Murilo Benício

Murilo Benício
Murilo beside actresses Cláudia Raia, Arlete Salles and Guilhermina Guinle in Rio de Janeiro, October 10, 2009.
Born	Murilo Benício Ribeiro 13 July 1971 Niteroi, Brazil
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1992–present
Children	2

Murilo Benício Ribeiro (born 13 July 1971) is a Brazilian actor. He is one of Brazil's most renowned actors, mostly having lead roles in several works. He is perhaps most famous for his roles in the telenovelas: O Clone, América, A Favorita and Avenida Brasil. In the early 1990s, he began his career in the telenovela Fera Ferida, in a recurring role portraying Fabrício. Benicío's major breakthrough role was in the critically acclaimed telenovela O Clone that aired between 2001 and 2002, gaining international recognition with her then, co-star Giovanna Antonelli and the show's creator Glória Perez.

Since then, Benicío has received critical acclaim for his work in a wide range of television and film genres. Benicío's subsequent telenovelas and television series include, Chocolate com Pimenta (2004), a novela created by Walcyr Carrasco, together with Mariana Ximenes, América (2005) together with Deborah Secco, Pé na Jaca (2007), A Favorita (2008), Ti Ti Ti, the successful Avenida Brasil (2012), the technology themed telenovela Geração Brasil (2014).

He is also the recipient to the Prêmio Arte Qualidade Brasil, Troféu Imprensa, Prêmio Extra de Televisão, Prêmio Quem de Televisão awards.

Career

Benicio's television roles include the popular telenovelas O Clone^[1] and América, both which have aired in his native Brazil, the United States, Russia and in various countries in Latin America, Europe, and Asia. He has also starred in O Homem do Ano (2003) (Man of the Year).

Benício has a son named Antônio with actress Alessandra Negrini and a son named Pietro with actress Giovanna Antonelli.

Personal life

Benício was born in Niteroi. As a teenager he liked to surf with friends on the beaches of Rio and Niterói, but stopped after starting work as an actor.^[2] He is quoted as saying that Charlie Chaplin inspired him as a young boy to be an actor. His favorite author is Miguel de Cervantes. He stated that as a youth he liked to smoke marijuana with all of his friends and never saw anything wrong with that, despite having stopped to become an actor. He started smoking cigarettes at age 26 and after more than 10 years of smoking, he quit the habit. He says he does not drink excessively and, after many years, he returned to do physical exercises.^[3]

In 1998 he began dating actress Alessandra Negrini. They moved in together and had a son, Antônio, born in the same year. The marriage ended in 1999 because of constant disagreements. They separated before the child even turned 1 year old.^[4]

In 1997 he met Carolina Ferraz and they became friends, but at the time they met she was married. In 1999 Carolina was already separated and they started dating. They lived together, but the relationship lasted until 2001, when Carolina broke up with him because of excessive jealousy of Murilo.^[5] In the same year of 2001, he met Giovanna Antonelli. They started dating in 2002 and a few months later they were living together. In 2004 they separated for a few months, but they reconciled and had a son, Pedro, born in 2005. In the same year, they separated because of irreconcilable differences.^[6]

In October, 2012, Benício, during a talk show, said he was in a relationship with actress Débora Falabella. After a long time of speculation, the two decided to take courtship. According to the actor, the couple kept the relationship under wraps during the recording of the telenovela Avenida Brasil, who had already separated from their ex recently.^[7]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Fera Ferida	Fabrício
1995	Irmãos Coragem	Juca Cipó
A Comédia da Vida Privada	Marco Antônio	Episode: "Mãe é Mãe"
1996	Vira-Lata	Bráulio Vianna / Dráuzio
1997	A Justiceira	Junin	Special appearance
	A Comédia da Vida Privada	Chico	Episode: "Anchietanos"
	Por Amor	Leonardo Barros Mota (Léo)
1998	Meu Bem Querer	Antônio Mourão
1999	Você Decide		Episodes: "Plano B, "O Terceiro Homem"
2000	Esplendor	Cristóvão Rocha
2001	O Clone	Lucas Ferraz
		Diogo Ferraz
		Edvaldo Leandro da Silva Ferraz (Léo)
	Os Normais	Tato	Episode: "Normal, Apenas Normal"
	Brava Gente	Delegado Vilela / João	Episodes: "A Coleira do Cao", "O Condomínio"
2003	Chocolate com Pimenta	Danilo Albuquerque
2005	América	Sebastião da Silva Higino (Tião)
2005–07	Os Amadores	Guilherme Ferreira
2006	Pé na Jaca	Arthur Fortuna
2008	A Favorita	Eduardo "Dodi" Gentil
	Episódio Especial	Himself
2009–11	Força-Tarefa	Tenente Wilson
2010	Ti Ti Ti	Ariclenes Martins / Victor Valentim
2012	Avenida Brasil	Tufão (Jorge Araújo)
2014	Geração Brasil	Jonas Marra [8][9]
2014	Amores Roubados	Jaime Favais
2016	Nada Será Como Antes	Saulo Ribeiro

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	O Monge e a Filha do Carrasco	Ambrosius
1997	Os Matadores	Toninho
Decisão	Roberto
1999	Orfeu	Lucinho
	Até Que a Vida Nos Separe	Tonho
2000	Woman on Top	Toninho
2001	Amores Possíveis	Carlos
2002	O Homem do Ano	Maiquel
2004	Sexo, Amor e Traição	Carlos
2005	Paid	Michael Ângelo
2006	Seus Problemas Acabaram!	Dr. Botelho Pinto
2007	Inesquecível	Diego Borges
2012	E Aí... Comeu?	Wôlnei
2013	Epic	Bomba	Portuguese voice over translation
2014	Obra Prima		[10]

Theatre

Year	Title	Role
2003	Dois na Gangorra	[11]
2006	Fica Comigo Esta Noite	Edu[12]

Awards and nominations

Year	Awards	Category	Nominated work	Result
1994	Troféu APCA	Male Revelation	Fera Ferida	Won
2001	Grande Prêmio Cinema Brasil	Best Actor	Amores Possíveis	Nominated
2002	Prêmio Arte Qualidade Brasil RJ	Best Telenovela Actor	O Clone	Won
	Prêmio Austregésilo de Athayde	Best Actor		Won
2003	Festival de Cinema Latino-Americano de Washington	Best Actor	O Homem do Ano	Won
	Festival de Cinema Brasileiro de Miami	Best Actor		Won
2008	Prêmio Minha Novela	Best Actor	A Favorita	Won
2009	Troféu Imprensa	Best Actor	A Favorita	Won[13]
2010	Prêmio Arte Qualidade Brasil	Best Actor	Ti Ti Ti	Won
	Prêmio Extra de Televisão	Best Actor		Won
	Troféu APCA	Best Actor		Won
	Prêmio Minha Novela	Best Actor		Won
2011	Troféu Imprensa		Ti Ti Ti	Nominated [14]
2012	Prêmio Extra de Televisão	Best Actor	Avenida Brasil	Nominated
2013	Troféu Internet[15]	Best Actor		Won
2013	Troféu Imprensa		Avenida Brasil	Won [14][16]
2014	Prêmio F5[17][18][19]	Best Telenovela Actor	Geração Brasil	Nominated
		Best Actor	Amores Roubados	Won

References

1. "O Clone". Globo.com. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
2. "Revista Trip" (in Portuguese). Universo Online. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
3. "Murilo Benício: Saiba tudo sobre a carreira e a trajetória do ator" (in Portuguese). Revista Quem. 15 November 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
4. "Murilo Benício está solteiro! Relembre as namoradas famosas do ator" (in Portuguese). Ego.globo.com. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
5. "Murilo Benício e Carolina Ferreira: Quando o amor era possível" (in Portuguese). Terra Networks. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
6. "Giovanna Antonelli e Murilo Benício se separam" (in Portuguese). Ofuxico.terra.com.br. 23 November 2005. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
7. "Estamos praticamente casados, diz Benício sobre Débora Falabella" (in Portuguese). UOL. 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
8. Gshow (8 April 2014). "Tudo em família! Murilo Benício e Miele gravam juntos na Califórnia". Extras - Geração Brasil. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
9. Gshow (5 May 2014). "Jonas Marra - Personagens - Geração Brasil". Personagens > Geração Brasil. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
10. Purepeople. "Deborah Secco e Susana Vieira comemoram atuação em filme juntas de novo". Retrieved 13 August 2014.
11. Redação Terra (20 June 2003). "Murilo Benício e Giovanna Antonelli atuam juntos no palco". Terra Gente & Tv (in Portuguese). Terra Networks. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
12. Redação JB Online (18 January 2008). "Peça 'Fica comigo esta noite' volta ao Rio para curta temporada". Jornal do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 July 2010.
13. "Troféu Imprensa | Lista de indicados e ganhadores de 2009". chancedegol.uol.com.br. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
14. "Troféu Imprensa | Lista de indicados e ganhadores de 2011". chancedegol.uol.com.br. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
15. "SBT - Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão | Troféu Internet de 2013 - Vencedores". sbt.com.br. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
16. "SBT - Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão | Troféu Imprensa de 2013 - Vencedores". sbt.com.br. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
17. "F5 - televisão - Prêmio F5 - Ator do Ano (novela) - 01/12/2014". f5.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
18. "Prêmio F5 - Ator Coadjuvante do Ano (série ou minissérie)". F5 - televisão. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
19. "'Amores Roubados' e 'Dupla Identidade' dividem atenções no Prêmio F5".

External links

• Murilo Benício at the Internet Movie Database