Joäo Brandäo Jr.

João Silva Brandão Júnior was born in Belem, state of Para , northeast Brazil. At the age of 16 Joao started acting in an amateur artistic company called "Arte de Rua", in Belem. Later on João moved to São Paulo where graduated in History, Law and International Relations. Keeping his acting career along those academic activities, Joao holds a PHD in anthropology and has had many small roles in movies as such July & Julia, The Devil Wears Prada, The Clash of Titans and Batman - begins. On stage, Joao had the opportunity to perform on great plays written by Moliere, Antoin Checkov, Yonesko, Antoine Artaud among other outstanding pieces . Today João lives in NYC where he works as a Teacher and a businessman .