Jayme Monjardim Matarazzo Filho (born November 20, 1985) is a Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

. He is descended from the Matarazzo Family, grandson of André and Maysa Matarazzo

Maysa Matarazzo

Maysa Figueira Monjardim , better known as Maysa Matarazzo or simply Maysa, daughter of Alcibíades Guaraná Monjardim and wife Inah Figueira and paternal granddaughter of Manuel Silvino Monjardim and wife Ursulina Guaraná, was a singer, composer, and actress from Brazil...

, and son of TV and film director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

 Jayme Monjardim

Jayme Monjardim

Jayme Monjardim Matarazzo is a Brazilian TV and film director. He is the only child of André Matarazzo Filho and Maysa Matarazzo....

 with Fernanda Lauer.

Biography

Jayme Matarazzo was born in Rio de Janeiro. He moved to São Paulo

São Paulo

São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

 aged five years old with his mother, Fernanda Lauer, and his sister, Maria Fernanda Matarazzo, where he lived until the age of 21.

At 16, Jayme formed the band Seu Bené e os Poetas da Malandragem (Sir Bené and The Poets of Malandragem

Malandragem

Malandragem is a Brazilian Portuguese term for a lifestyle of idleness, fast living and petty crime - traditionally celebrated in samba lyrics, especially those of Noel Rosa. The exponent of this lifestyle, the malandro , or "bad boy" , has become significant to Brazilian national identity as a...

) with some school friends. At 20, he moved to California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 where lived for four months. The actor wored in a Ski resort

Ski resort

A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing and other winter sports. In Europe a ski resort is a town or village in a ski area - a mountainous area, where there are ski trails and supporting services such as hotels and other accommodation, restaurants, equipment rental and a ski lift system...

 and doing shows in a casino

Casino

In modern English, a casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships or other tourist attractions...

. Upon returning to Brazil entered the film school Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP), São Paulo, but he didn't complete the course, as he moved to Rio de Janeiro to work with his father.

Personal life

Jayme had a three-year relationship with the architect Mila Barbosa. The couple broke up in September 2010.

Career

At 21 years old, Jayme moved to Rio de Janeiro to work with his father as assistant director in the miniseries

Miniseries

A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...

 Maysa: quando Fala o Coração. At that time he wanted to dedicate the same career his father's art direction. But when he was working on the miniseries, which tells the life of his paternal grandmother, had his first opportunity as an actor. Jayme represented his father when young. Given this new experience, he decided to pursue an artistic career. In 2010, he worked on the novel of Rede Globo, Escrito nas Estrelas as protagonist and in the film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 A Suprema Felicidade directed by Arnaldo Jabor

Arnaldo Jabor

Arnaldo Jabor is a Brazilian film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed nine films between 1965 and 1990. His 1973 film Toda Nudez Será Castigada won the Silver Bear at the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival....

. Currently, Jayme plays the young Prince Felipe in the telenovela Cordel Encantado.

Television

Year	Title	Role	Note(s)	Ref
2009	Maysa - Quando Fala o Coração	Jayme Monjardim (young)
2010	Escrito nas Estrelas	Daniel Aguillar	Protagonist Protagonist A protagonist is the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to most identify...
2011	Cordel Encantado	Prince Felipe	Co-protagonist

Film

Year	Title	Role	Note(s)	Ref
2010	A Suprema Felicidade	Paulo (young)	Protagonist

Music videos

Year	Singer/Band	Song	Note(s)
2010	Band Zignal	Primeira Namorada	Cecília Dassi Cecília Dassi -External links:*... plays his girlfriend in the video