Antônio Pedro Borges de Oliveira (11 November 1940 – 12 March 2023) was a Brazilian actor, comedian, stage director and playwright, whose career spanned over six decades.

Life and career

Born 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 b ...

, Pedro started his career as an actor and an assistant director in 1960. Initially only active on stage, in 1969 Pedro made his television debut in the

Rede Tupi Rede Tupi (; in English, Tupi Network) was a Brazilian television network free-to-air. Its parent broadcaster, located in the city of São Paulo, was the first TV station to operate in the country, being inaugurated on 18 September 1950 by journ ...

telenovela ''Super Plá'', and became popular in the 1970s thanks to his participation in numerous

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telenovelas, starting from ''O Bofe'' (1972). In 1989 he created the comedy alter ego Bicalho for the ''Chico Anysio Show'', a character he successfully reprised for several seasons of the 1990s show ''Escolinha do Professor Raimundo''. Pedro also participated in films, TV children shows and in several seasons of the popular comedy show ''

Zorra Total ''Zorra Total'' was a Brazilian television comedy broadcast by TV Globo. It was launched on March 25, 1999, and has been shown on Saturdays at 10p.m. since May 1999. Despite being audience leader in its exhibition schedule, ''Zorra'' is heavily cr ...

''; on stage, he directed the

Chico Buarque Francisco Buarque de Hollanda (born 19 June 1944), popularly known simply as Chico Buarque, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer, and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, economic, ...

-penned stage musical ''Os Saltimbancos'', produced and directed numerous plays, and was a key figure in the theatrical genre of . Between 1980s and 1990s he served as Municipal Secretary of Culture in Rio de Janeiro and later in

Volta Redonda Volta Redonda () is the name of a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro state of Brazil with an area of 182.81 km2, located from 350m to 707m above the sea level (22°31'23" S, 44°06'15" W) an ...

. His last appearance was in the 2021 mini-series '' Filhas de Eva''. He died on 12 March 2023, at the age of 82. He was the father of actresses and .

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pedro, Antonio 1940 births 2023 deaths Actors from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian male actors Brazilian television actors Brazilian film actors Brazilian stage actors