# Ricardo Pereira (actor)

Ricardo da Silva Tavares Pereira (born 14 September 1979) is a Portuguese actor, model and television presenter.

## Biography

Ricardo Pereira was born in Lisbon, Portugal. He spent most of his youth in Sintra Municipality and studied for a degree in psychology at the Lusófona University.

## Career

Pereira has worked in many projects, ranging from theatre, to television, to cinema. He launched his career in the year 2001 with the play A Real Calçada ao Sol, to which he followed the movie Um Homem não é um Gato.
He reached stardom in Portugal in 2002, with television projects such as Saber Amar and Bairro da Fonte. In 2004, he became the first non-Brazilian protagonist in a Rede Globo soap-opera. With a signed contract with the Brazilian broadcaster Rede Globo Ricardo Pereira bought a house in Rio de Janeiro (known as "wonderful city"), where he moved to with his family. Since then he has integrated the casts of various Rede Globo productions, starring in Como uma Onda and Aquele Beijo, to name a few.
Despite the busy schedule, the actor has continued to work in theatre and cinema. In 2012/2013 he played the lead male role in the play Um Sonho para Dois and, also in 2013, he had a role in the French film Cadences obstinées, directed by Fanny Ardant.
Ricardo Pereira has done some work as a TV presenter as well, both in Portugal and Brazil, namely hosting Episódio Especial (SIC) and Dança na Galera (Domingão do Faustão, Rede Globo). Furthermore, he has been the face of various advertising campaigns in both countries, publicising banks, supermarkets, entertainment chain-stores and other companies.
After the end of Joia Rara (Rede Globo), he temporarily moved back to Lisbon to take part in a SIC production entitled Mar Salgado, which premiered in 2014.
Ricardo has integrated the cast of two projects which have won the International Emmy Award in the Best Soap Opera category: Laços de Sangue (SIC) and Joia Rara (Rede Globo)
The actor is represented by L'Agence in Portugal and by 2Twogether in Brazil.

## Personal life

Ricardo Pereira married Francisca Ramalho Perestrelo Pinto Ribeiro in July 2010. The ceremony took place in Igreja da Nossa Senhora da Assunção, in Elvas, and had the attendance of around 400 guests. The couple has three children. A boy named Vicente, born in November 2011, a girl named Francisca, born in October 2013, and the youngest called Julieta. All children were born in Rio de Janeiro, where they were living at the time, and have dual citizenship.
In July 2022, his wife proposed to remarry him on top of the statue Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro.

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Character | Producer |
| 2001 | Maiores de 20 | | RTP1 |
| 2001 | A Senhora das Águas | Gil Vargas das Neves | RTP1 |
| 2002 | Amanhecer | Rui Costa | TVI |
| 2002 | O Bairro da Fonte | Gonçalo | SIC |
| 2002 | Sonhos Traídos | João | TVI |
| 2002 | A Minha Sogra é uma Bruxa | Leopoldo | RTP1 |
| 2003 | Queridas Feras | Pedro Maia | TVI |
| 2003 | Saber Amar | João Vidal | TVI |
| 2004 | Inspector Max | | TVI |
| 2004 | Como uma Onda | Daniel Cascaes | Rede Globo |
| 2005 | Prova de Amor | Marco Aurélio/ Marco Antônio (Toni) | Rede Record |
| 2005 | O Diário de Sofia | Francesco | RTP2 |
| 2006 | Jura | Paulo Almeida | SIC |
| 2006 | Exclusivo SIC | Presenter | SIC |
| 2006 | Pé na Jaca | Thierry | Rede Globo |
| 2007 | Floribella (Portugal) | Conde Máximo | SIC |
| 2008 | Negócio da China | João | Rede Globo |
| 2008 | Podia Acabar o Mundo | Nuno | SIC |
| 2009 | Perfeito Coração | Pedro Cardoso | SIC |
| 2009 | Dança dos Famosos 6 | himself | Rede Globo |
| 2009 | Toma Lá, Dá Cá | Alexandre (Xandinho) | Rede Globo |
| 2009 | Episódio Especial | Presenter | SIC |
| 2010 | Laços de Sangue | Hélio | SIC |
| 2010 | Lua Vermelha | Vasco Galvão | SIC |
| 2010 | A Vida Alheia | Rafael Régis | Rede Globo |
| 2011 | Insensato Coração | Henrique Taborda | Rede Globo |
| 2011 | Aquele Beijo | Vicente Santelmo | Rede Globo |
| 2012 | Dancin' Days | Salvador Neto | SIC |
| 2014 | Mar Salgado | André Queiroz | SIC |
| 2015 | A Regra do Jogo | Faustini | Rede Globo |
| 2016 | Liberdade, Liberdade | Tolentino | Rede Globo |
| 2017 | Novo Mundo | Ferdinando | Rede Globo |
| 2018 | Deus Salve o Rei | Virgílio | Rede Globo |
| 2018 | Alma e Coração | Gonçalo Oliveira | SIC |
| 2019 | Éramos Seis | Almeida | Rede Globo |
| 2021 | Amor Amor | Romeu | SIC |
| 2022 | Cara e Coragem | Danilo Bosco | Rede Globo |

### Film

| Year | Title | Character | Director / Producer |
| 2001 | Um Homem não é um Gato | Miguel | Marie Brand / SIC |
| 2002 | Sem Ela | | Anna de Palma |
| 2002 | Os Imortais | TV reporter | António-Pedro Vasconcelos |
| 2003 | The Miracle According to Salomé | Gabriel | Mário Barroso |
| 2005 | Sonhos e Desejos | Roco | Marcelo Santiago / Belo Horizonte |
| 2005 | O Crime do Padre Amaro | Gustavo | Carlos Coelho da Silva |
| 2005 | Até Onde | | Carlos Barros |
| 2005 | Viúva Rica Solteira Não Fica | Adriano | José Fonseca da Costa |
| 2006 | Cecile (short) | | |
| 2006 | Nadine | António | Filbox (Holland) |
| 2007 | What If the World Would be a Trustworthy Friend | | Short – Rita Fernandes |
| 2007 | Até Onde Podes Ir (short) | | Faculdade de Comunicação de Coimbra/ISCT |
| 2008 | So Much More than Fun (short) | | Rita Fernandes |
| 2008 | O Apelo (short) | | Vanessa Silva / Universidade Moderna |
| 2008 | Amália | Eduardo Ricciardi | Carlos Coelho da Silva / Valentim de Carvalho |
| 2008 | Second Life | | Miguel Gaudencio / Utopia Filmes |
| 2009 | Uma Professora Muito Maluquinha | | Cesinha e André Vilas Lobos |
| 2009 | Uma Aventura na Casa Assombrada | | Carlos Coelho da Silva / Valentim de Carvalho |
| 2009 | Mysteries of Lisbon | Alberto de Magalhães | Raúl Ruiz |
| 2013 | Cadences obstinées | Mattia | Fanny Ardant |
| 2013 | Lisboa Vista do Rio (documentary) | | Ivan Dias |
| 2013 | Turbo (voice dubbing) | | DreamWorks |
| 2013 | Os Caras de Pau | | Marcius Melhem Case Filmes |
| 2013 | In Search of Ingrid | Mauro Sposito | |
| 2014/2015 | Cosmos | Tolo | Andrzej Zulawski / Alfama Films |
| 2015 | Meu Passado Me Condena 2 | Álvaro | Júlia Rezende |
| 2015 | Amor Impossível | Marco | António-Pedro Vasconcelos |
| 2016 | Letters from War | Major M | Ivo Ferreira |
| 2024 | Os Papéis do Inglês | . | Sérgio Graciano |

### Stage

| Year | Title | Director | Theatre |
| 2000 | A Real Calçada ao Sol | Carlos Avilez | T. Nacional D. Maria II |
| 2000 | O Sítio do Picapau Amarelo (readings) | | |
| 2001 | Os Meus Primeiros Poemas | | |
| 2002 | A Menina que Procurava o Sol | Rita Alagão | Auditório Carlos Paredes |
| 2002 | Menino ao Colo | Maria Emília Correia | T. Trindade / Teatro São João (Sobral) |
| 2003 | No Natal | Bruno Cochá | Convento do Beato |
| 2004 | Tá-se | Luis Esparteiro | Teatro da Luz |
| 2005 | Surto | | Teatro dos Quatro (Rio de Janeiro) |
| 2005 | Por uma Noite | António Pires | Teatro Estefânia / T. Rivoli |
| 2008 | A Gorda – Fat Pig | Amandio Pinheiro | Teatro Villaret |
| 2010 | A Paixão de Cristo | Cesar Augusto Felix Crispiano | Teatro Cidade Cenográfica (Brazil) |
| 2012 | Um Sonho para Dois | Michel Bercovitch | Teatro Villaret / Teatro Leblon (Rio de Janeiro) |

### As a Presenter

| Year | Title | Producer / Broadcaster |
| 2006 | Mandou Bem | Multishow (Brasil) |
| | GNT "Um Dia Com" | Rede Globo |
| | Programa Exclusivo | SIC |
| 2008 / present | Episódio Especial | SIC |
| 2013 | Dança da Galera | Rede Globo |
| 2010–2014 | Red Carpet – Golden Globes | SIC |