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Marco Pigossi
Pigossi in 2018
Born	Marco Fábio Maldonado Pigossi (1989-02-01) 1 February 1989 (age 35) São Paulo, Brazil
Alma mater	Anhembi Morumbi University
Occupations	Actor producer
Years active	2004–present
Spouse	Marco Calvani ​(m. 2023)​

Marco Fábio Maldonado Pigossi (Portuguese: [ˈmaʁku piˈɡɔsi]; born 1 February 1989) is a Brazilian actor and producer. He is known for playing Dylan on the Australian television series Tidelands, and for playing Eric in the Brazilian series Invisible City.

Early life

Pigossi was born in São Paulo, the son of Mariness Maldonado and Oswaldo Pigossi. He graduated in social communication with a degree in Radio and TV from Anhembi Morumbi University.

Career

Pigossi started in the theater at the age of 13, when he decided to take a class out of curiosity and was charmed, at 17 he graduated. He became a professional swimmer, being runner-up of the state of São Paulo in 2005, by the club Athlético Paulistano. In 2003, he was selected by SBT to act in the Brazilian version of Rebelde Way as Paulo Roberto, he would be part of the band and had already recorded songs and three chapters. However, the version was frowned upon by Cris Morena Group.

In 2004, he transferred to Rede Globo, and was part of the cast of the miniseries Um Só Coração, where he played the revolutionary student Dráusio Marcondes de Souza. In 2007, he participated in Eterna Magia, playing Miguel Finnegan, shortly after, still in 2007, he made the teen Bruno in the miniseries Queridos Amigos.

In 2009, he made his most successful character, in the telenovela Caras & Bocas, playing the homosexual character Cássio. In 2010, he made a playboy in the remake Ti Ti Ti, where he played Pedro Luís, eldest son of the protagonist Jacques Léclair (Alexandre Borges). In 2011, he was part of the cast of Fina Estampa in the role of Rafael.

In 2012, he joined the cast of the telenovela Gabriela playing Juvenal Leal. In 2013 he played Bento, the protagonist of Sangue Bom, making a romantic couple with Amora Campana (Sophie Charlotte) and Malu Campana (Fernanda Vasconcellos).

In 2014, Pigossi was quoted to play a role in Now Generation, however due to changes in the cast, he was replaced by Fiuk, and moved to the remake O Rebu; but had to leave the cast of this telenovela, to replace Caio Castro, in the role of Raphael, protagonist of Boogie Oogie. Still in 2014, he was cast to A Regra do Jogo, portraying the police officer Dante.

In 2017, he played the passionate trucker José Ribamar do Carmo (Zeca), in A Força do Querer, one of the eight protagonists of the novel, making romantic pair with the seductive Ritinha (Isis Valverde) and the police woman Jeiza (Paolla Oliveira).

In 2018, he decided not to renew with Rede Globo, and amends two series of Netflix: Tidelands, supernatural police drama and the first Australian original series and Invisible City that will portray an underworld inhabited by mythical creatures that evolved from a lineage of Brazilian folklore. In 2023, he joined the cast of the Prime Video series Gen V, playing the character Dr. Edison Cardosa.

Personal life

In November 2021, Pigossi came out as gay and made public his relationship with Italian director Marco Calvani.

Since 2018, Pigossi lives in Los Angeles.

Filmography

Television

Film

Theater

Awards and nominations

References

1. Marco Pigossi muda de visual para viver piloto em 'Boogie oogie' (in Portuguese) Extra.
2. Ator Marco Pigossi começa a gravar como policial em "A Regra do Jogo" (in Portuguese) UOL.
3. Repaginados, Marco Pigossi e Tony Ramos gravam próxima novela das 9 (in Portuguese) Gshow.
4. Marco Pigossi é o convidado deste domingo no Marília Gabriela Entrevista Archived 20 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese) Cabine Cultural.
5. Marco Pigossi é escalado para Tidelands, primeira série australiana da Netflix (in Portuguese) Terra.
6. Redação Rede Globo (2010). "Pedro Luis Spina (Marco Pigossi) - Personagens - Ti ti ti". Globo.com. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
7. Redação Rede Globo (2010). "Rafael Fernandes - Personagens - Fina Estampa". Globo.com. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
8. "Marco Pigossi interpreta filho de coronel em Gabriela". O Fuxico. 3 March 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
9. "Maria Adelaide Amaral: "Reservei Sophie Charlotte e Marco Pigossi para a minha novela"". IG. 21 January 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
10. Clara Passi (16 May 2014). "Marco Pigossi e Isis Valverde: par romântico em novela das 18h". O Globo. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
11. Carla Bittencourt (14 July 2014). "Marco Pigossi muda de visual para viver piloto em 'Boogie oogie'". Extra. Telinha. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
12. Daniel Ribeiro (27 January 2014). "Marco Pigossi deixa elenco de "Geração Brasil" e é confirmado em nova novela". RD1. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
13. Fernando Oliveira (5 February 2014). "Depois de 'A Teia', Miele garante papel em próxima novela das sete". R7.com. Mundo da TV. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
14. Carla Bittencourt (5 April 2014). "Caio Castro recusa ser par de Isis Valverde em novela das 6". Extra. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
15. Leonardo Azzali (6 April 2014). "Caio Castro recusa ser par romântico de Isis Valverde; saiba mais". RD1. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
16. Natália Castro (24 August 2014). "Galã das 18h, Marco Pigossi se orgulha da carreira construída aos poucos: 'Tive a chance de errar'". O Globo. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
17. Florença Mazza (20 October 2014). "Marco Pigossi será mocinho na novela de João Emanuel Carneiro". O Globo. Patrícia Kogut. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
18. UOL SP (25 June 2015). "Ator Marco Pigossi começa a gravar como policial em "A Regra do Jogo"". UOL Televisão. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
19. "Querer sin límites: historia, personajes y todo sobre la telenovela". La Prensa. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
20. "Marco Pigossi vive mais um mocinho em 'A Força do Querer'". Gshow. 12 January 2017.
21. "Marco Pigossi vai estrelar 'Tidelands' e 'Cidades Invisíveis' da Netflix". Correio do Povo. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
22. "Marco Pigossi assume romance com diretor italiano: 'Chocando um total de 0 pessoas'". G1. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
23. "Marco Pigossi on fear of coming out as gay: 'women aren't going to believe my characters'". Estadao (in Portuguese). 13 June 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
24. "Marco Pigossi fala de rotina de testes, surfe e corrida em Los Angeles, onde vive hoje: ' Decidi não retornar'". Extra Online (in Brazilian Portuguese). 11 July 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
25. Marco Pigossi estreará seriado australiano da Netflix (in Portuguese) Folha Vitória.
26. Após romper com a TV Globo, Marco Pigossi assina com a Netflix (in Portuguese) Yahoo Brasil.
27. "Marco Pigossi está escalado para duas séries da Netflix" (in Portuguese). Correio do Povo. 22 June 2018. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
28. Andreeva, Nellie (11 May 2022). "Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sean Patrick Thomas & Marco Pigossi Join 'The Boys' College Spinoff". Deadline. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
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35. "Marco Pigossi será Pôncio Pilatos na Paixão de Cristo". globo.com. 20 March 2010.
36. Funarte. "Comédia de Ariano Suassuna em cartaz no Teatro Glauce Rocha (RJ)". funarte.gov.br.
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38. "Inspirado nas farsas, espetáculo é produção da Cia Limite 151". globo.com.
39. "Marco Pigossi será Chicó no teatro em 'O auto da compadecida', papel que foi de Selton Mello no cinema". globo.com. 18 April 2012.
40. Ramos, Nina (14 October 2013). "Parceiros em "Sangue Bom", Marco Pigossi e Louise Cardoso estarão juntos em peça - TV & Novelas - iG". ig.com.br.
41. "Marco Pigossi está no Vale com a peça 'O Sucesso a Qualquer Preço'". globo.com. 23 May 2015.
42. "Prêmio Contigo! de TV". Contigo.com.br. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
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External links

• Marco Pigossi at IMDb
• Marco Pigossi on Instagram

• 1989 births
• Living people
• Brazilian gay actors
• Male actors from São Paulo
• Brazilian people of Italian descent
• Brazilian people of Spanish descent
• Brazilian male television actors
• Brazilian male film actors
• Brazilian male stage actors
• Brazilian Muay Thai practitioners
• 21st-century Brazilian male actors
• Brazilian emigrants to Australia