Pedro de Matos Fernandes, better known as Pepê Rapazote (born Lisbon, September 10, 1970) is a Portuguese actor and voice actor, known for Narcos, Laços de Sangue and Pai à Força. After working as an architect for some years, he decided that acting would become his "new profession". He speaks four languages (Portuguese, English, Spanish and French). and divides his time between Europe, Latin America, and the United States.
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Biography
He studied at the Colégio Moderno and graduated in Architecture from the Faculty of Architecture of the Technical University of Lisbon, having pursued acting through the Guilherme Cossoul Instruction Society, where he did amateur theatre.
He began his training under the direction of the director and actor José Boavida, participating, among many others, in the plays A Birra do Morto by Vicente Sanches (1999), O Lixo by Francisco Nicholson (2000) and O Segredo do Teu Corpo by Manuel Halpern (2000), where he made his professional debut.
With agents in several countries, he was invited to participate in popular American series such as The Young and the Restless and the remake of Dynasty, but he refused. After getting to know Dynasty better, he admits that perhaps he would have accepted.
Personal life
Pepê Rapazote has been married to actress Mafalda Vilhena since 2003. The couple has two daughters: Júlia Vilhena de Matos Fernandes, born on March 25, 2005; and Leonor Vilhena de Matos Fernandes, born on December 12, 2009.
He is a cousin of the singer Capicua.
