Thiago Martins
Biography
Thiago dos Santos Martins (Rio de Janeiro, September 19, 1988) is a Brazilian actor, singer and songwriter. He began his career in the theater group Nós do Morro, a social project carried out with the residents of the Vidigal favela. His first appearance on television was in 1999, in a participation in the traditional Christmas special of presenter Xuxa entitled Uma Carta Para Deus. In 2002, he gained prominence playing Lampião, one of the members of the band of kids from Caixa Baixa, in the award-winning film Cidade de Deus. In the same year, he played João Victor, a middle-class teenager in the series Cidade dos Homens. He made his debut in soap operas in 2004, playing Sal in the soap opera Da Cor do Pecado, which took place thanks to a nomination by actress Giovanna Antonelli, with whom he starred in the film Maria-Mãe do Filho de Deus in 2003.
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- Brazil Avenue (2012) as Leandro Dias
- City of God (2002) as Lampião
- Belíssima (2005) as Tadeu Rocha Assumpção
- Forbidden Desire (2007) as Lídio
- Empire (2014) as Evaldo
- Anything Goes (2025) as José Vasco da Silva (Vasco)
- Shades of Sin (2004) as Gustavo Saldanha (Sal)
- Irrational Heart (2011) as Vinicius Rocha Amaral
- The Big Catch (2017) as Júlio Almeida Mendes da Silva Ribeiro
- Ambitious Women (2015) as Diogo Rocha
- A Mother's Love (2019) as Ryan dos Santos Silva
- Caribbean Flower (2013) as Tenente Rodrigo Almeida
- Wounded Past (2016) as Sebastião Bezerra (Tião) (1ª fase)
- All About Family (2024) as Júpiter
- City of Men (2002) as João Victor
- City of God: The Fight Rages On (2024) as Bradock
- Toma Lá, Dá Cá (2007) as Marcinho
- Sexa (2025) as Davi
- Overhaul (2023) as Roger Mattos
- Stereo Hearts 2 (2011) as Anderson
- Once Upon a Time in Rio (2008) as Dé
- City of God: 10 Years Later (2013) as Himself
- Mary, Mother of the Son of God (2003) as Apóstolo João
- Dona Lurdes: O Filme (2024) as Ryan