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arapongas , brazil 200px 25 august 1948 1965 -- present tonyramosporandreafarias.jpg tony ramos
 antônio de carvalho barbosa actor
tony ramos

antônio de carvalho barbosa best known by the artistic name tony ramos -lrb- born august 25 , 1948 -rrb- is a brazilian actor .
ramos has played leading roles in major telenovela productions for more than four decades .
many of his most famous roles share the characteristics of honesty and morality .
many of ramos ' more recent starring roles in novelas have cast him playing non-brazilians , including the greek nikos -lrb- `` belíssima '' -rrb- , the american percival farquhar -lrb- `` mad maria '' -rrb- , the indian opash -lrb- `` caminho das Índias '' -rrb- , and the italian antonio mattoli -lrb- `` passione '' -rrb- .
ramos is fluent in english , french and spanish , and has some knowledge of italian .
ramos ' acting process does not involve internalizing the character 's emotions ; instead , he creates his characters using external technique .
