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Born Antonio Renato Aragão in Ceará, Brazil (1935), Renato Aragão discovered his love for arts early in his life. Although a lawyer, he found his great pleasure in acting and writing and in making people laugh. His funny body language embraces everyone from toddler to grown-ups in his naive humor. Renato Aragão started his artistic life on TV Ceará with a program called Video Alegria, gathering various comedians, until the definitive formation of the group "Os Trapalhões" - Renato Aragão, Dedé Santana, Mussum and Zacaria, in 1975 - Tv Tupi. The program Os Trapalhões figures in the Guiness Book (1997) as the longest-running program broadcast by television in Brazil.

Among the comedy programs Renato Aragão led or took part in, one can highlight: "AEIOURCA" (TV Tupi -1964), "Adoráveis Trapalhões (TV Excelsior - 1965* performing together with Wanderley Cardoso, Ivon Cury and Ted Boy Marino) and "Os Insociáveis" (TV Record - 1972), the program "Os Trapalhões" - (Globo TV Network, 1977-1995; Canal Viva 2000-2018); "A Turma do Didi" (Globo / Canal VIVA, 1995 - 2018).

In cinema, he has a vast list of films: From the film "Na Onda do Iê-Iê-Iê", produced in 1965 to "Os Saltimbancos Trapalhões Rumo à Hollywood", in 2017, we count 51 successes, 7 of them are 10 best box office for national films ever in Brazil. Renato Aragão has also filmed in Morocco and in Hollywood, the Meca of the film industry.

Awards

Renato Aragão

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize

Gramado Film Festival

Prêmio Contigo Cinema, Brazil

Extra Television Awards, Brazil

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