Thiago Lacerda

Thiago Ribeiro Lacerda (born 19 January 1978) is a Brazilian actor.

Biography
Lacerda spent his childhood between Rio de Janeiro, where he was born, and Recreio, a mining town where his grandparents lived. From the age of three to 16, he devoted himself to swimming, winning more than 170 medals. Convinced that it would be very difficult to make a living in the sport, he abandoned the idea of becoming a professional swimmer and started to make breaks as a model, besides working as a salesman for a clothing store. He attended a course of interpretation to get rid of shyness, which he felt would hinder his career as manager of a bank. He was ashamed of his 1.95 meters in height, confessing, "I thought that everybody was looking at me."

Thiago was studying Business Administration at UERJ when he received an invitation to test for the part of a professor of swimming in Malhação. He resolved to take the risk and was awarded the role. After finishing recording the first scene, he felt he had discovered what he wanted to do in life.

Two years later, the actor appeared as protagonist of the novela Terra Nostra, in which he played Matteo, an Italian immigrant who came to Brazil seeking a better life. Not only did Thiago conquer the actress Ana Paula Arósio in the series, but he conquered all of Brazil and became the leading actor of the Globo network. After his success as Matheo, he participated in the miniseries Aquarela do Brasil and the novelas As Filhas da Mãe and O Beijo do Vampiro. In 2003, he was invited to live the role of Giuseppe Garibaldi in the miniseries A Casa das Sete Mulheres. The actor considered the role a real gift, because, since the time of Terra Nostra, he had studied and admired the life of the Italian revolutionary.

But Thiago realized that success and fame also have their down side. Hounded by paparazzi and gossip media, he sued the journalist and presenter Leão Lobo and Gugu Liberato, who wore swimwear in a program called Domingo Legal claiming to be the actor - and won both cases. "Gossip cannot interfere with the mechanism which governs each and every aspect: respect. If the person does not give me respect, I can do one of two things: either be full of 'porrada' or be civilized. I choose always to be civilized. I think after the measures they took, I learned to be respected."

Personal life
Thiago is married to the actress Vanessa Lóes, and they have one son, Gael, and two daughters: Cora and Pilar.

Television

 * 1997 - Malhação ... Lula
 * 1998 - Hilda Furacão ... Aramel
 * 1998 - Pecado Capital ... Vicente
 * 1999 - Terra Nostra ... Matteo Batistela
 * 2000 - Aquarela do Brasil ... Mário Lopes
 * 2001 - As Filhas da Mãe ... Adriano Araújo
 * 2002 - O Beijo do Vampiro ... Beto / Conde Rogério
 * 2002 - Sítio do Picapau Amarelo ... Hans Staden
 * 2003 - A Casa das Sete Mulheres ... Giuseppe Garibaldi
 * 2003 - Celebridade ... Otávio Albuquerque
 * 2004 - Sob Nova Direção ... Pedro (episode: "Pau Pra Toda Obra")
 * 2004 - Quem vai ficar com Mário? ... Mário
 * 2005 - América ... Alexander Camargo "Alex"
 * 2006 - Páginas da Vida .... Jorge Fragoso Martins de Andrade
 * 2007 - Eterna Magia ... Conrado O'Neill
 * 2009 - Viver a Vida ... Bruno Marcondes
 * 2010 - S.O.S. Emergência ... Júnior (episode: "Cartas na mesa")
 * 2010 - As Cariocas ... Silvinho (episode: "A Iludida de Copacabana")
 * 2011 - Os Caras de Pau ... Himself (episode: "Namoro: que seja de Terno enquanto dure")
 * 2011 - Cordel Encantado ... Rei Teobaldo
 * 2011 - A Vida da Gente ... Dr. Lúcio Pereira
 * 2013 - A Grande Família .... Himself (episode: "O Duelo")
 * 2013 - Joia Rara .... Antônio "Toni" Baldo
 * 2014 - O Tempo e o Vento .... Capitão Rodrigo Cambará
 * 2014 - Alto Astral . .. Marcos Bittencourt
 * 2016 - A Lei do Amor .... Ciro Noronha
 * 2018 - Orgulho e Paixão .... Darcy Williamson
 * 2023 - Amor Perfeito .... Gaspar Evaristo

Film

 * (2002) A Paixão de Jacobina - (The Passion of Jacobina)
 * (2003) Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas - (Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas)
 * (2004) Irmãos de Fé - (Soul Brothers)
 * (2006) Se Eu Fosse Você - (If I Were You)
 * (2006) Muito Gelo e Dois Dedos D'água - (Much Ice and a Tad of Water)
 * (2010) Segurança Nacional - (National Security)
 * (2010) MegaMind - (MegaMind)
 * (2013) O Tempo e o Vento - (Time and the Wind)
 * (2014) Confissões de Adolescente
 * (2014) The Book of Life - (The Book of Life)
 * (2016) The Jungle Book - (The Jungle Book)