Phellipe Haagensen Cerqueira (born 26 June 1984 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 ...
,
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
) is a Brazilian
actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...
best known for his role of Bené in the 2002 film, ''
City of God (Cidade de Deus)''.
He is the younger brother of
model
A model is an informative representation of an object, person or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin ''modulus'', a measure.
Models c ...
and actor
Jonathan Haagensen
Jonathan Haagensen Cerqueira (born February 23, 1983) is a Brazilian actor, model, and singer.
Life and career
A resident of the Vidigal, Rio de Janeiro, Vidigal community since his birth, he has Norway, Norwegian ancestry from his father, who h ...
. He is a member of the band Guerreiros de Jorge.
Credits
*''Cidade de Deus (
City of God)'' – 2002
*
Sonhos de Peixe
*
Cidade dos Homens (City of Men)
*
Vidas Opostas
''Vidas Opostas'' ( en, Opposite Lives) is a Brazilian ''telenovela'' originally aired on Rede Record.
Controversy
Because of scenes involving graphic portrayal of nudity, drugs and violence, ''Vidas Opostas'' received a 14 rating from the DJCT ...
(Opposite Lives)
*
Mancora – 2008
External links
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References
1984 births
21st-century Brazilian male actors
Afro-Brazilian male actors
Brazilian people of Norwegian descent
Living people
Brazilian male film actors
Male actors from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Date of birth missing (living people)
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