Sérgio Luiz Pereira (born July 15, 1960), stagename Sergio Kato, is a Brazilian-American actor, television host, comedian and former martial artist. He found greater fame in his hometown of

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, after a stage play at the Scala Rio music venue. Since then, Kato have been working for a number of advertising campaigns, TV shows and films. Former model and active actor 2019. Aside from the acting career, Kato still modeling not as much. Print-adds, campaigns and TV Commercials for grief clothing. Sergio is brother of former footballer and current football coach Mazarópi.

Career

Early work

He began his acting career at Teatro O Tablado in

, where he studied and worked. Still in Rio de Janeiro, he gained notoriety acting, dancing and singing in spectacles of Scala Rio.UOL Mais > Ator Sergio Kato – A Entrevista
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. After studying English at California High School, He studied at the

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, Where he received a Diploma from the

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. In similar fashion, the movie industry changes rapidly, many projects in Europe and the USA.

Cinema and TV career

Kato' first TV appearance came in 1976, his first film was ''Bete Balanço'', in 1984, where he played a dancer. He wanted to move from a ballet dancer to acting, finally achieving it when he was chosen to play the role of a cab driver in the '' Brenda Starr'' film with

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. Later he played a bartender together with Tracey Birdsall-Smith, on the film ''I Might Even Love You''. In January 1993, just weeks after leaving back to California from Japan, Kato was reading several new scripts for future films, one of them being the '' Only the Strong'', an action drama film with

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, written and directed by

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. In 1997, Kato did a cameo role on

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's soap opera ''

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'' playing the character Arnold together with the actor

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Modelling

Sergio Kato signed with modeling agency in

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, appeared in ads for

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with

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and modeled in Paris, Japan and Milan. His modeling career also includes modeling for

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, Timex etc.

Filmography

Television

Film

References

External links

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Interview with Sergio Kato
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kato, Sergio 1960 births Living people 20th-century Brazilian male actors 21st-century Brazilian male actors People from Minas Gerais Male actors from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian male television actors Brazilian male models Brazilian emigrants to the United States American male television actors American male models Male actors from California