Alexandre Frota de Andrade (
Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, October 14, 1963) is a
Brazilianactor and ex-
model.
Career
His acting career begin in various
telenovelas on the Globo TV Network (
Rede Globo) and in Brazilian films.
He participated on the Brazilian TV
reality show "House of Artists" (
Casa dos Artistas) on the
SBT network, along with Brazilian rock musician
Supla. He also appeared in the "Celebrity Farm" (
Quinta das Celebridades)
reality show in
Portugal where he reached second place, first place being awarded to the controversial
José Castelo Branco. Both of these shows were variations on the Big Brother theme. While in
Portugal Alexandre Frota appeared in the theatrical spectacle
Sex Fever. Later he appeared in another TV reality show "First Company
Primeira Companhia, which took the form of a military
barracks and again José Castelo Branco participated.
Jiu-Jitsu
Frota has been a practitioner of
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu since 1990 and in 2010 he became the face for a
São Paulo project to draw children to the sport. He has a win over fellow actor
André Segatti at
Oscar de Jiu-Jitsu II tournament in 1998.
Pornographic films
In mid-2000s, Frota appeared in a series of
pornographic films for
Brasileirinhas, performing with actresses such as
Chloe Jones and
Bianca Soares. In a 2008 interview, he concluded that he saw his pornographic film career as the biggest mistake in his life.
Personal life
Frota had been married to
telenovela actresses
Cláudia Raia (1986 - 1989) and
Andréa Oliveira, although this second marriage lasted only a few months. Frota married
fitness model and dancer Fabiana Rodrigues in 2011.
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