Marco Pigossi

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Maldonado and the second or paternal family name is Pigossi.

Marco Fábio Maldonado Pigossi (Portuguese: [ˈmaʁku piˈɡɔsi]; born 1 February 1989) is a Brazilian actor and producer.^[1][2][3][4] He is known for playing Dylan on the Australian television series Tidelands, and for playing Eric in the Brazilian series Invisible City.^[5]

Marco Pigossi
Pigossi in 2018
Born	Marco Fábio Maldonado Pigossi (1989-02-01) 1 February 1989 (age 36) São Paulo, Brazil
Alma mater	Anhembi Morumbi University
Occupations	Actor producer
Years active	2004–present
Spouse	Marco Calvani ​ (m. 2023)​

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).^[6] In 2011, he was part of the cast of Fina Estampa in the role of Rafael.^[7]

In 2012, he joined the cast of the telenovela Gabriela playing Juvenal Leal.^[8] In 2013 he played Bento, the protagonist of Sangue Bom,^[9] 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.^{[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]} Still in 2014, he was cast to A Regra do Jogo,^[17] portraying the police officer Dante.^[18]

In 2017, he played the passionate trucker José Ribamar do Carmo (Zeca),^[19] 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).^[20]

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.^[21] In 2023, he joined the cast of the Prime Video series Gen V, playing the character Dr. Edison Cardosa.

Personal life

Since 2018, Pigossi lives in Los Angeles.^[22]

In November 2021, Pigossi came out as gay and made public his relationship with Italian director Marco Calvani.^[23][24]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Um Só Coração	Dráusio Marcondes de Souza
2007	Eterna Magia	Miguel Finnegan
2008	Queridos Amigos	Bruno
2009−2010	Caras & Bocas	Cássio Amaral	Main cast
2010	Ti Ti Ti	Pedro Luis Spina
2011−2012	Fina Estampa	Rafael Fernandes
2012	Gabriela	Juvenal Leal
2013	Sangue Bom	Bento de Jesus	Main role
2014−2015	Boogie Oogie	Rafael Castro e Silva	Main role
2015−2016	A Regra do Jogo	Dante Stewart dos Santos	Main cast
2017	A Força do Querer	José Ribamar do Carmo (Zeca)	Main cast
2018	Onde Nascem os Fortes	Nonato Ferreira da Silva
2018	Tidelands	Dylan Seager[25][26]	Main cast
2020	High Seas	Fábio	Main cast (season 3)
2021−2023	Invisible City	Eric Alves[27]	Main role
2023	Gen V	Dr. Edison Cardosa[28][29]	Recurring (season 1)
2024	Astronauta	Astronauta/Pereira	Voice, main cast

Film

Year	Title	Role
2005	O Diário Aberto de R.	Rafael[30] (short film)
2009	Universos Paralelos	Theo[31] (short film)
2017	A Última Chance	Fábio Leão[32]
2018	O Nome da Morte	Júlio Santana
2024	High Tide	Lourenço and executive producer [33]
2024	Bone lake	Diego [34]
2024	The Park Maniac	Vicente [35]

Theater

Year	Title	Role
2006	Spring Awakening	Melchior Gabor[36]
2006	Os Dois Cavalheiros de Verona	[37]
2010	Paixão de Cristo	Pôncio Pilatos[38]
2011	O Santo e A Porca	Dodô [39]
2011	As Eruditas	Cristóvão[40]
2012	O Olho Azul da Falecida	Hal[41]
2012	Auto da Compadecida	Chicó [42]
2014	Sweet Bird of Youth	[43]
2015	O Sucesso a Qualquer Preço	Rick Roma[44]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Results	Reference
2010	Prêmio Extra de Televisão	Best Revelation	Caras & Bocas	Won
	Melhores do Ano	Best Revelation Actor		Nominated
	Prêmio Contigo! de TV	Best Revelation Actor			[45]
2012	Prêmio Contigo! de TV	Best Supporting Actor	Fina Estampa		[46]
	Prêmio Quem de Televisão	Best Supporting Actor	Gabriela
2013	Meus Prêmios Nick	Favorite Actor	Sangue Bom
	Prêmio Extra de Televisão	Best Actor
	Capricho Awards	Best Nacional Actor			[47]
	Prêmio Quem de Televisão	Best Actor
2016	Prêmio Aplauso Brasil de Teatro	Best Actor	O Sucesso a Qualquer Preço	Nominated	[48]
2017	Melhores do Ano	Best Telenovela Actor	A Força do Querer	Won	[49]
	Prêmio F5	Best Telenovela Actor		Won	[50]
	Prêmio Contigo! Online	Best Telenovela Actor		Won	[51]
2018	Troféu Internet	Best Actor		Nominated
	Troféu Imprensa	Best Actor		Won