David Junior (actor)
{{short description|Brazilian actor|bot=PearBOT 5}}{{Infobox person
| name = David Junior
| image = David Junior.jpg
| caption = Junior in 2022
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|12|8}}
| birth_place = Nova Iguaçu, Brazil
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2011–present
| spouse = Yasmin Garcez (2018—present)
}}
David Junior (born December 8, 1985) is a Brazilian actor.{{Cite web|title=David Junior|url=https://www.purepeople.com.br/famosos/david-junior_p548410|website=www.purepeople.com.br|access-date=2019-04-09|language=br}}
Career
He began to study theater at the age of 22, after small participations in soap operas, in 2016, through tests, obtained the paper of the slave Saviano in the series Liberdade, Liberdade of the Rede Globo.{{Cite web|title=David Junior interpreta Saviano em Liberdade, Liberdade|url=https://gshow.globo.com/novelas/liberdade-liberdade/personagem/saviano/|website=GSHOW|access-date=2019-04-09|language=pt-br}} His participation in the plot of the eleven caused uproar when performing a scene of sex with Dionísia, represented by Maite Proença, and to appear naked. With this scene, its work reverberated in the social networks and it happened to be recognized to the public, and to gain prominence in the television.{{Cite web|title=David Junior comenta cena quente com Maitê Proença, em 'Liberdade': 'Não fiquei nervoso'|url=https://gshow.globo.com/Bastidores/noticia/2016/04/david-junior-comenta-cena-quente-com-maite-proenca-em-liberdade-nao-fiquei-nervoso.html|website=Bastidores|access-date=2019-04-09|language=pt-br}}{{Cite web|title=Liberdade: David Junior revela bastidores com Maitê Proença|url=https://caras.uol.com.br/tv/liberdade-david-junior-revela-bastidores-com-maite-proenca-novela-tv-liberdade-liberdade.phtml|website=CARAS|date=2016-05-02|access-date=2019-04-09|language=pt}}
In 2017, interpreted the businessman Dom in the telenovela Pega Pega.{{Cite web|title=Escravo de ‘Liberdade, liberdade’, David Junior volta em ‘Pega pega’: ‘Não quero ser só símbolo sexual’|url=https://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/escravo-de-liberdade-liberdade-david-junior-volta-em-pega-pega-nao-quero-ser-so-simbolo-sexual-21620318.html|website=Extra Online|access-date=2019-04-09|language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web|title=David Junior comemora papel de empresário em 'Pega Pega': 'Quebra de paradigmas'|url=https://www.purepeople.com.br/noticia/david-junior-comemora-papel-de-empresario-em-pega-pega-quebra-de-paradigmas_a177354/1|website=www.purepeople.com.br|access-date=2019-04-09|language=br}} In the plot, he was an executive created in Europe, by his adopted mother Sabine, personage of Irene Ravache and administered the company along with the mother.{{Cite web|title=David Junior interpreta Dom em Pega Pega|url=https://gshow.globo.com/novelas/pega-pega/personagem/dom/|website=GSHOW|access-date=2019-04-09|language=pt-br}} After the end of the novel, due to the great success of his character, renewed contract for 3 years with the Rede Globo.{{Cite web|title=No ar em ‘O tempo não para’, David Junior renova contrato com a Globo: ‘Significa uma aposta no meu trabalho’|url=https://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/telinha/no-ar-em-tempo-nao-para-david-junior-renova-contrato-com-globo-significa-uma-aposta-no-meu-trabalho-rv1-1-23159230.html|website=Extra Online|access-date=2019-04-09|language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web|url=https://contigo.uol.com.br/noticias/ultimas/apos-pega-pega-david-junior-renova-contrato-com-a-rede-globo.phtml|title=Após Pega Pega, Davi Junior renova contrato com a Rede Globo.|publisher=Contigo}} In 2018, he played the role of the slave Menelau in the telenovela O Tempo Não Para.{{Cite web|title=David Junior interpreta Menelau em O Tempo Não Para|url=https://gshow.globo.com/novelas/o-tempo-nao-para/personagem/menelau/|website=GSHOW|access-date=2019-04-09|language=pt-br}}{{Cite web|title=David Junior reflete sobre questões de 'O Tempo Não Para': 'A gente progrediu para regredir em vários fatores'|url=https://gshow.globo.com/Famosos/noticia/david-junior-reflete-sobre-questoes-de-o-tempo-nao-para-a-gente-progrediu-para-regredir-em-varios-fatores.ghtml|website=Gshow|access-date=2019-04-09|language=pt-br}}{{Cite web|title=David Junior comenta choques de seu personagem em O Tempo Não Para|url=https://observatoriodatelevisao.bol.uol.com.br/entrevista/2018/07/david-junior-brinca-com-o-descongelamento-de-menelau-em-o-tempo-nao-para-vai-levar-susto-a-cada-segundo|website=Observatório da Televisão|date=2018-07-19|access-date=2019-04-09|language=pt-BR}}
Filmography
= Television =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes !Ref. |
| 2010
|A Cura | |Season 1 |
| 2011
|Cangaceiro Meia-Noite | |
| 2014
|Antônio Tonhão "Will Smith" | |
| 2016
|Saviano | |
| 2017
|Dom Favre/Aristides Souza Damião "Tidinho" | |
| 2018
|Menelau Sabino Machado | |
| rowspan="2" |2019
|Nando Batista |Season 4 |
| Bom Sucesso
| Ramon Madeira | |
| 2020
|Dr. Mauro | | |
| 2022
|Season 2 |{{Cite web|title=David Junior é o Dragão e vence a segunda temporada do 'The Masked Singer': 'Achava que cantar não era para mim' |url=https://gshow.globo.com/realities/the-masked-singer-brasil/2022/noticia/dragao-e-o-vencedor-da-segunda-temporada-do-the-masked-singer-brasil.ghtml |website=Globo.com|date=2022-04-24|access-date=2022-04-24|language=pt-BR}} |
| 2024
|Sirley | |
| 2026
|Dona Beja |Antônio Sampaio | |
= Cinema =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Role !Ref. |
| 2018
|Tatu |
| 2021
|Pixinguinha, Um Homem Carinhoso |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Ceremony !Category !Nomination !Result |
| 2018
|Crush of the Year | rowspan="2" |David Junior |{{Nominated}} |
| rowspan="2" |2019
|Sexier Man |{{Nominated}} |
| BreakTudo Awards{{Cite web |title=Anitta e Ariana Grande lideram lista de indicados do BreakTudo Awards 2019. Veja os destaques! {{!}} Midiorama |url=https://www.midiorama.com/anitta-e-ariana-grande-lideram-lista-de-indicados-do-breaktudo-awards-2019-veja-os-destaques |access-date=2025-02-01 |language=pt-BR}}
|Actor of the Year |{{Nominated}} |
References
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External links
- {{imdb name|id=6317803}}