Murilo Benício

**Murilo Benício Ribeiro** (born July 13, 1971, in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian actor.

Benício's television roles include the popular telenovelas _O Clone_ and _Avenida Brasil_, which are among the most watched telenovelas in the world.

In 2018, he made his directorial debut with _O Beijo no Asfalto_, an adaptation of the play of the same name by Nelson Rodrigues. In 2022, he directed his second movie with _Pérola_, which adapts a play by Mauro Rasi.

### 1990–99: Career beginnings, _Fera Ferida_, _Irmãos Coragem_, and _Por Amor_

In the 1990's, he starred in the following telenovelas _Fera Ferida_, as Fabrício; _Irmãos Coragem_, as Juca Cipó; _Vira Lata_, as Braúlio Viana; _Por Amor_, as Leonardo Mota; and _Meu Bem Querer_, as Antônio Mourão.

He also appeared in two episodes of the sitcom _A Comédia da Vida Privada_; in the _Caso Especial_ episode "Memórias de Um Sargento de Milícias"; in the series _A Justiceira_ as Juninho; and in two episodes of _Você Decide.

In the movies, he starred in _O Monge e a Filha do Carrasco_ as the monk Ambrosius; _Os Matadores_, as Toninho; the short film _Decisão_, as Roberto; and _Orfeu_, as Lucinho.

In the theater, he starred in _As Tias do Mauro Rasi_, and brazilian adaptation of Woody Allen's _God_.

### 2000–09: National stardom, _O Clone_, _O Homem do Ano_, _Chocolate com Pimenta_, _América_, _A Favorita_, and _Força-Tarefa_

In the 2000's, he starred in the telenovelas _Esplendor_, as Cristóvão Rocha; _O Clone_, as the twin brothers, Lucas and Diogo and the former's clone Léo; _Chocolate com Pimenta_, as Danilo; _América_, as Sebastião "Tião" da Silva Higino; _Pé na Jaca_, as Artur Fontana; and _A Favorita_, as "Dódi".

He also appeared in two episodes of _Brava Gente_; in the debut episode of the sitcom _Os Normais_, titled "Todos São Normais"; in the series _Os Amadores_, as Guilherme Ferreira; and starred the sitcom _Força-Tarefa_, as Tenente Wilson.

In the movies, he starred _O Sabor da Paixão_, as Toninho Oliveira; _Até que a Vida nos Separe_, as Tonho; _Amores Possíveis_, as Carlos; _O Homem do Ano_, as Máiquel; _Sexo, Amor e Traição_, as Carlos.

In 2006, he portraid the lawyer Dr. Botelho Pinto in the film _Casseta & Planeta: Seus Problemas Acabaram!!!_. The name Botelho Pinto is a sexual innuendo for "I put the dick in [someone]".

In 2006, he also starred _Paid_, as Michel; and then, _Inesquecível_, as Diego.

In the theater, he starred in _Dois na Gangorra_, and _Fica Comigo Esta Noite_.

### 2010–19: Continued success, _Ti Ti Ti_, _Avenida Brasil_, and directorial debut

In the 2010's, he starred in the telenovelas _Ti Ti Ti_, as Ariclenes Martins a.k.a Victor Valentim; _Avenida Brasil_, as Jorge "Tufão"; _Geração Brasil_, as Jonas Marra; and _Amor de Mãe_, as Raul Camargo.

He also appeared in the minisseries _Amores Roubados_, as Jaime Favais; the series _Nada Será Como Antes_, as Saulo Ribeiro; and minisseries _Se Eu Fechar os Olhos Agora_, as Adriano Marques Torres.

In the movies, he appeared in _E Aí... Comeu?_, as Wôlney; made the brazilian voice role of Professor Bomba in _Reino Escondido_; _O Animal Cordial_, as Inácio; _Divórcio_, as Júlio; and made his directorial debut in _O Beijo no Asfalto_.

### 2020–: _Pantanal_, _Pérola_, _Justiça 2_, and _Três Graças_

In the 2020's, he starred in the telenovelas _Pantanal_, as Tenório Nogueira; and _Três Graças_, as Santiago Ferette.

He also appeared in the series _Justiça 2_, as Jayme Teixeira.

In the movies, he appeared in _O Caminho da Vitória_, as Willians Bernini; made the brazilian voice role of Blue in _Amigos Imaginários_; directed his second movie _Pérola_; and starred in _Assalto à Brasileira_, as Paulo.

## Personal life

Murilo Benício is known for having romantic relationships with fellow actresses which have been the subject of media coverage.

Benício has two sons: Antônio Benício, with actress Alessandra Negrini; and Pietro Antonelli, with actress Giovanna Antonelli.

### Telenovelas

|Year|Title|Role|
| --- | --- | --- |
|1993|||
|Fabrício|||
|1995|||
|Juca Cipó|||
|1996|||
|Braúlio Viana, Draúzio|||
|1997|||
|Leonardo "Léo" de Barros Mota|||
|1998|||
|Antônio Mourão|||
|2000|||
|Cristóvão Rocha|||
|2001|||
|Lucas Ferraz, Edvaldo Leandro "Léo" da Silva, Diogo Ferraz|||
|2003|||
|Danilo Rodrigues Albuquerque|||
|2005|||
|Sebastião "Tião" Higino da Silva|||
|2006|||
|Arthur Fortuna|||
|2008|||
|José Eduardo "Dódi" Gentil|||
|2010|||
|Ariclenes "Ari" Martins, a.k.a. Victor Valentim|||
|2012|||
|Jorge "Tufão" Araújo|||
|2014|||
|Jonas Marra|||
|2019|||
|Raul Camargo|||
|2022|||
|Tenório Pereira Santos|||
|2025|||
|Santiago Ferette|||

### TV series and specials

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1995, 1997|||||
|Marco Antônio, Chico|Episodes: "Mãe é Mãe", "Anchietanos"||||
|1995|||||
|Leonardo Pataca|Episode: "Memórias de Um Sargento de Milícias"||||
|1997|||||
|Juninho|Episode: "Filha Única"||||
|1999|||||
|Gabriel, Marcelo|Episodes: "Plano B", "O Terceiro Homem"||||
|2000, 2001|||||
|João, Delegado Vilela|Episodes: "O Condomínio", "A Coleira do Cão"||||
|2001|||||
|Tato|Episode: "Todos São Normais"||||
|2005–07|||||
|Guilherme Ferreira|rowspan="6" style="background-color:#eaecf0"||||
|2009–11|||||
|Tenente Wilson|||||
|2014|||||
|Jaime Favais|||||
|2016|||||
|Saulo Ribeiro|||||
|2018|||||
|Adriano Marques Torres|||||
|2024|||||
|Jayme Teixeira|||||

#### As an actor

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1995|||||
|Ambrosius|rowspan="2" style="background-color:#eaecf0"||||
|rowspan="2"|1997||||
|Toninho|||||
|Roberto|Short film||||
|rowspan="2"|1999||||
|Lucinho|rowspan="10" style="background-color:#eaecf0"||||
|Tônio|||||
|2000|||||
|Toninho Oliveira|||||
|2001|||||
|Carlos|||||
|2002|||||
|Maiquel|||||
|2004|||||
|Carlos|||||
|2005|||||
|Michael Angelo|||||
|2006|||||
|Botelho Pinto|||||
|2007|||||
|Diego Borges|||||
|2012|||||
|Wolney|||||
|2013|||||
|Professor Bomba|Brazilian Portuguese dub||||
|2017|||||
|Júlio|rowspan="3" style="background-color:#eaecf0"||||
|2018|||||
|Inácio|||||
|2022|||||
|Willians Bernini|||||
|2024|||||
|Blue|Brazilian Portuguese dub||||
|2025|||||
|Paulo|style="background-color:#eaecf0"||||
|rowspan="2" style="background-color:#eaecf0"|||||
|Márcio|rowspan="2"|Upcoming releases|||
|Geraldo|||||

#### As a director, and screenwriter

|Year|Title|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2018||||
|Also producer||||
|2023||||
|style="background-image:repeating-linear-gradient(-40deg, transparent 0 15px, lightgrey 15px 30px)"||||

## On stage

|Year|Title|Role|Venue|class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1996||||||
|Mauro Rasi|Teatro do Leblon, Rio de Janeiro|||||
|1998||||||
|Fidípides, Pelópidas|Teatro Hilton, São Paulo|||||
|2003||||||
|rowspan="2"|Jerry|Teatro Abel, Niterói||||
|2004|Teatro Procópio Ferreira, São Paulo|||||
|2006||||||
|rowspan="2"|Edu|Teatro Fernanda Montenegro, Curitiba||||
|2008|Teatro dos Grandes Atores, Rio de Janeiro|||||

## Awards

Murilo Benício received multiple awards throughout his career, including two **Prêmios Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte** () in the categories Most Promising Newcomer - Male in 1994 for his role in _Fera Ferida_; and Best Actor in 2010, for his roles in both _Força-Tarefa_, and _Ti Ti Ti_.

Benício is also the recipient of one **Prêmio Grande Otelo do Cinema Brasileiro** () in the category Best Comedy in 2024 for the movie _Pérola_; two **Prêmios Guarani de Cinema Brasileiro** () in the categories Best Supporting Actor in 2000 for _Até que a Vida nos Separe_, and Best Actor in 2019 for _O Animal Cordial_; and two **Prêmios Arte Qualidade Brasil** () in the category Best Television Actor for _O Clone_ in 2002 – tied with Tony Ramos for _As Filhas da Mãe_ – and _Ti Ti Ti_ in 2010.

Benício won **Melhores do Ano** () four times in the Best Actor category for his works in _A Favorita_ in 2008, _Ti Ti Ti_ in 2010, _Avenida Brasil_ in 2012, and _Pantanal_ in 2022; **Prêmio Contigo! de Televisão** () in the category Best Romantic Couple for _O Clone_, shared with Giovanna Antonelli, in 2001; and Best Actor two times for his works in _Ti Ti Ti_ in 2011, and _Avenida Brasil_ in 2013.

One Miami Brazilian Film Festival in the category Melhor Ator for _O Homem do Ano_, in 2003; one Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, in the category Best Actor for _O Animal Cordial_ in 2017, tied with Daniel de Oliveira for _Aos Teus Olhos_; one Extra Television Awards in the category Best Actor for _Ti Ti Ti_; for SESC Film Festival Audience Award in the categories Best Film, Best Director, and Best Screenplay for _O Beijo no Asfalto_, as well as Best Actor for _O Animal Cordial_, in 2019; three Troféu Imprensa in the category Best Actor, for _A Favorita'' in 2009, and Avenida Brasil in 2013.

### Paulista Association of Art Critics Awards

- Formerly **Troféu APCA** ()
|Year|Category|Nominated work|Result||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1994|Most Promising Newcomer - Male|style="text-align:center"|_Fera Ferida_||
|2010|Best Actor|style="text-align:center"|_Força-Tarefa_, and _Ti Ti Ti_||

### Prêmio Grande Otelo de Cinema Brasileiro

- Formerly **Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro** ()

|Year|Category|Nominated work|Result|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2000|rowspan="3"|Best Actor|style="text-align:center"|_Orfeu_, and _Até que a Vida nos Separe_||
|2002|style="text-align:center"|_Amores Possíveis_||||
|rowspan="2"|2019|style="text-align:center"|_O Animal Cordial_|||
|Best Adapted Screenplay|style="text-align:center"|_O Beijo no Asfalto_||||
|2024|Best Comedy|style="text-align:center"|_Pérola_|||

### Prêmio Guarani de Cinema Brasileiro

|Year|Category|Nominated work|Result|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2000|Best Supporting Actor|style="text-align:center"|_Até que a Vida nos Separe_|||
|2003|rowspan="2"|Best Actor|style="text-align:center"|_O Homem do Ano_||
|rowspan="4"|2019|style="text-align:center"|_O Animal Cordial_|||
|Best Adapted Screenplay|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|_O Beijo no Asfalto_||||
|Best Director||||||
|Best Movie||||||

### Prêmio Arte Qualidade Brasil

- Formerly **Prêmio Qualidade Brasil** ()

|Year|Category|Nominated work|Result|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2001<sup>RJ</sup>|rowspan="2"|Best Movie Actor|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|_Amores Possíveis_||
|2001<sup>SP</sup>||||||
|2002<sup>RJ</sup>|rowspan="2"|Best Television Actor|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|_O Clone_||
|2002<sup>SP</sup>||||||
|2003<sup>RJ</sup>|rowspan="2"|Best Movie Actor|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|_O Homem do Ano_||
|rowspan="2"|2003<sup>SP</sup>|||||
|rowspan="3"|Best Television Actor|style="text-align:center"|_Chocolate com Pimenta_|||
|2005<sup>RJ</sup>|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|_América_||||
|2005<sup>SP</sup>||||||
|2007|Best Theater Actor in a Comedy|style="text-align:center"|_Fica Comigo Esta Noite_|||
|2009|Best Actor in a Series or Special Project|style="text-align:center"|_Força-Tarefa_|||
|rowspan="2"|2010|Best Television Actor|style="text-align:center"|_Ti Ti Ti_||
|rowspan="2"|Best Actor in a Series or Special Project|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|_Força-Tarefa_|||
|2011||||||

### Melhores do Ano

|Year|Category|Nominated work|Result|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2002|rowspan="7"|Best Actor|style="text-align:center"|_O Clone_||
|2005|style="text-align:center"|_América_||||
|2008|style="text-align:center"|_A Favorita_||||
|2010|style="text-align:center"|_Ti Ti Ti_||||
|2012|style="text-align:center"|_Avenida Brasil_||||
|2014|style="text-align:center"|_Geração Brasil_||||
|2022|style="text-align:center"|_Pantanal_||||

### Contigo! Television Award

|Year|Category|Nominated work|Result|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|2002|Best Actor|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|_O Clone_||
|Best Romantic Couple||||||
|2004|rowspan="2"|Best Actor|style="text-align:center"|_Chocolate com Pimenta_||
|rowspan="2"|2007|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|_Pé na Jaca_|||
|Best Romantic Couple||||||
|2009|rowspan="2"|Best Actor|style="text-align:center"|_A Favorita_||
|rowspan="2"|2011|style="text-align:center"|_Ti Ti Ti_|||
|Best Actor in a Series or Minisseries|style="text-align:center"|_Força-Tarefa_||||
|2013|Best Actor|style="text-align:center"|_Avenida Brasil_|||
|2014|Best Actor in a Series or a Minisseries|style="text-align:center"|_Amores Roubados_|||

### Other awards

|Year|Award|Category|Nominated work|Result||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2002|Austregésilo de Athayde Award|Best Actor|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|_O Clone_||
|rowspan="2"|2003|ACE Award|Best Actor|||
|INTE Award|Actor of the Year|||||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Murilo Benício
- **image**: Murilo 2019.jpg
- **alt**: Murilo Benício in 2019
- **caption**: Murilo Benício in 2019
- **birth name**: Murilo Benício Ribeiro
- **birth place**: Niterói, Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro
- **nationality**: Brazil, Brazilian
- **occupation**: actor, movie director
- **years active**: 1993–present
- **known for**: Acting in telenovelas
- **notable works**: Lucas, Léo, and Diogo in _O Clone_;
Jorge Tufão in _Avenida Brasil_
- **children**: 2