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from the Workers' Party. In this video, several famous artists of the time sing the jingle. Betti supported Lula throughout all of his presidential campaigns, including the one in 2006, when several artists withdrawn their support from the candidate because of his party's involvement in the scandal known as "mensalão".

On 1 October 2020 Betti stated that he wishes the death of all elderly people that walk in the streets without face masks, and lamented that President Jair Bolsonaro did not die when he was stabbed in 2018.[3]

Filmography

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As director

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As actor

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References

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  1. ^ "Maria Ribeiro faz homenagem para o ex-marido, Paulo Betti, em aniversário". 8 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Maria Ribeiro faz homenagem para o ex-marido, Paulo Betti, em aniversário". 8 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Paulo Betti deseja morte de idosos e lamenta facada não ter matado Bolsonaro". October 2020.
  4. ^ "Paulo Betti vive o prefeito mulherengo em Amor Perfeito. Confira a foto!". Globo.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). 3 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Coelho é o primeiro desmascarado do The Masked Singer Brasil; veja quem é". Globo.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). 22 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
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