Rodolfo Valente

Rodolfo Arrabale Valente (born 8 March 1993) is a Brazilian actor, best known for playing Rafael in the Netflix series 3%.[1]

Rodolfo Valente
Valente in 2016
Born	Rodolfo Arrabale Valente 8 March 1993 São Paulo, Brazil
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–present

Career

Valente began working as an actor at the age of nine months. He has appeared in advertisements, movies, television, and on theatre stages.[2] He underwent professional training at Studio Beto Silveira and took courses in physical theatre, such as in Commedia dell'arte, clowning, and mime. He has acted in several plays, such as Excepcionalmente Normal, ABC do Amor, Para Onde Vai a Escuridão Quando a Gente Acende a Luz, Fragmentos de Equus, Caverna do Dragão, Pequenos Palhaços, and Carro de Paulista. He has appeared on television in programs such as Pirlimpimpim (based on Sítio do Picapau Amarelo) as the character Pedrinho, Ilha Rá-Tim-Bum, a television version of Carro de Paulista, and in the series Eterna Magia, Revelação, Seus Olhos, and Essas Mulheres. He has been involved with the Carpintaria do Ator centre since 2008. In 2011, he joined the School of Dramatic Arts at the University of São Paulo.[2]

In 2012, Rodolfo joined the cast of Malhação (Young Hearts) on the Rede Globo network, playing the character of Rafael, who is bullied as he hangs out with the girls in the class, with whom he has more affinity, not liking football and being interested in fashion.

In 2016, he made an appearance in the soap opera Carinha de Anjo, playing Ricardo, a romantic and passionate young man. In the same year, he was cast in 3%, the first Portuguese-language Netflix original series as well as the first produced in Brazil, as Rafael.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	A Floresta Feliz	Macaco[3]
2011	Carro de Paulista	Raio de Sol[4]
2012	Chapô	Chapô[3]	Short
2013	Amparo	Swimmer	Short

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Ilha Rá-Tim-Bum	Tavinho	1 episode
2004	Seus Olhos	Gilson[3]	3 episodes
2005	Essas Mulheres	Mateus Bicallo Moreira[3]	23 episodes
2006	Sítio do Pica-Pau Amarelo	Pedrinho[3]	147 episodes
2007	Eterna Magia	Miguel Finnegan[3]	27 episodes
2008–09	Revelação	Pedro Souza[3]	27 episodes
2012–13	Malhação: Intensa como a Vida	Rafael Freire (Rafa)[3]	228 episodes
2016	Carinha de Anjo	Ricardo Ávila	2 episodes
2016–20	3%	Rafael Moreira/Tiago[3]	33 episodes

References

1. "Rodolfo Valente publica imagem de Rafael usando armadura". Omelete (in Portuguese). 7 April 2018.
2. Passi, Clara. "Ex-Pedrinho diz: 'Gostaria de papel que mostrasse que cresci'". O Globo.
3. "Rodolfo Valente — IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
4. "Carro de Paulista - AdoroCinema". AdoroCinema. Retrieved 14 February 2013.

External links

• Rodolfo Valente at IMDb