Kaysar Dadour (

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: قيصر دادور; ; born 9 July 1989) is a Syrian-Brazilian actor. He became known after attending the 18th edition of ''Big Brother Brazil'', which he was runner-up. His first prominent role as an actor was playing Fauze in the

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ian

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''.

Early life

Dadour was born and raised in Aleppo, Syria. He is the son of Diane and George Dadour and has a younger sister named Celine. In 2011, Kaysar left his homeland, which was in

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, and fled by car to

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. From Lebanon, he traveled by plane to

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and lived there for a few years. In 2014, he migrated to

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, in search of a better life and to bring his family to the country.

Career

In 2018, he joined ''Big Brother Brasil'' ''18'', where he was runner-up with 39.33% of the vote. At the end of September, using the prize received from the program, he managed to fulfill his dream and bring his whole family to

after 7 years apart. In 2018 made his debut as an actor playing a terrorist in the movie of the '' Carcereiros'' series shown on

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. In 2019, it integrated in the cast of the soap opera ''Orfãos da Terra'' playing Fauze. In the plot, he is a Syrian who takes refuge in Brazil as one of the henchmen of Aziz Abdallah (Herson Capri), Extremely loyal to the boss, goes with Sheik to Brazil to capture Laila (

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) and Jamil (Renato Góes). Despite being in his first TV character, the actor was praised by Web surfers.

Personal life

In June 2019 he applied to obtain Brazilian citizenship. In October 2019 he obtained Brazilian citizenship through naturalization.

Filmography

Television

Film

Indications and awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dadour, Kaysar 1989 births Living people People from Aleppo Syrian male television actors Syrian refugees Syrian emigrants to Brazil People with acquired Brazilian citizenship Brazilian people of Syrian descent Brazilian male television actors Male actors from Curitiba Big Brother (franchise) contestants Participants in Brazilian reality television series Dancing with the Stars winners Big Brother Brasil