Rodrigo Santoro
Santoro in 2011, s_bukley / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Rodrigo Junqueira dos Reis Santoro
Place of Birth: Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of Birth: 22 August, 1975
Ethnicity:
*father – Italian
*mother – Brazilian [Portuguese, including Azorean, possibly other]
Rodrigo Santoro is a Brazilian actor. He is known for his roles in the films Love Actually, 300, Che, Rio, and Hemingway & Gellhorn, and on HBO’s Westworld. His father, Francesco Santoro, is Italian, and is an engineer from Paola, Province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy. His mother, Maria José Junqueira dos Reis, who is Brazilian, has Portuguese ancestry, including some Azorean roots.
Rodrigo has a daughter with his partner, television host, actress, and singer Mel Fronckowiak.
Rodrigo’s paternal grandfather was named Salvatore “Salvador” Santoro. Salvatore was born in Paola, Province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy.
Rodrigo’s paternal grandmother is Eva Melucci (the daughter of Paolo Melucci and Isabella Santoro). Eva was born in Paola.
Rodrigo’s maternal grandfather was Francisco Prudente Junqueira Reis (the son of Gabriel Junqueira Reis and Maria Henriqueta Junqueira). Gabriel was the son of Prudente dos Reis Meirelles and Francisca Ribeiro de Carvalho Junqueira, and had ancestors in Felgueiras, Porto; Horta, Faial Island, Azores; Trancoso, Guarda; Vila do Conde, Porto; and Ovar, Aveiro, all in Portugal. Rodrigo’s great-grandmother Maria Henriqueta was the daughter of Francisco Olyntho Fortes Junqueira and Adelina Clara Diniz.
Rodrigo’s maternal grandmother was Maria Antonietta Ribeiro Bueno (the daughter of José Prado da Silva Bueno and Maria José Ribeiro).
Sources: Genealogy of Rodrigo Santoro (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://geneall.net
Obituary of Rodrigo’s paternal grandfather, Salvatore Santoro – https://www.diariodepetropolis.com.br
Immigration record of Rodrigo’s paternal grandmother, Eva (Melucci) Santoro – https://www.familysearch.org
his father has obvious African features lol and I’m not the only person who says that this man isn’t white, look elsewhere and you’ll find people saying the same thing
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His father looks like actor Jack Riley.
Who was of Irish descent.
@andrew Exactly, he looks like him, this man is as white as it gets, would not say he looks “typically irish” since he’s not irish, but he’s totally white euro… Rodrigo’s ancestry is very well documented, going back several generations, it’s really not a controversial case. There’s no point in arguing with mentally ill people.
Go to other places and articles, forums, etc… besides this site and you will see that several people say that this man is not White, just as Gisele Budchen is not White either. the only crazy person here is you, a real White person always knows how to recognize another White person
classic example of white brazillian with ”mixed” portuguese and italian ancestry, there are litarally millions like him in Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, and Espiríto Santo, in these 3 states, at least 25% of the population is of either full portuguese or full italian ancestry, and the ones with both this ancestries are up form at least 40% of the population all togheter
Fai ridere. Ripeti le cose come un pappagallo, sempre le solite.
Detto questo, Santoro con quegli occhietti lí di sicuro non sembra uno dell’Italia meridionale, ma ad ogni modo nulla di “Semitico” nel suo fenotipo. Fai ridere, troppo.
Certo che una —– —— che idolatra Nicole Kidman e gli olandesi è comica.
This guy could never pass as white
And you guys could never pass as mentally able people.
Jonas is a Brazilian person with mongrel syndrome
There is no way this man can pass for White anywhere in Europe or the USA
strongly triracial man, I can see the native and the African in him, White only in Brazil
Brazil is a strange country
I think the only Euros that isolated themselves and didn’t mix with Africans and indigenous people were people from the southern region (which from what little I’ve read seems to be hated by the rest of Brazil)
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@myfellowwhitepeople
Stop labeling any Latin-American person as”triracial”. That’s ridiculous.
Google Images may help you. Or are you claiming his mother looks part African? She may have Native Brazilian roots, given her eye-shape, though.
Most people in these countries are triracial so I’m not making any mistakes There must be some white people, but their percentage is ridiculous and you can’t force me to do anything
I’ve seen a lot about Latin countries to know that a large part of the population is quite mixed (triracial), especially Brazil but you should know a lot more since you are also one of them
If you mean Latin linguistically, don’t forget Romania.
I didn’t mention culture. I mentioned language. The Romanian language is based on a branch of Latin.
Rodrigo’s paternal grandfather was Salvatore “Salvador” Santoro. Salvatore was born in Paola, Province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy.
Rodrigo’s paternal grandmother is/was Eva Melucci (the daughter of Paolo Melucci and Isabella Santoro). Eva was born in Paola, Province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy.
Obituary of Rodrigo’s paternal grandfather, Salvatore Santoro – https://www.diariodepetropolis.com.br/integra/morre-salvatore-santoro-120994
Immigration record of Rodrigo’s paternal grandmother, Eva (Melucci) Santoro – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8HR-Q59
He has a daughter with Mel Fronckowiak. (http://ethnicelebs.com/mel-fronckowiak)
Rodrigo’s maternal grandfather was Francisco Prudente Junqueira Reis.
His parents were Gabriel Junqueira Reis (the son of Prudente dos Reis Meirelles and Francisca Ribeiro de Carvalho Junqueira) and Maria Henriqueta Junqueira (the daughter of Francisco Olyntho Fortes Junqueira and Adelina Clara Diniz).
Prudente’s paternal grandfather, João de Sousa Meireles, was from Felgueiras, Porto, Portugal. João was Rodrigo’s great-great-great-great-grandfather.
Francisca’s paternal great-grandparents, Francisco Ribeira da Cunha and Mariana Gonçalves, hailed from Trancoso, Guarda, Portugal. Francisco and Mariana were Rodrigo’s great-great-great-great-great-grandparents.
Francisca’s maternal great-grandfather, João Francisco Junqueira, was from Vila do Conde, Porto, Portugal. João’s wife, Helena Maria do Espírito Santo, was born in Brazil to a Portuguese father (from Ovar, Aveiro) and an Azorean Portuguese mother (from Horta, Faial Island, Azores).
Rodrigo’s maternal grandmother was Maria Antonietta Ribeiro Bueno (the daughter of José Prado da Silva Bueno and Maria José Ribeiro).
Genealogy of Rodrigo Santoro (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://geneall.net/pt/nome/620929/rodrigo-santoro/
João de Sousa Meireles’ wife, Mariana Antónia de Jesus, also had ancestry from Horta, Faial Island, Azores.
His ancestry is well documented, i have seen his relatives many times in brazillian media, they’re ALL standard upper-class white brazillians from the southeast, with Portuguese and Italian ancestry. Since he’s southern euro he has a strong olive a that makes he tan easily, but that’s it. I have seen him in many roles where he has no tan and he’s natural complexion is completely in line with his southern euro ancestry. Only trait in hum that can be considered “non-white” is his eyes, but there’s plenty of full euro born men with those eyes as well, and his nose is totally italian-like. Some people on this site like to troll way too much.
*he has a strong olive complexion
a interesting thing is that he’s descended from the “três ilhoas” who were 3 Portuguese sisters from the Azores islands who were among the first European settlers in São João D’el Rey, Minas Gerais state, just like a lot of celebrities in Brazil apparently https://noticiasdetv.com/2018/09/03/exclusivo-cinco-atores-que-nao-sabem-que-sao-primos-de-sangue/
even though he is upper/middle class he is still not a white man anywhere other than Brazil