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Rodrigo Alcazar Faro (born 20 October 1973) is a Brazilian television presenter, actor and singer.


Career

He started his career at the age of 9 in 1982 when he participated in a milk commercial. As a child he was a model and presenter of the children's program ZYB Bom on
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. At 19, he integrated the boyband Dominó, before graduating in radio and TV by the University of São Paulo. In 1996 he starred his first telenovela, ''Antônio Alves, Taxista'', on
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. In 2008, he moved to
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to present '' Ídolos''. However, before making his debut in the musical reality, he was called to quickly replace presenter
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in ''O Melhor do Brasil''. Later in August he debuted as the presenter of ''Ídolos''. Rodrigo stayed in charge of the program for four seasons, being succeeded by
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in 2012. In 2012 Rodrigo presented the
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, also on RecordTV. In 2013, the presenter came to realize a dream; host a program on Sundays. ''O Melhor do Brasil'' left Saturday nights for Sunday afternoons to cover up the hole left by
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's program, which ended a week earlier than scheduled due to the Liberato's departure from Rede Record, and by program ''Tudo é Possível'', when its last broadcast happened in December 2012. The program ended up having its name changed to ''Hora do Faro'' in 2014. ''O Melhor do Brasil'' won Faro the ''
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'' for five consecutive years in the category "Best TV Presenter or Animator". On September 27, 2015, Rodrigo became the godfather of singer Felipe Araújo, brother of late
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singer Cristiano Araújo. Rodrigo is an exclusive artist of RecordTV and his most recent contract lasted until 2017.


Personal life

Faro has three daughters: Clara, Maria and Helena who were born in 2006, 2008 and 2012, respectively, with fellow TV personality and ex-model Vera Viel. The couple has been together since 1997 and has been married since 2003. In their wedding rings is written "Forever, Vera" and "Forever, Rodrigo." According to Faro, it was
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. Faro is
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, his mother, Vera Lúcia Alcazar Faro, is a university professor.Rodrigo Faro: "Quero ser o apresentador número 1 do Brasil"
/ref> Gil Vicente, Faro's father, was a dentist and split up from his wife when Rodrigo was 9 years old. Gil died when Faro was 13 years old and they had little contact. Rodrigo has a blog on the Internet portal of
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, R7.


Net worth

In 2014, Rodrigo had his net worth valued at R$100 million (US$23 million) by Isto É magazine. As a presenter, he receives a monthly salary of R$2 million (US$478,572) from
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. In addition, Rodrigo is also spokenperson of several brands, receiving per month around R$1.5 million (US$481,305) in advertising and merchandising, as calculated in 2016. His greatest year of income was 2013, when he earned R$45 million (US$10,767,870), including the contract valued at R$3 million (US$717.858) to star commercials for Chevrolet. As of August 2018, his net worth is estimated to be R$133.5 million (around US$31.8 million in 2018 dollars).


Filmography


Television


Cinema


Discography


Albums


''Singles''

As main artist As featured artists


Other songs


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Faro, Rodrigo 1973 births Living people Male actors from São Paulo Brazilian television presenters Brazilian male television actors 20th-century Brazilian male singers 20th-century Brazilian singers Brazilian male dancers 20th-century Brazilian male actors 21st-century Brazilian male actors 21st-century Brazilian male singers 21st-century Brazilian singers