Fábio Assunção
# Fábio Assunção

Fábio Assunção Pinto (Portuguese:; born 10 August 1971) is a Brazilian actor.

In 2011, he was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Actor for his role in the miniseries Dalva e Herivelto: uma Canção de Amor.

## Early life

Born in São Paulo, Brazil. He took piano lessons for two and a half years, after classical guitar, folk, singing and choir in his childhood. When he was only 15 years old, knowing how to play guitar and piano, he even started a band called Delta T, but the dream ended up lacking money and time to practice.

Fábio started university and went to study advertising, until one day he saw an announcement of a theater course at the Fundação das Artes in São Caetano do Sul, which he decided to do. That was the beginning of a brilliant career. A week after taking his resume to Rede Globo and being chosen for a test, he was already recording Meu Bem, Meu Mal, his first soap opera. Subsequently, several other works followed, becoming one of Gilberto Braga's favorite actors.

## Personal life

Assunção is a Spiritist. In 2017 after new drug problems, he received support from Rede Globo for treatment of addiction in Argentina. In the same year, he joined the Workers' Party.

## Filmography

### Television

| Year | Title | Character |
| - | - | - |
| 1990 | Meu Bem, Meu Mal | Marco Antônio Venturini |
| 1991 | Vamp | Felipe Ramos Rocha (Lipe) |
| 1992 | De Corpo e Alma | Caio Pastore |
| 1993 | Sonho Meu | Jorge Candeias de Sá |
| 1994 | Pátria Minha | Rodrigo Laport |
| 1995 | Você Decide | Episode: "Agora ou Nunca" |
| 1996 | O Rei do Gado | Marcos Mezenga |
| 1997 | A Comédia da Vida Privada | Marcelo / César |
| 1997 | Por Amor | Marcelo de Barros Motta |
| 1999 | Força de um Desejo | Inácio Silveira Sobral |
| 2001 | Os Maias | Carlos Eduardo da Maia |
| 2001 | Brava Gente | Cid (Episode: "A Grã-Fina de Copacabana") |
| 2002 | Coração de Estudante | Eduardo Feitosa |
| 2003 | Celebridade | Renato Mendes |
| 2003 | Os Normais | Leandro (Episode; "Querer é Poder") |
| 2003 | A Grande Família | Mauricio Episodes: "Quem Ama Não Casa", "O Troco" e "Eu Vou Tirar Você Deste Lugar" |
| 2004 | Casseta & Planeta, Urgente | Himself |
| 2005 | Mad Maria | Dr. Richard Finnegan |
| 2006 | Belíssima | Marcelo Assumpção (Special participation) |
| 2006 | Copas de Mel | Salvador |
| 2006 | JK | João César |
| 2007 | Paraíso Tropical | Daniel Bastos |
| 2008 | Negócio da China | Heitor Alonso |
| 2010 | Dalva e Herivelto - Uma Canção de Amor | Herivelto Martins |
| 2010 | S.O.S. Emergência | Edgar |
| 2010 | Clandestinos: o Sonho Começou | Himself |
| 2011–2015 | Tapas & Beijos | Jorge |
| 2011 | Ti Ti Ti | Fernando Flores (participação especial) |
| 2012 | As Brasileiras | Pablo Ponti (Episode: A Sexóloga de Floripa) |
| 2015 | Totalmente Demais | Arthur Carneiro de Alcântara |
