Thiago Martins
Acting • Born 1988-08-19
Biography
Thiago dos Santos Martins (Rio de Janeiro, September 19, 1988) is a Brazilian actor, singer and songwriter. He began his career in the theater group Nós do Morro, a social project carried out with the residents of the Vidigal favela. His first appearance on television was in 1999, in a participation in the traditional Christmas special of presenter Xuxa entitled Uma Carta Para Deus. In 2002, he gained prominence playing Lampião, one of the members of the band of kids from Caixa Baixa, in the award-winning film Cidade de Deus. In the same year, he played João Victor, a middle-class teenager in the series Cidade dos Homens. He made his debut in soap operas in 2004, playing Sal in the soap opera Da Cor do Pecado, which took place thanks to a nomination by actress Giovanna Antonelli, with whom he starred in the film Maria-Mãe do Filho de Deus in 2003.
Filmography
34 credits
Streets of Rio
Movie • 2008
Tiago
Overhaul
Movie • 2023
Roger Mattos
Once Upon a Time in Rio
Movie • 2008
Dé
Stereo Hearts 2
Movie • 2011
Anderson
Dona Lurdes: O Filme
Movie • 2024
Ryan
A Festa de Léo
Movie • 2024
Técnico Cypa
Xuxa Twins
Movie • 2006
Tigre
Smile, You're on Camera
Movie • 2015
Assistente da Doutora
The Silver Cliff
Movie • 2011
Nassir
City of God
Movie • 2002
Lampião
Operações Especiais
Movie • 2015
Roni
Mary, Mother of the Son of God
Movie • 2003
Apóstolo João
Encantados
Movie • 2017
Antônio
La veillée des abysses
Movie • 2005
Flordelis: Basta uma Palavra para Mudar
Movie • 2009
Pedro Werneck
City of God: 10 Years Later
Movie • 2013
Himself
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
Movie • 2010
Jota
Sexa
Movie • 2025
Davi
Empire
TV • 2014
Evaldo
The Big Catch
TV • 2017
Júlio Almeida Mendes da Silva Ribeiro
City of God: The Fight Rages On
TV • 2024
Bradock
Brazil Avenue
TV • 2012
Leandro
Ambitious Women
TV • 2015
Diogo Rocha
City of Men
TV • 2002
João Victor
Família é Tudo
TV • 2024
Júpiter
Shades of Sin
TV • 2004
Gustavo Saldanha (Sal)
A Mother's Love
TV • 2019
Ryan
Caribbean Flower
TV • 2013
Tenente Rodrigo Almeida
Belíssima
TV • 2005
Tadeu Rocha Assumpção
Insensato Coração
TV • 2011
Vinicius Rocha Amaral
Toma Lá, Dá Cá
TV • 2007
Marcinho
Anything Goes
TV • 2025
Vasco
Desejo Proibido
TV • 2007
Lídio
Wounded Past
TV • 2016
Sebastião Bezerra (Tião) (1ª fase)