Selton Figueiredo Melo (born December 30, 1972 in Passos

Passos

-People:* Cristiano Ávalos dos Passos* John Dos Passos* Márcio Emerson Passos de Albuquerque, a Brazilian footballer* Rosa Passos* Vítor Hugo Gomes Passos, a Portuguese footballer-Brazil:* Passos, Minas Gerais, a municipality in the State of Minas Gerais...

, Minas Gerais

Minas Gerais

Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...

) 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. He works on TV, movies and theater. He also produces and directs movies and videoclips. The actor hosts Tarja Preta, a TV show about culture and independent movies.

He played André in the Brazilian film To the left of the father which was directed by Luiz Fernando Carvalho

Luiz Fernando Carvalho

Luiz Fernando Carvalho de Almeida was born in 1960 in Rio de Janeiro. He's an innovative Brazilian director, producer, writer, and film editor. He studied literature and architecture....

 and based on the eponymous novel by Raduan Nassar

Raduan Nassar

Raduan Nassar is a Brazilian writer. The son of Lebanese immigrants, he moved to São Paulo when he was a teenager. He studied Law and Philosophy at one of the most important universities in Brazil, the University of São Paulo.In 1970, he wrote Um Copo de Cólera, published in 1978...

.

He has also played João da Ega in Os Maias

Os Maias

Os Maias: episódios da vida romântica is a naturalist novel by Portuguese author José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, also known under the modernized spelling Eça de Queirós.As early as 1878, while serving in the Portuguese...

, also directed by Luiz Fernando Carvalho, based on the eponymous novel by Eça de Queiroz.

Early Life

Selton was born in Passos (State of Minas Gerais), the son of Selva (housewife) and Dalton Melo (bank employee). His brother Danton Mello is an actor as well.
Selton's parents are both from Minas Gerais State.
After Selton was born his parents moved to São Paulo, where he lived until the age of 11.
In São Paulo, Selton attended "Colégio Aclimação".
At 11 years of age he was invited to star on a soap opera at Rede Globo Television, so he moved with his entire family to Rio de Janeiro, where he still lives.

Filmography

O Palhaço (2010) (writer, director and actor)

Reflexões de um Liquidificador (2009)

Lutas (2009)

Reis e Ratos (2009)

Lope (2009)

A Mulher Invisível

A Mulher Invisível

A Mulher Invisível is a weekly Brazilian TV series produced by Rede Globo; it's a spin-off from the film of the same name. It stars Selton Mello, Débora Falabella and Luana Piovani. Its first episode aired on May 31, 2011.-Premise:...

 (2009)

Jean Charles

Jean Charles (film)

Jean Charles is a 2009 British-Brazilian film depicting the life of Jean Charles de Menezes, the Brazilian immigrant shot dead by the Metropolitan Police at Stockwell tube station in London on July 22, 2005.-Cast:* Selton Mello as Jean Charles...

 (2008)

Feliz Natal

Feliz Natal

Feliz Natal is a town and municipality in the state of Mato Grosso in the Central-West Region of Brazil.-References:...

 (2008) (directed and co-produced)

A Erva do Rato (2008)

os Desafinados (2008)

Meu Nome Não É Johnny (2008)

O Cheiro do Ralo (2007)

Arido Movie (2006)

Tarantino's Mind (2006)

Quando o Tempo Cair (2005) (writer and director)

O Coronel e o Lobisomem (2005)

Nina (2004)

Garotas do ABC (2004)

Brother Bear

Brother Bear

Brother Bear is a 2003 American animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures, the forty-fourth animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics. In the film, an Inuit boy pursues a bear in revenge for a battle that he provoked in which...

 (voice, Brazilian version) (2003)

Lisbela e o Prisioneiro (2003)

Lavoura Arcaica|To The Left Of The Father (2001)

Caramuru - A Invenção do Brasi (2001)

The Emperor's New Groove

The Emperor's New Groove

The Emperor's New Groove is a 2000 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures through Buena Vista Distribution on December 15, 2000. It is the 40th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics...

 (voice, Brazilian version) (2000)

O Auto da Compadecida (2000)

Guerra de Canudos (1997)

Four Days in September

Four Days in September

Four Days in September is a 1997 Brazilian thriller film directed by Bruno Barreto and produced by his parents Lucy and Luiz Carlos Barreto. The film is based on the 1979 memoir "O Que É Isso Companheiro?" written by politician Fernando Gabeira...

 - (O que é isso, companheiro?) (1997)

Flora(1996)

Uma Escola Atrapalhada(1990)

Television

• A Cura (2010)
• O Sistema(2007)
• Os Aspones
  Os Aspones
  Os Aspones is a Brazilian television Comedy series that aired in 2004. It was created by Alexandre Machado and Fernanda Young. The program, which portrayed a group of white-collar workers at a governmental department lost in Brazilian bureaucracy in Brasília which actually has no function at all,...
  
  (2004)
• Caramuru - A Invenção do Brasil (2001)
• Os Maias
  Os Maias
  Os Maias: episódios da vida romântica is a naturalist novel by Portuguese author José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, also known under the modernized spelling Eça de Queirós.As early as 1878, while serving in the Portuguese...
  
  (2001)
• Força de um Desejo
  Força de um Desejo
  Força de um Desejo is a Brazilian telenovela produced by Globo TV and was shown in the schedule of 18 hours between May 10, 1999 and January 29, 2000, in 226 chapters...
  
  (1999)
• O Auto da Compadecida (1999)
• A Indomada
  A Indomada
  A Indomada is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired by Globo February 17 to October 11, 1997. Authored by Aguinaldo Silva and Ricardo Linares, with the collaboration of Maria Elisa Berredo, Mark Silver and Nadotti Nelson and directed by Marcos Paulo Roberto Naar and Luiz Henrique Reis, had the...
  
  (1997)
• A Próxima Vítima (1995)
• Tropicaliente
  Tropicaliente
  Tropicaliente was a Brazilian soap opera produced and displayed at the time of 18 hours by Rede Globo, ran from May 16 to December 31, 1994, totaling 194 chapters....
  
  (1994)
• Olho no Olho (1993)
• Pedra sobre Pedra
  Pedra sobre Pedra
  Pedra Sobre Pedra was a Brazilian telenovela produced by Rede Globo from January 6 to July 31, 1992, with 179 episodes.Pedra sobre Pedra, in Portuguese, means Stone over Stone-Cast:*Maurício Mattar .... Leonardo Pontes...
  
  (1992)
• Sinhá Moça (1986)

Awards

• Jean Charles (MOVIE)

Best actor - Quem Magazine 2009

• Feliz Natal (MOVIE)

Best director - Paulinia Film Festival 2008

Best director - Goiania Film Festival 2008

Best director - 2nd Brazilian Film Festival - Los Angeles, EUA 2009

• Meu Nome Nao é Johnny (MOVIE)

Best actor - Cineport Festival 2009

Best actor - Prêmio Vivo de Cinema Brasileiro 2009

Best actor - Miami Film Festival 2008

Best actor - Prêmio Contigo de Cinema 2008

Best actor - Prêmio Qualidade Brasil 2008

Best actor - Toronto Brazilian Film Festival 2008

Best actor - Quem magazine award 2008

• O Cheiro do Ralo (MOVIE)

Best actor - Prêmio APCA 2007

Best actor - Rio Film Festival 2006

Best actor - Punta Del Leste International Film Festival

Best actor - Guadalajara, Mexico XXII Film Festival

Best actor - Sesc-Sated award, Minas Gerais

Best actor - Film Festival - Quito, Ecuador

• Árido Movie (MOVIE)

Best supporting actor: Recife Film Festival

Best supporting actor: Qualidade Brasil Award

Best supporting actor: Cineport Film FestivAL