Antônio José Rodrigues Cavalcante (born March 8, 1962) is a Brazilian actor and comedian, who is known professionally as Tom Cavalcante.
Early life Cavalcante was born in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil on March 8, 1962, as Antônio José Rodrigues Cavalcante.
Career Cavalcante began his career in 1976, performing in bars in his home state of Ceará doing humor skits and impressions of various artists. In 1982, Tom went to Rio de Janeiro and asked for a job on television, but he was turned down. In 1984, he tried to participate in the SBT Show de Calouros talent show, but he was not selected by the production to perform on stage. In the same year, he got a job as a radio broadcaster at Rádio Verdes Mares, where he presented the comedy show Ligação Direta for five years. During the 1986 elections, he worked by opening political rallies with comic skits. In 1987, he presented the television newsprogrm VM Notícias, on the Rede Globo-affiliate TV Verdes Mares. In 1989, he met Chico Anysio, who invited him to return to Rio de Janeiro to participate in the Chico Anysio Show. With the program's end, he began to participate in another of Chico's shows: Escolinha do Professor Raimundo, where he played the drunkard João Canabrava, a character created by himself. In 1996, Daniel Filho invited him to participate in Sai de Baixo, playing the doorman Ribamar. From 1999 to 2001, he worked in Globo's comedy shows Zorra Total and Megatom.
Unsatisfied with his treatment by Globo, Cavalcante resigned from the station and signed with TV Record, where he presented his own program, Show do Tom, from 2004 to 2011. In 2013, Cavalcante and his family moved to the United States, where he worked on the short film Pizza Me, Mafia, directed by Gui Pereira. Cavalcante returned to Brazil in 2014, and made an appearance on Globo's Domingão do Faustão, eleven years after being banned by the station.
Since 2016, Cavalcante presented at Globosat's cable channel Multishow in the shows #PartiuShopping and Multi Tom, where he performed as several characters, among them Tomsonaro (an impression of president Jair Bolsonaro). He presented and hosted the show Todos os Toms in September 2019 at the Riomar Theater. and starred in the 2017 comedy film Os Parças.
Filmography
Films YearTitleRoleNote(s)Type1995TV Colosso Especial - -TV movieXuxa Especial: Deu a Louca na FantasiaPríncipeFull-length film2003Xuxa in AbracadabraNarrator2005Xuxinha and Guto Against the Space MonstersDouglas WonderVoice role2013Pizza Me MafiaJoe Calzone / Tom Calzone / Mama CalzoneNominated for and won an awardShort movie2017Os ParçasToinho -Full-length film2019Sai de Baixo: O FilmeRibamar / Jaula2019Os Parças 2ToinhoPre-production
TV series YearTitleRoleNote(s)1987A Praça é NossaJoão Canabrava -1990Escolinha do Professor Raimundo1991Estados Anysios de Chico City -1996Sai de BaixoRibamar1999Zorra TotalPitbicha / Ribamar / João Canabrava2000Megatom -2004Show do Tom2007Tela ClassLouca FamíliaTóla2014Trair e Coçar é Só ComeçarPrimo2015#PartiuShoppingGildoTomara que CaiaJoão Canabrava / Ribamar2016Casa dos PolíticosPedro MiauMini-seriesMulti Tom - -2018Tá no Ar: A TV na TVJoão CanabravaDra. DarciDra. Darci 2021LOL: Se Rir, Já EraPresenter
Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryForResult1992Troféu ImprensaBest NewcomerEscolinha do Professor Raimundo Nominated1992Troféu ImprensaBest Male ComedianEscolinha do Professor RaimundoWon (tied with Luiz Fernando Guimarães1993Troféu ImprensaBest Male ComedianEscolinha do Professor RaimundoWon2004Extra Television AwardsBest ComedianShow do Tom2006Prêmio QualidadeBest Actor in a Comedy200720082009Prêmio ContigoWon2010Prêmio QualidadeNominated2014Brazil CinefestBest Short MoviePizza Me Mafia2015Oregon International Film AwardsWon
References
External links
Official site