Gero Camilo
Gero Camilo is a Brazilian actor, dramatist, singer-songwriter and poet. A descendant of Indigenous, African, Portuguese, and Dutch people, he was born in Fortaleza, Ceará from parents of Acopiara. He was a militant of Liberation theology in Ceará, where he started to act in amateur theater when he was 19 years old. In 1994, he entered the School of Dramatic Art of University of São Paulo, acting on university productions, and concluded the course four years later.
In March 2022, he was cast as Didi, a character created and originally played by Renato Aragão, in the upcoming film Mussum: O Filmis, about the comedian who died in 1994.
Personal life
He is openly gay and some of his most famous characters have ties to the LGBT community, such as Miss Pirangi from the 2012 TV Globo's telenovela Gabriela.Selected filmography
;Films- Brainstorm
- Behind [the Sun (film)|Behind the Sun]
- Maids
- City of God
- Madame Satã
- Carandiru
- Man on Fire
- Assalto ao [Banco Central]
- I'd [Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips]
- Gabriela
- Mussum: O Filmis
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Channel |
| 2000 | Brava Gente | Ep. "As Aventuras de Chico Norato Contra o Boto Vingativo" | Rede Globo | |
| 2005 | Hoje É Dia de Maria | Zé Cangaia | Rede Globo | |
| 2009 | O Amor Segundo Benjamim Schianberg | Sávio | TV Cultura | |
| 2009 | A Noiva | João | ||
| 2009 | Som & Fúria | Naum | Rede Globo | |
| 2011 | Amor em [Quatro Atos] | José | Rede Globo | |
| 2012 | Gabriela | Miss Pirangi | Supporting actor | Rede Globo |
| 2015 | Felizes para Sempre? | Carlos | Rede Globo | |
| 2021 | Manhãs de Setembro | Aristedes | Amazon [Prime Video] | |
| 2025 | Pablo & Luisão | Reynaldo | Episode: "Avestruz Maxx" | Globoplay |