Mateus Solano

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Schenker and the second or paternal family name is Carneiro da Cunha.

Mateus Solano
Solano in 2014
Born	Mateus Solano Schenker Carneiro da Cunha (1981-03-20) 20 March 1981 (age 43) Brasília, Federal District, Brazil
Alma mater	Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present
Spouse	Paula Braun ​ (m. 2008)​
Children	2
Relatives	Juliana Carneiro da Cunha (cousin)

Mateus Solano Schenker Carneiro da Cunha (born 20 March 1981) is a Brazilian actor.

He is best known for his performances in Brazilian telenovelas, television series and films. After his debut in Brazilian entertainment industry, Solano has featured in more than a dozen of telenovelas. In telenovelas, he is known for his roles in Viver a Vida, Gabriela, Amor à Vida, among others. He has received several accolades as well as nominations such as Melhores do Ano, Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (Brazilian version), Troféu Imprensa, among others. In 2013, he played the role of Félix Khoury in the critically acclaimed telenovela Amor à Vida.

Biography

Mateus was born in Brasília, capital of Brazil. By early adolescence, he was already working in small services. Seeking his personal independence and investing in his acting career, he moved to Washington, D.C. alone and then to Lisbon, Portugal. After some time, he returned to live with his mother in Rio de Janeiro. He holds a degree in Performing Arts from the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro.

He is the cousin of the Brazilian actresses Juliana Carneiro da Cunha and Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha.

Career

Solano's career began in 2003 at the age of 22 where he appeared in one of the episodes of Linha Direta. In 2004, he co-starred in Um Só Coração, a television miniseries where he played Gustavo Gomes. In 2005, he appeared in Glória Perez's series A Diarista. In 2007, Solano made a special appearance in Paraíso Tropical. In 2009, he played twins; Miguel[1] and Jorge[2] in Viver a Vida.[3] The telenovela starred Taís Araújo, José Mayer, Alinne Moraes, Bárbara Paz, Lília Cabral. In 2012, he played as one of the leading roles in Gabriela,[4] portraying Mundinho Falcão.[5] In 2013, he, played the leading man for a conniving, evil and resentful Félix Khoury[6] in Amor à Vida.[7] The telenovela earned him several accolades due to his great performance in it. In 2016, he played José Maria Rubião in Liberdade, Liberdade.[8]

Personal life

In 2008, he married actress Paula Braun. On October 18, 2010, the couple's first daughter, Flora, was born. On May 1, 2015, the couple's second child, Benjamin, was born.[9]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	O Primeiro Grito		Short film
2008	Linha de Passe	Marcelo
	Maridos, Amantes e Pisantes	Amante	Short film
	Alice	Sergio	Short film
2009	Vida de Balconista	Mateus
2011	A Novela das 8	João Paulo
2014	Confia em Mim	Caio
	O Menino no Espelho	Domingos
2016	Em Nome da Lei	Vitor
2017	Os 8 Magníficos	Himself
2018	Maybe a Love Story	Virgílio
	Loveling	Paçoca
2019	B.O.	Himself
	Tito and the Birds	Alaor Souza	Brazilian Dubbing
	Cadeia Alimentar	Jorge	Short film
2020	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run	King Poseidon	Brazilian Dubbing

Television

Year	Title	Role / Function	Notes	Ref.
2003	Linha Direta	Stuart Angel Jones	Episode: "O Caso Zuzu Angel"	[10]
2005	A Diarista	Paulão	Episode: "Nete, a Feia"	[10]
2006	Sob Nova Direção	Pedro Paulo Capeletti	Episode: "Sexo, Mentiras e Internet"	[10]
	JK	Júlio Soares		[11]
	A Diarista	Bruno Borges	Episode: "Aquele da Copa"	[10]
	Malhação	Carlos	Episode: "August 18"	[12]
2007	Paraíso Tropical	André Jaime	Episodes: "March 29–April 2"	[13]
	Pé na Jaca	Ari	Episode: "May 26–28"	[14]
	Sítio do Picapau Amarelo	Pop Man	Episode: "O Anjinho da Asa Quebrada"	[10]
	Sob Nova Direção	Elzimar	Episode: "Uma Babá Nada Perfeita"	[10]
2008–10	Mateus, o Balconista	Mateus Aguiar		[15]
2008	Faça Sua História	Toby Crane Cléber Augusto	Episode: "A Estrela do Irajá" Episode: "A Vingadora Capixaba"	[10]
	Casos e Acasos	Gilson	Episode: "O Trote, o Filho e o For"	[10]
2009	Maysa: Quando Fala o Coração	Ronaldo Bôscoli		[16]
	Viver a Vida	Miguel Guimarães Machado		[17]
		Jorge Guimarães Machado		[17]
2011	Morde & Assopra	Ícaro Sampaio		[18]
	A Mulher Invisível	Frederico "Fred" Martins	Episode: "December 6th"	[19]
2012	As Brasileiras	Heitor	Episode: "A Vidente de Diamantina"	[20]
	Gabriela	Raimundo Falcão "Mundinho"		[21]
2013	Amor à Vida	Félix Rodriguez Khoury		[22]
2015–21	Escolinha do Professor Raimundo	Zé Bonitinho[23]		[24]
		Félix Rodriguez Khoury	Season 6
2016; 18–19	Tá no Ar: a TV na TV	Himself[25][26]	Episode: "March 1" Episode: "January 23" Episode: "February 12th"	[27]
2016	Liberdade, Liberdade	José Maria Loredano Rubião "Rubião"		[28]
2017	Pega Pega	Eric Ribeiro[29]		[30]
2019	A Dona do Pedaço	Josiel Dourado[31]	Episode: "November 22"	[31]
2020	Os Casais que Amamos	Himself	Episode: "Félix & Nico"
2021	Detetives do Prédio Azul	Bruxo Alejandro Urze		[32]
	Quanto Mais Vida, Melhor!	Guilherme Monteiro Bragança		[33]
2023	The Masked Singer Brasil	Juror	Season 3	[34]
2023	Elas por Elas	Jonas Santos		[35]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Title of Work	Result	Source(s)
2010	Festival de Cinema de Maringá	Vida de Balconista	Best Actor	Won	[36]
	Melhores do Ano	Best Male Revelation	Viver a Vida	Won	[37]
	Meus Prêmios Nick	Favorite Actor		Won	[38]
	Troféu Imprensa	Revelation of Year		Won	[39]
	Prêmio Contigo! de TV	Best Actor		Won	[40]
		Best Male Revelation	Maysa: Quando Fala o Coração	Nominated	[40]
2013	Meus Prêmios Nick	Favorite Actor	Amor à Vida	Won	[41]
	Prêmio Extra de Televisão	Best Actor		Won	[42]
	Troféu APCA	Best Actor		Won	[43]
	Prêmio Quem de Televisão	Best Actor		Won	[44]
	Melhores do Ano	Best Actor		Won	[45]
2014	Troféu Imprensa	Best Actor		Won	[46]
	Troféu Internet	Best Actor		Won	^[citation needed]
	Prêmio Contigo! de TV	Best Actor		Won	[47]

References

1. "Miguel: Viver a Vida". Viver a Vida (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 March 2016.
2. "Jorge: Viver a Vida". Viver a Vida (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 March 2016.
3. "Viver a Vida novela ganha mais um CD com Mateus Solano na capa". Gshow Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 March 2016.
4. ""CONHECI A MINHA MULHER NA CAMA"". VIP (in Portuguese). 16 November 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
5. "Mundinho Falcão". Gshow Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 March 2016.
6. "Félix Khoury". Gshow Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 March 2016.
7. "Mateus Solano lembra sucesso como Félix na novela "Amor à Vida"". Globo (in Portuguese). 30 September 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
8. "Mateus Solano se prepara para viver novo vilão em 'Liberdade, Liberdade'". Globo (in Portuguese). 2 March 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
9. Nasce Flora, filha de Mateus Solano (in Portuguese)
10. "Trabalhos na Globo". memoriaglobo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 29 October 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
11. "Juscelino adoece e retorna a Diamantina".
12. Xavier, Nilson. "Malhação 2006". Teledramaturgia (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 26 July 2024.
13. Xavier, Nilson. "Paraíso Tropical". Teledramaturgia (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 26 July 2024.
14. "Ficha Técnica". memoriaglobo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 29 October 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
15. "Antes de 'Viver', Mateus Solano e Carolina Chalita flertaram no cinema - Patrícia Kogut, O Globo". Patrícia Kogut (in Brazilian Portuguese). 11 April 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
16. "Mateus Solano será o compositor Ronaldo Bôscoli na minissérie "Maysa" - 13/09/2008 - UOL Televisão". televisao.uol.com.br. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
17. "Mateus Solano dá vida a gêmeos em 'Viver a vida'". 17 September 2009.
18. terra. "'Morde & Assopra': Naomi admite traição para Ícaro; saiba desfechos". Terra (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 26 July 2024.
19. ""Paixão Antiga"".
20. ""Série apresenta A Vidente de Diamantina, no ar 31/05"".
21. "Mundinho Falcão é o quarto bom moço da carreira de Mateus Solano". www.correio24horas.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 26 July 2024.
22. tvpress. "No ar em 'Amor à Vida', Mateus Solano diz: "Félix é um parque de diversões"". Terra (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 26 July 2024.
23. "Nova 'Escolinha do Professor Raimundo' substitui 'Tomara Que Caia'". F5 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 4 November 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
24. "Mateus Solano brilha como Zé Bonitinho na 'Escolinha' e ganha aprovação da filha: 'Ela se divertiu'". Bastidores (in Brazilian Portuguese). 18 December 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
25. Tá no Ar: a TV na TV | Domingo Pesado: Pegadinha com Mateus Solano e Paula Braun | Globoplay (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 26 July 2024 – via globoplay.globo.com.
26. "Tá no Ar reúne time de atores veteranos em esquetes especiais". 13 February 2019. Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
27. Santos, Sergio (25 January 2018). "Tá no Ar: a TV na TV continua inteligente, afiado e atual". TV História – De A a Z, tudo sobre TV (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 26 July 2024.
28. REDAÇÃO (30 July 2016). "Joaquina mata Rubião e é levada à forca no final de Liberdade, Liberdade". Notícias da TV (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 26 July 2024.
29. "Mateus Solano será um viúvo milionário em "Pega Ladrão" | Boa Informação". 13 February 2017. Archived from the original on 13 February 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
30. ""'Pega pega': Eric leva tiro para proteger Luiza e Bebeth cuida do pai"". 3 July 2017.
31. REDAÇÃO (8 November 2019). "Ator incorpora Félix para negar volta em A Dona do Pedaço; saiba quem Solano será". Notícias da TV (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 26 July 2024.
32. "Mateus Solano vive um bruxo em Detetives do Prédio Azul". R7 Entretenimento (in Brazilian Portuguese). 13 May 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
33. "Mateus Solano fará 'A morte pode esperar'. Saiba tudo sobre a novela - Patrícia Kogut, O Globo". Patrícia Kogut (in Brazilian Portuguese). 18 January 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
34. "Mateus Solano é o novo jurado do The Masked Singer Brasil: 'Espero que tenham gostado da surpresa'". gshow (in Brazilian Portuguese). 13 December 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
35. "Dani Flomin dividirá personagem com Mateus Solano em 'Elas por elas'". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 4 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
36. "Premiados no 7º Festival de Cinema de Maringá". Curta Ocurta (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 March 2016.
37. "Melhores do Ano: Confira todos os vencedores das 14 edições do prêmio". TVG Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 March 2016.
38. "Meus Prêmios Nick" conta com shows de Luan Santana, Drake Bell e Restart". Jovem IG (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 March 2016.
39. "Lista de indicados e ganhadores do Troféu Imprensa de 2010". Chance de Gol (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 March 2016.
40. "Estrelas da TV agitam o Prêmio Contigo, no Copacabana Palace" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 March 2016.
41. "Vencedores do Meus Prêmios Nick 2013". Meus Premios Nick (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 March 2016.
42. "Amor à Vida" vence em seis categorias no Prêmio Extra de TV; Huck leva pela 8ª vez". Televisao (in Portuguese). 13 November 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
43. "Conheça os vencedores do Prêmio APCA". Vejasp (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 March 2016.
44. "Prêmio QUEM 2013: Conheça os vencedores na categoria TV". Revista Quem (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 March 2016.
45. "M. Solano, Tatá Werneck: veja vencedores do Melhores do Ano". Diversao (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 March 2016.
46. "Troféu Imprensa 2014". Chance de Gols (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 March 2016.
47. "Os vencedores do 16º Prêmio Contigo!". MDE Mulher (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 March 2016.

External links

Mateus Solano at IMDb