Fausto Silva

Fausto Corrêa da Silva (born 2 May 1950), commonly known as Faustão (literally Big Fausto), is a Brazilian former 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-present
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]}

His son, João Guilherme Silva, is also a television presenter.^[6]

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
2022	Viradão do Faustão	Presenter	Band
2022–2023	Faustão na Band	Presenter	Band
2025-present	Agora Amazonas	Presenter	TV A Criativa
2025-present	Agora Recional	Television journalist	RedeTV!

Cinema

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