Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and grew up in Washington, DC before attending Boston University's School of Theatre Arts. During ten years in New York, he worked on stage Off-Broadway, at regional theatre around the US, and as actor and director on numerous projects in the UK, as well as doing graduate studies on both sides of the Atlantic. After six years in Seattle, where he acted on stage, in films and on TV, he moved to LA in fall 2003. He is a member of The Actors Gang Theatre Company in Los Angeles and is Director/Lead Faculty of the Boston University Los Angeles 'Acting in Hollywood' graduate program. He is married and has one son (b. 2006)