Marcos Chaib Mion (born June 20, 1979 in

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) is a Brazilian TV host, actor, voice actor, author and businessman (Partner of V.Rom). Mion studied Philosophy at

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, and later graduated in Communication and Body Arts at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo.

Career

He started his career on TV as an actor in 1999, on the

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's show ''Sandy e Júnior''. In 2000, he went to work on

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, hosting the shows ''Supernova'' and ''Piores Clipes do Mundo'' (''Worst Videos in the World'', in

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). With the success of the latter, Mion was hired by

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in 2002, where he hosted the show ''Descontrole'', known for a lot of live improvisation. He later returned to MTV Brasil, hosting the shows ''Covernation'', ''The Nadas'', ''Mucho Macho'', ''Descarga MTV'', and ''Quinta Categoria''. In 2006, he portrayed Emílio Redenção in

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''Bicho do Mato''. Later, in 2010, his work with the network continued as he started to host his own show ''Legendários'', which as of December 2016 is still ongoing. Also, he is a blogger of R7. Through the years, he has also had acting roles in plays, appearances in film, and has also served as director for

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. In 2021, Mion joined

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; in September 2021, Mion would succeed

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as host of its Saturday variety show '' Caldeirão''. Mion was intended to serve as an interim host for the program until March 2022. However, in October 2021, after his tenure resulted in a positive response and viewership gains, Mion was made the full-time host. Mion has also contributed to music festival coverage for sister network

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, including

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and

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Personal life

In 1994, his older brother, Marcelo, died after an accident at the São Paulo Museum of Art, in which he fell in the ground-level plaza under the building's sizeable free span. This event lead Mion to a deep depression and drug addiction. Mion married to Suzana Gullo in 2005. They have three children: Romeo (age 11), Donatella (age 7), and Stefano (age 5). Mion is an advocate for his autistic son, Romeo. In 2016, Mion wrote a Christmas book about his son. Later, in 2019, Mion published an English social media message, with a translation in the caption: "Autism is not a disease, do not try to 'cure us', try to understand us." Mion is a Roman Catholic.catholicus.org.br
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Awards and nominations

References

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