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 TV Bandeirantes.

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 SBT.

In 2008, he moved to RecordTV to present Ídolos. However, before making his debut in the musical reality, he was called to quickly replace presenter Márcio Garcia 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 Marcos Mion in 2012. In 2012 Rodrigo presented the Fazenda de Verão, 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 Gugu Liberato'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 Troféu Imprensa 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 sertanejo universitário 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 love at first sight. Faro is Catholic, his mother, Vera Lúcia Alcazar Faro, is a university professor. 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 RecordTV, 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 RecordTV. 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

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987–89ZYB BomPresenter
1996Antônio Alves, TaxistaEliseu / Dário
1997A IndomadaBeraldo
1998MalhaçãoBruno MagalhãesSeason 4
1999Suave VenenoRenildo Soares
1999; 2000Sai de BaixoPedro Tala Larga / Steve MachadoEpisode: "Antes Scort que Mal Acompanhado" (season 4, episode 31) Episode: "Quem Vai Ficar com Magda" (season 5, episode 11)
2000O Cravo e a RosaHeitor Lacerda de Moura
2001A PadroeiraFaustino
2002Natal no SítioHérculesYear-End TV Special
2003A Casa das Sete MulheresJoaquim Ribeiro (Quincas)
2003Chocolate com PimentaGuilherme Oliveira Fernandes
2004CaboclaAugusto de Oliveira
2004Sob Nova DireçãoTéoEpisode: "Como Ser Perua" (season 1, episode 10)
2005AméricaNeto
2005Alma GêmeaZacarias Príncipe
2006O ProfetaCarlos Zucrini Gonçalves (Tainha)
2007Dança no GeloHimself / ContestantTalent competition / season 1
2007Guerra e PazFerreiraEpisode: "Pilot" (Season 1)
2008Poeira em Alto MarPeteco Denís
2008Chamas da VidaLieutenant Wallace Amaro da SilvaEpisodes from July 8–July 14, 2008"
2008–11ÍdolosPresenter
2008–14O Melhor do BrasilPresenter
2009Bela, a FeiaHimselfEpisode of August 4, 2009"
2010Ribeirão do TempoHimselfEpisode of June 7, 2010
2012RebeldeHimselfEpisode of July 5, 2012
2012–13Fazenda de VerãoPresenter
2013Dona XepaHimselfEpisode of September 21, 2013
2014–presentHora do FaroPresenter

Cinema

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010Astro BoyAstro Boy/TobiVoice over
2014KhumbaKhumba
2024SilvioSilvio Santos

Discography

Albums

TitleDetailsSales
Rodrigo FaroRelease Date: April 16, 2001 Formats: CD, digital download Label: SonyBrazil: 40,000
Chuvas de EstrelasRelease date: May 13, 2002 Formats: CD, download digital Label: Universal

Singles

As main artist

TitleYearAlbum
"Não Diga Nada"2001Rodrigo Faro

As featured artists

TitleYearAlbum
"Meu Herói" (Angélica featuring Rodrigo Faro)1999Angel Hits & Amigos

Other songs

TitleYearOther artistsAlbum
"La Media Vuelta"2003—N/aA Casa das Sete Mulheres soundtrack
"Reencontro"2008RosanaOs Mutantes: Caminhos do Coração soundtrack
"Por Que?"2010—N/aRibeirão do Tempo soundtrack

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