Marcos Caruso

Marcos Vianna Caruso (São Paulo, February 22, 1952) is a Brazilian actor, author and director.

Works

Brazil Avenue

Brazil Avenue is a dynamic, lifelike, and modern telenovela that reveals how unrelenting ambition and inflicted cruelty can change a young girl’s destiny and lead her to seek revenge.

Release Date2012-03-26

Charactersd Leleco Araújo

Episode Count179

Vote Count1307

Mulheres Apaixonadas

The series surrounds the damaged relationship between a saxophonist and a woman who falls in love for a former boyfriend, whom she had left to marry him.

Release Date2003-02-17

Charactersd Carlos de Souza Duarte (Carlão)

Episode Count203

Vote Count19

Pages of Life

Nanda must rethink her plansof studying in Amsterdam when she discovers she is pregnant. After losing the support of her boyfriend Léo, the young girl decides to return home, where she suffers a serious accident and dies.However, Helena, her doctor, is able to save her new-born twins: Francisco and Clara. Unfortunately, Clara suffers from Downs Syndrome. Helena feels a strong emotional tie to Clara and adopts her.Years later, the twins’father Léo, a young and wealthy businessman, returns to the scene, wanting to gain custody of the children.However, Helena and Alex fight to the end to retain guardianship of the twins, whom they have raised with such love.

Release Date2006-07-10

Charactersd Alex Flores

Episode Count203

Vote Count16

Elas por Elas

"Crossed Paths" tells a history about seven friends who met in their youth at an English course meet again 25 years later; Lara, Taís, Helena, Adriana, Renée, Natália and Carol, each of them has a different personality and origin, but they share a deep affection.

Release Date2023-09-25

Charactersd Sérgio Aranha

Episode Count171

Vote Count46

Precious Pearl

In 1934 two supposed brothers survived an avalanche in the Himalayas: the millionaire Franz Hauser (Bruno Gagliasso), who is saved by Buddhist monks, and Manfred (Carmo Dalla Vecchia), rescued by a team of climbers. Manfred returns to Brazil with a terrible secret: he sabotaged Franz’s equipment in order to take his place in the family business. After an exhaustive search, Ernest Hauser gives his son up for dead and appoints his bastard son as the director of the Hauser Group.

Release Date2013-09-16

Charactersd Arlindo Pacheco Leão

Episode Count173

Vote Count16

The Big Catch

In this romantic police comedy, after a luxury hotel is robbed by four of its employees, the lives of all people involved are turned upside down. With different motivations, they will do all they can not to be discovered, bringing all sorts of conflicts into the hotel. The confusion escalates when the detective trying to solve the case falls in love with one of the robbers, unaware he is one.

Release Date2017-06-06

Charactersd Pedro William Guimarães (Pedrinho)

Episode Count184

Vote Count7

O Sétimo Guardião

At first glance, Serro Azul may seem like just another typical inland town, quiet and surrounded by mountains, where technological advances such as internet and cell phones have not yet arrived. A place where anyone who passes does not pay much attention, not knowing what is missing, after all, a city that is near Greenville and Tubiacanga could not fail to have its peculiarities. The main one is a source with curative and rejuvenating properties, which is the outermost part of a gigantic aquifer, a huge reservoir of what is becoming the most precious possession of the Earth: water. This source is protected by seven guardians whose mission is to ensure that this wealth does not reach the wrong hands.

Release Date2018-11-12

Charactersd Sóstenes Vidal

Episode Count161

Vote Count7

Rules of the Game

Discussing the limits between good and bad, the plot is set in Rio de Janeiro and tells the story of Romero Rômulo (Alexandre Nero), an ex-politician that has a life less obvious then it seems.

Release Date2015-08-31

Charactersd Feliciano

Episode Count167

Vote Count14

The Path

After having her life course changed by a fake image and losing her childhood sweetheart to greed and power, Brisa, a strong woman, will struggle to rebuild her journey, raise her son, rediscover true love, and discover the truth about her origin.

Release Date2022-10-10

Charactersd Prof. Dante Barreto

Episode Count179

Vote Count25

The Three Sisters

In the coastal city of Caramirim, the three surfing sisters from the Jequitibá family fight for environmental protection in the region. But Violeta wants to build a hotel complex on the site.

Release Date2008-09-15

Charactersd Dr. Alcides Áquila

Episode Count179

Vote Count6

Student's Heart

Biology professor Edu is an idealistic man who moves with his son Lipe to the charming, fictional town of Nova Aliança, in Minas Gerais, in search of a better quality of life. Edu is engaged to Amelinha, daughter of the wealthy and greedy rancher João Mourão. But this relationship becomes unstable when Edu falls in love with the dreamy lawyer Clara, daughter of Lígia and the experienced lawyer Raul Gouveia. Edu is a single father and tries to always be present in Lipe's life, attempting to keep him away from his mother, Mariana, whose drug addiction prevented her from raising her son. Edu's future father-in-law, João Mourão, is the biggest businessman in Nova Aliança: he owns a farm, a dairy, a meatpacking plant, and a transportation company. João takes issue with Edu when he discovers that the young man is a strong defender of nature and environmental protection laws, which turns him into a rival in the fight for a stretch of virgin forest.

Release Date2002-02-25

Charactersd Raul Gouveia

Episode Count185

Vote Count6

Telerromance

Telerromance

Release Date1981-07-06

Charactersd Rafael

Episode Count23

Like a Wave

The destinies of sisters Nina and Lenita intertwine with that of the Portuguese man Daniel, who falls in love with Nina. The villain JJ joins forces with Lenita to prevent Daniel and Nina from living their love.

Release Date2004-11-22

Charactersd Dr. Rodolfo Prata

Episode Count179

Vote Count4

Forbidden Desire

In the 1930s, in Passaperto, the powerful Cândida controls the family until the arrival of Laura, considered a miracle, who awakens passions and rivalries that will change everyone's destinies.

Release Date2007-11-05

Charactersd Padre Inácio

Episode Count155

Vote Count4

The Enchanted Tale

The Enchanted Tale is an epic telenovela encircled by castles, kings and outlaws that tells a majestic love story between Azucena and Jesuino: two noble spirited young people who are unaware of their true origins. Beautiful Azucena and her hero Jesuíno go through many adventures in their determination to stay together.

Release Date2011-04-11

Charactersd Prefeito Patácio Peixoto

Episode Count143

Vote Count16

Presença de Anita

Written by Manoel Carlos, “The Presence of Anita” is an amazing story about love, passion and the traps of destiny. Anita is an angel faced teenager who seduces a writer, destroying his family and his life. According to her, nothing is coincidence. Destiny is already written and she cannot change her fate.

Release Date2001-08-07

Charactersd Gonzaga

Episode Count16

Vote Count23

Modern Times

The story revolves around Leal, an executive who built the largest smart building in the city. The soap opera discusses the relationship between man and technology.

Release Date2010-01-11

Charactersd Otto Niemann

Episode Count161

Vote Count4

Pantanal

Release Date1990-03-27

Charactersd Tião

Episode Count223

Vote Count10

Éramos Seis

Release Date1994-05-09

Charactersd Virgulino

Episode Count180

Vote Count2

Coração Acelerado

The musical romantic comedy tells the story of Agrado Garcia, who dreams of being a successful country singer. On the way, she meets the star João Raul, her old flame.

Release Date2026-01-12

Charactersd Alaor Amaral

Episode Count139

Vote Count1

A História de Ana Raio e Zé Trovão

Release Date1990-12-12

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd locutor dos rodeios

Episode Count251

Vote Count4

Roda de Fogo

Release Date1978-05-01

Charactersd

Episode Count156

Vote Count1

Aritana

Release Date1978-11-13

Charactersd Marcelino

Episode Count145

Vote Count2

A Life to Die For

Tells the story of the quartet formed by a friendly and bankrupt ex-football player, a rich and snobby surgeon, a powerful and arrogant executive and a scammer with a heart of stone. They are victims of a plane crash on the same day they met each other and end up dying. When they meet Death, they are told that their time to go has not yet come and that they must return to life to deal with their personal issues. However, Death warns that, in a year, one of them will actually die and the four decide to take this second chance to achieve their greatest goals in life.

Release Date2021-11-22

Charactersd Osvaldo

Episode Count161

Vote Count21

Jerônimo

Release Date1984-11-05

Charactersd Dr. Otoniel

Episode Count102

Vote Count1

Sangue do Meu Sangue

Sangue do Meu Sangue

Release Date1995-07-11

Charactersd Conde Giorgio de la Fontana

Episode Count257

Escolinha do Professor Raimundo: Nova Geração

Release Date2015-12-13

Charactersd Seu Peru

Episode Count70

Vote Count14

O Canto da Sereia

Meet Sereia, a young and beautiful singer whose world of fame and fortune is interlaced with envy and hate. Her murder in the midst of carnival shocks the entire country and the hunt for her killer reveals a new suspect with each new day of investigation. Holding the status of a big-budget thriller, the miniseries brings about mysticism, sensuality and suspense that hooks the viewer until the astonishing end.

Release Date2013-01-08

Charactersd Juracy Bandeira (Dr. Jotabê)

Episode Count4

Vote Count17

Chapa Quente

Release Date2015-04-09

Charactersd Deputado Moacir

Episode Count25

Vote Count1

O Fantasma da Ópera

O Fantasma da Ópera

Brutal murders take set during the new production of "Marilia De Dirceu" at the Theatro Municipal in Rio De Janeiro. When Cristina Andreatti, daughter of famous Brazilian musician - Gastão Andreatti, takes the lead role, replacing La Carlota Alencastro, Cristina falls on the hands of a mysterious masked man who claims to be Alfredo do Vale, a musician who was killed in a brutal accident years ago.

Release Date1991-10-15

Charactersd Ronald Figueiredo

Episode Count37

Dilemas de Irene

Dilemas de Irene

Release Date2008-11-21

Charactersd Seu Cléber

Episode Count26

Brasil a Bordo

A airline family company out of this world.

Release Date2018-01-25

Charactersd Durval Fernandes

Episode Count12

Vote Count2

Serras Azuis

Release Date1998-06-22

Charactersd Dr. Rivaldino Paleólogo

Episode Count120

Vote Count1

O Relógio da Aventura

O Relógio da Aventura

Release Date2010-12-12

Charactersd Neco

Episode Count5

The Surgeon of the Rusty Knife

José Pedro de Freitas, better known as Zé Arigó, was a simple man who lived with his wife Arlete in Congonhas, Minas Gerais. During the 1950s, a time when Spiritism was not as well known and respected in the country, Arigó became a symbol of hope through his surgeries and spiritual cures. Based on a true story, Arigó, with the help of the spirit of Dr. Fritz, performed numerous spiritual surgeries on people from Brazil and the world.

Release Date2022-09-01

Charactersd Padre Anselmo

Vote Count28

Operações Especiais

In a crime-plagued area of Rio de Janeiro, a team of honest cops, including a determined rookie, fights corruption and mistrust on all sides.

Release Date2015-10-07

Charactersd Fróes

Vote Count119

De Perto Ela Não é Normal

The fun and inspiring journey of a woman, from her 8 to 40 years of age, in search of herself and her own pursuit of happiness. When pressured by her family and society, Suzi becomes different from the sensitive girl she once was. Throughout the years, she interacts with different contemporary feminine archetypes: the married woman, the woman who has attitude, the intelligent woman, the successful woman, the depressed woman, the enlightened woman and the desperate woman. Until she meets with her aunt Suely, the free woman, who makes her revisit her story and connect with her past. Suzi stops living in a way to make others happy and goes back to being her own self. A delicate comedy about a woman, who gets tired of corresponding to others 'expectations and goes after fulfillment in her own terms.

Release Date2020-10-29

Charactersd Dr. Azambuja

Vote Count6

Crô em Família

Already famous, at the top of his career, owner of his own school of etiquette, Crô sees himself alone and without a family. Lonely and vulnerable, he ends up living at the whim of supposed family, Orlando, Marinalva, Luane and Nando, whose intentions are far from the best. With the inseparable Geni, Magda and Jurema by his side, Crô will embark on an adventure to find his true family while constantly avoiding the venom of the top columnist Carlota Valdez.

Release Date2018-09-06

Charactersd Seu Peru

Vote Count25

Urban Snap-Shots

Comedic portrait of middle-aged women in Rio de Janeiro, including overworked housewife Magali and her over-the-top twin sister Magda, psychoanalyst Paula and her troublesome daughter Melanie, and stage star in crisis Lise.

Release Date2008-02-29

Charactersd Adalberto

Vote Count7

O Canto das Sereias

Release Date1990-07-16

Charactersd Hélio

Episode Count8

Vote Count1

Circular Capital

In the streets of Rio de Janeiro, survival is the name of the game where the protagonist is an imported 'hot' car. People, from all social levels, will do anything in order to possess it, if only for a few minutes.

Release Date2004-08-01

Charactersd Policial

Vote Count3

O Diário de Tati

Tati is a typical teenager, unable to learn mathematics, but very intelligent when creating plans to escape the punishment of the mother. During the summer, she needs to hide that she has to do math classes to improve her grades, conquer Zeca, the most popular boy in school and also care for the heartache of her mother, who wants to try to find a new love.

Release Date2012-08-24

Charactersd Carlos Alberto Duarte

Vote Count48

Trap.com

Exposed by his girlfriend through a video on the Internet, Bruno tries to revive his reputation, but all he can do is get into a series of traps (Cilada, in Portuguese). Cilada.com is a comedy about love and betrayal that shows the power of the Internet to transform small intimacies and slips in fame and constraints globalized.

Release Date2011-07-08

Charactersd Pai da Noiva

Vote Count148

Irma Vap: O Retorno

After many flops, theatrical producer decides to stage a former hit, "O Mistério de Irma Vap". But he is going to face many problems to find the right actors and get the necessary permissions.

Release Date2006-04-07

Charactersd Otávio Gonçalves

Vote Count4

Lara

The life of Brazilian actress Odete Lara, muse of the movement called Cinema Novo in Brazil, who exchanged stardom for a quiet and religious life.

Release Date2002-08-20

Charactersd Apresentador da Rádio

Vote Count3

Sua Excelência, o Candidato

His name is Orlando Carvalho Lopes. In his forties and a confirmed bachelor, he is the son and grandson of traditional politicians, but has no political experience. His weapons? His name, because it carries weight, and his family, because it has a tradition of honesty. That is why he is the ideal pre-candidate for his party...

Release Date1991-07-11

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd

Vote Count4

The Devil's Scarab

A series of crimes against redheads scares the people from a little town. After the death of his brother, the 13 year old Alberto decides to investigate what is happening and is helped by the experienced but forgetful Inspector Pimentel.

Release Date2016-04-14

Charactersd Delegado Pimentel

Vote Count41

Posthumous Memories

Free adaptation of Machado de Assis' classic. The narrator is a rich dead man, who tells us about his life and times, making fun of both.

Release Date2001-08-17

Charactersd Quincas Borba

Vote Count52

Hermanoteu na Terra de Godah: O Filme

Hermanoteu is a young shepherd boy who, enlightened by the "Divine Light", travels to the land of Godah to free the people from the oppressive hands of cruel tyrants. A comedy based on the hugely successful play "Hermanoteu in the Land of Godah" by the Brazilian theater company "The Best of the World".

Release Date2021-11-25

Charactersd Padre Malik

Vote Count22

Smile, You're on Camera

Based on 'Death of a Man in the Balkans (2012)', an original feature film of Miroslav Momcilovic, 'Sorria, Você Está Sendo Filmado' ('Smile, You're Being Filmed') tells the story of a suicide, in only one shot of 80 minutes, from the perspective of a web cam which only the suicidal knew was on, giving the viewer the feeling of watching everything from his window. "From the screenplay to the shooting, we are doing a kind of reality cinema," sets this movie director Daniel Filho.

Release Date2015-05-07

DepartmentProduction

JobAssociate Producer

Charactersd Corretor de Imóveis

Vote Count6

Inocentes

A voyeuristic journey through the homoerotic work of Alair Gomes.

Release Date2017-09-17

Charactersd Alair Gomes (voice)

Vote Count6

Contra a Parede

Less than three months before the presidential elections in Brazil, a renowned newscaster faces an explosive ethical conflict that involves his work at the head of his program and his personal relationship with two presidential candidates named as favorites in the polls.

Release Date2018-08-11

Charactersd Roberto Menezes

Vote Count1

O Nosso Livro

Release Date2005-01-01

Charactersd Roberto

Vote Count1

After That Party

Dóris is a widow and keeps a small restaurant in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Two of her customers, the old friends Freitas and Otávio, fall in love with her, and start competing for her affection.

Release Date2006-03-24

Charactersd Otávio

Vote Count1

A Idade da Inocência

Release Date2012-05-13

Charactersd Ariosto

Love Stories

Eduardo discovers he has a split personality: a buttoned-up São Paulo executive and beach-loving weekend playboy in Rio de Janeiro called Duca. Unconsciously, he becomes entangled with a woman although he's already engaged to another.

Release Date2016-09-15

Charactersd Miguel

Vote Count7

Alta Definição

In Alta Definição, Daniel Oliveira interviews one guest every week with an intimate approach.

Release Date2009-09-12

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count4

Que História é Essa, Porchat?

Release Date2019-08-06

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count8

Lady Night

Release Date2017-04-10

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count6

O Sol Por Elas

Release Date2024-04-04

Charactersd Self

Campeão

Release Date1982-12-06

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count131

Vote Count1

Dona Santa

Dona Santa

Release Date1981-09-26

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count24

Renúncia

Renúncia

Release Date1982-08-30

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count12

Trair e Coçar é Só Começar

Release Date2014-11-24

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count2

A Filha do Silêncio

Release Date1982-08-09

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count131

Vote Count1

Braço de Ferro

Braço de Ferro

Release Date1983-05-09

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count110

Vote Count1

Romeo and Juliet Get Married

The tomboyish, outgoing Julieta is the daughter of a member of the Palmeiras soccer club board. She is constantly frustrated by what she sees as institutional bias against women in soccer. One day while watching her beloved Palmeiras, she is struck by a handsome man, Romeu, that she sees rooting for the Palmeiras' chief rivals, the Corinthians. After meeting the same man again in the middle of eye exam, Julieta and Romeu quickly become a couple. However, in order to avoid incurring the wrath of her parents, Romeu is forced to pretend to be an adoring Palmeiras fan, an increasingly difficult task for the die-hard Corinthiano.

Release Date2005-03-18

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count76

Cheating in Chains

Olímpia loves her bosses, Inês and Eduardo. Eduardo loves Inês, his wife, who loves Eduardo, her husband. Inês is a friend of Lígia´s, who loves her husband Cristiano. Cristiano loves Lígia, his wife. Vera loves Cláudio, her husband, who doesnt love Vera. Inês thinks that Eduardo is having an affair with Salete, Cristiano thinks that Lígia is having an affair with Ricco, Vera thinks that Cláudio has an affair with Inês and Eduardo thinks that Inês has an affair with Cláudio. The action takes place in a middle class condo where Olímpia, a clumsy maid, carries out the most unbelievable confusions, making everybody believes that love is a game in which one always cheats.

Release Date2006-08-25

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count37

Dois em Cena: Encontro de Gerações

Release Date2023-08-28

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Diário de um Confinado

Staying at home has become a form of survival in times of pandemic and the days seem to repeat itself. Now Murilo tries not to go crazy by touching life from the inside of the house.

Release Date2020-06-26

Episode Count2

Vote Count5

Cocky

Shy countryboy from Itu (a town in Brazil where everything is unusually big) is invited to work in the house of a rich woman, who ends up discovering the boy's hidden (and big) qualities...

Release Date1978-09-11

Vote Count13

Carabinieri si nasce

Release Date1985-01-01

Vote Count5

The Tailcoat Collector

Peri works as a debt collector for a loan shark in downtown Rio de Janeiro. One day, after making a serious mistake at work, he is sent out of Brazil. It is during his journey to his new country, Portugal, that he meets Abgail, a woman who helps him calm down. In Lisbon, Peri starts working for “The Tailcoat Collector”, a curious debt collection company whose job is to follow debtors dressed in tailcoats, intimidating them into paying their debts. Peri is always very successful until the moment he is called to collect from Abgail, the woman he met on the plane and with whom he will fall madly in love.

Release Date2026-09-24

Viúvas Precisam de Consolo

Release Date1979-12-19

Vote Count1

Ary

Release Date2025-10-19