Bruno Mazzeo de Oliveira Paula (May 3, 1977) is a Brazilian screenwriter, actor, television producer, and comedian. Bruno was part of the writing teams for successful comedy shows on Brazilian TV, such as Sai de Baixo, A Diarista, and Escolinha do Professor Raimundo.
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Biography
Bruno Mazzeo, the son of comedian Chico Anysio and actress Alcione Mazzeo, was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1977. In 2005, he wrote and starred in the series Cilada, which aired on Multishow; it was the first comedy show produced by a Brazilian cable television network, and it is now in its sixth season. In April 2009, the program became a segment of the Sunday show Fantástico.
In 2006, he played Rick Lacerda, the boss of Heloísa Perissé’s character in the comedy series Sob Nova Direção from TV Globo. In 2008, he played the scheming lawyer José Henrique in the soap opera Beleza Pura. In 2010, he appeared in the film Muita Calma Nessa Hora, for which he was one of the screenwriters and an associate producer. In 2012, he appeared in the soap opera Cheias de Charme, playing the role of music executive Tom Bastos.
In 2015, he played Teacher Raimundo Donato in the revival of the series Escolinha do Professor Raimundo. The role was played by his father, Chico Anysio, for over four decades. The series ran for six seasons.
In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, he created and starred in two seasons of the series Diário de Um Confinado on the streaming service Globoplay. The series was nominated for a 2021 International Emmy Award. In 2022, he appeared in the second season of the series Arcanjo Renegado. Also on Globoplay, he was part of the cast of the series The End, from 2023. In 2023, after 38 years with the network, he announced his departure from TV Globo.
In 2024, he starred in the play Gostava Mais dos Pais alongside Lúcio Mauro Filho, the son of actor Lúcio Mauro. The play is a comedy about being the children of famous actors and the prospects of pursuing a career in the arts. In the miniseries O Século do Globo, from 2025 produced to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the newspaper O Globo, he played the playwright Nelson Rodrigues.
After an 11-year hiatus from soap operas, in 2026, he appeared in a few episodes of the soap opera Coração Acelerado, where he reprised his role as Tom Bastos. That same year, he was cast to play Mário Zagallo in the Netflix series Brasil 70: A Saga do Tri.
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Personal life
He is the brother of comedians Nizo Neto and Lug de Paula, the cousin of actress Cininha de Paula and actor Marcos Palmeira, and the second cousin of actress Maria Maya.
He was married to actress Renata Castro Barbosa from 2004 to 2008, with whom he has a son named João. He is currently married to director Joana Jabace, with whom he has twins named José and Francisco.
He is a CR Vasco da Gama fan. In an interview with the journalist Elena Côrrea from Quem Acontece magazine, he said he had smoked marijuana as a teenager, but that after that he stuck to beer. He used to smoke cigarettes. The actor lives in the South Zone from Rio de Janeiro.
Books
Brasil 2020 - Socorro!!! O Futuro Chegou. Rio de janeiro: Frente Editora, 1996. (with a foreword by Luis Fernando Verissimo)
