Gero Camilo (born Paulo Rogério da Silva on December 18, 1970) is a Brazilian actor, dramatist, singer-songwriter and poet. A descendant of Indigenous, African, Portuguese, and Dutch people, he was born in Fortaleza, Ceará from parents of Acopiara. He was a militant of Liberation theology in Ceará, where he started to act in amateur theater when he was 19 years old. In 1994, he entered the School of Dramatic Art of University of São Paulo, acting on university productions, and concluded the course four years later.
In March 2022, he was cast as Didi, a character created and originally played by Renato Aragão, in the upcoming film Mussum: O Filmis, about the comedian who died in 1994.
Personal life He is openly gay and some of his most famous characters have ties to the LGBT community, such as Miss Pirangi from the 2012 TV Globo's telenovela Gabriela (which is a remake of the 1975 soap opera of the same name).
Selected filmography Films Brainstorm (2000) Behind the Sun (2001) Maids (2001) City of God (2002) Madame Satã (2002) Carandiru (2003) Man on Fire (2004) Assalto ao Banco Central (2011) I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips (2011) Gabriela (2012) Mussum: O Filmis (2022) Papagaios (2026)
Telenovelas, series and miniseries Year Title Role Notes Channel2000 Brava Gente Ep. "As Aventuras de Chico Norato Contra o Boto Vingativo" Rede Globo2005 Hoje É Dia de Maria Zé Cangaia Rede Globo2009 O Amor Segundo Benjamim Schianberg Sávio TV CulturaA Noiva João Som & Fúria Naum Rede Globo2011 Amor em Quatro Atos José Rede Globo2012 Gabriela Miss Pirangi Supporting actor Rede Globo2015 Felizes para Sempre? Carlos Rede Globo2021 Manhãs de Setembro Aristedes Amazon Prime Video2025Pablo & LuisãoReynaldoEpisode: "Avestruz Maxx"Globoplay
Discography Canções de Invento (2008) Megatamainho (2014)
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