Ben Santos

Born

1985-01-08

Birthplace

Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Biography

Ben Santos is a South American actor & award winning director. He started his career on the stage of the Brazilian National Theatre (Teatro do CIC). He left his hometown, Florianópolis in south Brazil to graduate in Journalism at the Adventist University boarding college in São Paulo. During his time in college he was connected to the performing arts team joining the theatre and filming productions. He moved to London in 2010 driving his career towards film and television. In 2015 he moved temporarily to Los Angeles developing his acting and film production skills. Whilst in America he joined a summer class at Harvard University in Boston improving his English grammar, writing and elocution, returning to the UK in 2017 to continue his work. His last project, the short drama "Breaking Brexit" released in 2020, won two Awards for "Best Short Drama" and "Best First Time Director" and other nominations in American and European film festivals. Recently he has been working in some major Hollywood and UK productions.