Miguel Falabella

Miguel Falabella (born October 10, 1955, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian actor, presenter, screenwriter, voice actor, film maker, theater actor, producer, writer and director. He is known, among many other works, for playing Caco Antibes in the sitcom Sai de Baixo and for presenting Video Show for over 15 years. He was a carnival performer for the Império da Tijuca and Rocinha samba schools. His family has Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Austrian, German and Swiss ancestry. He is father of two sons, Cassiano and Theo.

Career

As a child, when he lived on Ilha do Governador, he watched the musical Hello Dolly, starring Bibi Ferreira, and was enchanted by the world of dramaturgy. He debuted on television in 1982, in the program Caso Verdade, in the episode "Jam and Jim", where he gave life to the title character. Soon after, he participated in his first soap opera, Sol de Verão, by Manoel Carlos, as a doctor called Romeu. He achieved success in 1986, playing Miro, in the remake Selva de Pedra, by Janete Clair. He debuted as a television presenter on the Video Show program in August 1987. It was so successful that Miguel remained in front of the program until January 2002, when he was replaced by Márcio Garcia, and the latter by André Marques.

He is a very active artist in theater and television. On stage, in addition to national musicals, he usually brings Broadway to Brazil. He acted in the great success Loiro, Alto, Solteiro, Procura and also wrote A Partilha, a play that won a film version (directed by Daniel Filho).

His connection with poetry and writing is strong. He participated in some poetry CDs, and wrote some books. He was also the author of several chronicles published in newspapers and magazines, his most famous collection was entitled Coração Urbano.