Fausto Silva

Fausto Corrêa da Silva (born 2 May 1950), commonly known as Faustão (literally Big Fausto), is a Brazilian television presenter.^[1] He is best known as the host of long-running Sunday afternoon show Domingão do Faustão, which premiered in 1989.

Fausto Silva
Silva in 2005
Born	Fausto Corrêa da Silva (1950-05-02) 2 May 1950 (age 74) Porto Ferreira, São Paulo, Brazil
Occupation	Television presenter
Years active	1964–2023
Career
Show	Perdidos na Noite (1984–1988) Domingão do Faustão (1989–2021) Faustão na Band (2022–2023)
Network	TV Gazeta (1984) RecordTV (1984–1986) Band (1986–1988; 2022–2023) TV Globo (1989–2021)

Due to heart failure, Silva underwent heart transplantation on 27 August 2023 in Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital, in São Paulo.^{[2] [3]} He also underwent kidney transplantation in the same hospital on 26 February 2024.^{[4] [5]}

Career

Television

Year	Work	Role	Channel
1983-1984	Balancê	Announcer	Rádio Excelsior / TV Gazeta
1984–1988	Perdidos na Noite	Presenter	TV Gazeta / RecordTV / Band
1988	Safenados e Safadinhos	Presenter	Band
1989–2021	Domingão do Faustão	Presenter	TV Globo
1996	Não Fuja da Raia	Himself[6]	Viva
2022–2023	Faustão na Band	Presenter	Band

Cinema

Year	Work	Role
1990	Sonho de Verão	Himself
1991	Inspetor Faustão e o Mallandro	Inspetor Faustão

References

1. Crocitti, John J. (2011). Brazil Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic, Volume 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 604. ISBN 9780313346729.
2. "Faustão passa por transplante cardíaco; procedimento foi realizado 'com sucesso', diz hospital". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). August 27, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
3. "Faustão passa por transplante de coração". Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (in Brazilian Portuguese). August 27, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
4. "Faustão passa por transplante de rim em São Paulo". CNN Brazil (in Brazilian Portuguese). February 27, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
5. "Faustão passa por transplante de rim em SP". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). February 27, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
6. "Faustão, Miguel Falabella e Elba Ramalho são os convidados do programa – Não Fuja da Raia – Programas – Canal Viva". Canal Viva. January 2, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2017.