Bruno Campos
{{Short description|Brazilian actor and lawyer (born 1973)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Bruno Campos
| image = Bruno Campos Photo Op Premiere 2009.jpg
| caption = Campos in 2009
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|12|3|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| education = Interlochen Arts Academy
| alma_mater = Northwestern University
University of Michigan
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|lawyer}}
| years_active = 1995–2011, 2022 {{small|(actor)}}
2013–present {{small|(lawyer)}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Karina|2000}}
| children = 2
}}
Bruno Campos ({{IPA|pt-BR|ˈbɾunu ˈkɐ̃pus|lang}}) (born 3 December 1973) is a Brazilian lawyer and former actor.{{cite book|last=Erickson|first=Hal|title=Encyclopedia of television law shows: factual and fictional series about judges, lawyers and the courtroom, 1948-2008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RXQNIs12SzQC&pg=PA74|accessdate=26 September 2011|date=2009-06-15|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-3828-0|pages=74–}} He made his film debut in the Academy Award-nominated Brazilian drama film O Quatrilho (1995), and is known for his roles in American television series such as Diego Vasquez on the sitcom Jesse (1998–2000), Joe Rivera on the drama series Leap Years (2001–2002), Dr. Eddie Dorset on the medical drama series ER (2003), Dr. Quentin Costa/The Carver on the medical drama series Nip/Tuck (2004–2005), and the voice of Prince Naveen in the animated film The Princess and the Frog (2009). In 2010, Campos attended law school, earning a J.D. in 2013, and works for the firm Covington & Burling.
Early life
Campos was born on 3 December 1973 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.{{Cite web |title=Bruno Campos |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/519373%7C0/Bruno-Campos/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701160152/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/519373%7C0/Bruno-Campos/ |archive-date=1 July 2020 |access-date=7 June 2023 |website=Turner Classic Movies}}{{Cite web |title=Bruno Campos |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/bruno_campos |access-date=7 June 2023 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |archive-date=19 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119055608/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/bruno_campos |url-status=live }} His father, Paulo Campos, was an international manager of Banco do Brasil ({{lit|Bank of Brazil}}){{Cite web |last=Sallum |first=Erika |date=7 January 1997 |title=Bruno Campos participa de seriado de TV nos EUA |trans-title=Bruno Campos participates in TV series in the USA |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/1997/1/07/ilustrada/25.html |website=Folha de S.Paulo |language=pt-br |access-date=15 December 2024 |archive-date=15 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215063914/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/1997/1/07/ilustrada/25.html |url-status=live }} and real estate lawyer,{{Cite web |last=Helligar |first=Jeremy |last2=Speidel |first2=Maria |date=1 March 1999 |title=Bruno Campos looks good as Jesse's heartthrob |url=https://people.aol.com/people/990301/features/campos.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010506142846/http://people.aol.com/people/990301/features/campos.html |archive-date=6 May 2001 |website=People.com}} and his mother, Thania Campos, was an actress. He is the third of four children. At the age of five, Campos left Brazil with his family. He spent parts of his childhood in Canada, Bahrain, and the United States due to his father's career. His family returned to Brazil when Campos was fourteen, but he decided to stay in the United States to finish his studies, since he could barely speak Portuguese and did not know much about Brazilian culture at the time. His parents later divorced.
At the age of nine, he started acting at a private arts school in Toronto. At the age of thirteen, he played Prince Charming in a school production of Cinderella.
At the age of seventeen, he attended Michigan's Interlochen Arts Academy. He then studied drama at Northwestern University (north of Chicago in Evanston, Illinois), graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1995.
Acting career
In 1995, Campos made his film debut in the Brazilian film O Quatrilho, directed by Fábio Barreto, which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 1996 Academy Awards. That same year, he played the male lead in William Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well, directed by Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago.{{Cite web |last=Brantley |first=Ben |date=9 October 1995 |title=Critic's Notebook; A Home Where No One Finds Comfort |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/09/theater/critic-s-notebook-a-home-where-no-one-finds-comfort.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=15 December 2024 |archive-date=23 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423164040/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/09/theater/critic-s-notebook-a-home-where-no-one-finds-comfort.html |url-status=live }} In 1997, he played Jimmy Santadio on the CBS miniseries The Last Don, based on the novel of the same name by Mario Puzo.
From there, he became better known to American audiences for his roles as Diego on the NBC sitcom Jesse, starring Christina Applegate; as attorney Joe Rivera in the Showtime series Leap Years;{{cite news |last=Bobbin |first=Jay |url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2001-07-29-0107290037-story.html |title=Friends and lovers jump across 'Leap Years' in new series |work=Chicago Tribune |date=July 29, 2001}} and for a recurring guest role as Dr. Eddie Dorset on ER.{{Cite web |date=6 September 2006 |title=Bruno Campos estréia na 3.ª temporada da série Nip/Tuck |trans-title=Bruno Campos stars in season 3 of the series Nip/Tuck |url=https://www.estadao.com.br/cultura/bruno-campos-estreia-na-3-temporada-da-serie-niptuck/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241212172734/https://www.estadao.com.br/cultura/bruno-campos-estreia-na-3-temporada-da-serie-niptuck/ |archive-date=12 December 2024 |access-date=15 December 2024 |website=O Estado de S. Paulo |language=pt-br}}{{cbignore}}
In 2004, he joined the cast of FX's medical drama Nip/Tuck playing plastic surgeon Quentin Costa, who is later revealed to be The Carver, one of the two main antagonists of the show's third season.{{Cite web |last=Ryan |first=Amy |date=December 21, 2005 |title='Nip/Tuck': The Carver unmasked! |url=https://ew.com/article/2005/12/21/niptuck_the_car/ |website=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=4 December 2024 |archive-date=7 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207081408/https://ew.com/article/2005/12/21/niptuck_the_car/ |url-status=live }} In 2006, he guest starred in Cold Case.{{Cite web |last=Mitovich |first=Matt |date=October 17, 2006 |title=Casting About: Nip/Tuck's Carver Catches Cold |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/casting-niptucks-carver-11902/ |website=TV Guide}}
In 2009, he guest starred in the television series Numb3rs and Castle.{{Cite web |last=Rodrigues |first=Lúcia Valentim |last2=Cardoso |first2=Clarice |date=21 February 2010 |title=Brasileiros ganham papéis importantes em produções de Hollywood |trans-title=Brazilians get important roles in Hollywood productions |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2010/02/696269-brasileiros-ganham-papeis-importantes-em-producoes-de-hollywood.shtml |website=Folha de S.Paulo |language=pt-br |access-date=15 December 2024 |archive-date=15 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215085848/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2010/02/696269-brasileiros-ganham-papeis-importantes-em-producoes-de-hollywood.shtml |url-status=live }} That same year, he voiced the character of Prince Naveen in the Disney animated film The Princess and the Frog, which went on to be nominated for three Academy Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/press/presskits/nominations/pdf/princess_and_the_frog.pdf |title=Academy Awards press kit for The Princess and the Frog |publisher=Disney Enterprises, Inc. |access-date=November 6, 2015 |archive-date=April 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408202417/http://www.oscars.org/press/presskits/nominations/pdf/princess_and_the_frog.pdf }} He reprised his role in the 2011 video game Kinect: Disneyland Adventures.{{Cite web |title=Kinect Disneyland Adventures (2011) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Kinect-Disneyland-Adventures/ |access-date=15 December 2024 |website=Behind the Voice Actors |archive-date=24 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224235012/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Kinect-Disneyland-Adventures/ |url-status=live }} In 2022, he reprised the role in the attraction Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Magic Kingdom and Disneyland.{{cite news|last=Leishman|first=Rachel|title=Tiana's Bayou Adventure Concept Art Shows Stunning Splash Mountain Redesign at D23 Expo|url=https://collider.com/tianas-bayou-adventure-splash-mountain-redesign-images-d23-expo/|work=Collider|access-date=September 11, 2022|date=September 11, 2022|archive-date=11 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220911234410/https://collider.com/tianas-bayou-adventure-splash-mountain-redesign-images-d23-expo/|url-status=live}}
In 2010, he made guest appearances such as on the supernatural television series Ghost Whisperer; on the medical drama Private Practice, on season 3 episode 15, playing the brief boyfriend of Charlotte King who is accused of abusing OxyContin;{{Cite web |last=Abrams |first=Natalie |date=12 January 2010 |title=Exclusive: Sara Rue and Bruno Campos Check Into Private Practice |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/exclusive-sara-rue-1013631/ |website=TV Guide}} and also had a recurring role during the first season of the comedy-drama series Royal Pains as Charlie Casey, the ex-husband of one of the lead characters, Jill Casey.{{Cite web |date=13 January 2010 |title=Private Practice : Sara Rue (Eastwick) et Bruno Campos (Royal Pains) de passage à hôpital |url=https://www.premiere.fr/Series/Private-Practice-Sara-Rue-Eastwick-et-Bruno-Campos-Royal-Pains-de-passage-a-hopital |website=Première |language=fr}} He last appeared on the police procedural series The Closer as Dr. Luis Navarro in the episode "Heart Attack" from season 6.{{Cite web |title=The Closer: Season 6, Episode 5 |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the-closer/s06/e05 |access-date=15 December 2024 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}
Legal career
In the early 2010s, Campos stopped doing television and film work and enrolled in law school{{Cite web |last=Bonini |first=Maria |date=24 August 2020 |title=Bruno Campos fala sobre vida como advogado após deixar Hollywood: 'Estou feliz com o progresso' |trans-title= Bruno Campos talks about life as a lawyer after leaving Hollywood: 'I'm happy with the progress' |url=https://revistaquem.globo.com/Entrevista/noticia/2020/08/bruno-campos-fala-sobre-vida-como-advogado-apos-deixar-hollywood-estou-feliz-com-o-progresso.html |website= Revista Quem |language=pt-br |access-date=7 June 2023 |archive-date=26 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026191212/https://revistaquem.globo.com/Entrevista/noticia/2020/08/bruno-campos-fala-sobre-vida-como-advogado-apos-deixar-hollywood-estou-feliz-com-o-progresso.html |url-status=live }} at the University of Michigan, receiving his J. D. in 2013.{{cite web |title=Bruno Campos, Associate |url=https://www.morganlewis.com/bios/bcampos | website= morganlewis.com |publisher=Morgan, Lewis & Bockius |year=2018 |access-date=2019-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181110040438/https://www.morganlewis.com/bios/bcampos |archive-date=2018-11-10 |url-status=dead}} While in law school, he held an internship with Judge Avern Cohn of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
After graduating, he passed the bar in New York and worked as an associate with the law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. According to his profile, his work has involved "complex insurance recovery matters", as well as "claims presentation and mediation through disputes in courts and arbitrations." As of 2024, he is listed as being with the firm Covington & Burling.{{Cite web |title=Bruno Campos - Associate |url=https://www.cov.com/en/professionals/c/bruno-campos |access-date=7 June 2023 |website= cov.com| publisher = Covington & Burling |archive-date=31 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331075313/https://www.cov.com/en/professionals/c/bruno-campos |url-status=live }}
Personal life
From 1997 to 1999,{{Cite web |last=Weltman |first=Wladimir |date=29 November 1999 |title=Entrevista - Bruno Campos: "Sou um Clark Gable moderno" |trans-title=Interview - Bruno Campos: "I am a modern Clark Gable" |url=https://www.nutec.com/istoegente/17/reportagens/entrev_bruno.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030117234311/http://www.nutec.com/istoegente/17/reportagens/entrev_bruno.htm |archive-date=17 January 2003 |website=Istoé |language=pt-br}} Campos was in a relationship with actress Paula Marshall, whom he met on the set of the NBC sitcom Chicago Sons. Campos married a psychologist named Karina in 2000, with whom he has two children.{{Cite web |last=Guaraldo |first=Luciano |date=22 September 2022 |title=Advogado nos EUA, Bruno Campos retoma atuação por brinquedo da Disney |trans-title=Lawyer in the US, Bruno Campos resumes acting for Disney toy |url=https://tangerina.uol.com.br/filmes-series/bruno-campos-advogado-entrevista/ |website=UOL |language=pt-br |access-date=7 June 2023 |archive-date=13 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113235908/https://tangerina.uol.com.br/filmes-series/bruno-campos-advogado-entrevista/ |url-status=live }}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Film |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1995
| Massimo | |
| 2001
| Mimic 2 | Det. Klaski | |
| 2003
| Dopamine | Winston | |
| rowspan=3|2005
| Blue Moon | Fiorio | Short film |
| Cold Feet
| Joe | |
| Crazylove
| Michael | |
| rowspan=2|2009
| Wake | Varrnez | |
| The Princess and the Frog
| Prince Naveen | Voice |
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Television |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1996
| Basílio | Episode: "Marcas do Passado" |
| rowspan="4"|1997
| Raoul | Episode: "Infrequent Flyers" |
| Suddenly Susan
| Carlos Rivera | Episode: "A Boy Like That" |
| The Last Don
| Jimmy Santadio | TV mini-series |
| Total Security
| Unknown | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1998
| Cybill | Gianni | Episode: "Don Gianni" |
| 1998–2000
| Jesse | Diego Vasquez | 42 episodes |
| 2001
| Joseph Marquez | 3 episodes |
| 2001–2002
| Joe Rivera | Main role; 20 episodes |
| 2002
| Miss Miami | Unknown | TV movie – Alt. title: |
| rowspan="2"|2003
| Anton | Episode: "Fagmalion Part 4: |
| ER
| Dr. Eddie Dorset | 5 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2004
| The D.A. | Dep. Dist. Atty. Mark Camacho | 4 episodes |
| Boston Legal
| A.D.A. Mark Wills | Episode: "Questionable Characters" |
| 2004–2005
| Nip/Tuck | Dr. Quentin Costa | 16 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2006
| Tony Zutto | Main role |
| Cold Case
| Ramon Delgado | Episode: "Lonely Hearts" |
| rowspan="2"|2008
| Night Life | Dr. Steve Larouche | TV movie |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
| Randy Hopper | Episode: "The Happy Place" |
| rowspan="3"|2009
| Numb3rs | Randall Nespola | Episode: "Sneakerhead" |
| Castle
| Calvin Creason | Episode: "Hell Hath No Fury" |
| Royal Pains
| Charlie Casey | 4 episodes |
| rowspan="3"|2010
| Vernon Dokes | Episode: "Living Nightmare" |
| Private Practice
| Dr. Scott | Episode: "'Til Death Do Us Part" |
| The Closer
| Dr. Luis Navarro | Episode: "Heart Attack" |
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Video games |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2011
| Kinect: Disneyland Adventures | Prince Naveen | voice |
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Theme parks ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2024
| Prince Naveen | voice (preshow) |
Theatre
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Author ! Director ! Notes |
| 1995 |
Awards and nominations
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Category:Interlochen Center for the Arts alumni
Category:University of Michigan Law School alumni
Category:Northwestern University School of Communication alumni